PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Greed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greed comes to the cage accompanied by James Brown - Living In America . Collins has chosen Bloc Party - The Prayer as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Greed
vs
Collins

196 cm
21
273 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

211 cm
23
285 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing™
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Apollo Greed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vinnie Collins!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins throws a lazy right hand but Greed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Collins throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Greed counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Collins is trying to get back to full guard.
Greed is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greed with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Greed wants to pass the guard but Collins is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Apollo Greed wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Greed misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Greed is predictable there
and Collins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
An inside leg kick from Greed misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greed misses with a double jab
and Collins counters with a stiff right hand.
Collins misses with an uppercut. Greed saw that one coming.
Collins throws a poor cross that misses
and Greed counters with a stiff right hand.
Apollo Greed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Greed connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Collins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Greed counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Collins looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greed takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vinnie Collins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Greed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Collins misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins stuns Greed with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Collins lands a jab to Greed's midsection.
Collins fails to land the takedown.
Greed throws a right and a left that Collins avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Collins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Greed counters with a low kick, right behind Collins 's knee.
Collins moves away from the strike by Greed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Greed dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Collins shoots for a takedown but Greed saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Greed throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch but Greed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Greed.
Greed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collins manages to avoid it.
Collins throws a looping overhand right but Greed ducks down to avoid it.

Collins scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Greed is not content to let Collins control the position.
Collins is breathing heavily.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Greed's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Collins.
Greed might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Greed is trying to stand up here but Collins is controlling him well.
Greed slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Greed manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Collins manages to get himself to full guard.
Collins wants to sweep here but Greed controlling him for the moment.

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.
Collins is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Greed wants to stand but Collins is controlling his posture from 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins is adopting a defensive guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Greed looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

We're going to have a standup here because Apollo Greed wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Greed thuds a left hand into Collins's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Greed dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Collins ducks right into an uppercut from Greed.

It looks like Vinnie Collins has been cut.
Greed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Collins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Greed.
Greed throws a left and a right that both miss
and Collins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Greed swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Collins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Collins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Greed.
Greed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Collins.
Greed fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Collins is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Collins misses the target.
Greed tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Collins is able to avoid easily.
Collins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Collins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Greed throws a sloppy body shot

and Collins decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Greed's guard.
Collins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Greed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Collins tries to free his leg and advance position but Greed is retaining full guard.
Collins throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins throwing strikes but missing.
Collins is fighting to break Greed's control of his arms but Greed is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Collins looking to pass the guard.
Greed looking to hit a scissor sweep but Collins is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greed keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Collins swings widly with a right hand
and Greed counters with a thumping low kick.
Collins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Collins wants to clinch up but Greed keeps it at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Greed misses.
Greed swings widly with a right hand
and Collins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Greed scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Collins tries to clinch there but Greed circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greed misses with an uppercut

and Collins counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collins moves nicely into side control.
Collins creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Greed sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Collins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Greed is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Collins working the strikes but Greed uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Vinnie Collins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Collins 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.
Collins wants to pass the guard but Greed is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Apollo Greed.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Greed, 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Apollo Greed!