PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christina Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patty O Fernacher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis comes to the cage accompanied by her song. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ellis
vs
O Fernacher

180 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Fernacher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patty O Fernacher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
O Fernacher lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Christina Ellis has been cut.
O Fernacher connects with a knee to the head.
O Fernacher tries to land a knee to the head but Ellis blocks with his arms.
Ellis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. O Fernacher smiles and moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as O Fernacher checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
O Fernacher tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ellis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Fernacher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Fernacher doesn't manage to clinch there - Ellis circles away.
O Fernacher is looking to clinch.
Ellis swats away the attempt to clinch by O Fernacher.
O Fernacher tries to clinch there but Ellis circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Fernacher tries to clinch up but Ellis circles away and keeps his distance.
O Fernacher is looking to clinch but Ellis is avoiding it.
Ellis circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Fernacher tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ellis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Fernacher tries to clinch but Ellis moves out of range.
O Fernacher doesn't manage to clinch there - Ellis circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Fernacher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Fernacher wants to clinch.
O Fernacher slips a jab from Ellis.
O Fernacher is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Fernacher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ellis throws a leg kick but O Fernacher checks it.
Ellis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Fernacher wants to clinch.
Ellis circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Fernacher ducks under a wild hook from Ellis.
O Fernacher tries to close the distance and clinch but Ellis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Fernacher wants to clinch up but Ellis keeps it at a distance.
O Fernacher blocks a leg kick.
O Fernacher tries to clinch but Ellis is having none of it.

O Fernacher moves into range and clinches up with Ellis.

Ellis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ellis is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

O Fernacher got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ellis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, O Fernacher has managed to get both his arms back between Ellis's legs - danger averted.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Fernacher wants to get up but he can't break Ellis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Ellis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Ellis has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. O Fernacher doesn't defend quickly enough and Ellis has managed to lock this one up! Can O Fernacher escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Ellis on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Christina Ellis!