PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Ellison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellison's entrance music is im bad. A fine choice. Antonio Ellison could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nicky Santoro's chin.

Ellison
vs
Santoro

191 cm
24
281 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
245 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

[B2F] Born 2 Fight

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Ellison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicky Santoro!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ellison gets tackled into the cage by Santoro. Santoro maintains the clinch.

Santoro lands a takedown into guard.

Santoro decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Ellison has a takedown stuffed.
Santoro lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Santoro darts in and clinches Ellison up against the cage.

Ellison ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Ellison no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Santoro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ellison's head.
Santoro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Santoro stands up from Ellison's guard - Santoro perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro stuffs the takedown attempt from Ellison. Ellison gets slowly back to his feet.
Santoro keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Santoro as Ellison shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Ellison. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Santoro clinches up with Ellison and pushes him back against the cage.
Ellison wants to get back to striking at distance but Santoro won't allow it.

Santoro lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Santoro lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Santoro decides to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santoro drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santoro trying to control but Ellison is working from the bottom.
Santoro passes Ellison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Santoro is keen to just control but Ellison is a slippery customer.

Santoro seems to be looking for submissions.
Santoro prevents Ellison from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellison is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Santoro scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ellison wants to get back to full guard.
Santoro seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ellison is trying to control but can't.
Santoro looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Santoro throwing shots but Ellison is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoro content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santoro lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santoro is taking a breather. Ellison says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Santoro is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ellison doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Santoro.
Ellison trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicky Santoro 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.

Ellison shoots for a takedown but Santoro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Santoro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ellison.
Santoro lands a jab.

Santoro shoots in and bounces Ellison off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Santoro wants to control from the top but Ellison keeps moving.
Ellison being controlled here, momentarily.

Santoro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Santoro. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santoro trying to control but Ellison is working from the bottom.
Santoro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santoro pushes down on Ellison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Santoro lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santoro working Ellison over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellison wants to improve his position but Santoro is controlling well.

Santoro seems to be looking for submissions.

Santoro is looking for a kimura here.
Ellison tries to get to full guard but Santoro has control of the leg.
Santoro is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Santoro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Santoro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Ellison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Ellison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Santoro can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ellison wants to sweep but no luck.

Ellison throws his legs up looking for a submission but Santoro uses it to pass to side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Santoro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ellison knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Santoro is chipping away with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicky Santoro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Santoro goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ellison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Santoro sprawls well. Santoro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ellison gets slowly back to his feet.

Santoro has Ellison up against the cage in a clinch.
Ellison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Santoro wants to break free but Ellison has control.

Santoro has picked Ellison up - he's going for a ride! Santoro dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Nicky Santoro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ellison is looking to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ellison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Santoro pulls his head out easily.
Santoro performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santoro 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.
Santoro trying to control the pace.

Santoro has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Ellison defend it? Santoro steps over the head and cranks it - Ellison is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Santoro!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nicky Santoro!