PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Money Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Money Pacquiao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pacquiao
vs
Ellis

173 cm
22
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Money Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Ellis!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ellis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pacquiao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ellis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pacquiao avoids it really well and circles away.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ellis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pacquiao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, jab by Ellis - just one landing.
Nice takedown defense from Pacquiao. No joy for Ellis on that attempt.
A combination from Pacquiao does no damage.

Ellis darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Pacquiao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ellis.
Ellis lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pacquiao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ellis.
Pacquiao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ellis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ellis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ellis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ellis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ellis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ellis throws a strike but Pacquiao avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.
Ellis thows a big elbow that misses.
Ellis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pacquiao might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ellis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pacquiao is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ellis is controlling him.
Ellis throws a strike but Pacquiao rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Pacquiao has passed into side control.
Ellis manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pacquiao's best efforts.
Ellis is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis tries to get to full guard but Pacquiao has control of the leg.
Ellis desperately trying to maintain half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ellis can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis tries to roll over but Pacquiao keeps him under control.
Ellis is controlling Pacquiao's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Ellis wants to control but Pacquiao passes into side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pacquiao tries to stand but Ellis is controlling his head.
Ellis is trying to get back to half guard.
Pacquiao wants to stand but Ellis is controlling his arm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ellis trying his best to control but Pacquiao has mounted him.
Ellis is working to get back to half guard.
Ellis wants to hold on but Pacquiao pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Ellis dominated that round.
That's time! Pacquiao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pacquiao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pacquiao throws a nice looking combination but Ellis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ellis.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.
Ellis closes the distance and clinches up with Pacquiao, looking for a takedown. Ellis pushes Pacquiao against the cage but Pacquiao circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pacquiao misses with a wild combination.
Ellis shoots for a takedown but Pacquiao saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
A punch lands to the side of Pacquiao 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ellis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ellis.
Pacquiao throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ellis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ellis.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ellis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ellis throwing strikes but missing.
Ellis throws and elbow that misses. Pacquiao uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ellis's guard. Nice move by Pacquiao!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis looking for a sweep. Not yet Ellis, not yet.
Pacquiao tries to stand but Ellis is controlling from the bottom.
Ellis pulls Pacquiao in close to prevent any damage.
Ellis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ellis is looking to sweep but instead, Pacquiao has passed into half guard.
Ellis wants to improve his position but Pacquiao is controlling well.
Ellis trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Pacquiao manages to pass to mount!
Ellis is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis tries to lock up and control but Pacquiao gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ellis doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Ellis wants to control but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Ellis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ellis tries to hold on but Pacquiao pushes him away.
Ellis is desperately trying to get back to half 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.
Pacquiao trying to control but Ellis is having none of it.
Ellis tries to lock up and control but Pacquiao gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pacquiao tries to control but Ellis wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ellis can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Ellis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Pacquiao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pacquiao misses with a double jab
enabling Ellis to counter with a crisp jab.
Ellis dodges the punch combination from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ellis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pacquiao stuffs the takedown attempt from Ellis. Ellis gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Nice takedown defense from Pacquiao. No joy for Ellis on that attempt.

Ellis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ellis lands in his opponent's guard.
Ellis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis cracks Pacquiao with a solid left hand.
Ellis thows a big elbow that misses.
Ellis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ellis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ellis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ellis throwing strikes but missing.
Ellis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pacquiao's head.
Pacquiao working a defensive guard here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Ellis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ellis won't allow Pacquiao to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ellis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ellis throws a strike but Pacquiao rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ellis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pacquiao's guard.
Ellis stands up over Pacquiao, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ellis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pacquiao's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis throws a big right hand that misses.
Ellis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ellis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ellis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ellis throwing strikes from guard but Pacquiao blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ellis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ellis is looking to work some ground and pound but Pacquiao has wrist control.
Ellis postures up.

That's four 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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Ellis shoots in and bounces Pacquiao off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Pacquiao utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ellis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ellis throws and elbow that misses. Pacquiao uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ellis's guard. Nice move by Pacquiao!
Ellis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pacquiao is one step ahead there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Ellis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ellis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight for Andrew Ellis!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Andrew Ellis!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Andrew Ellis!

Andrew Ellis wins by unanimous decision!