PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Haworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Greenwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haworth comes to the cage accompanied by The Rick Roll Techno Remix. Greenwood has chosen Ludacris-Get Back as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Haworth
vs
Greenwood

183 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

192 cm
21
192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Haworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Greenwood!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haworth has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Haworth there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Michael Haworth has been cut.
Haworth shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Haworth drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haworth is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Greenwood keeping moving, preventing Haworth from controlling successfully.
Haworth pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Greenwood is keeping the position for now.
Haworth is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Haworth seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Greenwood for as long as he can get away with.
Greenwood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Haworth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Michael Haworth wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A punch combination from Greenwood misses.
Haworth pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Haworth shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Greenwood manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haworth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Haworth stays in close to Greenwood's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haworth would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Haworth stays in close to Greenwood's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Haworth decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Greenwood, up you get!
Haworth looks for a takedown but Greenwood sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenwood scores with a decent looking hook.
Greenwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Haworth shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Greenwood is trying to defend but Haworth finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Haworth keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Greenwood trying to control but Haworth postures up.
Greenwood is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haworth missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Greenwood trying to control here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Greenwood won't allow Haworth to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ray Greenwood has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jab from Greenwood.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haworth checks a leg kick.
Greenwood misses with a hook. Haworth ducked under it nicely.
Greenwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Greenwood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Haworth's cut.
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.

Haworth is looking to clinch but Greenwood is avoiding it.
Greenwood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Haworth looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Greenwood!
Haworth looking to control and managing it successfully.
Poor strikes thrown by Haworth there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Haworth takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Haworth looking to land elbow strikes but Greenwood uses the position to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haworth thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haworth seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Haworth has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Haworth thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Greenwood's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Haworth is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Greenwood is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michael Haworth!