PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toktogulovich Bakiyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes to the cage accompanied by Raining Blood. Matt Green has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Green
vs
Bakiyev

179 cm
23
166 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

171 cm
20
163 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Zipp Zapp

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toktogulovich Bakiyev!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green swings for the body but Bakiyev moves out of range.
Bakiyev lands with a nice body punch.
Bakiyev getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Green misses with a right hand
and Bakiyev counters with a nice uppercut.
Green misses with an uppercut
and Bakiyev makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Green throws a poor cross that misses
and Bakiyev counters with a right hand to the body.
Bakiyev connects with a looping right hand.
Green throws a poor cross that misses
and Bakiyev counters with a nice body shot.
Bakiyev jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Green takes one to the side of the head.
Bakiyev has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Green is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bakiyev lands a jab to the head.
Green on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bakiyev lands a nice shot to the body.
Matt Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green misses with a left hand
and Bakiyev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bakiyev lands a jab to Green's midsection.
Bakiyev throws a shot to the body.
Bakiyev tests Green's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bakiyev scores with a nice right hand.
A left lands for Bakiyev.
Green swings widly with a right hand
and Bakiyev counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bakiyev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Green shoots in and gets a takedown into Bakiyev's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Green trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bakiyev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Green. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green tries to free his leg and advance position but Bakiyev is retaining full guard.
Green throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bakiyev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Green is in close to Bakiyev's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Green controlling from the top position.
Green throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bakiyev wants to stand up but Green is controlling him.
Green postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Green tries to free his leg and advance position but Bakiyev is retaining full guard.
Green loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Green loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green controlling from the top position.
Green keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bakiyev's head.
Green throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bakiyev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Green accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Green throws a big elbow that misses.
Green looking to pass the guard.
Green is looking to work some ground and pound but Bakiyev has wrist control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Green throws an overhand right that lands on Bakiyev's shoulder, as Bakiyev tries to avoid the shot.
Bakiyev stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Green gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bakiyev counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakiyev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Green fails to land the takedown.
Green misses with a takedown
and Bakiyev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bakiyev thuds a left hand into Green's body.
Green with a poor takedown
and Bakiyev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Green shoots and misses
and Green takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bakiyev punishes Green's body with a nice straight punch.
Green misses the body punch
and Bakiyev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab lands there for Bakiyev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toktogulovich Bakiyev dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bakiyev with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Green rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bakiyev counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Green throws a hook to the side of Bakiyev's head but Bakiyev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Green gets a takedown into half guard.
Bakiyev is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Green scores with a couple of nice shots.
Green not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Green 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.
Green not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Green trying to control the action but Bakiyev is working from the bottom.
Green stops Bakiyev from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bakiyev!
Bakiyev is in a horrible position here. Green smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Green scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bakiyev?

Green jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Bakiyev manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Green lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bakiyev is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Green asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Green throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Green misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
We've been hearing good reports from Green's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakiyev wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Bakiyev prevents Green from moving into mount.
Green working the ground and pound.

Bakiyev is rocked!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Matt Green!
Matt Green took some time post fight to say the following; 'Woooooooo! Huge win for the kid! Landen is a tough well rounded guy. Like I've told you, and shown you, when the fight hits the floor you are in the gravy boat baby. There ain't no life jackets in the gravy boat so you might as well relax, take a deep breath and embrace the end.'.