PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felix Sandoval (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doctor Greenthumb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandoval's entrance music is Overseer - Slayed. A fine choice. Greenthumb has chosen I Wanna Riot! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sandoval
vs
Greenthumb

171 cm
28
158 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

168 cm
28
168 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Felix Sandoval!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Doctor Greenthumb!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandoval looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Sandoval gets tackled into the cage by Greenthumb. Greenthumb maintains the clinch.
Greenthumb is trying to maintain a safe position but Sandoval gets an underhook and turns Greenthumb into the cage.
Sandoval fails to pull guard.
Greenthumb misses with a punch to the body.
Sandoval prevents a body shot from Greenthumb.
Sandoval misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sandoval scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Greenthumb.
A hook to the body from Greenthumb.
Greenthumb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Greenthumb.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Greenthumb has hold of one of Sandoval's legs. Sandoval is fighting the takedown attempt but Greenthumb gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sandoval keeping moving, preventing Greenthumb from controlling successfully.
Greenthumb throws an elbow that misses. Sandoval uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Greenthumb's guard. Nice move by Sandoval!
Sandoval chips away with some ground and pound.
Sandoval is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandoval is working Greenthumb over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sandoval works over Greenthumb with some ground and pound from guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Greenthumb is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sandoval throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Greenthumb missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sandoval 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.
Greenthumb pushes down on Sandoval's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Greenthumb moves into full mount! Sandoval won't be happy about that!
Greenthumb has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sandoval's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greenthumb fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sandoval is desperately trying to improve his position but Greenthumb has a good base and remains in mount.
Sandoval taking shots to the head.
Greenthumb trying to control but Sandoval is having none of it.
Greenthumb cracks Sandoval with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Sandoval is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greenthumb loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sandoval scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Greenthumb land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Greenthumb stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doctor Greenthumb!
Doctor Greenthumb bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.