PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pale Greeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Simons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simons comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Turnt kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pale Greeno has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Greeno
vs
Simons

175 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pale Greeno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henry Simons!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greeno lands a jab to the head.
Simons looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Greeno drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Greeno is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Simons will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Simons tries to buck Greeno off but Greeno is having none of it.
A lull in the action here.
Simons struggling a bit here.

Greeno stands up and beckons Simons to his feet.
Simons fails with a takedown attempt.
Greeno lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simons throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Greeno swinging wilding here.
Greeno misses with a two punch combination.

Greeno gets a takedown into half guard.

Greeno decides to stand and escape the position.
Greeno lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Simons at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Greeno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Greeno misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Greeno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Greeno drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greeno distracts Simons with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Greeno stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Greeno takes the fight into the clinch.

Greeno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Greeno throws a series of punches but Simons moves out of range.

Greeno clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Greeno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Greeno scores with a four punch combination!
Greeno connects with a body shot.
Simons is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Greeno.
Henry Simons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Greeno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab by Greeno.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greeno fails to land with a series of punches.
Greeno lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Greeno throws a nice head kick!
Simons shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Greeno counters with a three punch combo that has Simons backing up. Simons nods at Greeno to acknowledge the strikes.
Greeno doesn't manage to clinch there - Simons circles away.
Simons has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Danga de danga de dang - Greeno scores with a four punch combination!

Greeno darts in and clinches Simons up against the cage.

Greeno manages to break the clinch.
Greeno avoids the head kick by Simons.
Greeno's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Greeno duly obliges.
Greeno misses with a wild combination.
Greeno fails with the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Greeno.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simons throws a combination that misses

and Greeno counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Simons's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Greeno won't allow Simons to sweep him here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Greeno sitting in guard here, content to control.
Greeno trying to stand up but can't free himself from Simons's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simons wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pale Greeno 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.

Simons throws a left and a right that both miss
and Greeno counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Greeno is working the combinations to good effect here.
Greeno scores with a one two! Simons had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Greeno lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Greeno.
Greeno looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Greeno closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Greeno turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Simons tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Simons can't do much from the bottom here.
Simons is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Greeno decides to stand up, so the ref orders Simons to his feet.
Simons misses with the combination.
Greeno tries to clinch up.
Greeno throws a series of punches but Simons avoids them all with ease.
Simons takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Greeno has taken the fight to the clinch.

Greeno breaks the clinch.

Greeno shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Simons's guard.
Simons throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Simons wants to sweep here but Greeno controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Greeno stands up from Simons's guard - Greeno perhaps looking for a knockout.
Greeno is looking to clinch.
Simons misses with a hook to the body

and Greeno counters with a shoot takedown. Simons fights it but they end up in guard.

Simons wriggles free and stands up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simons throws a leg kick
and Greeno counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Simons gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Greeno counters with a one-two to the body.
Greeno works over Simons's head and body with a nice combination.
Greeno tries for a takedown but Simons circles away easily

and Simons counters with a takedown into side control.
Greeno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Simons can do to turn this around?
Simons in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simons wants to control but Greeno is keeping him busy.
Greeno pushes Simons away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Simons gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Simons throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Greeno works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Simons missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Greeno avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Simons.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Simons dodges the punch combination from Greeno.
Simons tries for a takedown but Greeno circles away easily
and Greeno counters with a left to the body.
Greeno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab from Simons.

Simons shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Simons showed some decent athleticism there.
Greeno is not content to let Simons control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greeno is looking to control Simons's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Greeno avoid being mounted?
Simons throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pale Greeno dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Greeno scores with a one two! Simons had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Greeno fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Greeno throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Simons shoots in looking for a takedown. Greeno tries to sprawl out of it but Simons keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Greeno manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Greeno scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Greeno gets the takedown into side control.

Greeno decides to stand back up.
Simons shoots and misses
and Greeno counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Greeno lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Simons gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Greeno counters by clinching up.
Pale Greeno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Simons.
Simons tries for a takedown but Greeno manages to get underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Greeno lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Simons manages to break the clinch.
Greeno looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Greeno throws a nice looking combination but Simons bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Simons tries for a takedown but Greeno sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Simons throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Simons tries to bum rush Greeno with a series of wild strikes but Greeno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Greeno shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Simons but Simons pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Greeno is looking to wear down Simons with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Simons shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Greeno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Simons passes Greeno's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Simons is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Greeno controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greeno has hold of Simons's hands but Simons slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Simons throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Greeno wants to get back to his feet.
Simons works his foot free and advances to mount.
Greeno wants to hold on but Simons pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greeno tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Simons putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Simons landing shots from mount.
Simons throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Greeno because Simons loaded up on that one.
Greeno is desperately trying to improve his position but Simons has a good base and remains in mount.
Simons with a couple of short strikes.
Greeno is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Simons pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Greeno holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Simons tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Greeno taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Greeno tries to buck Simons off but he can't manage it.
Simons with the ground and pound from mount.
Simons lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Greeno hang on?
Greeno is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Simons avoids the attempt from Greeno to control.
Henry Simons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Simons lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Greeno swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Pale Greeno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Simons throws some wild stikes that Greeno manages to avoid easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Henry Simons.
Well Greeno 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pale Greeno!