PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucius Shine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hilding Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Shine
vs
Green

190 cm
23
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lucius Shine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hilding Green!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Green bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Shine manages to work his way to half guard, despite Green's best efforts.
Shine tries to get to full guard but Green has control of the leg.
Green not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Green has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shine keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Green is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Shine kicks Green off and gets back to his feet.
Green throws a right and a left that both miss.

Shine is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Green's half guard.
Nice strikes from Shine there.
Green is looking to improve his position.
Green is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shine scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shine scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shine throwing shots but Green is blocking nicely.
Shine working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Green is trying to get back to full guard.
Shine working Green over with strikes.
Green trying to control from the bottom.
Shine wants to free his trapped foot but Green is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ground and pound from Shine.
Green is refusing to be controlled, as Shine sits in half guard.
Green avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shine.
Shine is nestled in close to Green, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Green keeping control of the position.
Green is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Green with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Green kicks off Shine and gets to his feet.
Shine scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Hilding Green has been cut.
Green looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Shine drives through with a takedown into guard.

Green is rocked!
Shine has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Shine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Green is still in real trouble! Can Shine finish him?
Shine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Green seems to have recovered his senses.
Shine makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Shine scoring with punches to the head and body.

Green escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Shine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Shine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shine lands a couple of elbows.

Shine decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Green, up you get!

Shine scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Shine passes to full mount!
Shine is landing with some decent strikes but Green is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shine dominating with strikes here.
Shine is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Green can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shine with a couple of short strikes.
Shine putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shine looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shine lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Shine lands with some strikes.
Shine landing strikes from the mount.
Shine avoids the attempt from Green to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Shine is staying active.
Shine cracks Green with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shine landing strikes from the mount and Green is in trouble!
Green takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Shine lands a heavy elbow.
Shine lands a nice shot to the head.
Shine with shots to the head and body - Green looks very uncomfortable down there.
Green is bucking up trying to escape but Shine cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shine lands a big elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shine with a couple of short strikes.
Shine connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shine dominating with strikes here.
Shine landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucius Shine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hilding Green's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Shine feints and as Green raises his hands in defense, Shine changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Green throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Shine throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shine stands up over Green, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Green keeping moving, preventing Shine from controlling successfully.
Shine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Green looking to control.
Shine wants to control from the top but Green keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shine accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Green looks to land a body kick but Shine moved away.
Green throws a combination that misses

and Shine decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Green's guard.
Green looking to control.
Green is breathing heavily.
Shine trying to control the position from guard on top but Green is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Green's head.
Shine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Green's head.
Shine distracts Green with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shine works over Green with some ground and pound from guard.
Shine postures up and lands a big shot to Green's brow.
Shine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Shine distracts Green with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shine controlling from the top position.
Shine sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Green's guard.
Shine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shine is thwarting Green's attempts to control the position.
Shine seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Green does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Green trying to control but Shine postures up.
Shine working the head and body with strikes.
Shine takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Shine trying to control from half guard but Green is working away.
Shine slips a nice elbow through Green's hands, connecting with Green's forehead.
Shine drops an elbow to the side of Green's head.
Shine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Green has hold of Shine's hands but Shine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Shine is nestled in close to Green, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Shine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shine slips a nice elbow through Green's hands, connecting with Green's forehead.
Green is looking to control Shine's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Green avoid being mounted?
Shine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Shine.
Shine working Green over with strikes.
Shine works his way into side control.
Green on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shine lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Shine in side control lands a decent elbow.
Shine scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shine in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shine scoring with punches and elbows.
Green is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Green takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Shine creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Green takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Shine creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Shine working the head and body with strikes.
Green takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Green taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shine taking a breather here.
Shine working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucius Shine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hilding Green's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Shine feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Shine stands up over Green, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shine distracts Green with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Green can do to turn this around?
Shine slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Green is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Shine has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Green wants to control but Shine postures up.
Shine cracks Green with a big elbow.
Green on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shine looks up at the clock and then as Green takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shine smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Shine lands an elbow.
Green taking a bit of punishment here - Shine scoring with strikes.
Shine working away.
Shine scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Green to see if he's OK.
Check out the look on Shine's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Shine stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shine bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Shine working the ground and pound from side control.
Shine lands an elbow.
Green is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Shine working the ground and pound.
Green is trying to control Shine's posture but Shine avoids it.
Green takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Shine working the ground and pound from side control.
Green is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shine cracks Green with a big right hand but Green just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Green takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Shine working the ground and pound.
Green is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Shine lands an elbow.
Green is trying to control Shine's posture but Shine avoids it.
Shine cracks Green with a big elbow.
Lucius Shine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Green wants to control but Shine postures up.
Shine lands an elbow.
Shine lands a few punches from side control.
Green takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Green takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Shine working the ground and pound.
Shine landing a few strikes.
Shine is chipping away with strikes.
Shine lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Green down.
Shine lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Green down.
Shine lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Green down.
Shine scoring with punches from side control.
Green wants to control but Shine postures up.
Shine lands a nice forearm strike.
Shine is putting a hurting on Green here, landing some big shots from side control.
Shine grinds an elbow into Green's temple.
Shine is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shine tries to advance to mount but can't.
Green is looking to reverse the position.
Hilding Green has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shine cracks Green with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Shine controls the position.
Green pushes Shine away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shine gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Green tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Green on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shine scoring with punches from side control.
Shine scoring with punches and elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shine working the ground and pound.
Shine cracks Green with a big elbow.
Lucius Shine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shine controlling the position from side mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucius Shine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:25
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucius Shine!