PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Elsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rob Elsworth has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Elsworth
vs
Long

190 cm
21
209 lbs
4 - 7 - 1

189 cm
21
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 4 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Rob Elsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Long!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elsworth tries to clinch but Long moves out of range.

Elsworth closes the distance and pushes Long back into the cage.
Elsworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Long scores with a nice hook to the head.
Elsworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Elsworth.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elsworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Elsworth blocks an elbow strike.
Long tries a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks it.
Long connects with a nasty looking knee right to Elsworth's face.
Long misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Long.

Long breaks the clinch.

Elsworth clinches with his opponent.
Elsworth lands an elbow that stopped Long in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Marcus Long has been cut.
Long misses with an elbow over the top.
Elsworth lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Long fails to land.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Elsworth misses with a knee strike.
Elsworth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Elsworth.
Elsworth blocking some punches.
Long lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Long's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Long misses with a series of wild punches.
Elsworth pulls out of a head kick attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Long with a knee to the head.

It looks like Rob Elsworth has been cut.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elsworth pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Elsworth tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Long breaks the clinch.
Elsworth missing with a left hand there. Long was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Elsworth gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Elsworth scores with a knee to the head.
Elsworth lands a knee to the head.
Elsworth is breathing heavily.
Long landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Long is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elsworth is defending well for now.
Elsworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Long throws a punch but it's blocked by Elsworth.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Long.
Long is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elsworth is defending well for now.
Elsworth takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elsworth dodges an elbow strike from Long.
Elsworth blocks the elbow strike.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Elsworth.

Long manages to break the clinch.
Long lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Long fails to land with a series of punches.
Elsworth dodges the punch combination from Long.
Long throws a looping overhand right but Elsworth ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long keeps Elsworth at a distance using the push kick.
Long lands a lovely overhand right.
Long fails to land with a series of punches.
Elsworth takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Long looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Long fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Elsworth tries to clinch up
letting Long counter with a right hand.
Long tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Elsworth is able to avoid easily.
Long is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.
Long just misses with a punch to the body.
Elsworth misses with a leg kick
and Long counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Long circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good leg kick by Long there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Long misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Elsworth thows a body shot but no joy.
Elsworth takes one to the chin there.
Long connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elsworth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Long.
Nice body punch from Long.
Long lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Elsworth circles away quickly and effectively.
Long lands with a cross.
Elsworth avoids the body shot from Long.
No joy there for Long, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Elsworth clinches but Long breaks the clinch
and Long counters with a series of strikes. Elsworth will be more careful next time no doubt.
Long misses with a series of wild punches.
Long tries to clinch but Elsworth moves out of range.
Elsworth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Long rushes Elsworth and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Elsworth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Elsworth blocks the elbow strike.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
Elsworth takes an elbow to the temple.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Elsworth tries a knee to the head but Long blocks it.
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Long lands an elbow just above Elsworth 's eye.
Elsworth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Long blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long connects with a nasty looking knee right to Elsworth's face.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long lands an uppercut.
Long gets through Elsworth's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Elsworth trying to land knees to the body.
Long misses with an elbow over the top.
Long lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Elsworth blocks an elbow strike from Long.
Long lands an elbow that stopped Elsworth in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Long.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Long lands a left hand.
Elsworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Elsworth cracks Long with a nice body shot.
Elsworth blocks an elbow strike.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Elsworth unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Long throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Elsworth working Long over with knees to the body.
Long is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elsworth is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Long.
Elsworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Long misses with an elbow strike.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Elsworth's defenses.
Long lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
Long trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Long dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Long lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Elsworth backs up against the cage.
Elsworth scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Elsworth tries to clinch up
and Long connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Long walks into a jab.

Elsworth forces Long back against the cage and clinches.
Long tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elsworth avoids it.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Long throws an elbow that misses.
Long misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elsworth.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Long lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Elsworth dodges an elbow strike from Long.
Elsworth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Long's face.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elsworth landing knees to the head.
Elsworth prevents Long from breaking the clinch.
Elsworth connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long scores a nice knee to the body.
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Elsworth has a couple of punches blocked by Long.
Long throws an elbow but it misses.
Elsworth unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Elsworth throws a head punch that misses.
Elsworth unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long lands with a light punch inside.
Long throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Long tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Long tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elsworth avoids it.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Elsworth is blocking nicely.
Long lands a shoulder strike.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Elsworth throws a knee to the head but misses.
Elsworth misses with a knee to the head.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elsworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Elsworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Elsworth scores with a knee to the head.

Long breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Elsworth on the side of the head.
Elsworth thows a body kick. Long tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Long instigates a clinch.
Elsworth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Long's elbow.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elsworth is defending well for now.
Elsworth unloads a knee to the mid-section. Long lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short body shot lands from Long as the two fighters clinch.
Elsworth looking to throw knees to the head but Long is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Long throws an elbow but misses.
Elsworth lands a damaging elbow.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
Elsworth lands a damaging elbow.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Elsworth is blocking nicely.
Marcus Long seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Elsworth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Long blocks it with crossed arms.
Elsworth throws a knee to the head but misses.
Elsworth lands an elbow inside.

