PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lane Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes into the arena with Raining Blood blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Green
vs
Brooks

179 cm
21
166 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
168 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Heisenberg

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lane Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks scores with a kick to the body.
Brooks fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Green checks it well.
Brooks throws a half hearted mid kick.
Green throws a body punch but Brooks moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Brooks.
Brooks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brooks throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good work by Green as he checks the leg kick.
Brooks misses with a head kick.
Brooks connects with the punch.
Brooks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Green.
Green uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brooks.
Green has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Green on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brooks. Brooks obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brooks looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brooks connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Green's hands.
Brooks dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Green. That did some damage!
Brooks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Green swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brooks has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Green is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brooks. Brooks obviously looking to wear him down.
Green checks a low kick from Brooks.
Green throws a leg kick but Brooks sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brooks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Green.
Lane Brooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brooks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Brooks throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Green tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brooks tries to land a front kick but Green steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brooks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Green.
Nice body kick there by Brooks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brooks.
Brooks wants to slow Green down by chopping away at his legs.
Brooks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Green dives in and scores a takedown into Brooks's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Green accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Green accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Green passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Brooks tries to buck Green off but Green is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Green in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Green moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
An elbow from Green crashes against the mat.
Brooks is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Green throws a strike aimed at the side of Brooks's head but Brooks avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green working the ground and pound but Brooks is defending the strikes.

Green is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Brooks looks calm but he's in trouble here. Green gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Brooks is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Green lets go of the hold and Brooks can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Matt Green!
Matt Green made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Another big tournament win for The Gravy Raven! Yeah man, just training hard and getting better every day at Nights Watch MMA Academy. Just gotta keep taking my vitamins, saying my prayers and drinking my gravy!'.