PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lorne Greenebaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinn Ravage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Greenebaum
vs
Ravage

165 cm
25
151 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

174 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lorne Greenebaum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quinn Ravage!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ravage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greenebaum.
Greenebaum looks to throw the jab but Ravage is out of range.

Ravage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Greenebaum avoiding damage as Ravage throws knees to the body.
Greenebaum letting Ravage take a breather here.
Ravage trying to stall but Greenebaum improves his position.
Greenebaum tries to pull guard but Ravage holds him up against the cage and eventually Greenebaum drops back down to his feet.
Ravage trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ravage is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Greenebaum is defending well for now.

Greenebaum breaks the clinch.
Greenebaum misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Ravage.
Greenebaum misses with a jab, cross combination.
Greenebaum is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ravage sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ravage lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Greenebaum has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Greenebaum and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Greenebaum shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ravage manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ravage really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Greenebaum. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Ravage looking for a guillotine here but Greenebaum defends easily.
Ravage has his hands on Greenebaum's head, controlling the position.
Ravage keeping moving, preventing Greenebaum from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum chips away with some ground and pound.

Ravage looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Greenebaum distracts Ravage with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ravage looking to control.
Greenebaum is pushing down on Ravage's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ravage is fighting to maintain full guard but Greenebaum has managed to sneak the leg through.
Greenebaum 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.

Greenebaum is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ravage is just riding it out for now. Greenebaum eventually gives up the hold.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ravage can do anything to dispel that myth.
Greenebaum throwing shots but Ravage is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Greenebaum is thwarting Ravage's attempts to control the position.
Greenebaum is trying to control the action in half guard but Ravage is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ravage wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Greenebaum is working for a submission of some sort.
Ravage is in trouble now - Greenebaum has advanced to mount!
Greenebaum scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Greenebaum can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ravage is looking to escape.
Greenebaum controlling the position easily from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Greenebaum fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorne Greenebaum dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Greenebaum scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Greenebaum misses with a takedown attempt - Ravage sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Greenebaum doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ravage counters with a thumping low kick.
Ravage checks a leg kick.
Greenebaum shoots in looking for a takedown. Ravage tries to sprawl out of it but Greenebaum keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ravage manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lorne Greenebaum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ravage misses the shot to the body.
Greenebaum misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Ravage was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Greenebaum bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greenebaum has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Ravage!
Greenebaum in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Greenebaum with a couple of short strikes.
Ravage is squirming around, avoiding Greenebaum's attempts to control the action.
Greenebaum working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ravage regains half guard.

Greenebaum is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ravage has managed to free his arm - good work.
Greenebaum thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ravage is positioning himself well to prevent Greenebaum advancing to mount.
Greenebaum wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ravage keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ravage wants to get back to his feet.

Greenebaum is working for a kimura but Ravage is defending it quite comfortably.
Ravage moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum landing some decent shots from guard.
Ravage trying to control the position.
Greenebaum slips nicely into half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Greenebaum's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Greenebaum with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ravage gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Greenebaum slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greenebaum wants to control but Ravage is keeping him busy.
Greenebaum advances to mount.

Greenebaum goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Ravage turns into him and now he's in Greenebaum's guard.

Greenebaum is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorne Greenebaum dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Ravage dives in and scores a takedown into Greenebaum's guard.
Greenebaum wants to improve his position but instead Ravage has moved into half guard.
Greenebaum works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ravage throws a big right hand that misses.
Ravage trying to control the position from guard on top but Greenebaum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Greenebaum has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Ravage should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Greenebaum has tightened it up now! Ravage should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Lorne Greenebaum!
Lorne Greenebaum decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.