PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jared Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Polly Cracker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Greene
vs
Cracker

190 cm
25
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jared Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Polly Cracker!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene moves in looking to clinch but Cracker pushes him off.
Cracker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cracker throws a sloppy head kick
and Greene counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cracker cracks the inside of Greene's front leg.
Cracker misses with a head kick.
Greene really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Greene clinches with his opponent.
Greene effectively controlling the action here.
Cracker managing to block the knees to the body from Greene.
Cracker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene wants a takedown.
Cracker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Cracker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Greene closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cracker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Greene's brow.

Cracker pulls guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Greene trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cracker's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Greene gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Greene clinches.
Greene tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cracker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cracker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Greene walks away with a smile on his face. Cracker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Greene has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cracker is struggling to control the position.
Greene unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cracker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Cracker avoids the damage to the body.
Cracker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Greene landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Greene stalling in the clinch.
Cracker on the defensive, avoiding the 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 dodges an elbow strike from Cracker.
Cracker misses with an elbow over the top.
Greene wants to take the fight to the mat but Cracker manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jared Greene. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cracker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cracker is looking to break free of the clinch but Greene has double underhooks.
Greene misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cracker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cracker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Greene fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cracker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cracker throws a head kick but Greene moves out of range.
Greene blocks a head kick by Cracker.
Greene doesn't manage to clinch there - Cracker circles away.
Cracker throws a head kick but Greene moves out of range.
Cracker throws a head kick but Greene moves out of range.
Jared Greene is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Greene tries to close the distance and clinch but Cracker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cracker keeps the fight on the outside.
Cracker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Polly Cracker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cracker moves in looking to clinch but Greene pushes him off.
Cracker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cracker tries a head kick but it misses.
Cracker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Greene tries to clinch up but Cracker circles away and keeps his distance.
Cracker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cracker throws a lazy head kick
and Greene counters with a two punch combo.
Greene throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cracker throws a wild body kick that Greene sees coming a mile off.
Cracker is breathing heavily.
Cracker misses with a body shot.
Cracker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cracker thumps Greene with a low kick.

Greene rushes Cracker and presses him up against the cage.
Greene blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cracker misses with an elbow over the top.
Greene trying to land knees to the body.
Greene leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cracker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene missing with knees to the body.
Cracker misses with an elbow strike.
Cracker tries a knee to the head but Greene blocks it.
Cracker avoiding damage as Greene throws knees to the body.
Cracker misses with an elbow over the top.
Greene avoids the elbow strike from Cracker, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene is trying to maintain a safe position but Cracker gets an underhook and turns Greene into the cage.
Cracker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Greene utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Cracker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Polly Cracker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Greene tries to clinch but Cracker is having none of it.
Cracker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Greene looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cracker misses with a looping left.
Greene tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cracker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick by Cracker misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cracker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Greene avoids the head kick by Cracker.
Cracker misses with a series of wild punches.
Cracker lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Greene backs up against the cage.
Cracker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cracker throws a head kick that misses
and Greene counters with a good low kick that Cracker was not able to check.
Greene fails with an attempt to clinch.
Greene scoring well with a low kick there.
Greene is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cracker keeps the fight on the outside.
Greene avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Greene.
Greene tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cracker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cracker lands with a kick to the temple. Greene shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cracker throws a sloppy head kick
and Greene counters with a series of strikes. Cracker will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene tries to clinch but Cracker moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Cracker.
Cracker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Greene is looking to clinch.
Cracker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Greene is looking to slow Cracker down with leg kicks.
Greene avoids the head kick by Cracker.
Cracker throws a lazy head kick
and Greene counters with a body kick.

Greene has closed the distance and engaged Cracker in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greene looking to throw knees to the head but Cracker is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Greene.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene is trying to drag Cracker to the mat but Cracker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cracker avoids it.
Cracker stops a takedown attempt from Greene.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jared Greene. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cracker is struggling to control the position.

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.
Greene stalling against the cage.
Greene trying to land knees to the body.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cracker avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jared Greene showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Greene 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28

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