Long breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long lands an overhand right.
Long works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Long dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Elsworth. That did some damage!
A punch combination from Long misses.
Long pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Elsworth doesn't manage to clinch there - Long circles away.
Long circles away from the clinch attempt.
Elsworth paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Long avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elsworth tries to clinch but Long is having none of it.
Long lands a with a good body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Long misses with a body shot.
Long throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long throws a nice looking combination but Elsworth bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Elsworth takes a swing at Long's ribcage but misses.
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Long throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Elsworth walks into a left hand.
Long tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Elsworth tries to clinch up but Long circles away and keeps his distance.
Elsworth getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Long takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A cross from Long lands.
Long throws a jab but it's blocked by Elsworth.

Long fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Elsworth, pushing him back against the cage.
Elsworth lands a knee to the head.
Elsworth prevents Long from breaking the clinch.
Elsworth takes an elbow to the temple.
Elsworth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Long gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Long.
Elsworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Elsworth blocks an elbow strike from Long.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Elsworth is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elsworth avoids the elbow strike from Long, against the cage.
Elsworth scores with a knee to the head.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elsworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Elsworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elsworth tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Elsworth missing with knees to the body.
Elsworth takes an elbow to the forehead.
Long misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Elsworth.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elsworth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long takes a knee right on the jaw!
Long throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Elsworth is blocking nicely.
Elsworth crunches a lovely knee into Long's ribcage.
Elsworth tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Elsworth throws an elbow but misses.
Elsworth avoids the elbow strike from Long, against the cage.
Elsworth landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Long just misses with a elbow thrown towards Elsworth's brow.
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Elsworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Elsworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elsworth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elsworth looking to throw knees to the head but Long is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Elsworth dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Long scores with a jab to the jaw.
A clash of legs there as Elsworth blocks the low kick.
Long looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rob Elsworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Elsworth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Long scores with a shot to the side of Elsworth's head.
Nice elbow from Elsworth.
Elsworth working Long over with knees to the body.
Elsworth blocks an elbow strike from Long.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Elsworth.
Elsworth lands a knee to the head.
Elsworth landing knees to the head.
Elsworth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Long has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long lands a left hand that snaps the head of Elsworth backwards.
Long lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Elsworth backwards.
Long lands with a right to the head.
Elsworth scores with a knee to the head.
Long softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Elsworth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
Long throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Elsworth lands a good knee to the midsection. Long won't want to take too many of those.
Long lands a damaging elbow.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
A knee to the head by Long.
Long lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Long breaks the clinch.
Long throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Elsworth.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Elsworth wants to clinch.
Elsworth scores with a shot to the body.
Long looks to land a combination but Elsworth avoids it well.
Elsworth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Long lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Long misses with a body shot.
Elsworth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Elsworth checks a leg kick.
Long throws a nice looking combination but Elsworth bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Elsworth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Long paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Long gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Elsworth tries a knee to the head but Long blocks it.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Elsworth is blocking nicely.
Elsworth lands a knee to the head.
Elsworth trying to land knees to the body.
Long lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Elsworth landing knees to the body.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Long tries to break the clinch but Elsworth is controlling the position.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elsworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Long tries to circle away but Elsworth has him pinned against the cage.
Elsworth unloads a knee to the mid-section. Long lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Long misses with an elbow over the top.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Long misses with a punch on the inside.
Elsworth lands with a light punch inside.
Long lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Elsworth lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Elsworth avoids a wild elbow strike from Long.
Long throws an elbow that misses.
Elsworth landing knees to the head.
Elsworth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Long's face.
Long avoiding damage as Elsworth throws knees to the body.
Elsworth blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Elsworth throws an elbow but misses.
Elsworth keeps control of Long as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Long pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Elsworth tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the head but Long blocks with his arms.
Long lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Elsworth or not.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Elsworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Elsworth throws an elbow but it misses.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Elsworth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Long misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elsworth.
Elsworth missing with knees to the body.
Elsworth working Long over with knees to the body.
Elsworth takes an elbow to the forehead.
Elsworth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Long throws an elbow that misses.
Long lands an elbow just above Elsworth 's eye.
Elsworth tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
Long blocking some punches.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Elsworth avoids the elbow strike from Long, against the cage.
Long pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Elsworth takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice body punch from Long.
Elsworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Long creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Elsworth using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Elsworth landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Elsworth tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Elsworth takes an elbow to the temple.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Elsworth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Elsworth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elsworth's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Long misses with a knee strike.
Elsworth landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Long with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Elsworth blocks an elbow strike.
Elsworth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Elsworth.
Long avoids a wild elbow strike from Elsworth.
Long lands an elbow inside that Elsworth shrugs off.
Elsworth blocks an elbow strike.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Elsworth's defenses.
Elsworth lands a body shot in the clinch.
Elsworth blocks the elbow strike.
Long takes a knee right on the jaw!
Elsworth pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Elsworth misses with some punches.
Long tries a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks it.
Elsworth misses with a knee to the head.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elsworth blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Elsworth showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Elsworth has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Elsworth!