PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Pitta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greene comes to the cage accompanied by Highway to Hell. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Greene
vs
Pitta

180 cm
20
180 lbs
4 - 4 - 1

187 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shaun Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dennis Pitta!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitta throws a series of punches but Greene avoids them all with ease.
Greene misses the shot to the body.
Pitta throws the left hand but Greene avoids the punch easily.
Pitta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Greene slips a jab and a cross from Pitta.
Pitta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pitta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Greene moves away.
Greene tries to clinch there but Pitta circles away.
Greene takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pitta on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A nice combination there by Pitta.
Pitta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Greene was well out of range. Poor timing from Pitta.
Pitta tries to clinch up.
Pitta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Greene.
Greene tries to work over Pitta's front leg with a kick but Pitta checks it.
Pitta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Greene.
Greene misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pitta.
Pitta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Greene moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pitta lands a body shot.
Greene ducks under a wild hook from Pitta.
Pitta tries to bum rush Greene with a series of wild strikes but Greene uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Greene forces Pitta back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Greene cracks Pitta with a nice body shot.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene scores a nice knee to the body.
Pitta looks gassed!
Pitta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Greene is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Greene lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Greene manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Greene with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Greene using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Greene lands a damaging elbow.
Greene lands an elbow inside.
Pitta takes an elbow to the temple.
Greene utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Greene lands a damaging elbow.
Greene lands an elbow inside.
Greene lands an elbow inside that Pitta shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Greene.
Greene lands an elbow that stopped Pitta in his tracks for a moment.
Greene lands an elbow that stopped Pitta in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Greene.
A knee to the head by Greene.
Pitta wants to break free but Greene has control.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Greene lands an elbow inside.
Pitta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greene lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Greene comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Greene with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pitta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Greene putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pitta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Greene.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Greene working Pitta over with knees to the body.
Pitta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Greene tries a knee to the head but Pitta blocks it.
Greene keeps control of Pitta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Greene prevents Pitta from breaking the clinch.
Pitta takes a knee to the side of the body.
Greene crunches a lovely knee into Pitta's ribcage.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pitta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Pitta on the inside.
Pitta is trying to force a seperation but Greene has the dominant position.
Greene scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pitta can't break the clinch.
Greene lands a nice elbow.
Greene lands an elbow that stopped Pitta in his tracks for a moment.
Greene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Greene lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pitta backwards.
Greene lands a nice shot to the body.
Pitta can't break the clinch.
Pitta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Greene lands a knee to the body.
Greene crunches a lovely knee into Pitta's ribcage.
Greene lands a nice elbow.
Greene throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice left hand lands by Pitta.
Greene utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pitta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Pitta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Greene lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Greene scores a nice knee to the body.
Greene connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pitta's face.
Pitta lands a shot to the body.
Greene lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Greene lands a damaging elbow.
Greene's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Pitta avoids the damage to the body.
Pitta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Knees to the body from Greene.
Greene putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pitta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pitta is trying to break free.
Greene landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Greene looking to throw knees to the head but Pitta is blocking nicely.
Greene lands an elbow inside that Pitta shrugs off.
Greene has Pitta pressed against the cage, preventing Pitta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pitta can't break the clinch.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pitta is looking to break free of the clinch but Greene has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene avoiding damage.
Pitta has had enough of the clinch but Greene keeps him there for the moment.
Greene landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Greene scores with a knee to the head.
Pitta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Greene lands an elbow inside that Pitta shrugs off.
Greene unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pitta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Greene has a couple of punches blocked by Pitta.
Pitta lands with a light punch inside.
Greene comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pitta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Greene.
Greene looking to throw knees to the head but Pitta is blocking nicely.
Greene pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pitta lands a nice uppercut.
Pitta tries to circle away but Greene has him pinned against the cage.
Greene lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Greene misses with a knee strike.
Pitta lands with a light punch inside.
Greene tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pitta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Pitta.
Pitta can't break the clinch.
Pitta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greene crunches a lovely knee into Pitta's ribcage.
Pitta throws a head punch that misses.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Greene creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pitta's defenses.
Greene taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Pitta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shaun Greene dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Greene, right into the meat.
Pitta throws a series of punches but Greene moves out of range.

Greene instigates a clinch.
Greene with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Greene with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pitta is looking to break free of the clinch but Greene has double underhooks.
Pitta lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Greene.
Greene lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pitta backwards.
Greene pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Greene misses with a knee strike.
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Pitta avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Pitta.
Pitta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Pitta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Greene comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pitta can't break the clinch.
Pitta working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Greene.
Greene throws a head punch that misses.
Pitta tries to break free but Greene pushes him back against the cage.
Pitta dodges an elbow strike from Greene.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pitta avoids it.
Pitta tries to circle away but Greene has him pinned against the cage.
Pitta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pitta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Greene creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pitta's defenses.
Pitta is trying to break the clinch but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Greene lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pitta manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Pitta.

Greene gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Greene scores with a shoulder strike.
Pitta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Greene putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pitta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pitta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Greene keeps control of Pitta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pitta working hard to break the clinch.
Greene comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Pitta breaks from the clinch.
Greene throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Greene thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pitta if he has to take too many more of those.
Greene throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Pitta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Greene looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Greene listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pitta slips a straight right by Greene.
Pitta swinging wildly here.

