PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mitsuyo Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Green told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Maeda
vs
Green

170 cm
35
142 lbs
29 - 22 - 0

179 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitsuyo Maeda!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Green!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maeda decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Maeda stops Green from getting back to his feet.
Maeda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Green trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Green blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maeda.
Maeda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Green defending well though.
Green is looking to get back to is feet but Maeda passes into side control.
Maeda in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Green is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Maeda lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda advances to mount.
Maeda cracks Green with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maeda lands a heavy elbow.
Maeda punishing his opponent with strikes.

Green is rocked!
Maeda with good strikes from the mount here!
Green is still in real trouble! Can Maeda finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maeda postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Green is out cold - huge knockout for Maeda!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mitsuyo Maeda!
Mitsuyo Maeda retains his bantamweight title!
Mitsuyo Maeda very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.