PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Clint River (ranked 1864 p4p, 3002 weight class) and Ricky Greene (ranked 120 p4p, 180 weight class). Greene has chosen Stepdad- Eminem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

River
vs
Greene

170 cm
19
135
1 - 5 - 0

151 cm
19
135
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Vegan Gains

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricky Greene!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene tries to clinch but River moves out of range.
Greene ducks under a wild hook from River.
Greene should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Greene tries to clinch there but River circles away.
River seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Greene shoots in and gets a takedown into River's guard.
River on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if River tries to get out of the position.
Greene wants to pass the guard but River is keeping the position.
River is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Greene is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! River is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! River has escaped and now he's on top!

Greene had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. River defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Greene escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. River gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Greene looking for a guillotine here but River defends easily.
Greene manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. River manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River keeping moving, preventing Greene from controlling successfully.
River knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Greene on the ground.

Greene drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and River dives on top into guard.

Greene looking for a sweep. Not yet Greene, not yet.

Greene looking for a guillotine here but River defends easily.

Greene escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. River gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Greene has eaten all the pies!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene wants to hit a sweep here but River passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Greene there!
Greene is looking to improve his position but River isn't that keen on the idea.
Greene wants to control but River is having none of it.

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.
Greene really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Greene slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
River wants to stand up but Greene has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Greene tries to get to full guard but River has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Greene is controlling River's position as best he can from this difficult position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ricky Greene will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

River throws a body shot but no joy.
River takes a swing at Greene's ribcage but misses.
River misses with an uppercut. Greene saw that one coming.
Greene fails with an attempt to clinch.
River misses with a combination

and Greene counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Greene wants to pass the guard but River is defending well.

Greene is working for a kimura but River is defending it quite comfortably.

Greene is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. River doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Greene.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Greene in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. River tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Greene!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Greene!