PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ellison Jr (ranked 3447 p4p, 454 weight class) and Yuri Pistolas (ranked 3433 p4p, 452 weight class). Ellison Jr comes to the cage accompanied by i aint never scared. Pistolas has chosen Αχ καρδούλα μο& as his entrance music. Anthony Ellison Jr has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ellison Jr
vs
Pistolas

189 cm
34
218 lbs
7 - 14 - 0

185 cm
26
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yuri Pistolas!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellison Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Pistolas circles away.
Pistolas misses with the combination.
Ellison Jr wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ellison Jr tries for a takedown but Pistolas circles away easily
and Pistolas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ellison Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pistolas.
As Pistolas backs away, Ellison Jr returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pistolas scores with a nice right hand.

Ellison Jr changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pistolas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pistolas is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Ellison Jr is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Ellison Jr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pistolas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Ellison Jr looking to secure an arm triangle but Pistolas defends it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pistolas is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellison Jr is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Pistolas to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pistolas shrugs it off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellison Jr thowing shots but they're missing.
Ellison Jr throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pistolas tries to lock up and control but Ellison Jr gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellison Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ellison Jr trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ellison Jr dominating with strikes here.

It looks like Yuri Pistolas has been cut.
Pistolas is desperately trying to improve his position but Ellison Jr has a good base and remains in mount.
Ellison Jr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ellison Jr breaks from Pistolas's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Pistolas is rocked!
Ellison Jr looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Pistolas covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ellison Jr!
As Anthony Ellison Jr got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: another one bites the dust'.