Bobby Green wasn’t feeling sentimental at UFC 300 this Saturday, selecting up the choice win over Jim Miller, and returning to the win column.
Jim Miller grew to become the primary fighter in UFC historical past to compete at UFC 100, 200, and 300, together with all the opposite information the 40-year-old holds.
Bobby Green was coming in off a horrendous loss to Jalin Turner in December, the place he suffered his first knockout loss since 2022.
With a win, Miller would’ve seen himself re-enter the UFC light-weight rankings, which might’ve been an amazing feat at 40 years old.
Sean O’Malley hails Bobby Green’s ‘badass style’
The first spherical was a comparatively shut one wherein Jim Miller had some moments of promise, dropping ‘King’ Green and touchdown some damaging photographs.
Despite that, the 37-year-old got here out in spherical two and turned the tide of the struggle, as he constantly started discovering a home for the jab, touchdown it at will. Midway by means of spherical two, Green opened up a number of cuts on the face of Miller, because the canvas started getting painted purple.
An analogous story performed out in spherical three as Green continued to pump out the jab and land it at will. In the ultimate proceedings of the struggle, ‘King’ dropped the veteran with a giant proper hand, and it appeared as if he was going to get the end.
Miller showcased his grit and coronary heart although, and made it to the choose’s scorecards.
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David Lethaby scored Green two 10-8 rounds (30-25) for rounds two and three with one, Tony Weeks gave Miller spherical one but additionally scored two and three a 10-8 (29-26), and Chris Lee scored a 10-8 in spherical three, however not spherical two (29-27).
UFC bantamweight champion, Sean O’Malley had some phrases of reward for Green as he commented on X: “Bobby Green has a badass fight style.”
Bobby Green calls out ‘slimy’ Paddy Pimblett
Fellow UFC light-weight, Paddy Pimblett, just lately listed just a few potential opponents for his subsequent outing, with Bobby Green being one of many names he wish to struggle.
“I’m just getting started. Paddy how dare you, you slimy sugary snake, how dare you call my name. I’m coming after you. July I’m coming to your backyard in front of your people, to kick your ass.” Green mentioned in his Octagon interview.
Dana White just lately introduced that the UFC is returning to Manchester in July with a PPV occasion. The final time the promotion hosted an occasion in Manchester was in 2016 when Michael Bisping defended his middleweight title towards Dan Henderson.
With Paddy ‘The Baddy’ already having known as Green out beforehand, this can be a struggle that would actually occur subsequent, contemplating the trajectory of each 155lbers.
