PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Coffey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coffey
vs
Green

171 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Coffey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Green!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Green clinches up against the cage.
Coffey lands a knee to the body.
Green is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Coffey works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Coffey tries to stand but Green is controlling from the bottom.
Green tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Green trying to keep a closed guard but Coffey is proving a slippery customer.
Green tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Coffey throws a big right hand that misses.

Green working for a triangle but Coffey defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coffey has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Green is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Green is pulling down on Coffey's head to control his posture.
Coffey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coffey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green controls Coffey momentarily but Coffey frees himself.
Coffey cracks Green with a solid left hand.

Green had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Coffey defends it easily.
Coffey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coffey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Green working for a triangle but Coffey defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green trying to keep a closed guard but Coffey is proving a slippery customer.
Coffey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Green is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coffey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coffey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Green is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Green has momentary wrist control but Coffey slips an elbow through the middle.

Green has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Coffey can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Green has Coffey pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Green will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Green darts in and clinches Coffey up against the cage.
Coffey stalls.
Green wants to break the clinch but can't.

Coffey pulls guard effortlessly.
Green wants to control from the top but Coffey keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coffey striking off his back but it's not causing Green any problems.
Green looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Green trying to control the position from guard on top but Coffey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by John Green.
Coffey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Green throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Coffey's head.

Coffey gets tackled into the cage by Green. Green maintains the clinch.

Green has hold of one of Coffey's legs. Coffey is fighting the takedown attempt but Green gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Green content to stall in guard here.
Green trying to control the position from guard on top but Coffey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Green slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Coffey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coffey tries to get to full guard but Green has control of the leg.
Green is controlling the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coffey is staying active underneath Green, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Coffey is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Green jumps into side control!
Coffey is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Coffey is not content to let Green control the position.

Green in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Coffey is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Green!
John Green was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.