PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BamBam Rubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis comes to the cage accompanied by his Ram Muay performance. Rubble has chosen Eruption as his entrance music. BamBam Rubble will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ellis
vs
Rubble

183 cm
24
265 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

225 cm
26
225 lbs
11 - 22 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shane Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BamBam Rubble!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shane Ellis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ellis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rubble ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ellis connects with a solid leg kick.
Rubble scores with a body shot.
Ellis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ellis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ellis misses with a hook to the body
and Rubble cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rubble tries to score with a low kick but Ellis moves his leg out of the way.
Ellis misses with a hook to the body
and Rubble counters with a one-two to the body.
A head kick misses from Rubble.
Rubble looks gassed!

Ellis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rubble is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rubble tries to break free but Ellis pushes him back against the cage.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rubble.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Rubble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ellis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis crunches a lovely knee into Rubble's ribcage.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis landing knees to the body.
Ellis misses with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands with a left to the head.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ellis with a knee to the head.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Ellis lands a damaging elbow.
Rubble is looking to break free of the clinch but Ellis has double underhooks.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Ellis.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ellis misses with a knee to the head.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ellis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ellis.
Ellis misses with a knee strike.
Rubble is trying to break the clinch but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ellis.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Rubble wants to get back to striking at distance but Ellis won't allow it.
Ellis lands a knee to the head.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Ellis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a knee to the body.
Ellis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rubble blocks it with crossed arms.
Ellis lands an elbow just above Rubble 's eye.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ellis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ellis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rubble working hard to break the clinch.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rubble is trying to break the clinch but Ellis is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubble takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
Rubble misses with an elbow over the top.
Ellis pushes Rubble back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ellis.
Ellis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rubble lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ellis tries a knee to the head but Rubble blocks it.
Ellis misses with a knee to the head.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ellis.
Ellis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ellis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ellis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Ellis.
Ellis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ellis landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rubble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ellis.
A short right from Ellis on the inside.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
Ellis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ellis landing knees to the body.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rubble blocks it with crossed arms.
Ellis lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis looking to throw knees to the head but Rubble is blocking nicely.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ellis lands with a right to the head.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ellis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ellis lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ellis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ellis throws a head kick but Rubble moves out of range.
Ellis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Ellis moves into the clinch.
Rubble misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rubble tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ellis lands a damaging elbow.
Rubble wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ellis.
Ellis lands a knee to the head.
Ellis scores with a shoulder strike.
Ellis crunches a lovely knee into Rubble's ribcage.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubbles head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ellis.
Ellis avoids the elbow strike from Rubble, against the cage.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rubble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubble throws a punch but it's blocked by Ellis.
Rubble can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Ellis.
Ellis lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Ellis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ellis crunches a lovely knee into Rubble's ribcage.
Ellis lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Ellis scores a nice knee to the body.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.
Ellis scores with a hook to the body.
Ellis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rubble or not.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis misses with a knee to the head.
Rubble is trying to force a seperation but Ellis has the dominant position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Rubble takes an elbow to the temple.
Ellis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ellis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ellis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rubble backwards.
Rubble takes a shot to the head.
Ellis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

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.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ellis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ellis lands a body punch.
Ellis has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ellis lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Ellis lands a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rubble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ellis lands a knee to the body.
Ellis lands a good knee to the midsection. Rubble won't want to take too many of those.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ellis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ellis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ellis.
Rubble struggles to land a body shot inside as Ellis controls his hands.
Ellis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis lands with a light punch inside.
Rubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ellis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ellis.
Rubble has a couple of punches blocked by Ellis.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rubble lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rubble.
Ellis lands a knee to the body.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.
Ellis landing knees to the body.
Ellis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ellis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rubble misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ellis lands a left hand.
Ellis lands a good knee to the midsection. Rubble won't want to take too many of those.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rubble misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Ellis on the inside.
Ellis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rubble takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ellis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ellis lands a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
Rubble throws an elbow but it misses.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a body shot.
Ellis working Rubble over with knees to the body.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a left hand.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble missing with knees to the body.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis prevents a body shot from Rubble.
Ellis lands a nice knee to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ellis lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Rubble takes an elbow to the temple.
Rubble pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ellis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ellis dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rubble takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rubble swats away the attempt to clinch by Ellis.
Ellis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ellis throws a lazy head kick
and Rubble makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ellis really felt that one!
Both fighters circling a little - Rubble finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rubble lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ellis takes a step back to recover.
Rubble chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rubble lands a two punch combo.
Rubble lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ellis takes a step back to recover.
Rubble lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ellis backs up against the cage.
Ellis checks a low kick from Rubble.
Rubble connects with a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Nice shot by Ellis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rubble tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Ellis finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ellis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ellis throws a lazy head kick
enabling Rubble to counter with a crisp jab.

Rubble tries to keep at a distance but Ellis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ellis.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rubble throws a head punch that misses.
Ellis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ellis scores a nice knee to the body.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis lands a knee to the head.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis crunches a lovely knee into Rubble's ribcage.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Ellis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ellis landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Rubble tries to circle away but Ellis has him pinned against the cage.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rubble misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis lands an uppercut.
Ellis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rubble wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ellis landing knees to the body.
Rubble looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rubble fails to land.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
Ellis works on Rubble's body with a couple of short punches.
Rubble tries to circle away but Ellis has him pinned against the cage.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
Ellis lands a damaging elbow.
Ellis digs a right hand into Rubble's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rubble's gas tank.
Rubble throws a head punch that misses.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands with a short shot to the head.
Rubble looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rubble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ellis scores with a shot to the side of Rubble's head.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rubble's defenses.
Ellis with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ellis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ellis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ellis lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Ellis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ellis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ellis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
A hook to the body from Ellis.
Ellis lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.
Ellis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ellis lands an elbow just above Rubble 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rubble lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rubble takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ellis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ellis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rubble blocks it with crossed arms.
Ellis pushes Rubble back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shane Ellis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rubble working aggressively here.
Ellis lands a knee to the head.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.
Ellis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ellis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubbles head.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis lands a nice shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Ellis lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
BamBam Rubble has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
BamBam Rubble comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ellis 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Ellis!