PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Mandela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Green
vs
Mandela

175 cm
21
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nelson Mandela!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green keeps the fight on the outside.
Green leaves Mandela with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Green tries to clinch there but Mandela circles away.
Mandela keeps the fight on the outside.
Green keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Green scoring well with a low kick there.
Mandela will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mandela throws a hook but Green avoids it easily.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mandela.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mandela lands a jab to the head.
Green misses with a body shot.
Mandela throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Mandela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Green paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mandela doesn't manage to clinch there - Green circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandela looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
Mandela dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mandela tries to score a power double leg takedown but Green sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mandela somewhat.
Mandela connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mandela smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Green keeps the fight on the outside.
Mandela closes the distance looking to clinch
and Green counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mandela thinking.
A head kick by Mandela misses

and Green counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mandela looks gassed!
Mandela misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mandela tries to break free but Green pushes him back against the cage.
Green tries to pull guard but Mandela holds him up against the cage and eventually Green drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green tries to pull guard but Mandela won't allow it.
Green tries to pull guard but Mandela won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Green lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mandela backwards.
Mandela working hard to break the clinch.
Green jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mandela walks away with a smile on his face. Green gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mandela misses with a body punch
and Green counters with a low kick, right behind Mandela 's knee.
Green connects with a single shot there.
Green throws a head kick that Mandela semi-blocks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Green moves into the clinch successfully.
Mandela wants to break the clinch but can't.
Green lands a nice elbow.

Green pulls Mandela into guard.

Green working for a triangle but Mandela defends it easily.
Green looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandela prevents Green from getting back to his feet.
Green bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mandela's guard.
Green trying to control the position from guard on top but Mandela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mandela wants to stand but Green is controlling the position.
Green slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Mandela really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Green. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Green stands up.
Mandela swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Green counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Green scores with a shot to the body.
Green moves in looking to clinch but Mandela pushes him off.
Green tries to clinch but Mandela moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green tries to close the distance and clinch but Mandela swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mandela throws a sloppy head kick
and Green counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mandela is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Green tries to clinch but Mandela moves out of range.
Mandela throws a head kick that misses
and Green counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Green misses with a body shot.
Mandela swats away the attempt to clinch by Green.
Mandela circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Green looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Green is looking to wear down Mandela with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Green throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard 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 avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mandela swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Green counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mandela's knee momentarily.

Mandela moves into range and clinches up with Green.
Mandela fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mandela throws a knee to the head but misses.
Green jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mandela walks away with a smile on his face. Green gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Green moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big left from Mandela misses.
Green throws a series of punches but Mandela avoids them all with ease.
Mandela thows a leg kick but Green checks it
and Green counters with a nice leg kick.
Green wants to clinch
and Mandela counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Green thinking.
Green is looking to clinch but Mandela is avoiding it.
Mandela is breathing heavily.
Green fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Mandela misses

and Green holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mandela takes a knee to the side of the body.
Green lands with a left to the head.
Green jumps guard but Mandela stands there with Green around his waist. Green gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mandela lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mandela takes a knee to the side of the body.
Green connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mandela's face.
Green scores a nice knee to the body.

Green breaks the clinch.
Green tries to clinch up.
Mandela swats away the attempt to clinch by Green.
Green thows a body shot but no joy.

Mandela darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green manages to get to full guard.
Green not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mandela is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mandela wanted to stand there but Green had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandela wants to stand and escape but instead Green has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Mandela keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Mandela preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Mandela has taken the fight to the clinch.
Green has Mandela pressed against the cage, preventing Mandela from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mandela wants to break free but Green has control.
Mandela wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Green's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mandela walks forward, straight into a front kick from Green.
Green is looking to clinch but Mandela is avoiding it.

Green gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Green tries to pull guard but Mandela holds him up against the cage and eventually Green drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Green lands a nice knee to the body.
Mandela tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Green tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mandela tries to pull guard but Green holds him up against the cage and eventually Mandela drops back down to his feet.
Green lands a damaging elbow.
Green has Mandela pressed against the cage, preventing Mandela from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mandela lands a nice uppercut.
Green has Mandela pushed against the cage.
Green keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mandela's efforts to push away.
Mandela is trying to break the clinch but Green has him pressed against the cage.

Green has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mandela uses from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Green dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Green clinches but Mandela breaks the clinch
and Mandela counters with a two punch combo.
Nelson Mandela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Green.
Green tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mandela throws a leg kick
and Green counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mandela throws a predictable looking body shot
and Green counters with a series of strikes. Mandela will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mandela doesn't manage to clinch there - Green circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mandela shoots in looking for a takedown. Green tries to sprawl out of it but Mandela keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Green manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Green rushes Mandela and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mandela takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mandela's efforts to push away.
Green tries to pull guard but Mandela holds him up against the cage and eventually Green drops back down to his feet.
Green scores with a shoulder strike.
Green tries to land a knee to the head but Mandela blocks with his arms.
Green tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mandela just stands there and leans against the cage.
Green fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mandela tries to pull guard but Green holds him up against the cage and eventually Mandela drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Green.
Green fails to pull guard.
Green looking to throw knees to the head but Mandela is blocking nicely.
Mandela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Green prevents Mandela from breaking the clinch.
Mandela lands with a short shot to the head.
Green tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Green fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mandela pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Green fails in his attempt to clinch.
Green is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Green rushes Mandela and presses him up against the cage.
Green tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Green fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mandela wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Green drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mandela wants to stand and escape but instead Green has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Mandela wants to stand but Green is controlling the position.
Green passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green trying to control from half guard but Mandela is working away.
Mandela throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Green manages to pass to side control.
Green trying to control the position but Mandela is working away.
Mandela is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Green asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Green stands up and beckons Mandela to his feet.
Mandela shoots in for a double leg but Green sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Green is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mandela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Green paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nelson Mandela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Green is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mandela throws a sloppy head kick
letting Green counter with a right hand.
Green clobbers Mandela with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mandela tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Green swivels and escapes.
Richard Green is winning the standup battle so far.
Mandela fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nelson Mandela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Green looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mandela lands with a cross.
Richard Green is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Green.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Green showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Green 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Green!