PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Greene (ranked 547 p4p, 650 weight class) and Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 59 p4p, 71 weight class). Greene comes to the cage accompanied by Im Shipping Up To Boston. The crowd seem to be enjoying Farrokhzad's choice of entrance music: Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Greene
vs
Farrokhzad

170 cm
40
155
26 - 11 - 0

170 cm
32
148
24 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Brooklyn Apothecary
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulie Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Greene.
Greene throws a leg kick but Farrokhzad moved away.
Farrokhzad with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Greene to score with a decent uppercut.
Greene dips to his left and cracks Farrokhzad with an uppercut!
Greene pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Farrokhzad misses.
Greene moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Greene misses.
Greene looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A leg kick checked by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad throws a lazy right hand but Greene sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Farrokhzad misses its intended target.
Farrokhzad blocks a leg kick.
Greene ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Farrokhzad moves away.
Farrokhzad scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Paulie Greene has been cut.
Greene throws a hook but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Farrokhzad looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Farrokhzad fails to land with a series of punches.

Greene tries to keep at a distance but Farrokhzad has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Greene fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Farrokhzad.
Greene throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Greene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee strike.
Greene misses with an elbow strike.
Farrokhzad tries a body shot but Greene blocks it.
Farrokhzad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Farrokhzad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Farrokhzad scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Greene.
A right hook to the body lands for Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad working Greene over with knees to the body.
Greene tries to land a knee to the head but Farrokhzad blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Farrokhzad.
Greene is breathing heavily.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad misses with a body punch.
Farrokhzad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrokhzad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Greene with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Farrokhzad with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Greene.
Greene struggles to land a body shot inside as Farrokhzad controls his hands.
Greene swings wildly with an uppercut but Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farrokhzad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Farrokhzad lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Greene.
A left hand lands to the body for Greene.
Greene misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farrokhzad lands with a short shot to the head.
Farrokhzad landing knees to the body.
Farrokhzad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Farrokhzad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Farrokhzad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad pushes Greene back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Farrokhzad has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Greene seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Farrokhzad can turn it around.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Greene has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Farrokhzad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farrokhzad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Greene takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad digs a right hand underneath Greene's ribcage. Greene let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Farrokhzad with a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.

Greene is rocked!
Farrokhzad scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Greene is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Farrokhzad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farrokhzad pushes Greene back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Farrokhzad blocks the elbow strike.
Farrokhzad working the clinch nicely. Greene is working for position but Farrokhzad cracks him with a big knee to the head! Greene crumples up against the cage and Farrokhzad lands two more shots before the ref can save Greene! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Bardia Farrokhzad!
A relieved looking Bardia Farrokhzad thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Paulie Greene was interviewed post fight and said 'Im Sorry Everyone, I’m Disappointed '.