PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Decon Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Willians (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Willians acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Green
vs
Willians

177 cm
18
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Mango Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Decon Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Willians!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willians stuns Green with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Green shoots for a takedown but Willians saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Willians displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Willians has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Green is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Green shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Green tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Willians defends well and Green ends up having to push Willians into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Decon Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Willians breaks the clinch.
Green shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Green shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Willians keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Green misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Green shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Willians as he jumps to the side.
Green is breathing heavily.

Willians gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Green to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Green stops Willians from standing up.
Willians is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Willians looking to hit a scissor sweep but Green is one step ahead there.
Willians is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Green is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Green has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Willians is proving hard to escape from.
Willians is looking to stand up but Green isn't so interested in that idea.
Willians keeping full guard, as Green tries to pass.
Green is pushing down on Willians's leg trying to pass to half guard. Willians is fighting to maintain full guard but Green has managed to sneak the leg through.
Green trying to pass the guard but Willians defending well.
Green trying to control the action but Willians is working from the bottom.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Green is looking for a kimura but Willians is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Green to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willians is looking to escape.

Green seems to be working for a kimura but Willians defends the submission attempt.
Willians pushes Green off looking to stand but Green dives back in and keeps control.

Green wants to work for an arm triangle but Willians is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willians is looking to escape.

Green seems to be looking for submissions.

Willians is defending against the submission attempts here by Green.
Willians moves into full guard.
Green prevents Willians from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green wants to control from the top but Willians keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Willians can do anything to dispel that myth.
Green slips nicely into half guard.
Green seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Willians does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Green seems to be working for a kimura but Willians defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Green is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Willians is trying to stand back up but Green is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Willians is defending against the submission attempts here by Green.
Green tries to pass the half guard into mount. Willians knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Willians tries to kick Green off but Green keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Green moves nicely into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willians is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Green is controlling him well.

Green looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Willians tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Green wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willians is pushing Green's head away, looking to escape. Green manages to hold on to the position though.

Green is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Willians is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Willians wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Decon Green dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Willians lands with a good body shot.
Green looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Willians is fending him off so far but Green persists. Nope, Willians circles away and we're back to standing.
Green looks for a takedown but Willians sprawls well.
Willians lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Green.
Willians is trying to buck Green off.
Decon Green overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Green is working to tighten his grip on Willians's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Willians has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Green is really squeezing tight and eventually Willians passes out! Green breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Decon Green!