PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Elley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Dumdum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Elley
vs
Dumdum

198 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephen Elley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Dumdum!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dumdum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Elley wants to clinch but Dumdum slips to the side

and Dumdum holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dumdum can't break the clinch.
Dumdum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dumdum is trying to break the clinch but Elley is controlling him.
Elley misses with a knee to the head.

Dumdum has hold of one of Elley's legs. Elley is fighting the takedown attempt but Dumdum gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dumdum slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dumdum working the ground and pound but Elley is defending the strikes.
Dumdum advances to full mount.
Dumdum lands with some strikes.
Dumdum is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Elley is in real trouble.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dumdum working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Elley trying to control the action but Dumdum just sinks the hooks in.
Elley is really stuck here.
Elley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dumdum on the ground.
Dumdum thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Elley trying to control the action but Dumdum just sinks the hooks in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumdum struggling to keep hold of the position.
Dumdum lands a shot to the body.
Elley is keeping busy.

Dumdum working for the choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumdum throwing damaging strikes from the back! Elley could be in trouble here!
Dumdum controls the position.
Elley tries to roll but Dumdum sticks to his back.
Even with his hooks in, Dumdum manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Dumdum is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Elley defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Dumdum has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dumdum looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dumdum wants to control but Elley is keeping busy.
Dumdum throwing sloppy strikes.
Dumdum trying to control momentarily.
Elley trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Dumdum dominated that 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.

Elley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stephen Elley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dumdum looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Elley is fending him off so far but Dumdum persists. Nope, Elley circles away and we're back to standing.
Elley stuffs the takedown.
Elley stuffs the takedown.
Stephen Elley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Dumdum.
Elley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dumdum is fending him off so far but Elley persists. Nope, Dumdum circles away and we're back to standing.

Elley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Elley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Elley lands a good knee to the midsection. Dumdum won't want to take too many of those.
Elley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dumdum is defending well for now.
Elley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Elley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dumdum lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dumdum blocks an elbow strike.
Elley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dumdum letting Elley take a breather here.
Dumdum is breathing heavily.

Elley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elley lands with a slapping head kick.
Elley tries to clinch but Dumdum is having none of it.
Dumdum falls off balance throwing a combination

and Elley counters by moving into the clinch.
Dumdum being controlled against the cage.
Elley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Elley lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Elley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan Dumdum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Elley clinches.
The referee calls for Elley to work.
Elley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elley working Dumdum over with knees to the body.
Elley prevents the takedown attempt.
Dumdum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Elley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Elley just leaning against Dumdum, taking a breather.
Elley connects with a knee to the head.
Elley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Elley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Elley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Elley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Elley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Elley.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Elley.
A right handed body shot lands from Elley.

Elley manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Elley is defended easily by Dumdum.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumdum throws a head kick that misses
and Elley counters with a big head kick but Dumdum shrugs it off.

Elley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dumdum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Elley is keeping busy.
Elley has Dumdum pushed against the cage.

Elley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Elley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dumdum to the mat! Dumdum manages to get full guard.
Elley not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dumdum tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Elley wants to control from the top but Dumdum keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dumdum is on top in guard.
Elley keeping full guard, as Dumdum tries to pass.
Dumdum won't allow Elley to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Elley dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Elley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dumdum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Elley slaps away a takedown attempt from Dumdum, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dumdum fails to land the takedown.
Elley swats away the attempt to clinch by Dumdum.

Elley has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Elley lands a body shot in the clinch.

Elley breaks the clinch.
Dumdum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Dumdum closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Elley did well to prevent Dumdum getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumdum looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Elley trying to control here.
Dumdum prevents Elley from improving his position.
Dumdum is looking to take a break and control but Elley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Elley keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Elley is looking to control Dumdum's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Elley avoid being mounted?
Elley is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dumdum is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dumdum wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Elley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dumdum's head.

Elley takes the fight into the clinch.
Elley misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Elley.

Elley manages to break the clinch.
Elley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Elley moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Elley.
Stalling in the clinch from Elley.
Elley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dumdum blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Elley.
Elley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dumdum's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Elley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Elley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dumdum is trying hard to land a takedown here. Elley sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Stephen Elley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Dumdum.

Elley takes the fight into the clinch.
Elley throws an elbow but it misses.
Dumdum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dumdum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Elley will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dumdum up against the cage.
Dumdum blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Dumdum decides to pull guard.
Dumdum trying to keep a closed guard but Elley is proving a slippery customer.
Elley slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Elley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Elley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Elley!