PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Paris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Doorly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Paris
vs
Doorly

170 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elijah Paris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, TJ Doorly!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Doorly was covering up waiting for the punch and Paris finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Doorly looking for a guillotine here but Paris defends easily.
Paris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Paris throws a big right hand that misses.
Paris wants to control from the top but Doorly keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paris wants to stand but Doorly is controlling his posture from full guard.
Paris preventing the sweep.
Doorly doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Doorly throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Doorly keeping full guard, as Paris tries to pass.
Paris looking to sit in guard and control but Doorly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doorly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Paris is keeping the position for now.

Doorly drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Paris manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Doorly has Paris in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doorly is trying to keep Paris in close.

Doorly has his foot on Paris's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Paris works his way back into a safe position though.
Paris stopping the sweep attempt from Doorly.

Doorly is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Paris defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doorly looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Paris puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Doorly tries to get to full guard but Paris has control of the leg.
Paris tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Doorly looking for submissions off his back.
Paris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Elijah Paris will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A punch combination from Paris misses.
Doorly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Paris as Doorly shoots in.

Doorly gets caught flat footed, as Paris shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Paris wants to get up but he can't break Doorly's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Doorly is looking for a triangle here but Paris uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Paris working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doorly is trying to control Paris's posture but Paris avoids it.
Doorly is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Doorly wants to control but Paris is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Paris is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Doorly wants to control but Paris is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Doorly keeps working.

Paris postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Doorly to stand up.

Doorly has managed to clinch.

Paris gets control of Doorly's arms and successfully pulls guard. Paris will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Paris looking for a guillotine here but Doorly defends easily.
Doorly trying to control but Paris is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doorly is pushing down on Paris's leg trying to pass to half guard. Paris is fighting to maintain full guard but Doorly has managed to sneak the leg through.
Paris controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Paris is trying to stand up here but Doorly is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doorly is thwarting Paris's attempts to control the position.
Doorly is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Paris!
Paris is trying to escape the mount.
Doorly controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paris working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah Paris dominated that second round.
That's time! Paris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Doorly dives in and scores a takedown into Paris's guard.

Doorly drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Paris dives on top into guard.
Paris trying to control but Doorly is working from the bottom.
Paris is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Doorly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Paris is aware though and is defending well.
Elijah Paris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Doorly keeping moving, preventing Paris from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paris controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

We're going to have a standup here because Elijah Paris wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Doorly tries to clinch there but Paris circles away.
Paris throws a combination that misses

and Doorly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Paris's guard.

Paris is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Doorly is aware though and is defending well.
Doorly trying to control the position from guard on top but Paris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paris wants to get back to his feet but Doorly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Paris had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Doorly defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paris can't keep his opponent in guard - Doorly advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Paris is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Doorly wants to control but Paris is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paris regains full guard. Nicely done.
Paris looking to hit a scissor sweep but Doorly is one step ahead there.
Paris is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. TJ Doorly wasn't active enough on the ground.
Paris tries a head kick but it misses.
TJ Doorly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Paris drives through and clinches with Doorly against the cage.
Paris trying to stall but Doorly improves his position.

Paris gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Paris got a little sloppy there for a moment and Doorly has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Paris has managed to get both his arms back between Doorly's legs - danger averted.

Doorly throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Elijah Paris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Doorly throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to TJ Doorly.
Well Paris has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!