PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emanuel Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis has chosen 2pac nothing to lose as his entrance music. Darius Ellis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Young
vs
Ellis

180 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

203 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emanuel Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Ellis!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Ellis. No joy for Young on that attempt.

Ellis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Young, pushing him back against the cage.
Young wants to break the clinch but can't.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.
Ellis is stalling here.

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

Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ellis is trying to keep Young in close.
Ellis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young stays in close to Ellis's body and controls the position.
Ellis throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Young controls from within his opponent's guard.
Young knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ellis on the ground.
Ellis trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis looking for a sweep. Not yet Ellis, not yet.
Ellis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Young might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ellis wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Ellis. No joy for Young on that attempt.
Emanuel Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emanuel Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young is breathing heavily.
Young shoots in for a takedown but Ellis shows good takedown defense.
Ellis shoots in but Young avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Young misses with a takedown
and Ellis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ellis shoots for a takedown but Young saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Young tries for a takedown but Ellis circles away easily

and Ellis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ellis prevents Young from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Young wants to control but Ellis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ellis wants to free his trapped foot but Young is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Young is looking for a sweep. Ellis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ellis tries to stand and escape but Young is controlling the position.
Young won't allow Ellis to pass to mount.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ellis stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.

Young darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is thwarting Ellis's attempts to control the position.
Ellis is trying to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Young in particular looking to stall.
Young is looking to advance position but Ellis won't allow it.

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.
Ellis wants to improve his position but Young is controlling well.

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

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ellis.
Young managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ellis.
Young holding on.
Young struggling a bit here.
Young looking for a sweep but Ellis has passed into full mount! Oh no!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Darius Ellis will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Young fails with the takedown

and Ellis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Young's guard now.
Young looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ellis is one step ahead there.
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ellis wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Young looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ellis is one step ahead there.
Young working a defensive guard here.
Darius Ellis has got the better of the ground game so far.

Ellis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Young, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis shoots in for a double leg but Young sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Young tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ellis swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ellis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.

Young decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ellis is trying to control but can't.
Young is keen to just control but Ellis is a slippery customer.
Ellis moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ellis being controlled here, momentarily.
Ellis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ellis doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Young content to stall in guard here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Emanuel Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Young fails with the takedown

and Ellis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ellis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emanuel Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ellis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ellis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Emanuel Young has been cut.
Young fails with the takedown
and Ellis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Young is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ellis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ellis.

Ellis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Young trying to control the position here.
Young keeping moving, preventing Ellis from controlling successfully.
Young seems keen to control Ellis's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Young on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Young tries to get out of the position.
Young looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Young seems keen to control Ellis's posture.
Ellis trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ellis tries to free his leg and advance position but Young is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Ellis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Emanuel Young's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Young misses with a takedown

and Ellis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ellis is looking to stall here but Young recovers full guard.
Young controls Ellis momentarily but Ellis frees himself.
Young keeping moving, preventing Ellis from controlling successfully.
Ellis stopping the sweep attempt from Young.
Young looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ellis puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Young is holding on to half guard well.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ellis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Young does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ellis prevents Young from improving his position.

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

Ellis instigates a clinch.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.
Young gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ellis.
Young is trying to break free.
Ellis keeps control of Young as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Young can't break the clinch.

Ellis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice sprawl there from Ellis as Young shoots in.
Young misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emanuel Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ellis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Young doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ellis counters with a nice body kick.
Ellis shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but Ellis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Young shoots and misses
and Ellis counters with a body kick that stops Young in his tracks momentarily.
Young fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Young fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Young. No joy for Ellis on that attempt.
Young has his takedown stuffed

and Ellis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ellis.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.

Ellis manages to break the clinch.
Young gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ellis counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Ellis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ellis avoids the attempt from Young to control.
Young is trying to escape the mount.
Young is working hard here to advance position.
Young is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Young is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ellis is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Young can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ellis.
Ellis looking to finish Young with some ground and pound. This is bad for Young!

Young is rocked!
Ellis lands a nice shot to the head.
Oh Young is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ellis controlling the pace for now.
Ellis is landing with some decent strikes but Young is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ellis lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Ellis.
Ellis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Young's face.
Ellis punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands with some strikes.
Young is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Young takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ellis misses with a head shot.
Poor strikes thrown by Ellis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ellis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ellis punching from mount but Young doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ellis controlling from the full mount.
The referee warns Young that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ellis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Young's face.
Emanuel Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ellis scoring with strikes but Young is staying in there.
Ellis looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darius 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darius Ellis!