PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seth Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garrett Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Wallace
vs
Greene

200 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
199 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Garrett Greene!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene misses with an uppercut.
Greene tries to clinch up but Wallace circles away and keeps his distance.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A combination from Greene does no damage.
Wallace closes this distance looking for a takedown but Greene circles away.
Greene keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Greene rushes Wallace and presses him up against the cage.
Wallace looking for a takedown.

Greene breaks from the clinch.
Wallace takes a swing at Greene's ribcage but misses.
Wallace closes the distance and clinches up with Greene, looking for a takedown. Wallace pushes Greene against the cage but Greene circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Greene misses with the combination.
Wallace looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Greene is fending him off so far but Wallace persists. Nope, Greene circles away and we're back to standing.

Greene gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wallace fails to pull guard.

Greene breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wallace shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Greene pinned against the cage. Greene gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Greene throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wallace.
Greene throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wallace slips a jab from Greene.
Wallace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Greene keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wallace is breathing heavily.

Greene drives through with a takedown into guard.
Greene is pushing down on Wallace's leg trying to pass to half guard. Wallace is fighting to maintain full guard but Greene has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wallace really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Greene is working for a submission of some sort.
Wallace wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Greene is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wallace gets full guard.
Wallace manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Greene manages to get himself to full guard.
Wallace trying to control but Greene is working from the bottom.
Wallace looking to sit in guard and control but Greene gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Greene landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene throws a big right hand that misses.
Greene trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Wallace looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Greene passes into half guard.
Wallace wants to improve his position but Greene is controlling well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Greene works his way into side control.

Greene working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Greene tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is looking to regain half guard here but Greene keeps moving and retains side control.
Wallace holding on.
Wallace tries to bench press Greene off him but Greene keeps the position.
Wallace is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Greene dominated that 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.

Greene throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wallace.
Wallace stuns Greene with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A combination from Greene does no damage.
Wallace closes the distance looking to clinch

and Greene counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Wallace working for a triangle but Greene defends it easily.
Wallace looking for a sweep. Not yet Wallace, not yet.
Greene sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wallace's guard.
Wallace is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Greene sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wallace defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace gets back to full guard.
Greene looking to pass the guard.

Wallace has an active guard here but Greene has managed to pass into half guard.
Greene prevents Wallace from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greene throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Wallace actively working from the bottom here.

Greene escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace fails to land with a series of punches.
Greene misses with a combination
and Wallace counters with a three punch combo that has Greene backing up. Greene nods at Wallace to acknowledge the strikes.
Wallace gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Greene counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Wallace!
Wallace wants to hold on but Greene pushes him away.
Wallace can't escape the position.
Wallace slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wallace trying to hold on to Greene's head to control him but Greene postures up.
Wallace wants to get back to full guard.

Wallace looking for submissions off his back.
Wallace tries to get to full guard but Greene has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wallace looking for submissions off his back.
Wallace trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wallace slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Wallace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wallace flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Wallace wants to get back to full guard.
Greene scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Wallace actively working from the bottom here.
Wallace is trying to control but Greene manages to pass to mount!
Wallace tries to lock up and control but Greene gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wallace really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Greene blocks Wallace's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Wallace is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Greene showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Wallace shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Greene counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Greene.
Greene postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Wallace has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Greene is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Wallace.
Wallace is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wallace wants to control but Greene postures up.

Greene is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wallace has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wallace is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace manages to work his way to half guard, despite Greene's best efforts.
Wallace is trying to control but can't.
Greene looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wallace with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wallace is trying to get back to full guard.
Wallace is pressing down on Greene's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Greene looking to pass the guard.
Greene postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wallace's guard.
Wallace is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Greene jumps into side control!
Greene working away.
Wallace looks to move to half guard but instead Greene has passed into mount! Damn!
BOOM! Greene connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wallace is in all sorts of trouble here.
Greene avoids the attempt from Wallace to control.
Greene putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wallace is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Greene swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Wallace is now in Greene's guard. A big mistake from Greene there, giving up the dominant position!
Greene keeping full guard, as Wallace tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wallace advances to half guard.
Greene is trying to get back to full guard.
Greene taking some punishment here, with Wallace in his half guard.
Wallace is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Greene throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wallace. What's that going to do exactly?

Wallace swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Greene is now in Wallace's guard. A big mistake from Wallace there, giving up the dominant position!
Greene slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene uses his free foot to push down on Wallace's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wallace.
Wallace throwing hammer fists to the chest of Greene. What's that going to do exactly?
Greene in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Greene looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Greene looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wallace tries to hold on but Greene postures up.
Seth Wallace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wallace throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Garrett Greene comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Greene has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 for Garrett Greene!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Garrett Greene!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Garrett Greene!

Garrett Greene wins by unanimous decision!