PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raiden Asuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes to the cage accompanied by Raining Blood. This should be fireworks!

Green
vs
Asuka

179 cm
23
166 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
163 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Darkness
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raiden Asuka!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Asuka drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Green trying to keep a closed guard but Asuka is proving a slippery customer.
Asuka must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Green tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Green is on top in guard.

Asuka controls Green momentarily but Green frees himself.

Asuka escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Green gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Green with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Asuka wants to improve his position but instead Green has moved into half guard.
Asuka has hold of Green's hands but Green slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Asuka is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Asuka tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Green has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Green has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Asuka's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Green cracks Asuka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Green can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Asuka is looking to escape.
Green is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Green controlling the pace for now.
Green landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Asuka is bucking up trying to escape but Green cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Green prevents Asuka from getting the reversal.
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 lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Asuka hang on?

Asuka is rocked!
Green looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Asuka is still in real trouble! Can Green finish him?
Green connects with a bit shot that sees Asuka covering up! More strikes from Green and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Green is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Green!
Matt Green made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Woooooooo! Huge win for the kid! Landen is a tough well rounded guy. Like I've told you, and shown you, when the fight hits the floor you are in the gravy boat baby. There ain't no life jackets in the gravy boat so you might as well relax, take a deep breath and embrace the end.'.