PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Ellinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tywin Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellinger comes to the cage accompanied by Bars On Me by Chris Webby. Eli Ellinger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ellinger
vs
Lannister

183 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

5th Round Clothing

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eli Ellinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tywin Lannister!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellinger scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Tywin Lannister has been cut.

Ellinger moves into the clinch.

Lannister pulls guard effortlessly.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lannister looking for a sweep. Not yet Lannister, not yet.
Lannister managing to control the position.
Ellinger looking to pass the guard.

Lannister escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ellinger gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lannister looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lannister is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Lannister manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Lannister takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Eli Ellinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Ellinger.
Ellinger swings for the body but Lannister moves out of range.
Ellinger fails to land with a series of punches.

Lannister has closed the distance and engaged Ellinger in a clinch.

Lannister has hold of one of Ellinger's legs. Ellinger is fighting the takedown attempt but Lannister gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Ellinger keeping moving, preventing Lannister from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellinger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ellinger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lannister.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ellinger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lannister stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ellinger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lannister with a nice head shot there.
Lannister has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lannister works over Ellinger with some ground and pound from guard.
Lannister engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lannister stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ellinger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ellinger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellinger keeping moving, preventing Lannister from controlling successfully.
Lannister lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lannister postures up in Ellinger's guard and throws a big left but Ellinger blocks it.
Lannister is working Ellinger over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lannister's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lannister lands a couple of digs.
Ellinger is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lannister manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ellinger is fighting to break Lannister's control of his arms but Lannister is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellinger preventing the sweep.
Lannister trying to control the position here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ellinger throws an elbow that misses. Lannister uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ellinger's guard. Nice move by Lannister!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lannister is pushing down on Ellinger's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ellinger is fighting to maintain full guard but Lannister has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ellinger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tywin Lannister dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tywin Lannister's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lannister has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lannister stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lannister is looking for a takedown.
Lannister fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lannister using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lannister lands an elbow inside that Ellinger shrugs off.

Lannister jumps guard.

Lannister manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Lannister is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ellinger sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Eli Ellinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tywin Lannister.
Ellinger throws a head kick but Lannister moves out of range.
Ellinger lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lannister is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellinger lands a leg kick that knocks Lannister off balance momentarily.
Ellinger tries to clinch there but Lannister circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lannister looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ellinger throws a lazy right hand but Lannister sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Lannister has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lannister trying to land knees to the body.
Ellinger managing to block the knees to the body from Lannister.
Lannister looking for a takedown.
Lannister is breathing heavily.
Lannister stalling against the cage.
Ellinger tries to break free but Lannister pushes him back against the cage.
Ellinger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellinger is trying to break the clinch but Lannister is controlling him.
Ellinger working hard to break the clinch.
Ellinger managing to block the knees to the body from Lannister.

Lannister has hold of one of Ellinger's legs. Ellinger is fighting the takedown attempt but Lannister gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Ellinger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lannister works over Ellinger with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lannister postures up in Ellinger's guard and throws a big left but Ellinger blocks it.
Ellinger looking for a sweep. Not yet Ellinger, not yet.
Lannister trying to control the position from guard on top but Ellinger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lannister throwing strikes but missing.
Lannister working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellinger is looking to stand up but Lannister isn't so interested in that idea.
Ellinger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lannister is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Lannister throws a big right hand that misses.
Lannister throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ellinger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tywin Lannister has got the better of the ground game so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ellinger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ellinger stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ellinger wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Lannister or perhaps it was just good defense by Ellinger which made him look bad.
Ellinger scores with a head kick. Lannister tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ellinger misses with a body kick.

Lannister moves into the clinch.
Lannister effectively controlling the action here.
Lannister lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ellinger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ellinger wants to get back to striking at distance but Lannister won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lannister obliges.
Ellinger tries to break free but Lannister pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tywin Lannister showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tywin Lannister's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lannister fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ellinger misses with a kick to the body.

Ellinger shoots in and gets a takedown into Lannister's guard.

Lannister pushes Ellinger off and gets back to his feet.
Ellinger scores with a body shot.
Ellinger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lannister takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ellinger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lannister moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ellinger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Eli Ellinger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lannister doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Eli Ellinger is winning the standup battle so far.
Ellinger tries for a takedown but Lannister sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lannister shoots in and drives through. Ellinger sprawls well.
Lannister tries to clinch but Ellinger is having none of it.
Ellinger swats away the attempt to clinch by Lannister.
A jab from Ellinger finds it's way through Lannister's defenses.
Lannister wants to clinch.
Ellinger misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellinger scores with a shot to the body.
Lannister dodges the punch combination from Ellinger.

Ellinger gets tackled into the cage by Lannister. Lannister maintains the clinch.
Lannister keeps control of Ellinger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lannister comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lannister tries to pull guard but Ellinger forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ellinger wants to get back to striking at distance but Lannister won't allow it.
Lannister looking to throw knees to the head but Ellinger is blocking nicely.
Lannister is trying to drag Ellinger to the mat but Ellinger just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Eli Ellinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tywin Lannister.
Lannister is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lannister tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lannister pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lannister looking for a takedown.
Lannister keeps control of Ellinger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lannister prevents Ellinger from breaking the clinch.
Ellinger working hard to break the clinch.

Ellinger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Decent striking displayed by Ellinger there.
A right-left combo lands from Ellinger.
A right-left combo lands from Ellinger.
Ellinger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lannister.
Ellinger is looking to wear down Lannister with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ellinger lands with a kick to the temple. Lannister shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ellinger wants to land a leg kick but Lannister is out of range.
Ellinger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lannister swivels and escapes.

Lannister closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tywin Lannister is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Lannister has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Ellinger regains guard immediately.
Ellinger is trying to control the position but Lannister postures up.
Lannister content to stall in guard here.
Ellinger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eli Ellinger showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lannister has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tywin Lannister!