PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Tim Greene (ranked 7001 p4p, 310 weight class) and Reymon Soriano (ranked 8307 p4p, 333 weight class). Greene's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Back In Black. Reymon Soriano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Greene
vs
Soriano

163 cm
24
141 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

160 cm
18
130 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Basic striking
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reymon Soriano!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Soriano rushes Greene and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Soriano stalling against the ropes.
Greene looking to throw knees to the head but Soriano is blocking nicely.
Greene throws a punch but it's blocked by Soriano.
Soriano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Soriano wants to stall.
Greene throws an elbow that misses.
Greene letting Soriano take a breather here.

Greene breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soriano tries to clinch up
and Greene counters with a three punch combo that has Soriano backing up. Soriano nods at Greene to acknowledge the strikes.
Greene throws a right and a left that both miss.

Soriano clinches.
Soriano looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene can't break the clinch.
Greene throws an elbow that misses.
Soriano effectively controlling the action here.
Soriano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Greene.
Greene looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Soriano blocks the elbow strike.
Greene is trying to break the clinch but Soriano has him pressed against the ropes.
Soriano is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Greene pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Soriano blocks an elbow strike.
Greene pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Greene throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Soriano blocks an elbow strike from Greene.
Greene is trying to break free.

Greene's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Greene is breathing heavily.
Greene keeps the fight on the outside.
Greene was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Greene gets tackled into the ropes by Soriano. Soriano maintains the clinch.
Greene looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Greene is trying to force a seperation but Soriano has the dominant position.
Soriano scores with a hook to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Soriano - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Greene using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soriano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Greene wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Soriano has him pressed against the ropes.
Greene misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soriano.
Greene lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Greene dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Soriano rushes Greene and presses him up against the ropes.
Soriano struggles to land a body shot inside as Greene controls his hands.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Soriano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Greene throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soriano blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Soriano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Greene misses with some punches.
Greene misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soriano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Soriano breaks from the clinch.
Greene will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Greene sets himself, and Soriano steps forward looking for the clinch! Greene avoids it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Greene.
Greene misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soriano has taken the fight to the clinch.
Soriano is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

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

Soriano gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reymon Soriano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Greene taking a breather.
Soriano blocks an elbow strike from Greene.
Soriano blocks the elbow strike.
Soriano slows down the pace here.
Soriano is stalling here.
Greene lands a damaging elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soriano as Greene tries to tie him up.
Soriano is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Greene is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano is pushing Greene up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Reymon Soriano.
Greene lands a jab-cross combination.

Soriano has taken the fight to the clinch.
Greene utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Greene misses with a knee strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Greene wants to break the clinch but can't.

Soriano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Soriano lands a jab to the head.
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 Tim Greene will probably get the nod.
That's time! Greene's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Soriano pushes Greene up against the ropes in a clinch.

Greene manages to break the clinch.

Greene gets tackled into the ropes by Soriano. Soriano maintains the clinch.

Soriano breaks the clinch.
Soriano blocks a head kick by Greene.
Soriano tries to close the distance and clinch but Greene swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Greene misses.
Greene displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Soriano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Greene, pushing him back against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that Greene has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Soriano leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Soriano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Greene misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Soriano - that landed with a thud.
Soriano blocks an elbow strike from Greene.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Greene throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Greene has a couple of punches blocked by Soriano.
A bit of stalling here from Soriano.
Greene misses with a knee strike.
Soriano is struggling to control the position.
Soriano lands a body punch in the clinch.
Greene throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soriano stalling the fight.
Greene throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soriano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right handed body shot lands from Soriano.

Soriano breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano dodges the punch combination from Greene.
Tim Greene is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soriano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Greene swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Soriano looks to move away, Greene throws a big counter combo but Soriano just gets out of the way.
Soriano tries to clinch up.
Soriano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Soriano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soriano fails to land with a series of punches.
Greene throws a big counter combination but Soriano scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Soriano closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Greene just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soriano's brow.
Soriano stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Greene throws an elbow that misses.
Greene throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Greene using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soriano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reymon Soriano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tim Greene is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Soriano tries to throw a body punch but Greene avoids it by throwing Soriano back against the ropes.

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 Tim Greene.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Greene, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tim Greene!
Our winner, Tim Greene, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.