PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Ryzhkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeff Green has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Green
vs
Ryzhkov

200 cm
26
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrey Ryzhkov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Green. That's going to slow Ryzhkov down.
Green moves out of range as Ryzhkov strikes.
Ryzhkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Green throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Green throws a head kick but Ryzhkov moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Ryzhkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jeff Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Ryzhkov misses the target.
Ryzhkov misses the shot to the body.
Green swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Green slips a straight right by Ryzhkov.
Green throws a hook to the side of Ryzhkov's head but Ryzhkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Green buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Green chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ryzhkov will feel that in the morning.
Ryzhkov looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryzhkov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Green.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Green cracks Ryzhkov with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ryzhkov looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Green finish him?

Ryzhkov is rocked!

It looks like Andrey Ryzhkov has been cut.
Green scores with a spinning back kick!
Green cracks the inside of Ryzhkov's front leg.
Green throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ryzhkov is holding his hands too far apart here. Green throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Ryzhkov is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jeff Green!
After winning the bout, Jeff Green thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.