PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Nieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nieto comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet the Blue Sky. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nieto
vs
Greene

170 cm
37
162 lbs
30 - 13 - 2

179 cm
32
148 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

GREEN!160

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 30 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexandre Nieto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Billy Greene!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene just misses with a punch to the body.
Nieto throws a low kick but it's checked well by Greene.
Nieto tries to clinch there but Greene circles away.

Greene gets tackled into the cage by Nieto. Nieto maintains the clinch.
A body shot lands from Nieto.
Greene is trying to push Nieto away but Nieto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Greene misses with an elbow over the top.
Nieto misses with a punch to the body.
Greene wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nieto has Greene pressed against the cage, preventing Greene from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nieto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Greenes head.
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Nieto avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nieto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nieto swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Greene breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nieto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nieto connects with a solid leg kick.
Nieto cracks a nice hook into Greene's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nieto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Greene uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nieto.
Nice defenses there by Greene.
Greene looks to throw the jab but Nieto is out of range.
Greene chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nieto can pounce on him.
Nieto shoots in looking for a takedown. Greene tries to sprawl out of it but Nieto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Greene manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Greene appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nieto tries to clinch up but Greene circles away and keeps his distance.
Nieto jabs at Greene's body.
Nieto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Greene was well out of range. Poor timing from Nieto.
Greene takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nieto misses with a takedown attempt - Greene sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nieto blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nieto feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Greene.
Greene looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Greene tests Nieto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut there from Nieto.
Alexandre Nieto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nieto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nieto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Greene.
Nieto throws a leg kick
and Greene counters with a series of strikes. Nieto will be more careful next time no doubt.
Greene takes one to the chin there.
Nieto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Greene avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Greene throws a fast counter high kick but Nieto manages to duck under it in time.
Greene avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nieto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nieto shoots in for a takedown but Greene shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Greene let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexandre Nieto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Greene looks to score with a jab to the body but Nieto is just out of range.
Nieto wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene misses with a jab to the body

and Nieto counters by moving into the clinch.
Nieto keeps control of Greene as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Greene wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nieto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nieto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greene is trying to break the clinch but Nieto has him pressed against the cage.
Nieto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nieto avoids it.
Nieto taking a breather.
Greene tries to land a knee to the head but Nieto blocks with his arms.
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Nieto avoids the damage to the body.

Greene escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Greene. Nieto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nieto tried to score with a low kick but Greene checks it.
Greene counters with a body kick.
Nieto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greene manages to avoid it.
Greene throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene tried to score with a low kick but Nieto checks it.
Nieto misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Nieto.
It seemed like Greene was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A head kick misses from Greene.
Nieto tries to counter by clinching up but Greene breaks away and moves out of range.
Nieto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Greene doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
An inside leg kick lands from Nieto.
Nieto loads up on a big right hand but Greene slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Nieto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Greene gets caught napping as Nieto dives in and scores a takedown. Greene manages to retain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greene is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Greene has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Greene is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Nieto dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Greene stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nieto.
Nieto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nieto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Greene can do to turn this around?

Nieto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nieto tries to score a body lock takedown but Greene shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nieto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Greene is trying to break free.
Greene lands a shot to the body.

