PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and gonacyphilaids disease (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Green
vs
disease

200 cm
24
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
24
272 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, gonacyphilaids disease!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
disease shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Green but Green pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice sprawl there from Green as disease shoots in.

Green shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. disease manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Green working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of disease's head.
Green 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.
Green missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Green lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
disease working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Green.
disease keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Green pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. disease is keeping the position for now.

disease is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Green defends well.
disease tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Green passes easily into side control. Nice work.
disease tries to improve position but can't.
disease is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
disease on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
disease is looking to reverse the position.
disease taking a bit of punishment here - Green scoring with strikes.
Green working the head with strikes.
disease is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
disease is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Green scores with a couple of nice shots.
Green landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Green gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
disease looks gassed!
Green misses with a double jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by disease.
Green wants to control but disease postures up.

disease goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Green has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for disease but great work by Green.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green grinds an elbow into disease's temple.
Green controlling from side mount.
disease tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Green wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by disease, who protects the arm well.
Green advances nicely into full mount.
Green lands a heavy elbow.
Green postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. disease looks a forlorn figure.
Green scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish disease?
disease tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Green landing punches.
Green landing shots from mount.
disease in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Green lands a big shot there that rocks disease but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Green with good strikes from the mount here!
Green landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
disease is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Green postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. disease looks a forlorn figure.
Green landing strikes, looking to finish!
Green lands a big shot there that rocks disease but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
disease is wriggling around trying to escape.
Green landing strikes, looking to finish!
Green looking to finish disease with some ground and pound. This is bad for disease!
A nice elbow there by Green.
Green with good strikes from the mount here!
Green prevents disease from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Green.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green with a couple of short strikes.
Green lands a heavy elbow.
Green with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green cracks disease with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Green landing strikes from the mount.
Green lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Green breaks from disease's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Green landing shots from mount.

Green working for a submission but disease is keeping him at bay.
disease can't escape the position.
Green landing strikes from the mount.
Green lands a big shot there that rocks disease but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Green with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Green with shots to the head and body - disease looks very uncomfortable down there.
Green lands a big shot there that rocks disease but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Green in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Green working disease over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete 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 drives through and clinches with disease against the cage.

disease has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Green is trying to keep an underhook but disease manages to get the takedown into half guard.
disease missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
disease tries to pass to full mount but Green defends it.

Green has one foot on disease's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
disease with a lazy takedown attempt

and Green counters with a takedown into side control.
disease is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
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!
Green cracks disease with a big right hand but disease just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Green is looking to take a break and control but disease is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Green landing strikes.
Pete Green overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Green in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
disease is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green is putting a hurting on disease here, landing some big shots from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Green trying to control the position but disease is working away.
disease taking a bit of punishment here - Green scoring with strikes.

Green tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Green has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Green landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Green scoring with punches from side control.
disease can't do much from the bottom here.
Green scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at disease to see if he's OK.
Green scores with punches from side control.
Green is working disease over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
disease tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Green landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
disease is trying to get back to half guard.
disease struggling a bit here.
Green cracks disease with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Green is working disease over with some ground and pound from side control.
Green slows the pace down.
Green lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
disease tries to bench press Green off him but Green keeps the position.

Green tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
disease taking a bit of punishment here - Green scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green cracks disease with a big elbow.
Green trying to control the position but disease is working away.
Green lands a nice forearm strike.

Green is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, disease has escaped the position, nice work there.
Green cracks disease with an elbow. That is naaassty.
disease parries the strikes from Green easily there. Green is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable disease to escape.
disease is looking to regain half guard here but Green keeps moving and retains side control.
Green is chipping away with strikes.
disease tries to improve position but can't.
Green advances to full mount.

Green working for a submission but disease is keeping him at bay.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green throwing strikes here but disease is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
disease is looking to get to half guard.
Green looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Green fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
disease working to try and regain half guard.
Green lands with some vicious ground and pound - can disease hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
disease is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Green cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Green dominated that second round.
That's time! Green's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

disease with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Green to score with a decent uppercut.
disease tries for a takedown but Green circles away easily

and Green counters with a nice double leg into side control. disease won't be happy with that.
Green cracks disease with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Green scoring with punches and elbows.
disease sneaks back into half guard.
Green passes the guard and advances to mount!
Green working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Green is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. disease can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Green.
Green lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Green is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Green working disease over with strikes here.
Green raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green dominating with strikes here.
Green prevents disease from getting the reversal.
Green is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Green cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
disease tries to reverse the position but Green maintains control.
Green working disease over with strikes here.
Green working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Green pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Green scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish disease?
BOOM! Green connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Green is landing with some decent strikes but disease is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
disease is wriggling around trying to escape.
disease is in a horrible position here. Green smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
gonacyphilaids disease has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green punishing his opponent with strikes.
disease is wriggling around trying to escape.
Green looking to finish disease with some ground and pound. This is bad for disease!
Green lands a big elbow.
disease is trying to escape the mount.
Green is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that disease can do to turn this around?
Green putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Green cracks disease with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Green connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
disease is working to get back to half guard.
disease sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
disease is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Green scores with a couple of nice shots.
Green is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green is looking to take a break and control but disease is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Green lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
disease wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Green lands a nice short elbow.
Green lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
disease is trying to get back to full guard.
Pete Green is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Well, if Green is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Green decides to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
disease doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Green counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Green lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Green slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

disease working for a triangle but Green defends it easily.
Green sitting in guard, not really doing much.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

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