PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tairy Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ellison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Greene
vs
Ellison

190 cm
21
213 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

189 cm
23
210 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tairy Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Ellison!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Greene darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Greene is trying to control the action in half guard but Ellison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellison tries to roll over but Greene keeps him under control.
Greene passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Ellison!
Greene raining down shots from the mount!
Greene scoring with strikes but Ellison is staying in there.
Greene working Ellison over with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Greene with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ellison is looking to improve his position but Greene isn't that keen on the idea.
Greene landing strikes from the mount and Ellison is in trouble!
Greene landing strikes from the mount and Ellison is in trouble!
Greene with shots to the head and body - Ellison looks very uncomfortable down there.
Greene lands a big shot there that rocks Ellison but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Greene lands a nice shot to the head.
Greene punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greene looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Greene fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ellison looks gassed!
Greene lands a big elbow.
Greene tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Greene can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ellison is looking to escape.
Greene lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Greene unloading with bombs!
Ellison takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene working Ellison over with strikes here.
Ellison is in a horrible position here. Greene smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Greene.
Greene breaks from Ellison's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Greene scoring with strikes but Ellison is staying in there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greene lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ellison hang on?
Greene postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ellison looks a forlorn figure.
Greene looking to control but Ellison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Greene lands a nice shot to the head.
Greene scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ellison?
Ellison is bucking up trying to escape but Greene cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Greene lands a heavy elbow.
Ellison is desperately trying to improve his position but Greene has a good base and remains in mount.
The referee warns Ellison that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Greene with shots to the head and body - Ellison looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ellison takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Greene lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tairy Greene dominated that round.
That's time! Greene's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ellison gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A good leg kick by Greene.
Greene with a hook.
Ellison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ellison fails with the takedown

and Greene counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Greene.

Ellison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Greene can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Greene with a nice head shot there.
Greene postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Greene scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greene content to stall in guard here.
Ellison is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene postures up and lands a big shot to Ellison's brow.
Ellison has momentary wrist control but Greene slips an elbow through the middle.
Greene lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Greene sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Greene pushing down on Ellison's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Greene looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greene is nestled in close to Ellison, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Greene has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellison is not content to let Greene control the position.
Greene working Ellison over with strikes.
Ellison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Greene. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Greene maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Ellison could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Greene has cracked it and Ellison is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Greene!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tairy Greene!