PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Mackenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mackenzie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Darude - Sandstorm. Green comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Battle Royal kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Mackenzie
vs
Green

201 cm
25
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
196 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Conquer
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matthew Mackenzie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ron Green!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mackenzie.
A countering left hand to the body from Green misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Green has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Green lands a head shot.
A jab lands there for Mackenzie.
Mackenzie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Green looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mackenzie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mackenzie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Ron Green has been cut.
Green lunges at Mackenzie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mackenzie's hand.
Mackenzie misses the shot to the body.

Green closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Green lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mackenzie's guard.
Green working Mackenzie over with strikes.
Green winds up and cracks Mackenzie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Green working over Mackenzie with some ground and pound. Mackenzie looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mackenzie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Green on the ground.
Green is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Green has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Green lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mackenzie pushes Green off looking to stand but Green dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mackenzie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Green stops Mackenzie from getting back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Green connects with a nice short shot to Mackenzie's temple.

Mackenzie is rocked!
Green seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oh Mackenzie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Green is nestled in close to Mackenzie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Green lands a big elbow - Mackenzie is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Green!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ron Green!
Ron Green is the new middleweight champion!
Ron Green really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Voodoo Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.