PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ellison Jr (ranked 2467 p4p, 340 weight class) and Felipe Silva (ranked 4731 p4p, 551 weight class). Ellison Jr comes into the arena with i aint never scared blaring out of the sound system. Anthony Ellison Jr had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Ellison Jr
vs
Silva

189 cm
35
218 lbs
8 - 14 - 0

190 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Ellison Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Silva!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ellison Jr back to the cage. Silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Ellison Jr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Killer Instinct ☠ in the buildup to the fight.
Silva misses with the combination.
Ellison Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva throws a jab when Ellison Jr was well out of range.
Ellison Jr half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A jab from Silva misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellison Jr moves away from the strike by Silva.
Ellison Jr tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ellison Jr throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Ellison Jr closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva's coach down at Killer Instinct ☠ was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Silva's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to push Ellison Jr away but Ellison Jr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Ellison Jr is controlling him.
Ellison Jr lands a nice uppercut.

Ellison Jr decides to pull guard.

Silva wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Ellison Jr's closed guard. He's half up but Ellison Jr has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Ellison Jr pivots and extends the arm, Silva falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Ellison Jr! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Ellison Jr!
Post fight, an emotional Anthony Ellison Jr said 'another one bites the dust'.