PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trever Bernard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes to the cage accompanied by that go- keak da sneak. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Green
vs
Bernard

180 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Elite Sydney Nutrition

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 New York, Jeffrey Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trever Bernard!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Bernard lands but Green takes it in his stride.
Green steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bernard. That one must have hurt.
Bernard will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Green shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Green throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bernard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Green lands a couple of elbows.
Green throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bernard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Green tries to free his leg and advance position but Bernard is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Green missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bernard trying to control the position.
Bernard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Green tries to roll over but Bernard keeps him under control.
Bernard is keen to just control but Green is a slippery customer.

Green looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bernard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Green lands an upkick as Bernard stands over him.
Green trying to strike off his back.
Bernard wants to control from the top but Green keeps moving.
Bernard is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bernard must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Green is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Green has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bernard wants to control but Green is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Bernard keeping hold of Green's head, controlling as best he can.
Bernard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Green is working away from the top position though.

Despite being in the dominant position, Trever Bernard just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Green looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bernard!
Green with the ground and pound from mount.
Green working Bernard over with strikes here.
Green tries to control but Bernard wriggling away.
Bernard wants to hold on but Green pushes him away.

Green looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Green with a couple of short strikes.
Bernard really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bernard looks gassed!
Green landing strikes from the mount and Bernard is in trouble!

Green working for a submission but Bernard is keeping him at bay.
Green wants to control the pace but Bernard is squirming around nicely.
Bernard is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Green has control of Bernard's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bernard regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bernard manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Green is looking to advance position but Bernard won't allow it.
Bernard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Green sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bernard defending well though.
Green throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bernard wants to control but Green is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Green throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffrey Green 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.

Bernard throws a head kick that half lands.
No luck for Green with that takedown attempt.
Green throws a nice looking combination but Bernard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Green on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Green scores a takedown into full mount!
Green lands with some strikes.
Bernard working to try and regain half guard.
Bernard is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green landing strikes from the mount.
Bernard tries to lock up and control but Green gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bernard taking shots to the head.
Bernard tries to hold on but Green pushes him away.
Bernard is desperately trying to improve his position but Green has a good base and remains in mount.
Bernard is breathing heavily.
Bernard tries to hold on but Green postures up.
Green scoring with strikes but Bernard is staying in there.
Green avoids the attempt from Bernard to control.
Green lands with some strikes.
Bernard is desperately trying to improve his position but Green has a good base and remains in mount.
Green is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bernard can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Green is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bernard tries to hold on but Green pushes him away.
Green trying to control but Bernard is having none of it.
Bernard is wriggling around trying to escape.
Green has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bernard's face.
Green landing punches.
Green looking to finish Bernard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bernard!

Green has control of Bernard's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bernard regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bernard tries to hold on but Green postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns Bernard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Green cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bernard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Green with good strikes from the mount here!
Green lands a big shot there that rocks Bernard but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bernard is looking to get to half guard.
Green connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Green working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Green raining down shots from the mount!
Bernard is squirming around, avoiding Green's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernard tries to hold on but Green pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Green cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Green punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bernard tries to hold on but Green postures up.
Green is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bernard is bucking up trying to escape but Green cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Green is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bernard is surviving well by controlling Green's body position as best he can.
Bernard wants to hold on but Green pushes him away.
Bernard is bucking up trying to escape but Green cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Bernard is rocked!
A big strike lands for Green! That's really hurt Bernard and he's turned his back - Green keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Green Jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeffrey Green!