Greene escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Greene throws a body punch but Nieto moves out of range.
Nieto misses with a leg kick
and Greene counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nieto thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nieto throws a sloppy body shot
and Greene counters with an outside leg kick.
Greene throws a push kick but Nieto slaps the foot to one side.
Nieto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Greene checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nieto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nieto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Greene's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nieto throws a right hand that misses
and Greene counters with a big head kick but Nieto shrugs it off.
Greene fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Greene throws a low kick, looking for Nieto's leg but Nieto calmly moves out of range.
Nieto scoring well with a low kick there.
Nieto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Greene moves away.
Nieto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Greene throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Greene wants to land a leg kick but Nieto is out of range.
Nieto is looking to counter the offense by Greene and move into the clinch.
Nieto throws a body punch but Greene moves out of range.
Nieto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nieto lands a leg kick that knocks Greene off balance momentarily.
Nieto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Greene cracks Nieto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nieto checks a low kick from Greene.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto lands a leg kick that knocks Greene off balance momentarily.
Nieto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Greene has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nieto throws a lazy head kick
and Greene counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nieto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nieto tries to score with a low kick but Greene moves his leg out of the way.
Nieto tried to score with a low kick but Greene checks it.
Greene has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Greene throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Greene lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nieto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Greene to score with a decent uppercut.
Nieto thows a leg kick but Greene checks it
and Greene counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Greene dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nieto. That did some damage!
Nieto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Greene manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nieto moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGreene.
Nieto throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nieto. That's going to slow Greene down.
Greene moves away from the strike by Nieto.
Greene counters with a body kick.
Nieto scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Greene is out of range and Nieto settles back down.
Billy Greene is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nieto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nieto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greene manages to avoid it.
Crunch! Greene slams his shin into Nieto's torso.
Nieto moves out of range of the body kick.
Alexandre Nieto is winning the standup battle so far.
Nieto walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Greene checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nieto sets himself, and Greene steps forward looking for the clinch! Nieto avoids it this time.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nieto. That's going to slow Greene down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nieto. Greene does a little dance to reset his feet.
Greene just misses with a punch to the body.
Greene ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Greene looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Greene takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nieto thows a leg kick but Greene checks it
and Greene counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nieto misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto tries to clinch there but Greene circles away.
Nieto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nieto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Greene doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greene slaps away a takedown attempt from Nieto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nieto scores with a sloppy right hand. Greene should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nieto. Greene does a little dance to reset his feet.
Greene checks a low kick from Nieto.
Nieto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Greene's head.
Greene checks a low kick from Nieto.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nieto.
Nieto motions for Greene to come forward. Nieto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nieto throws a lazy uppercut
and Greene counters with a low kick, right behind Nieto 's knee.
Nieto checks a low kick from Greene.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexandre Nieto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Nieto throws a body punch but Greene moves out of range.
Nieto misses with a head kick.
A big right from Nieto misses.
Greene slips a jab from Nieto.
Nieto blocks a head kick by Greene.
Nieto throws a counter high kick but Greene was just alert enough to avoid it.
Nieto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nieto cracks a nice hook into Greene's ribs.
Nieto throws a low kick but Greene avoids it.
Nieto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Greene connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene checks a leg kick.
Greene bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nieto's head.
Nieto scores with a nice body kick.
Greene avoids the body shot from Nieto.
Nieto tries a head kick but it misses.
It seemed like Greene was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nieto is looking to wear down Greene with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto misses with a head kick.
Greene tries a quick counter leg kick but Nieto is wise to it.
Nieto throws a leg kick
and Greene counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nieto thuds a left hand into Greene's body.
Nieto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nieto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nieto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Greene has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Greene thuds his shin into the meat of Nieto's side.
Nieto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nieto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nieto avoids the head kick by Greene.
Greene scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nieto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nieto tries to clinch but Greene is having none of it.
Greene is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Greene throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nieto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Greene connects with an inside leg kick.
Alexandre Nieto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Greene. Beautiful body shot.
Greene connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nieto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nieto fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Greene is out of range.
Nieto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Greene has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nieto blocks a leg kick.
Nieto is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Greene.
Greene throws a sloppy head kick and Nieto moves out of range easily.
Nieto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nieto slips a jab from Greene.
Nieto tries a head kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nieto lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Greene has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Greene and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nieto scores with a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Nieto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nieto goes for a double leg but Greene avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Greene continues to drive forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto throws a hook but Greene avoids it easily.
Greene doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A shot to the body from Nieto misses
and Greene counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nieto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nieto tries to clinch
and Greene counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Greene looks to land a body kick but Nieto moved away.
Greene on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Greene gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nieto to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Nieto trying to control the position from guard on top but Greene is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nieto is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene wants to sweep here but Nieto controlling him for the moment.
Nieto slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nieto stops Greene from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greene looking for a sweep. Not yet Greene, not yet.
Billy Greene has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nieto wants to control from the top but Greene keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alexandre Nieto.
Well Nieto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandre Nieto!
Alexandre Nieto thanked the fans post fight for their support.