PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marley Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Bader
vs
Green

185 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

194 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Demonic Drugs

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Bader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marley Green!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bader looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Green fails to land with a series of punches.
Green ducks under a wild hook from Bader.
Green fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Bader feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bader is looking to stand up but Green won't let him.
Bader pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Green is keeping the position for now.
Green looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Green wants to stand but Bader is controlling the position.
Bader trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bader has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Green is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Green avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bader wants to stand but Green has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Bader shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green taking shots to the head.
Bader looking to ground and pound but Green is blocking nicely.
Bader avoids the attempt from Green to control.
Bader throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bader looking to ground and pound but Green is blocking nicely.
Green wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bader.
Poor strikes thrown by Bader there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bader is breathing heavily.
Bader landing punches.
Green tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bader knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Green on the ground.
Green wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bader.
Bader throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Green because Bader loaded up on that one.
Green holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Bader tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Green forces his way into half guard.
Bader misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Bader wants to get back to his feet.
Green seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Green is looking for a kimura here.
Bader looks like he's trying to stand up.
Green has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Green is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Bader is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Bader flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Green anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Bader and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Green slips an arm under Bader chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Green has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Green is squeezing on Bader like an anaconda would it's prey. Bader fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marley Green!