PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jela Bello (ranked 5775 p4p, 4731 weight class) and Jerome Greene (ranked 621 p4p, 576 weight class). Jela Bello has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bello
vs
Greene

190 cm
19
197
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
211
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jela Bello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jerome Greene!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bello throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little jabbing left from Greene on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Greene changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Greene.
Greene lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bello shoots in looking for a takedown. Greene tries to sprawl out of it but Bello keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Greene manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bello shoots and misses
and Greene counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bello takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Greene swats away the attempt to clinch by Bello.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bello darts in looking for a takedown but Greene gets double underhooks and turns Bello into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jela Bello. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bello tries to pull guard but Greene forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Greene escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Greene moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene lands a lovely overhand right.
Jerome Greene is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bello's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Greene connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bello scrambles back to his feet.
Greene misses with a two punch combination.
Greene scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bello is breathing heavily.

Greene drops Bello with a beautiful combination! Bello stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Greene is looking for the KO!

Bello is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bello throws a lazy uppercut
and Greene counters with a left to the body.
Oh Bello is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Greene lands a nice looking body shot.
Bello seems to have got his legs back now.

Greene lands a big right hand that sends Bello crashing to the mat! Greene stays standing though and waves Bello back to his feet!
Greene fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Bello square on the jaw! Damn, Bello is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jerome Greene!
After winning the bout, Jerome Greene thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.