PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pettis has chosen Eyeless as his entrance music. Paul Pettis is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Greene
vs
Pettis

179 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 London, Danny Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Pettis!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene lands a right hook to the body.
Greene catches Pettis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pettis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Greene fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pettis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A big left from Pettis misses.
Pettis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice uppercut there from Greene.
Pettis just misses with a punch to the body.
Greene walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Greene throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Greene lands a slapping body shot.
Pettis jabs Greene right on the nose. Greene blinks but takes it well.
Pettis throws a jab but it's blocked by Greene.
Danny Greene seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greene scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Greene misses with a low kick.
A cross from Greene lands.
Greene throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pettis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greene.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Greene. Greene obviously looking to wear him down.
Greene catches Pettis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pettis scores with a jab.
Greene throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greene lands with an uppercut that bounces Pettis off the cage and back into range.
Greene is looking to wear down Pettis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Both fighters circling a little - Greene finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Greene jabs Pettis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Greene jabs at Pettis's body.
Pettis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Greene.
Pettis looks to land a right hand but Greene moved out of range.
Greene with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pettis looks to score with a jab to the body but Greene is just out of range.
Pettis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Greene stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
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!
A shot to the liver by Greene. Beautiful body shot.
Pettis throws an overhand right that lands on Greene's shoulder, as Greene tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Greene swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.
Greene lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Greene connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab from Greene.
Greene lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Greene wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Greene throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greene keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pettis.
Pettis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Greene throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greene misses the shot to the body.
Greene staying out of range there.
Pettis throws a nice looking combination but Greene bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene scores with a jab to the body.
Greene misses the shot to the body.
Greene waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pettis.
Pettis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Greene swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Greene looks to land a left hand but Pettis moved out of range nicely.
Greene changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pettis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pettis avoids the body shot from Greene.
Greene comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Greene misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pettis.
Pettis misses with a looping right.
Greene ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pettis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Greene pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene throws a nice looking combination but Pettis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Greene throws a hook to the side of Pettis's head but Pettis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pettis throws a body punch but Greene moves out of range.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Greene avoids them all with ease.
Greene throws a sloppy head kick and Pettis moves out of range easily.
Greene keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pettis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Greene.
Pettis looks to throw the jab but Greene is out of range.
Pettis takes one on the button.
Pettis throws a body punch but Greene moves out of range.
Greene is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pettis throws a series of punches but Greene avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Pettis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pettis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Greene connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Greene lands a jab to Pettis's midsection.
Greene throws a jab but it's blocked by Pettis.
Greene swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.
Greene misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Pettis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Greene connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pettis's hands.
Pettis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Greene bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Greene keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pettis defending well as Greene loads up on a big left hand.
Greene wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Greene scores with a shot to the body.
Pettis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Greene.
Pettis walks into a stiff left hand from Greene.
Jab from Greene.
Pettis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Greene.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis blocks a jab.
Greene stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Greene misses with a looping left.
Pettis misses with a looping left.
Pettis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Pettis connects with a jab.
Pettis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Greene throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pettis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big right from Greene misses.
Pettis takes one to the side of the head.
Pettis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Greene.
Greene throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pettis lunges at Greene with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Greene's hand.
Greene looks to score with a jab to the body but Pettis is just out of range.
Pettis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene scores with a hook to the body. Pettis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Greene uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pettis.
Greene avoids the body shot from Pettis.
Pettis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pettis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Greene.
Greene swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Greene throws a body punch but Pettis moves out of range.
Greene misses with a straight left.
Pettis ducks under a wild hook from Greene.
Greene displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pettis throws out the jab.
Pettis misses with an uppercut. Greene saw that one coming.
Danny Greene is winning the standup battle so far.
Greene throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pettis misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Greene.
Pettis needs to keep his hands up - Greene had a free shot at his head there.
Pettis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Greene doesn't manage to clinch there - Pettis circles away.
Greene lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Greene swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Greene just misses with a punch to the body.
Pettis looks to land a combination but Greene avoids it well.
Greene throws the left hand but Pettis avoids the punch easily.
Greene defending well as Pettis loads up on a big left hand.
Greene takes a swing at Pettis's ribcage but misses.
A punch lands to the side of Pettis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Greene fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Greene throws a leg kick which misses Pettis's front leg but catches the back leg as Pettis tries to avoid it.
Pettis misses with an uppercut. Greene saw that one coming.
Greene throws a hook but Pettis avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Greene throws a body punch but Pettis moves out of range.
Greene wants to clinch up but Pettis keeps it at a distance.
Greene is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pettis can do to turn this around?
Greene digs a good hook to Pettis's body.
Greene connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Greene. Beautiful body shot.
Greene connects with a solid leg kick.
Greene scores with a jab to the body.
Greene throws a hook to the side of Pettis's head but Pettis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pettis staying out of range there.
Pettis takes a jab right on the kisser.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Greene scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pettis doesn't seem bothered though.
The fighters circling - Pettis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pettis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greene.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Greene dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Pettis misses the shot to the body.
Nice cross by Greene.
Pettis ducks under a wild hook from Greene.
Greene misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pettis.
Pettis misses with an uppercut.
Pettis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pettis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Greene.
Greene lands a nice shot to the body.
Pettis takes a swing at Greene's ribcage but misses.
Pettis throws a looping overhand right but Greene ducks down to avoid it.
Greene fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pettis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Greene.
Jab, jab by Pettis - just one landing.
Pettis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pettis manages to avoid it.
Greene lands with a good body shot.
Greene throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Pettis counter with a right hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Pettis might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Greene has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice shot by Greene.
Pettis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greene sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Greene misses with a body shot
and Pettis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Greene keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pettis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Greene fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Greene fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Greene digs a good body shot into Pettis's ribs.
Pettis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pettis avoids the body shot from Greene.
Greene lands a jab to the nose.
Greene is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Pettis.
Greene misses with a looping right.
Greene avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pettis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pettis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pettis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Greene bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pettis throws a jab but it's blocked by Greene.
Greene connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pettis momentarily.
Greene lands a body shot.
Greene lands with a good body shot.
Greene connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pettis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Greene lands a jab to Pettis's midsection.
Pettis misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis misses with a hook. Greene ducked under it nicely.
Greene displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pettis throws out the jab.
Nice shot by Greene.
Greene tries to clinch up.
Greene jabs Pettis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pettis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Greene was well out of range. Poor timing from Pettis.
Pettis misses with a looping left.
Greene swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.
Greene avoids the body shot from Pettis.
Good exchange - Greene coming out on top.
Greene moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pettis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Greene lands a nice shot to the body.
Pettis throws a jab when Greene was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene misses the shot to the body.
Greene cracks the inside of Pettis's front leg.
Greene slips a straight right by Pettis.
Pettis misses with the combination.
Greene looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pettis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Greene ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettis misses with a body shot.
Pettis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Greene bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pettis's head.
Sloppy strikes from Pettis. Those never looked like landing.
Greene scores with a nice head shot.
Paul Pettis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Greene lunges at Pettis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pettis's hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Greene showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Greene 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Greene!