PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christina Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis comes to the cage accompanied by her song. Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kickstart. Royce Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ellis
vs
Gracie

180 cm
28
184 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

185 cm
28
170 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hopkins Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christina Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Ellis shoots and misses
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ellis with a poor takedown
and Gracie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gracie.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ellis moves away.
Ellis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christina Ellis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Ellis misses with a takedown
and Gracie counters with a two punch combo.
Gracie keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ellis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gracie works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands with an uppercut that bounces Ellis off the cage and back into range.
Ellis fails with the takedown
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie cracks Ellis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ellis shoots for a double leg takedown but Gracie sprawls well. He's pushed Ellis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gracie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gracie keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ellis tries for a takedown but Gracie circles away easily
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie scores with a three punch combo!
Ellis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ellis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.

Ellis is rocked!

It looks like Christina Ellis has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie lands the left hand.
Oh Ellis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Ellis stumbling backwards into the cage! Ellis bounces back off the cage towards Gracie, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Gracie lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Gracie celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Royce Gracie!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Royce Gracie waved his t-shirt featuring Hopkins Athletics's logo in front of the cameras.