PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Febriandy Yabie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ezra Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vice Versa kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Yabie
vs
Green

178 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Febriandy Yabie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezra Green!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yabie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yabie slips a straight right by Green.
Yabie ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Yabie drops his hands momentarily and Green takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yabie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Green swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Yabie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Green manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Green pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green throws a hook but Yabie avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Green there.
Yabie slips under a jab.
Green looks to throw the jab but Yabie is out of range.
Yabie ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Yabie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
A big right from Green misses.
Yabie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.

Yabie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Green did well to prevent Yabie getting side control.
Green keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yabie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yabie with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Yabie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Green kicks off Yabie and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Green misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yabie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yabie lands a jab-cross combination.
Green throws a lazy right hand but Yabie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Green might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yabie tries to clinch up but Green circles away and keeps his distance.
Green connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Yabie scores a takedown into full mount!
Green squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Yabie tries to control but Green wriggling away.
Green taking shots to the head.
You get the feeling that Green really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Green looks gassed!

Yabie is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yabie fails with a takedown attempt.
Green slaps away a takedown attempt from Yabie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Green misses the jab.
Green throws the left hand but Yabie avoids the punch easily.
Yabie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Green is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yabie.
Green misses with a hook. Yabie ducked under it nicely.
Green misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Yabie.
Yabie staying out of range there.
Yabie wants to clinch.
Green connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yabie momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yabie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Yabie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Green throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Green connects with a right hand. Yabie shakes it off.
Green swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yabie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Green misses its intended target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Green.
Green misses with a hook.
Jab by Green.
Green connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yabie momentarily.
Green connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yabie slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabie throws a sloppy head kick and Green moves out of range easily.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Yabie moves away and avoids it.
Green misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Yabie.
Green displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yabie throws out the jab.
Yabie throws a jab when Green was well out of range.
Yabie throws a right hand that Green ducks under and follows up with a left that Green also avoids with ease.
Green throws a hook but Yabie avoids it easily.
Green stuffs the takedown attempt from Yabie. Yabie gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Febriandy Yabie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yabie slips under a jab from Green.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Yabie moves away and avoids it.
Yabie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Green.
Green is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Yabie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Green waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yabie.
Green scores with the left hand. Yabie knows he should have avoided that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Green.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Febriandy Yabie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A chopping leg kick lands by Yabie.
Green throws out a loose jab but Yabie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Green takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Febriandy Yabie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yabie wants to clinch up but Green keeps it at a distance.
Yabie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Green lands with an overhand left.
Yabie moves in looking to clinch but Green pushes him off.
Green jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Yabie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Green wants to get back to his feet.
Green is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Green won't allow Yabie to pass to mount.
Green is looking to escape.

Yabie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Yabie trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green wants to stand back up but Yabie manages to pass into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Green is looking to get back to his feet here but Yabie is keeping cool and he's managed to take Green's back.
Green wants to get back to his feet.

Green showing good submission defense here.
Yabie is punishing Green with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green wants to get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here.

Green manages to stand up with Yabie still on his back. Eventually Yabie drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Green lands a nice shot that snaps Yabie's head back.
Yabie ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Yabie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Green lunges at Yabie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yabie's hand.
Green avoids a kick to the body.
Green scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green lands a head shot.
Yabie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Green's waist but Green gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yabie off to one side.
Green paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Green connects with a single shot there.
Green uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A jab from Green finds it's way through Yabie's defenses.
Green looks to land a right hand but Yabie moved out of range.
Green misses with an uppercut.
Green clobbers Yabie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Green misses the jab.

Yabie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Yabie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Green keeps working.
Yabie is really struggling to control Green but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Green manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Green.
Yabie misses with a double jab.
Green looks to land a left hand but Yabie moved out of range nicely.
Green lands a lovely overhand right.
Green scores with a jab. Yabie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Green avoids the head kick by Yabie.
Green throws a jab when Yabie was well out of range.
Green scores with a jab.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Yabie moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Green misses.
Green waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yabie.
Green lands a jab to the head.
Green lands with a straight right. Yabie didn't see that one coming.
Yabie jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Yabie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Green pushes Yabie off looking to stand but Yabie dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Febriandy Yabie dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Yabie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yabie shoots in for a double leg but Green sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Yabie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Green to score with a decent uppercut.
Yabie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donk. Green catches Yabie right on the button with a cross.
Green defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yabie.
Green misses with a straight right.
Yabie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yabie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.

Yabie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Green makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Green throws a big shot that misses.
Yabie tries to close the distance and clinch but Green swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yabie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yabie is looking to land body kicks.
Green lands a jab.
Yabie takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Green.
Yabie shoots in looking for a takedown. Green tries to sprawl out of it but Yabie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Green manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Febriandy Yabie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yabie shoots for a takedown but Green saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yabie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yabie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Green scores with a nice strike.
Green misses with a hook. Yabie ducked under it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yabie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yabie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Yabie looks for a takedown but Green sprawls well.
Green tests Yabie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Green scores with a jab. Yabie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ezra Green has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Green misses with a straight right.
Green circles away from the clinch attempt.
Green throws a good cross that connects.
Green is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yabie moves forwards but Green connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Green looks to throw the jab but Yabie is out of range.
Green jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Green misses with a looping left.
Yabie ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Yabie slips a jab from Green.
Good shot there by Green.
A swing and a miss from Green.
The crowd cheers as Green lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yabie doesn't seem phased though.
Yabie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Green circles away.
Yabie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Green.
Ezra Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Green throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yabie sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green misses with a straight left.
Yabie shoots in but no luck this time.
Green thuds his right hand into Yabie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Green lunges at Yabie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yabie's hand.
Green misses with a looping right.
Ezra Green is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yabie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yabie dives in and grabs Green's left leg, looking for a takedown. Green pushes down on Yabie's head and hops out.
Yabie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Green scores with a jab. Yabie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yabie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Green scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yabie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Yabie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yabie ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Yabie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yabie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Green finds it's way round the side to connect with Yabie's head.

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.
Yabie drops his hands momentarily and Green takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Green darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Green throws a big shot that misses.
Nice shot by Green.
Yabie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Green's waist but Green gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yabie off to one side.
Green throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Green finds it's target.
A big left from Green misses.
Green throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Green throws a hook to the side of Yabie's head but Yabie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Green throws a lazy right hand but Yabie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yabie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yabie is defended easily by Green.
Yabie slips a jab from Green.
Febriandy Yabie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Green sizes up Yabie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ezra Green comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yabie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Febriandy Yabie!