PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nicho Adebayo (ranked 23732 p4p, 606 weight class) and Mamadou Yered (ranked 3797 p4p, 389 weight class). The key to victory for Nicho Adebayo has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Adebayo
vs
Yered

175 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicho Adebayo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mamadou Yered!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yered closes the distance and clinches up with Adebayo, looking for a takedown. Yered pushes Adebayo against the cage but Adebayo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adebayo is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yered.
A right-left combo lands from Adebayo.
Nice takedown defense from Adebayo. No joy for Yered on that attempt.
Yered shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adebayo as he avoids it easily.
Nicho Adebayo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamadou Yered.
Yered shoots in but Adebayo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yered.

Adebayo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yered to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Adebayo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Adebayo wants to control the position but Yered says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebayo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yered scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yered lands strikes from half guard.
Adebayo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yered on the ground.
Adebayo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yered scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yered working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Adebayo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yered working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Adebayo is looking to escape.
Adebayo taking some punishment here, with Yered in his half guard.
Yered lands strikes from half guard.
Adebayo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yered scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yered has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Adebayo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yered scores with a couple of nice shots.
Adebayo looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yered seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Yered is thwarting Adebayo's attempts to control the position.

Adebayo looking for submissions off his back.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Yered scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yered working the head and body with strikes.
Yered takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Adebayo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yered scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yered winds up and cracks Adebayo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebayo tries to roll over but Yered keeps him under control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Adebayo is breathing heavily.
Yered tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Adebayo defends well and Yered ends up having to push Adebayo into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Yered shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yered's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yered is in close to Adebayo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yered content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yered with a nice head shot there.
Adebayo has momentary wrist control but Yered slips an elbow through the middle.
Yered lands a couple of digs.
Yered landing with the ground and pound.
Yered chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yered forces his way into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Yered connects with a nice short shot to Adebayo's temple.
Yered looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yered is nestled in close to Adebayo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yered scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yered passes the guard and advances to mount!
We've been informed that Yered has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Adebayo taking shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice elbow there by Yered.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mamadou Yered dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Yered will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Yered fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Adebayo avoids it really well and circles away.
Adebayo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yered sprawls well. Yered wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Adebayo gets slowly back to his feet.
Yered avoids the head kick by Adebayo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yered will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nicho Adebayo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamadou Yered.

Yered darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Yered there.
Adebayo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Adebayo tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yered is nestled in close to Adebayo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yered working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yered lands a nice short elbow.
Adebayo wants to get back to full guard.
Adebayo taking some punishment here, with Yered in his half guard.
Yered working over Adebayo with some ground and pound. Adebayo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Yered is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Adebayo tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Yered has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Yered postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Adebayo looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yered lands with some strikes.
Yered is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Yered putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mamadou Yered has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yered breaks from Adebayo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Yered breaks from Adebayo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Yered landing shots from mount.
Yered punishing his opponent with strikes.
Yered raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yered lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Adebayo is rocked!
Adebayo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Adebayo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Adebayo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Yered unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Adebayo wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Yered celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mamadou Yered!