PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lorne Greenebaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parker Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Greenebaum
vs
Michaels

165 cm
27
151 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lorne Greenebaum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Parker Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greenebaum fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Michaels checks it well.
Michaels bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Greenebaum closes the distance and clinches.
Our sources have told us that Greenebaum has been working on his elbows in the gym.

Greenebaum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michaels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Michaels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Greenebaum throws a nice inside leg kick.
Greenebaum throws a body punch but Michaels moves out of range.

Greenebaum tries to sprawl but Michaels drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Michaels thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Greenebaum's head.
Michaels throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Greenebaum is defending against the submission attempts here by Michaels.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Greenebaum looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Greenebaum works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Michaels stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Greenebaum swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Greenebaum is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Michaels is trying to get back to full guard.
Michaels keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Michaels looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Greenebaum.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Michaels is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Greenebaum seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Michaels does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Michaels is looking to improve his position.
Michaels keeps trying to improve his position.
Michaels is trying to control but can't.

Greenebaum is looking for a kimura here.
Greenebaum working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum trying to control from half guard but Michaels is working away.
Michaels is looking for a sweep. Greenebaum is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Greenebaum wants to lay and pray for a moment but Michaels keeps working.
Michaels tries to kick Greenebaum off but Greenebaum keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Michaels is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Greenebaum scores with a couple of nice shots.
Michaels has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Greenebaum is working away from the top position though.
Michaels is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Greenebaum's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Greenebaum's back!

Michaels is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Greenebaum has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Greenebaum is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum is working hard here to advance position.
Greenebaum avoids the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels is looking to control Greenebaum but Greenebaum is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Michaels missing with punches from the back.
Michaels throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Michaels tries to keep control of the position but Greenebaum is staying busy.
Michaels throwing wild punches that miss their target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Parker Michaels 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.

Michaels connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Michaels defending well as Greenebaum loads up on a big left hand.
Parker Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Michaels gets tackled into the cage by Greenebaum. Greenebaum maintains the clinch.
Greenebaum is pushing Michaels up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Greenebaum can't find room to land a body shot as Michaels controls the action.

Greenebaum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Michaels working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Greenebaum - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Greenebaum.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michaels doesn't manage to clinch there - Greenebaum circles away.
Greenebaum is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Michaels scores with a nice head shot.
Michaels doesn't manage to clinch there - Greenebaum circles away.
A big right from Michaels misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greenebaum lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Michaels throws a lazy right hand but Greenebaum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Greenebaum lands with a nice body punch.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Greenebaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Greenebaum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lorne Greenebaum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Greenebaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Greenebaum fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Michaels looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Greenebaum swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Greenebaum tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Michaels defends well and Greenebaum ends up having to push Michaels into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Greenebaum takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Michaels is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Greenebaum.
Greenebaum half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Lorne Greenebaum is winning the standup battle so far.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Greenebaum.
Michaels throws out a counter right but Greenebaum avoids it with no problem.
Michaels wants to clinch.
Michaels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Greenebaum rushes Michaels and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Greenebaum lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michaels tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Greenebaum's elbow.
Greenebaum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Michaels is rocked!

Greenebaum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Greenebaum looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Michaels is still in real trouble! Can Greenebaum finish him?
Michaels not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Michaels seems to have recovered his senses.
Greenebaum preventing the sweep.
Greenebaum is pushing down on Michaels's leg trying to pass to half guard. Michaels is fighting to maintain full guard but Greenebaum has managed to sneak the leg through.
Greenebaum is nestled in close to Michaels, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Greenebaum 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.
Greenebaum passes to full mount!
Greenebaum looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Michaels keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Greenebaum tries to control but Michaels wriggling away.
Michaels felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
A nice elbow there by Greenebaum.
Greenebaum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michaels can do to turn this around?
Michaels tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Greenebaum lands a big shot to the head and Michaels winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lorne Greenebaum!
A very excited looking Lorne Greenebaum rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.