PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Bar (ranked 1588 p4p, 1802 weight class) and Red Greene (ranked 211 p4p, 237 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Bar
vs
Greene

200 cm
26
212
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
207
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonny Bar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Red Greene!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Greene.
Greene looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bar fails with a takedown attempt.
Greene throws out a counter right but Bar avoids it with no problem.
Bar has a takedown stuffed.
Bar tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Greene defends well and Bar ends up having to push Greene into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Bar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bar tries to pull guard but Greene holds him up against the cage and eventually Bar drops back down to his feet.
Bar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Greene wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bar is looking to take this one to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bar is trying to pull guard but Greene turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Greene has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bar uses from the top position.
Greene preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Greene looking for a guillotine here but Bar defends easily.
Bar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bar thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bar wants to pass the guard but Greene is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greene can't keep his opponent in guard - Bar advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Greene really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Greene actively working from the bottom here.

Greene is defending against the submission attempts here by Bar.
Greene trying to control but Bar postures up.
Bar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bar is looking for a kimura but Greene is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bar to get the leverage.
Greene works his way to full guard. Good work.

Greene has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bar with a flurry of punches that miss.

Greene is looking for a triangle but Bar pushes his legs off easily.

Bar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bar pushes down on Greene's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Greene looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bar working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Greene looking for submissions off his back.
Bar throws a strike but Greene avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Greene throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Greene is keeping the position for now.

Greene is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Bar looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Bar is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Greene is trying to escape and Bar transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Greene is forced to tap! Nice work there by Bar! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jonny Bar!