PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Collin Glorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Develen Elvington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glorious's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pimp C - Knockin Doors Down. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Glorious
vs
Elvington

180 cm
21
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Forbidden Apple

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Collin Glorious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Develen Elvington!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elvington looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Glorious scores with a body shot.

Elvington looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Elvington thows a huge punch but Glorious dodges it nicely.
Glorious keeping hold of Elvington's head, controlling as best he can.
Glorious gets full guard.
Elvington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Glorious really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Elvington postures up in Glorious's guard and throws a big left but Glorious blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Elvington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Elvington throwing strikes but missing.
Glorious utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Glorious is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Glorious misses with an uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Elvington checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Glorious looks to score with a jab to the body but Elvington is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Elvington fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Glorious scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Glorious misses with a straight left.
Elvington fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Collin Glorious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Develen Elvington.
Elvington shoots in and drives through. Glorious sprawls well.
Elvington slips a jab from Glorious.
Glorious missing with a left hand there. Elvington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Glorious looks to land a right hand but Elvington moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elvington fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Glorious misses the shot to the body.
Glorious looks to throw the jab but Elvington is out of range.
Elvington shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Glorious as he jumps to the side.
The fighters circling - Glorious throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Elvington fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A big left from Glorious misses.
Collin Glorious is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Elvington avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Elvington shoots in and drives through. Glorious sprawls well.
Elvington fails with a takedown attempt.
Elvington looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Glorious thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Collin Glorious dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Glorious, as that shot connected.
Glorious lands an overhand right.

Elvington closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elvington looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Elvington thows a huge punch but Glorious dodges it nicely.
Glorious is in trouble now - Elvington has advanced to mount!
Glorious is looking to get to half guard.
Glorious is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elvington throwing strikes here but Glorious is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Elvington misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Elvington landing strikes from the mount.
Elvington looking to finish with strikes here!
Elvington throwing strikes here but Glorious is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Elvington thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Elvington landing shots from mount.
Glorious is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Elvington throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Glorious is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Elvington avoids the attempt from Glorious to control.
Elvington unloads with some shots from mount but Glorious bucks and avoids them well.
Elvington looking to finish with strikes here!
Elvington throwing strikes here but Glorious is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Elvington has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Glorious's face.
Elvington raining down shots from the mount!
Elvington unloading with bombs!
Elvington thowing shots but they're missing.
Glorious tries to hold on but Elvington postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elvington landing strikes, looking to finish!
Elvington throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Elvington throws a wild left hand from mount and Glorious manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.

Elvington is trying to work for a kimura but Glorious is defending well.
Glorious manages to get to full guard.
Elvington postures up.

That's four 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.
Elvington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Elvington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Elvington is looking to work some ground and pound but Glorious has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Elvington accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Elvington working some strikes from top position.
Elvington is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Elvington throws and elbow that misses. Glorious uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Elvington's guard. Nice move by Glorious!
Glorious 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.
Elvington throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Develen Elvington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Elvington misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Glorious misses.
Glorious misses the jab.
Glorious attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Glorious misses the shot to the body.

Elvington shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glorious really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Elvington working Glorious over with strikes here.
Elvington throws a wild left hand from mount and Glorious manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorious tries to kick Elvington off but Elvington keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Elvington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Elvington is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Elvington lands with a punch from half guard.
Elvington missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Glorious is trying to stand.
Elvington is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Elvington thows a huge punch but Glorious dodges it nicely.
Elvington is trying to control the action in half guard but Glorious is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Elvington throwing shots but Glorious is blocking nicely.

That's two 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.
Glorious slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Elvington in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Elvington throwing strikes but missing.
Elvington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Elvington trying to control but Glorious is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Elvington slips under a jab from Glorious.
Elvington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Elvington or perhaps it was just good defense by Glorious which made him look bad.
Glorious does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Elvington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Elvington shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Glorious but Glorious pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Collin Glorious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Develen Elvington.
Elvington shoots in looking for a takedown. Glorious tries to sprawl out of it but Elvington keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Glorious manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Elvington shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Glorious pinned against the cage. Glorious gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Glorious throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Elvington takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Elvington slips a jab from Glorious.
Elvington shoots in for a takedown but Glorious shows good takedown defense.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Develen Elvington.
I think Elvington has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!