PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Magnussen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis has chosen 5 minutes alone as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Magnussen
vs
Ellis

190 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
280 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Otto Magnussen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Quinton Ellis!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis swinging wildly here.
Ellis throws a sloppy head kick and Magnussen moves out of range easily.
Magnussen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ellis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Magnussen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ellis did well to prevent Magnussen getting side control.
Magnussen prevents Ellis from standing back up.
Magnussen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Ellis is defending against the submission attempts here by Magnussen.
Magnussen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Magnussen working over Ellis with some ground and pound. Ellis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ellis wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Magnussen there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellis pushes Magnussen off looking to stand but Magnussen dives back in and keeps control.
Magnussen working over Ellis with some ground and pound. Ellis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Magnussen prevents Ellis from standing back up.
Magnussen drops an elbow to the side of Ellis's head.
Magnussen 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnussen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ellis looks gassed!
Magnussen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ellis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Magnussen scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Magnussen seems to be looking for submissions.
Ellis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Magnussen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Magnussen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ellis is trying to stand up here but Magnussen is controlling him well.
Magnussen lands with a punch from half guard.
Magnussen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Magnussen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Magnussen working Ellis over with strikes.

Magnussen is looking for a kimura here.
Ellis is trying to stand up here but Magnussen is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnussen lands strikes from half guard.
Magnussen lands with a punch from half guard.
Magnussen lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Magnussen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Nice strikes from Magnussen there.
Magnussen works his way into full mount!
The referee warns Ellis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Magnussen dominating with strikes here.

Ellis bucks Magnussen off and manages to get back to his feet!
Ellis misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Ellis.
A right-left combo lands from Ellis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ellis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ellis throws a jab but it's blocked by Magnussen.

Magnussen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ellis did well to prevent Magnussen getting side control.
Magnussen working over Ellis with some ground and pound. Ellis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Magnussen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ellis doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Magnussen.
Magnussen stops Ellis from getting back to his feet.
Magnussen 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.
Ground and pound from Magnussen.
Ellis is trying to stand up here but Magnussen is controlling him well.
Magnussen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Magnussen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Magnussen working Ellis over with strikes.
Magnussen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ellis makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Magnussen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Magnussen scores with punches from side control.
Magnussen looks up at the clock and then as Ellis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Magnussen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Magnussen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ellis wants to get back to his feet but Magnussen drags him back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Magnussen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ellis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnussen cracks Ellis with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Magnussen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ellis misses with a series of wild punches.
Ellis throws a jab when Magnussen was well out of range.
Ellis throws a nice looking combination but Magnussen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Magnussen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ellis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ellis throws a big shot that misses.
Ellis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Magnussen circles away quickly and effectively.
Ellis throws a big shot that misses.

Magnussen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Magnussen cracks Ellis with a big right hand but Ellis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ellis takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Magnussen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Ellis bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Ellis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magnussen.
Ellis throws a right and a left that Magnussen avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Magnussen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ellis was covering up waiting for the punch and Magnussen finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Magnussen postures up and lands a big shot to Ellis's brow.
Magnussen stops Ellis from standing up.

Magnussen drops back looking for a leg! Ellis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ellis manages to kick Magnussen off! Magnussen jumps back into Ellis's guard.
Ellis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Magnussen is controlling him.
Magnussen postures up and lands a big shot to Ellis's brow.
Magnussen passes into half guard.
Magnussen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Magnussen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ellis is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magnussen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Ellis is defending against the submission attempts here by Magnussen.
Magnussen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Magnussen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ellis pushes Magnussen off looking to stand but Magnussen dives back in and keeps control.
Nice strikes from Magnussen there.
Ellis wants to get back to his feet.
Magnussen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnussen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Magnussen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ellis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Magnussen lands strikes from half guard.
Ellis is looking to escape.
Magnussen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ellis is trying to stand up here but Magnussen is controlling him well.
Magnussen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Magnussen connects with a nice short shot to Ellis's temple.
Magnussen uses his free foot to push down on Ellis's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ellis.

Magnussen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ellis to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ellis shrugs it off.
Otto Magnussen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Magnussen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Magnussen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ellis to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ellis shrugs it off.
Ellis tries to buck Magnussen off but he can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Magnussen working for a submission but Ellis is keeping him at bay.
Ellis is trying to stand.
BOOM! Magnussen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Magnussen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ellis can do to turn this around?
Magnussen unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magnussen landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Magnussen.
Ellis wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Ellis is bucking up trying to escape but Magnussen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Magnussen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Magnussen scores a takedown into full mount!
BOOM! Magnussen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ellis trying desperately to get to his feet.
Magnussen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ellis?
Magnussen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Magnussen landing strikes, looking to finish!
You get the feeling that Ellis really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Magnussen dominating with strikes here.
Magnussen avoids the attempt from Ellis to control.

Magnussen working for a guillotine from mount but Ellis is in no mood to give up.
Ellis is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Magnussen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ellis's face.
Ellis is trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnussen lands a big shot there that rocks Ellis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Magnussen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ellis's face.
Ellis's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Magnussen with the ground and pound from mount.
Ellis is trying to stand.
Magnussen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Magnussen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ellis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ellis wants to try and get back to his feet.
Magnussen landing punches.
Magnussen lands with some strikes.
Quinton Ellis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis is trying to stand.
Magnussen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Magnussen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Magnussen is landing with some decent strikes but Ellis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Magnussen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ellis's face.
Ellis wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Magnussen raining down shots from the mount!
Ellis tries to buck Magnussen off but he can't manage it.
Magnussen working the ground and pound effectively.
Ellis tries to buck Magnussen off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnussen looking to finish Ellis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ellis!
Magnussen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Magnussen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Magnussen landing punches.
Magnussen lands a big shot there that rocks Ellis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Ellis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ellis is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Magnussen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ellis wants to try and get back to his feet.
Magnussen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ellis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Magnussen wants to finish this one by submission but Ellis is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Magnussen.
You get the feeling that Ellis really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnussen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Magnussen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ellis?
Ellis is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Magnussen lands a big elbow.
Magnussen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Magnussen won't let Ellis get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Ellis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Magnussen lands a big shot there that rocks Ellis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Magnussen with a couple of short strikes.
Magnussen landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magnussen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ellis flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ellis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Otto Magnussen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Magnussen jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ellis manages to avoid the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otto Magnussen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Magnussen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otto Magnussen!