PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Godfrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Ellis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Roger Godfrey's chin.

Ellis
vs
Godfrey

150 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Determined

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roger Godfrey!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Godfrey as Ellis shoots in.
Godfrey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ellis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ellis really is a fat lump.

Godfrey gets caught flat footed, as Ellis shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Godfrey keeping moving, preventing Ellis from controlling successfully.
Godfrey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ellis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ellis stays in close to Godfrey's body and controls the position.
Ellis wants to pass the guard but Godfrey is keeping the position.
Ellis postures up in Godfrey's guard and throws a big left but Godfrey blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ellis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ellis wants to pass the guard but Godfrey is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godfrey keeping moving, preventing Ellis from controlling successfully.
Godfrey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ellis.
Ellis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ellis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ellis is stalling in the full guard.
Ellis trying to control but Godfrey is working from the bottom.
Ellis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Godfrey is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ellis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ellis postures up in Godfrey's guard and throws a big left but Godfrey blocks it.
Ellis working some strikes from top position.
Ellis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ellis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ellis controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis trying to control but Godfrey is working from the bottom.
Ellis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ellis passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Godfrey is trying to escape the position but Ellis is controlling the position.
Ellis works to advance to full mount. Godfrey defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Ellis breaks from Godfrey's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis dominating with strikes here.
Ellis working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands a nice shot to the head.
Ellis dominating with strikes here.
Ellis scoring with strikes but Godfrey is staying in there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellis landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Godfrey hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ellis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ellis working Godfrey over with strikes here.
Ellis lands a big elbow.
Ellis lands a heavy elbow.
Godfrey looks winded!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Godfrey tries to hold on but Ellis pushes him away.
Ellis raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ellis landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Ellis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ellis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ellis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ellis postures up and lands a big shot to Godfrey's brow.
Ellis throws a big right hand that misses.
Godfrey has momentary wrist control but Ellis slips an elbow through the middle.
Ellis is in close to Godfrey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ellis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Godfrey trying to keep a closed guard but Ellis is proving a slippery customer.
Ellis throws a big right hand that misses.
Ellis 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.
Godfrey has momentary wrist control but Ellis slips an elbow through the middle.
Andrew Ellis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ellis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ellis trying to control but Godfrey is working from the bottom.
Ellis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Godfrey can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ellis lands a couple of elbows.
Ellis throws a big elbow that misses.
Godfrey keeping full guard, as Ellis tries to pass.
Ellis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Godfrey is breathing heavily.
Ellis postures up.
Ellis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Godfrey can do to turn this around?
Ellis distracts Godfrey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis throwing strikes but missing.
Godfrey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ellis.
Ellis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ellis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ellis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ellis looking to pass the guard.
Ellis lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ellis slips nicely into half guard.
Godfrey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ellis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ellis not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis is keen to just control but Godfrey is a slippery customer.
Godfrey has hold of Ellis's hands but Ellis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ellis tries to pass to full mount but Godfrey defends it.
Ellis has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Godfrey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ellis raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ellis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey is squirming around, avoiding Ellis's attempts to control the action.
Godfrey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ellis controlling from mount.
Godfrey is squirming around, avoiding Ellis's attempts to control the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ellis looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Ellis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Godfrey as Ellis shoots in.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ellis.
Ellis shoots in for a takedown but Godfrey shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Ellis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ellis misses with a takedown attempt - Godfrey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ellis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Godfrey as he jumps to the side.
Godfrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Ellis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Godfrey closes the distance and pushes Ellis back into the cage.
Ellis tries for a takedown but Godfrey manages to get underhooks.
Godfrey scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Andrew Ellis has been cut.
Godfrey stops a takedown attempt from Ellis.
Ellis is looking for a takedown.
Godfrey lands an elbow inside.
Godfrey prevents a takedown attempt there.
Godfrey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godfrey stops a takedown attempt from Ellis.
Godfrey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Godfrey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ellis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Godfrey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ellis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Godfrey lands a good knee to the midsection. Ellis won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Godfrey lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Godfrey.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Godfrey obliges.
Godfrey lands a damaging elbow.
Godfrey working Ellis over with knees to the body.
Godfrey lands a damaging elbow.
Godfrey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Godfrey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ellis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Godfrey lands a knee to the body.
Roger Godfrey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Godfrey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ellis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Godfrey lands a good knee to the midsection. Ellis won't want to take too many of those.
Godfrey landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Godfrey.
Godfrey lands a good knee to the midsection. Ellis won't want to take too many of those.
Ellis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Godfrey lands an elbow just above Ellis 's eye.
Nice elbow from Godfrey.
Godfrey prevents the takedown attempt.
Ellis goes for a takedown attempt but Godfrey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Roger Godfrey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Godfrey looks to land a body kick but Ellis moved away.
Ellis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Godfrey throws a hook but Ellis blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Ellis with that takedown attempt.
Godfrey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Godfrey fails with an attempt to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Ellis blocks the leg kick.
Godfrey attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Horrible takedown by Ellis or perhaps it was just good defense by Godfrey which made him look bad.
Ellis shoots in for a double leg but Godfrey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Godfrey misses with a wild body shot.
Ellis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Godfrey pinned against the cage. Godfrey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Godfrey throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Godfrey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ellis.
Ellis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Godfrey as he avoids it easily.
Ellis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Godfrey.
Godfrey throws a low kick but Ellis avoids it.
Ellis misses with a takedown attempt - Godfrey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Godfrey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Godfrey moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Godfrey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ellis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Godfrey gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Roger Godfrey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Godfrey lands a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Godfrey 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:26
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:26
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:26

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