PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eoin Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sambulo Yeboah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yeboah comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Downpresser - Don't Need A Reason kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Greene
vs
Yeboah

176 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

172 cm
18
137 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eoin Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sambulo Yeboah!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ron Honeybunn and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yeboah pushes Greene up against the cage in a clinch.

Yeboah gets control of Greene's arms and successfully pulls guard. Yeboah will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Yeboah keeping moving, preventing Greene from controlling successfully.
Greene postures up and lands a big shot to Yeboah's brow.
Greene really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Greene is in close to Yeboah's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Greene distracts Yeboah with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Greene looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Greene working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yeboah's head.

Yeboah is looking for a triangle here but Greene uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeboah takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yeboah is looking for a sweep.
Yeboah tries to escape but Greene is in control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Yeboah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Greene in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Greene working the ground and pound.
Greene working the head and body with strikes.
Greene grinds an elbow into Yeboah's temple.

Yeboah is rocked!
Yeboah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Greene prevents Yeboah from escaping the position.
Greene 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.
Check out the look on Greene's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Greene cracks Yeboah with a big right hand but Yeboah just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yeboah is still in real trouble! Can Greene finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene scoring with punches from side control.
Greene cracks Yeboah with a big elbow.
Greene lands a nice forearm strike.
We've been hearing that Greene has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Greene in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Yeboah looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Greene turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eoin Greene!
The defeated Sambulo Yeboah had this to say: 'Win or lose, I hope it was entertaining. I fight for the fans, bottom line.'.