PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kendall Schrader (ranked 24829 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Adams (ranked 4490 p4p, 462 weight class). Kendall Schrader looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Schrader
vs
Adams

175 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

182 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kendall Schrader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Floyd Adams!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adams shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Schrader is trying to defend but Adams finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Schrader looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Adams controlling the action here.
Let's hope that Adams has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams lands with a punch from half guard.
Adams stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adams stands up from half guard.
Schrader on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Adams scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Adams passes to side control.

Adams has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Adams lands a nice looking body shot.

Adams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Adams showed some decent athleticism there.
Adams stops Schrader from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Adams's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Adams lands a nice looking kick to the body. Schrader takes a step back to recover.

Adams shoots in and gets a takedown into Schrader's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Adams controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Adams stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Adams dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Adams shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Adams was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams just content to control the position.

Adams working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Adams controls the position from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schrader is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrader is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Adams creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Adams is trying to get an arm triangle but Schrader is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams controls the position from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Adams stands up.

Adams gets a takedown into half guard.
Adams looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams working Schrader over with strikes.
Schrader is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Adams moves into full mount! Schrader won't be happy about that!
Adams controlling from mount.
The referee warns Schrader that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams with shots to the head and body - Schrader looks very uncomfortable down there.
Adams sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Adams avoids the attempt from Schrader to control.
Adams controlling from the full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Adams stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Adams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Schrader's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Adams fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Schrader sprawls well initially but Adams persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Adams escapes and gets back to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Adams.
Schrader is letting Adams control him for a moment.
Adams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adams is continuing to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schrader takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Schrader!

Adams has hold of Schrader's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Schrader manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Schrader working to try and regain half guard.
Adams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Schrader wants to control but Adams is having none of it.
Adams tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrader wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Adams working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Schrader has given up his back here. Will Adams look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Adams controlling the position well here. Schrader rolled but Adams kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adams working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Schrader is doing well to defend. Adams seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Schrader is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Floyd Adams!