PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Glen McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorden Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald comes to the cage accompanied by Superstar. Ellis has chosen M.E.T.H.O.D. Man as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

McDonald
vs
Ellis

180 cm
18
182 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
18
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glen McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorden Ellis!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis shoots in and drives through. McDonald sprawls well.
Ellis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ellis circles away from the clinch attempt.

McDonald scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

McDonald is working for a kimura but Ellis is defending it quite comfortably.
Ellis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but Ellis defending well.
Ellis tries to get to full guard but McDonald has control of the leg.
Ellis trying to control but McDonald postures up.
Ellis wants to get back to full guard.
McDonald blocks the strikes from Ellis.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

McDonald closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ellis to the mat! Ellis manages to get full guard.
McDonald won't allow Ellis to sweep him here.
McDonald with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ellis looking to hit a scissor sweep but McDonald is one step ahead there.
McDonald might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Ellis is working an open guard so McDonald takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

McDonald pushes Ellis up against the cage in a clinch.

Ellis jumps into guard, dragging McDonald to the mat.
Ellis pulls McDonald in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellis throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
McDonald advances position into side control!
Ellis is looking for a sweep.
Ellis looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis looking for a sweep but McDonald has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Ellis is trying desperately to improve position.
Ellis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by McDonald.

McDonald looking to secure an arm triangle but Ellis defends it well.
McDonald controlling from mount.
McDonald tries to control but Ellis wriggling away.
McDonald looking to ground and pound but Ellis is blocking nicely.
Ellis wants to hold on but McDonald pushes him away.

McDonald looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ellis because McDonald loaded up on that one.
Ellis throwing hammer fists to the chest of McDonald. What's that going to do exactly?

McDonald stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Ellis misses with a takedown

and McDonald counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ellis won't be happy with that.
McDonald wants to control but Ellis is keeping him busy.
Ellis is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked McDonald off and has taken his back!
Ellis connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for McDonald to escape the position.

Ellis looking for the RNC.
Ellis lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns McDonald.

McDonald is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellis throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting McDonald!
Oh McDonald is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ellis landing with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands a shot to the body.
Ellis has the hooks in. McDonald is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Ellis keeps control of the position easily here as McDonald tries to buck him off.
McDonald is really stuck here.
McDonald breaks Ellis's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis looking for a sweep. Not yet Ellis, not yet.
McDonald slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ellis manages to work his way to half guard, despite McDonald's best efforts.
Ellis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McDonald seems to have got his legs back now.
McDonald is looking to take a break and control but Ellis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ellis is trying to control but McDonald manages to pass to mount!
Ellis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glen McDonald dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

McDonald fails with an attempt to clinch.

McDonald fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ellis sprawls well initially but McDonald persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

McDonald seems to be working for a kimura but Ellis defends the submission attempt.
McDonald working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ellis is looking to improve his position.
McDonald has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McDonald is tying to control. Ellis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ellis tries to get to full guard but McDonald has control of the leg.
Ellis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ellis is breathing heavily.
Ellis strikes from the bottom but McDonald uses the opportunity to move to side control.
McDonald scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis looks to move to half guard but instead McDonald has passed into mount! Damn!
McDonald controlling the pace for now.
Ellis is trying to escape the mount.
McDonald controlling the position easily from mount.
McDonald raining down shots from the mount!
Glen McDonald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

McDonald looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

McDonald looking for a guillotine from mount but Ellis is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McDonald controlling the position easily from mount.
McDonald working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ellis gets back to half guard.
Ellis trying to hold on to McDonald's head to control him but McDonald postures up.
McDonald passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ellis bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Ellis stands and throws McDonald's legs to the side, diving into side control.
McDonald is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis throws an elbow but McDonald slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ellis wants to control but McDonald is keeping him busy.
McDonald manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ellis's best efforts.
McDonald is trying to get back to full guard.
Ellis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McDonald does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ellis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Ellis.
Ellis is looking to advance position but McDonald won't allow it.
McDonald blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ellis.
Ellis sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ellis wants to lay and pray for a moment but McDonald keeps working.
McDonald is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McDonald looking for submissions off his back.
Ellis wants to pass the guard but McDonald is defending well.

Ellis decides to stand and escape the position.
Jorden Ellis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald scores with a three punch combo!
Ellis with a poor takedown

and McDonald counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ellis's guard now.
Ellis wants to hit a switch here but McDonald passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ellis there!
McDonald trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ellis tries to reverse the position but McDonald maintains control.
You get the feeling that Ellis really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Ellis sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glen McDonald dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

McDonald tries to clinch there but Ellis circles away.
Glen McDonald is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McDonald doesn't manage to clinch there - Ellis circles away.
Ellis shoots and misses
and McDonald counters with a nice uppercut.
Ellis swats away the attempt to clinch by McDonald.
Ellis tries a head kick but it misses.
McDonald closes the distance and clinches up with Ellis, looking for a takedown. McDonald pushes Ellis against the cage but Ellis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ellis fails with the takedown

and McDonald counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ellis punching from the bottom.
McDonald wants to control but Ellis is keeping him busy.
Ellis is looking to improve his position.
Ellis keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ellis works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis has a closed guard, preventing McDonald from standing up.
Ellis has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ellis looking to control.

McDonald stands up from guard. Let's bang!
McDonald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ellis tries to land a front kick but McDonald steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ellis shoots and misses
and Ellis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Glen McDonald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorden Ellis.
McDonald tries to clinch but Ellis is having none of it.
Ellis has his takedown stuffed

and McDonald counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ellis won't be happy with that.
McDonald wants to control but Ellis is keeping him busy.
Ellis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald advances nicely into full mount.
Ellis bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Ellis trying to control the position from guard on top but McDonald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ellis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

McDonald is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Ellis frees his head nicely. Oh but McDonald has switched to an armbar! Ellis is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Glen McDonald!