PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Duke Ellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drago Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kozlov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Back in the USSR. Duke Ellington could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Drago Kozlov's chin.

Ellington
vs
Kozlov

186 cm
37
200 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

187 cm
36
190 lbs
29 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Ellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drago Kozlov!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kozlov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ellington in his tracks.
Ellington misses with a two punch combination.

Kozlov dives in and scores a takedown into Ellington's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kozlov trying to control but Ellington is working from the bottom.
Kozlov wants to pass the guard but Ellington is keeping the position.
Ellington trying to control the position.
Ellington keeping full guard, as Kozlov tries to pass.
Ellington throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kozlov is looking to pass into half guard but Ellington pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Ellington is in guard.
Ellington has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kozlov has a closed guard, preventing Ellington from standing up.
Kozlov pulls Ellington in close to prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Drago Kozlov was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ellington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Ellington misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellington throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kozlov on the side of the head.
Ellington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kozlov connects with an inside leg kick.
Kozlov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kozlov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ellington.
Kozlov has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ellington.

It looks like Drago Kozlov has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ellington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kozlov was well out of range. Poor timing from Ellington.
Kozlov blocks a jab.
Ellington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ellington throws an off balance right hand
and Kozlov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kozlov misses with an uppercut.
Ellington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ellington misses with a double jab
and Kozlov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kozlov misses with an uppercut. Ellington saw that one coming.
Kozlov tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellington lands a nice looking body shot.
Kozlov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kozlov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ellington.
Ellington misses with a body punch
and Kozlov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Ellington enables Kozlov to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Ellington manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Ellington controls Kozlov momentarily but Kozlov frees himself.
Kozlov throwing strikes from guard but Ellington blocks nicely.
Kozlov throws a big right hand that misses.
Kozlov scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellington is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ellington knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kozlov on the ground.
Kozlov trying to control but Ellington is working from the bottom.
Kozlov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ellington is keeping the position for now.
Ellington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kozlov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kozlov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drago Kozlov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drago Kozlov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sloppy strikes from Ellington. Those never looked like landing.
Ellington takes a swing at Kozlov's ribcage but misses.
Kozlov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good leg kick by Kozlov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kozlov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ellington counters with a stiff right hand.
Ellington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ellington. Kozlov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ellington misses with a left hand
letting Kozlov counter with a right hand.
Kozlov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kozlov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Ellington misses.
A right-left combo lands from Kozlov.

It looks like Duke Ellington has been cut.
Ellington misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellington throws a lazy right hand but Kozlov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kozlov blocks a head kick by Ellington.
Kozlov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ellington will feel that in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kozlov. Ellington shrugs it off though.
Kozlov connects with a solid leg kick.
Ellington chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kozlov can pounce on him.

Kozlov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ellington, pushing him back against the cage.
Kozlov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ellington's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kozlov tries a knee to the head but Ellington blocks it.
A short left from Kozlov.
Kozlov blocking some punches.
Kozlov tries a knee to the head but Ellington blocks it.
Kozlov working Ellington over with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kozlov.
Ellington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kozlov lands a shoulder strike.
Kozlov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kozlov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ellington gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kozlov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ellington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kozlov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kozlov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Kozlov.
Kozlov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kozlov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kozlov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ellington fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ellington takes one on the button.

Ellington is rocked!
Kozlov connects with an inside leg kick.
Ellington takes a swing at Kozlov's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov lands with a right and another and another! Ellington is in big trouble! Kozlov lands again and this time it's lights out for Ellington! A quality knockout there for Kozlov.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Drago Kozlov!
In his post fight interview, Drago Kozlov gave a big smile as he said 'I'm glad to win this one and I'm going to take a long vacation to think if I still want to this. Thanks everyboy'.