PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Desjardins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desjardins is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Ellis
vs
Desjardins

175 cm
23
169 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
149 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Quinton Ellis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Desjardins!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Desjardins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ellis manages to avoid it.
Quinton Ellis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desjardins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ellis shoots and misses

and Desjardins counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ellis wants to get back to full guard.
Ellis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ellis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Desjardins scores with a couple of nice shots.

Ellis looking for submissions off his back.

Ellis actively working from the bottom here.
Desjardins keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ellis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Desjardins is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Desjardins passes the guard and advances to mount!
Desjardins dominating with strikes here.
Desjardins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ellis is trying desperately to improve position.
Desjardins wants to control the pace but Ellis is squirming around nicely.
Desjardins controlling the position easily from mount.
Ellis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ellis defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Desjardins.
Ellis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Desjardins controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Desjardins cracks Ellis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Desjardins looking to control but Ellis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ellis is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desjardins lands a big shot there that rocks Ellis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Ellis is rocked!
Ellis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oh Ellis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Desjardins! Ellis is hurt baaadly! Desjardins is firing away with more strikes - Ellis is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Desjardins!
Jonathan Desjardins is the new lightweight champion!
As Jonathan Desjardins got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I just want to give a shout out to everyone at The Disciples of Pain. My mentor, Face Kicker and my sponsor, Rivers Edge Nutrition [ http://www.mmatycoon.com/nutritionpublic.php?ncid=984 ] Much love to all my fans, until next time.'.