Next up on the UFC Vegas 12 main card is a heavyweight bout between Maurice Greene and Greg Hardy. Round 1: Greene starts off with a leg kick. Hardy returns with his own leg kick. Hardy hurts Greene early and has him on the ground as he looks to end things with ground and pound. […]
Next up on the UFC Vegas 12 main card is a heavyweight bout between Maurice Greene and Greg Hardy.
Round 1: Greene starts off with a leg kick. Hardy returns with his own leg kick. Hardy hurts Greene early and has him on the ground as he looks to end things with ground and pound. Hardy lands a number of elbows and strikes on Greene’s stomach. Greene survives but has Hardy on top in half-guard. Hardy gets to his feet eventually and the fight returns to striking. Both fighters are breathing heavy as they are throwing very labored strikes. Greene lands a nice step-in knee to Hardy’s belly. Hardy lands a nice jab and follows it up with some leg kicks. The round comes to an end.
Round 2: The pair return to striking until Hardy drops Greene with a huge jab. Hardy goes for the kill and lands hammerfists before Herb Dean calls an end to the fight.
Official result: Greg Hardy defeats Maurice Greene via knockout ().
Maurice Greene doesn’t consider his interaction with Tanner Boser to have been a dust-up. Greene and Boser were in separate bouts on the UFC on ESPN 12 card. Greene collided with Gian Villante, while Boser was matched up with Philipe Lins. Both G…
Maurice Greene doesn’t consider his interaction with Tanner Boser to have been a dust-up. Greene and Boser were in separate bouts on the UFC on ESPN 12 card. Greene collided with Gian Villante, while Boser was matched up with Philipe Lins. Both Greene and Boser scored finishing wins. Greene submitted Villante in the third round […]
Next up we have Maurice Greene taking on Gian Villante in a heavyweight match-up. Greene is looking to get back in the win column after suffering back-to-back losses. Villante has stepped up in weight after being stopped at light-heavyweight by Michał Oleksiejczuk last time out. Round 1: Maurice Greene is trying to stay on the […]
Next up we have Maurice Greene taking on Gian Villante in a heavyweight match-up. Greene is looking to get back in the win column after suffering back-to-back losses. Villante has stepped up in weight after being stopped at light-heavyweight by Micha? Oleksiejczuk last time out.
Round 1: Maurice Greene is trying to stay on the outside at the beginning of round one – using his long arms to keep Gian Villante off him. Green is using kicks to also maintain distance while Villante tries to time his opponent. Greene is using his kicks well, lands a nice shot to the midsection. A kick strays low from Greene and we have a brief time out while Villante recovers. Greene back to his kicks, Villante comes in with a one-two. More kicks from both men, Villante is actually starting to get the better of it. He lands one to his opponents body which seems to get a reaction. Greene is backing up as Villante continues to whip in kicks. As the clock ticks down Greene seems to have recovered and goes back to his high volume kicking game.
Round 2: Villante has been told to get after it in round two by his corner but at the start of round two its Green dictating once again his high volume leg attacks. Villante wings in with a big overhand but it misses wildly. Greene is picking up the pace now. He’s landing with the hands now too. Villante is responding well though. He’s listening to his corner and landing things of his own. Every time he lands he gets a reaction from Greene. Villante lands a headkick but its not clean and Greene takes it well. Villante is moving forward now and beginning to dictate this fight. Greene is trying to get back behind his head as we enter the final minute. He pops out a shot but is made to pay eating a hook. Both me swing wild as the round ends
Round 3: The final round opens up with a breif grappling exchange before they go back to striking. Villante lands a huge punch which again gets a reaction from Green – it’s probably the biggest shot of the fight. Villante senses his opponent is hurt and goes in for the kill but is missing by miles. Both men are throwing crazy now and it seems Greene pushed his finger into the eye of Villante – we have another time out. Back to fighting and Greene attempts a superman punch but eats a huge counter left which drops him. Villante swarms and begins unleashing nasty ground and pound. Greene is eating big shots with no answers. He eventually grabs onto his opponents wrists and stifles the viscous attack. Greene seems to be just holding on to the head of his opponent and hoping for the referee to stand them up. All of a sudden the fight is over. Greene seems to have got the tap but it’s not really clear what happened.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Maurice Greene def. Gian Villante via submission in round three
Gian Villante vs. Maurice Greene brought an interesting finish. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout on Saturday night (June 27, 2020) at the UFC on ESPN 12 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC APEX. The fight started off slo…
Gian Villante vs. Maurice Greene brought an interesting finish. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout on Saturday night (June 27, 2020) at the UFC on ESPN 12 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC APEX. The fight started off slow with the first round almost skippable, but things picked up in the […]
Aleksei Oleinik tapped out Maurice Green at the UFC 246 event. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 246 pay-per-view event from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night (January 18, 2020). Oleinik controlled the …
Aleksei Oleinik tapped out Maurice Green at the UFC 246 event. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 246 pay-per-view event from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night (January 18, 2020). Oleinik controlled the pace of this fight by scoring takedowns and landing strikes from top position. […]
The UFC Minneapolis medical suspensions are in. The event took place this past weekend (Sat. June 29, 2019) in Minnesota from the Target Center, and was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Francis Ngannou and Junior dos Santos. According to the Minnesota Office of Combative Sports, heavyweight Maurice Greene and light heavyweight Vinicius Moreira lead the […]
The UFC Minneapolis medical suspensions are in. The event took place this past weekend (Sat. June 29, 2019) in Minnesota from the Target Center, and was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Francis Ngannou and Junior dos Santos.
According to the Minnesota Office of Combative Sports, heavyweight Maurice Greene and light heavyweight Vinicius Moreira lead the suspensions with six-month sits. Greene has a minimum 30-day sit and will require x-rays before getting cleared by a physician. As for Moreira, he has a minimum 30-day sit as well before requiring a clear CT scan to resume action.
Main event winner Francis Ngannou was given 14 days of mandatory rest, while Junior dos Santos was given a 45-day medical suspension. Check out the full list of medical suspensions here (via MMA Fighting):
Francis Ngannou: 14-day mandatory rest period
Junior dos Santos: 45-day medical suspension
Jussier Formiga: 45-day medical suspension
Joseph Benavidez: 30-day medical suspension
Demian Maia: 14-day mandatory rest period
Anthony Rocco Martin: 14-day mandatory rest period
Next up we have Maurice Greene taking on Gian Villante in a heavyweight match-up. Greene is looking to get back in the win column after suffering back-to-back losses. Villante has stepped up in weight after being stopped at light-heavyweight by Michał Oleksiejczuk last time out. Round 1: Maurice Greene is trying to stay on the […]