PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Ellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke Ellington could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Don Marsh's chin.

Ellington
vs
Marsh

186 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Ellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Ellington misses its intended target.
Marsh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsh throws a nice looking combination but Ellington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Marsh misses.
Ellington throws a nice head kick!
Ellington avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ellington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsh was well out of range. Poor timing from Ellington.
Ellington misses with a wild body shot.
Marsh takes a swing at Ellington's ribcage but misses.
Ellington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marsh.
Ellington misses with a body shot.
Marsh lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marsh.
Ellington tries to bum rush Marsh with a series of wild strikes but Marsh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marsh throws a right and a left that Ellington avoids nicely.
Marsh smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Marsh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ellington dips to his left and cracks Marsh with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsh throws a hook but Ellington avoids it easily.
Marsh's corner calls for a 1-2. Marsh obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marsh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ellington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A right-left combo lands from Marsh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh looks to score with a jab to the body but Ellington is just out of range.
Marsh slips a jab and a cross from Ellington.
Ellington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ellington thows a body shot but no joy.
Ellington will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ellington is looking to wear down Marsh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marsh swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ellington counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ellington throws a nice looking combination but Marsh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters circling - Marsh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ellington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marsh. That did some damage!
Marsh connects with a nice looking jab.
Marsh takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ellington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marsh.
Marsh moves away from the strike by Ellington.
Ellington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marsh lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marsh swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marsh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ellington lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marsh at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellington fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh throws a combination that misses
and Ellington counters with a left to the body.
Marsh misses with a few strikes there.
Ellington throws a shot to the body.
Marsh looks gassed!
Ellington throws a combination that misses
letting Marsh counter with a right hand.
Marsh tries to bum rush Ellington with a series of wild strikes but Ellington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ellington connects with a right hand. Marsh shakes it off.
Ellington misses with a wild combination.
Marsh slips under a jab from Ellington.
Marsh throws the left hand but Ellington avoids the punch easily.
Ellington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marsh.
Ellington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left lands for Ellington.
Ellington swinging wildly here.
Ellington scores with a nice right hand.
Ellington lands an overhand right.

Marsh is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellington swings for the body but Marsh moves out of range.
Marsh throws a nice looking combination but Ellington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marsh throws a right and a left that Ellington avoids nicely.
Ellington slips a straight right by Marsh.
Ellington fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marsh swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A combination from Marsh does no damage.
Ellington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marsh misses with a body shot.
Ellington lands the left hand.
Marsh on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ellington. Ellington obviously looking to wear him down.
Marsh misses with a double jab.
Ellington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marsh takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Marsh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ellington counters with a crisp one two that drops Marsh! Ellington thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Marsh to his feet! Marsh is in big trouble!
Marsh is still on wobbly legs! Can Ellington finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ellington connects with a superb combination that knocks Marsh out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Ellington before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Marsh!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Duke Ellington!