PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christina Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis comes to the cage accompanied by her song. Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ellis
vs
are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour

180 cm
27
184 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
29
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Good gas tank

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christina Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Open your legs and give me an hour takes the fight into the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis jumps guard but Open your legs and give me an hour turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Open your legs and give me an hour breaks from the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour is looking to clinch but Ellis is avoiding it.

Open your legs and give me an hour rushes Ellis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour with a knee to the head.
Open your legs and give me an hour with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ellis blocks it with crossed arms.
Ellis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ellis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Open your legs and give me an hour walks away with a smile on his face. Ellis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christina Ellis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Open your legs and give me an hour moves into the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour with a knee to the head.

It looks like Christina Ellis has been cut.

Open your legs and give me an hour jumps guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ellis looking to pass the guard.

Ellis drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ellis jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour has his hands on Ellis's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis wants to pass the guard but Open your legs and give me an hour is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ellis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Open your legs and give me an hour displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ellis throws out the jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ellis is trying to pull guard but Open your legs and give me an hour has him pressed against the cage.
Ellis fails to pull guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Open your legs and give me an hour with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ellis pulls guard successfully.

Ellis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Open your legs and give me an hour passes into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellis tries to bench press Open your legs and give me an hour off him but Open your legs and give me an hour keeps the position.
Ellis is working hard here to advance position.
Open your legs and give me an hour gets to mount! Ellis was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Open your legs and give me an hour content just to control the position here.
Open your legs and give me an hour's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christina Ellis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Open your legs and give me an hour keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ellis. Open your legs and give me an hour does a little dance to reset his feet.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to clinch but Ellis is having none of it.
Open your legs and give me an hour uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ellis.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to clinch but Ellis moves out of range.
Open your legs and give me an hour doesn't manage to clinch there - Ellis circles away.
Open your legs and give me an hour misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Open your legs and give me an hour ducks under a wild hook from Ellis.
Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Open your legs and give me an hour misses with a low kick.
Ellis lands with a straight right. Open your legs and give me an hour didn't see that one coming.
Ellis scores with a hook to the body. Open your legs and give me an hour takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Open your legs and give me an hour 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.
Open your legs and give me an hour uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ellis.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ellis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Open your legs and give me an hour 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.
Ellis lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour is looking to clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ellis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ellis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Open your legs and give me an hour misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ellis misses with a body shot.
Open your legs and give me an hour doesn't manage to clinch there - Ellis circles away.

Ellis gets tackled into the cage by Open your legs and give me an hour. Open your legs and give me an hour maintains the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour misses with a knee strike.

Open your legs and give me an hour manages to break the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ellis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Open your legs and give me an hour takes one to the side of the head.
Ellis loads up on a big right hand but Open your legs and give me an hour slips the punch.
Open your legs and give me an hour is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour avoids the body shot from Ellis.
Ellis looks to score with a jab to the body but Open your legs and give me an hour is just out of range.
Open your legs and give me an hour moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ellis looks to land a right hand but Open your legs and give me an hour moved out of range.
Open your legs and give me an hour wants to clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ellis. Open your legs and give me an hour does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ellis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Open your legs and give me an hour was well out of range. Poor timing from Ellis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ellis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ellis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Open your legs and give me an hour is looking to clinch but Ellis is avoiding it.
Open your legs and give me an hour looks to land a body kick but Ellis moved away.
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a leg kick but Ellis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ellis is looking to wear down Open your legs and give me an hour with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Open your legs and give me an hour ducks under a wild hook from Ellis.
Ellis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to clinch but Ellis is having none of it.
Ellis throws a body punch but Open your legs and give me an hour moves out of range.
Open your legs and give me an hour is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ellis.
Open your legs and give me an hour closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ellis circles away.
Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Ellis misses.
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ellis.
Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ellis throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ellis. Open your legs and give me an hour does a little dance to reset his feet.
Open your legs and give me an hour 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.
Ellis swats away the attempt to clinch by Open your legs and give me an hour.
Open your legs and give me an hour misses with the combination.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ellis swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis misses with an uppercut. Open your legs and give me an hour saw that one coming.
Good exchange - Ellis coming out on top.
Ellis throws a jab when Open your legs and give me an hour was well out of range.

Open your legs and give me an hour gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ellis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ellis jumps guard but Open your legs and give me an hour turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Open your legs and give me an hour swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Open your legs and give me an hour breaks from the clinch.
Ellis keeps the fight on the outside.
Ellis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Open your legs and give me an hour.

Open your legs and give me an hour moves into range and clinches up with Ellis.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Open your legs and give me an hour breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ellis misses the shot to the body.
Ellis misses with a body shot.

Ellis tries to keep at a distance but Open your legs and give me an hour has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Christina Ellis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Open your legs and give me an hour drives through and clinches with Ellis against the cage.
Ellis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Open your legs and give me an hour walks away with a smile on his face. Ellis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Open your legs and give me an hour fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ellis thows a body shot but no joy.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ellis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Open your legs and give me an hour doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ellis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Open your legs and give me an hour was well out of range. Poor timing from Ellis.
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a low kick but Ellis moves out of range easily.
Open your legs and give me an hour misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Open your legs and give me an hour looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ellis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ellis counters with a nice uppercut.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ellis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ellis connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Open your legs and give me an hour moves into the clinch.
Ellis jumps guard but Open your legs and give me an hour stands there with Ellis around his waist. Ellis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Open your legs and give me an hour.
Ellis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Open your legs and give me an hour just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christina Ellis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ellis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ellis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Open your legs and give me an hour just stands there and leans against the cage.
Open your legs and give me an hour with a knee to the head.
Open your legs and give me an hour misses with a knee strike.
Open your legs and give me an hour scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Open your legs and give me an hour walks away with a smile on his face. Ellis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ellis just misses with a punch to the body.
Ellis looks to land a left hand but Open your legs and give me an hour moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour tries a head kick but it misses.
Open your legs and give me an hour throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Open your legs and give me an hour darts in trying to clinch
and Open your legs and give me an hour takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Open your legs and give me an hour takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to clinch up but Ellis circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ellis. Open your legs and give me an hour does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ellis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Open your legs and give me an hour.

Open your legs and give me an hour tries to sprawl but Ellis drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Ellis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ellis moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ellis is trying to get an arm triangle but Open your legs and give me an hour is defending well.

Ellis goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Open your legs and give me an hour rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Ellis's guard! Nice work there by Open your legs and give me an hour!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Open your legs and give me an hour wants to stand but Ellis is controlling his posture from full guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ellis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Christina Ellis.
I think Open your legs and give me an hour 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight for Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour!

Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour wins by unanimous decision!