PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oil Slick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slick comes to the cage accompanied by Careful With That Axe Eugene. Ellis has chosen Avril Lavigne - Hot as his entrance music. Anthony Ellis looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Slick
vs
Ellis

182 cm
29
159 lbs
21 - 4 - 1

177 cm
25
180 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oil Slick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Ellis!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Slick, right into the meat.
Good work by Slick as he checks the leg kick.
Slick with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ellis to score with a decent uppercut.
Slick throws a head kick that misses.
Ellis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Slick moves away.
Ellis stalks Slick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Slick's face. Slick staggers backwards, shaken.
Ellis is looking to clinch but Slick is avoiding it.
Ellis tries to land a leg kick but Slick saw it coming and moves away.
Slick misses with a low kick.
Slick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Slick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ellis.
Slick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Slick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ellis moves away.
Slick throws a leg kick that misses.
Ellis wants to clinch.
Slick tries a low kick but Ellis avoids it.
Good work by Ellis as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ellis.
Slick attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Left hook, right uppercut from Slick.
Nice body kick there by Ellis.
Slick does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Slick throws a chopping leg kick but Ellis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anthony Ellis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slick digs a good hook to Ellis's body.
Ellis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Slick looks for a takedown but Ellis sprawls well.
An inside leg kick from Slick misses.
Ellis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slick throws out the jab.
Slick shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ellis scores with a hook.
Ellis scores with a one two! Slick had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ellis.
Slick throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ellis was well out of range. Poor timing from Slick.

Slick closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ellis did well to prevent Slick getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Slick missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ellis is refusing to be controlled, as Slick sits in half guard.
Ellis trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Ellis avoids a series of strikes thrown by Slick.
Slick misses with a head shot.
Slick content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellis is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick is landing with some decent strikes but Ellis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Poor strikes thrown by Slick there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Slick landing punches.
Slick landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ellis is trying desperately to improve position.
Slick unloading with bombs!
Slick throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Slick misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Slick cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis is squirming around, avoiding Slick's attempts to control the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slick lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Slick thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Slick punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ellis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Slick.
Slick scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ellis?
Slick fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slick lands a heavy elbow.
Slick fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ellis avoids a series of strikes thrown by Slick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oil Slick dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ellis throws a body kick that misses.
Ellis lands a glancing blow to the side of Slick's head.
Slick moves away from the strike by Ellis.

Slick closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ellis to the mat! Ellis manages to get full guard.
Slick wants to control from the top but Ellis keeps moving.
Slick advances to half guard.
Slick thows a huge punch but Ellis dodges it nicely.
Slick wants to take a breather but Ellis is having none of it.
Ellis trying to control but Slick postures up.
Slick missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Slick 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 one minute gone in the round.
Slick tries to pass to full mount but Ellis defends it.
Oil Slick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slick winds up and cracks Ellis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Slick trying to control from half guard but Ellis is working away.
Ellis wants to control but Slick is keeping busy and won't allow it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Slick here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ellis tries to get to full guard but Slick has control of the leg.
Ellis is breathing heavily.
Ellis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Slick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slick looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ellis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Slick.
Ellis won't allow Slick to pass to mount.
Ellis is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Slick seems content to control.
Slick not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Slick prevents Ellis from improving his position.
Slick is keen to just control but Ellis is a slippery customer.
Slick throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick uses his free foot to push down on Ellis's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ellis.
Slick lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ellis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Slick swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Ellis is now in Slick's guard. A big mistake from Slick there, giving up the dominant position!
Ellis preventing the sweep.

Slick had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ellis defends it easily.
Ellis seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Slick has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ellis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ellis stopping the sweep attempt from Slick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slick keeping moving, preventing Ellis from controlling successfully.
Slick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Slick is looking for a triangle here but Ellis uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Slick manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oil Slick dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Slick is looking to score with low kicks.
Ellis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Slicks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Slick checks a low kick from Ellis.
Slick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slick tries a head kick but it misses.
Slick moves out of range of the body kick.
Slick throws a one two combo.
Slick misses with a body shot.
Ellis connects with a right hand. Slick shakes it off.

Ellis gets a clinch.
Slick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.
Ellis tries to work over Slick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slick tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ellis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ellis tries to work over Slick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slick is trying to break free.
Ellis works on Slick's body with a couple of short punches.
Slick looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ellis tries to throw a body punch but Slick avoids it by throwing Ellis back against the cage.
Ellis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slick's elbow.
Slick jumps guard but Ellis stands there with Slick around his waist. Slick gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oil Slick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ellis lands a right hand.
A short left from Slick.
Ellis prevents a body shot from Slick.
Ellis swings wildly with an uppercut but Slick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ellis misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Slick drags the fight down to the ground.
Ellis won't allow Slick to sweep him here.

Slick has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Ellis should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Slick has tightened it up now! Ellis should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Oil Slick!
Oil Slick retains his welterweight title!