PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Erickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erickson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Of Wolf And Man - Metallica. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Green
vs
Erickson

187 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Erickson!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erickson swats away the attempt to clinch by Green.
Green shoots for a takedown but Erickson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Erickson is looking to slow Green down with leg kicks.

Green shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Green wants to control from the top but Erickson keeps moving.
Green throwing strikes but missing.
Erickson keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Erickson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Green is one step ahead there.
Erickson is trying to control the position but Green postures up.
Erickson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Green manages to get himself to full guard.
Erickson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Green manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Erickson wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erickson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Erickson 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.
Green working Erickson over with strikes here.
Green trying to control but Erickson is having none of it.
Erickson is trying desperately to improve position.
Green trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Erickson working to try and regain half guard.
Erickson looks gassed!
The referee warns Erickson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Green tries to control but Erickson wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erickson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Erickson is squirming around, avoiding Green's attempts to control the action.
Green in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Erickson is desperately trying to improve his position but Green has a good base and remains in mount.
Green working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Green landing punches.

Erickson is rocked!
Green unloading with bombs!
Erickson is still in real trouble! Can Green finish him?
Green lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Erickson tries to reverse the position but Green maintains control.
Green connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Erickson taking shots to the head.
Green with a couple of short strikes.
Green landing strikes, looking to finish!
The referee warns Erickson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Green lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Green pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Green in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Erickson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erickson working to try and regain half guard.
Erickson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Green lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Green knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Erickson on the ground.
Erickson is looking to get to half guard.
Green looking to control but Erickson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Erickson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Green working Erickson over with strikes here.
Erickson wants to control but Green is having none of it.
Erickson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Green working the ground and pound effectively.
Erickson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Erickson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Erickson gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erickson wants to improve his position but Green is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Green connects with a nice short shot to Erickson's temple.
Nice strikes from Green there.
Erickson tries to kick Green off but Green keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Erickson wants to get back to full guard.
Green lands with a punch from half guard.
Green frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Green putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Erickson is trying to escape the mount.
Green with good strikes from the mount here!
Green landing strikes from the mount.
Green with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Green controlling the position easily from mount.
Green with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Green dominated that round.
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.

Green closes the distance looking for a takedown. Erickson stuffs it but Green still has hold of him. Green picks Erickson up in a fireman's lift! The crowd roars in approval. Green slams Erickson to the floor and that's really hurt Erickson - he doesn't know where he is! Green throws a couple of strikes and the referee steps in to save him! This one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Green!