PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roman Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and peter tremain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roman Greco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Greco
vs
tremain

176 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

167 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Golden supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Roman Greco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, peter tremain!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Greco shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. tremain is trying to defend but Greco finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Greco is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Greco is thwarting tremain's attempts to control the position.
Greco blocks the strikes from tremain.
Greco tries to stand but his hand is stuck under tremain.
tremain is trying to get back to full guard.
tremain moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Greco stays in close to tremain's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco wants to pass the guard but tremain is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greco wants to control from the top but tremain keeps moving.
tremain wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
tremain not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
tremain is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Greco is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

tremain looking for a guillotine here but Greco defends easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now tremain is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Greco keeping moving, preventing tremain from controlling successfully.
tremain won't allow Greco to get back to his feet.
Greco controls tremain momentarily but tremain frees himself.
Greco looking for a sweep. Not yet Greco, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tremain controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Greco looking for a sweep. Not yet Greco, not yet.

tremain gets to his feet - Greco follows without any prompting.
Good leg kick by tremain there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
tremain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Greco is fending him off so far but tremain persists. Nope, Greco circles away and we're back to standing.
tremain blocks the body kick.
tremain should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
tremain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
tremain tries to bum rush Greco with a series of wild strikes but Greco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

tremain darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
tremain looks gassed!
tremain wants to lay and pray for a moment but Greco keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greco wants to get back to full guard.

tremain is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Greco defends it well.
Greco is in trouble now - tremain has advanced to mount!

tremain has hold of Greco's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Greco manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Greco tries to hold on but tremain postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

peter tremain dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

tremain fails with an attempt to clinch.

Greco shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Greco showed some decent athleticism there.
tremain keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Greco wants to pass the guard but tremain is defending well.

Greco stands up out of the half guard.
Nice takedown defense from Greco. No joy for tremain on that attempt.
Greco shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. tremain defends it nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

tremain shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Greco is trying to defend but tremain finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco wants to get back to his feet.
Greco trying to get back to full guard but tremain takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
tremain looking to ground and pound but Greco is blocking nicely.
Greco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for tremain on the ground.
tremain wants to control the pace but Greco is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Greco that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
tremain looking to control but Greco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
tremain wants to take Greco's back but he can't do it this time.
Greco really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
tremain can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Greco is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tremain controlling from the full mount.
Greco is squirming around, avoiding tremain's attempts to control the action.
tremain scores with a couple of good head shots there.
tremain avoids the attempt from Greco to control.

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.
Greco tries to get back to half guard but can't.
tremain working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Greco is trying to escape the mount.
Greco avoids a series of strikes thrown by tremain.
tremain tries to control but Greco wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Greco is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but peter tremain will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

tremain fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Greco steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from tremain. That one must have hurt.
tremain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Greco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Greco keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

tremain shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Greco napping and manages to drive through into side control!
tremain controlling from side mount.

tremain stands up and we're back to a striking position.
tremain tries for a takedown but Greco sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
tremain is looking to clinch.

Greco drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
tremain is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Greco sitting in guard here, content to control.
tremain trying to control the position.
tremain wants to sweep but no luck.
Greco trying to control but tremain is working from the bottom.
Greco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greco wants to stand and escape but instead tremain has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
tremain being controlled here momentarily.
tremain trying to control the position from guard on top but Greco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
peter tremain has got the better of the ground game so far.
Greco looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tremain wanted to stand there but Greco had control of the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
tremain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Greco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
tremain looks for a takedown but Greco sprawls well.
Roman Greco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of peter tremain.
Greco tries for a takedown but tremain circles away easily
and tremain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
tremain fails to land the takedown.

Greco rushes tremain and presses him up against the cage.
tremain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
tremain tries to circle away but Greco has him pinned against the cage.
tremain jumps guard but Greco stands there with tremain around his waist. tremain gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Greco fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greco.
tremain has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Greco is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Greco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down tremain.
Greco cracks tremain with a nice body shot.
tremain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
tremain taking a breather.
tremain blocks an elbow strike from Greco.
Greco lands an uppercut.
tremain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

tremain drags the fight down to the ground.
tremain trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Greco trying to control but tremain is working from the bottom.
tremain controls Greco momentarily but Greco frees himself.
Roman Greco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
peter tremain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to peter tremain.
I've got tremain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... peter tremain!