Greene darts in and clinches Pitta up against the cage.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Pitta throws a punch but it's blocked by Greene.
Greene looking to throw knees to the head but Pitta is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pitta avoids it.
Pitta lands a hook that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Good body shot from Greene.
Pitta dodges an elbow strike from Greene.
Greene lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pitta wants to break free but Greene has control.
Pitta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pitta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pitta's defenses.
Pitta is trying to break free.
Pitta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Greene connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pitta's face.
Greene looking to throw knees to the head but Pitta is blocking nicely.
Pitta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pitta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pitta has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Greene misses with a knee strike.
Pitta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pitta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Greene lands a nice elbow.
Greene lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Greene tries a knee to the head but Pitta blocks it.
Pitta wants to get back to striking at distance but Greene won't allow it.
Greene lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pitta backwards.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pitta.
Pitta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pitta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shaun Greene has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Greene landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Greene misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pitta.
Pitta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Pitta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene takes a shot to the head.
Pitta takes an elbow to the temple.
Greene lands an elbow that stopped Pitta in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Greene lands a damaging elbow.
Pitta takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pitta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Greene with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pitta avoiding damage as Greene throws knees to the body.
Greene lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pitta fails to land.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene missing with knees to the body.
Greene landing knees to the head.
Greene misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pitta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Greene lands an elbow inside that Pitta shrugs off.
Greene keeps control of Pitta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Greene with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Greene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pitta's elbow.
Greene keeps control of Pitta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pitta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pitta is trying to break free.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Greene comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Greene lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pitta avoids a wild elbow strike from Greene.
Pitta lands a right hand.
Greene scores with a shoulder strike.
Pitta is trying to break free.
A right hook to the body lands for Greene.
Greene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pitta's elbow.
Pitta blocks the elbow strike.
Pitta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Greene lands a nice elbow.
Pitta has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Pitta tries to break the clinch but Greene is controlling the position.
Pitta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pitta wants to get back to striking at distance but Greene won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Greene.
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Pitta avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Greene landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Pitta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pitta wants to break free but Greene has control.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Greene looking to throw knees to the head but Pitta is blocking nicely.
Greene has a couple of punches blocked by Pitta.
Greene unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pitta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Greene looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shaun Greene dominated that second round.
That's time! Greene's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pitta misses with a wild combination.
Greene swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dennis Pitta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Greene lands with a thumping leg kick.

Pitta closes the distance and pushes Greene back into the cage.
Pitta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Pitta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Greene landing knees to the head.
Greene working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pitta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Pitta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Greene has Pitta pressed against the cage, preventing Pitta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Greene using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pitta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pitta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pitta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pitta tries to circle away but Greene has him pinned against the cage.
Pitta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Greene lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene lands an elbow inside.
Greene landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Greene lands an elbow inside.
Greene lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Greene.
Pitta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Greene lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pitta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pitta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Greene crunches a lovely knee into Pitta's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene misses with a knee strike.
Pitta is trying to break the clinch but Greene is controlling him.
Greene lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pitta misses with the head strike.
Greene putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pitta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pitta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pitta misses with the head strike.
Pitta is trying to break the clinch but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Greene working Pitta over with knees to the body.
Pitta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Greene tries a knee to the head but Pitta blocks it.
Pitta is trying to break the clinch but Greene has him pressed against the cage.
Greene lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Pitta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pitta is trying to break free.
Pitta tries to break the clinch but Greene is controlling the position.
Greene keeps control of Pitta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Greene's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pitta takes an elbow to the temple.
Pitta misses with a punch on the inside.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Pitta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Greene lands a knee to the body.
Pitta blocking some punches.
Greene with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Pitta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Greene pushes Pitta up against the cage in a clinch.
Pitta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice elbow from Greene.
Greene prevents Pitta from breaking the clinch.
Pitta blocks an elbow strike.
Pitta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Greene lands an elbow that stopped Pitta in his tracks for a moment.
Pitta is trying to break free.
Pitta tries to break the clinch but Greene is controlling the position.
Greene working Pitta over with knees to the body.
Pitta swings wildly with an uppercut but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pitta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pitta swings wildly with an uppercut but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greene lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Greene using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pitta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pitta is trying to break the clinch but Greene is controlling him.
Pitta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Greene lands a damaging elbow.
Pitta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Greene landing knees to the head.
Greene lands an elbow inside that Pitta shrugs off.
Greene using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Greene lands an elbow that stopped Pitta in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
Pitta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pitta working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Greene comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Pitta breaks from the clinch.

Greene moves into the clinch successfully.
Pitta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pitta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pitta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pitta can't break the clinch.
Greene throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pitta tries to circle away but Greene has him pinned against the cage.
Greene creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pitta's defenses.
Pitta takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pitta managing to block the knees to the body from Greene.
Pitta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Greene.
A frustrated look appears on Pitta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Greene misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pitta.
Pitta has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Pitta takes an elbow to the temple.
Greene lands a nice elbow.
Pitta is trying to break free.
Pitta tries to break the clinch but Greene is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Greene.
Pitta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pitta is trying to force a seperation but Greene has the dominant position.
Pitta is looking to break free of the clinch but Greene has double underhooks.
Greene keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pitta's efforts to push away.
Dennis Pitta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Greene.
A left hand lands to the body for Greene.
Pitta scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pitta.
Pitta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Greene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pitta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pitta working hard to break the clinch.
Greene misses with a knee to the head.
Greene working Pitta over with knees to the body.
Pitta is working Greene over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Greene as the two fighters clinch.
Greene lands an elbow just above Pitta 's eye.
Pitta blocks an elbow strike.
Shaun Greene is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pitta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Greene scores a nice knee to the body.

Pitta breaks from the clinch.
Pitta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Greene moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Greene thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pitta if he has to take too many more of those.
Greene chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Greene throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Greene moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pitta dodges the punch combination from Greene.
Greene lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shaun Greene showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Greene, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shaun Greene!