PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chazza Elliott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dee Dum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Elliott
vs
Dum

185 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chazza Elliott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dee Dum!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elliott fails with the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elliott will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dum shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Elliott as he avoids it easily.
Dum tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Elliott defends well and Dum ends up having to push Elliott into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dum stalling against the cage.
Dum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Elliott has Dum pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Elliott pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Dum tumbling to the mat - Elliott dives into Dum's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Elliott looking to pass the guard.
Dum controls Elliott momentarily but Elliott frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elliott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dum swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Elliott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Elliott is fighting to break Dum's control of his arms but Dum is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Elliott is pushing down on Dum's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dum is fighting to maintain full guard but Elliott has managed to sneak the leg through.
Elliott sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Elliott is thwarting Dum's attempts to control the position.
Dum should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elliott not doing much here.
Elliott working Dum over with strikes.
Dum tries to roll over but Elliott keeps him under control.
Elliott is pressing down on Dum's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dum is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elliott scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Elliott is controlling the pace.
Dum wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elliott works his way into full mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Elliott landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dum really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Elliott. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Elliott looking to control but Dum is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dum working to try and regain half guard.

Elliott working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dum has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Elliott controlling well, preventing Dum from escaping the position.

Elliott patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elliott biding his time, looking for the opening.
Dum wants to escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Elliott's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Elliott is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chazza Elliott dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dum avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dum moves in looking to clinch but Elliott pushes him off.
Dum looks for a takedown but Elliott sprawls well.
Elliott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dum fails with the takedown

and Elliott holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Elliott jumps guard and drags Dum to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dum would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Elliott can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dum controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dum being controlled here momentarily.
Elliott doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Elliott has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Dum off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Dum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Elliott avoids a kick to the body.

Elliott moves into the clinch.
Dum has Elliott pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Elliott manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chazza Elliott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dee Dum.

Elliott breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elliott moves in looking to clinch but Dum pushes him off.

Elliott has managed to clinch.

Elliott breaks the clinch.
Dum shoots in looking for a takedown but Elliott manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dum's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Elliott feints and as Dum raises his hands in defense, Elliott changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dum is breathing heavily.
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!
Elliott slips nicely into half guard.
Elliott perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nice strikes from Elliott there.

Elliott is looking for a kimura but Dum is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Elliott to get the leverage.
Elliott is taking a breather. Dum says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Elliott is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dum!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dum tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Elliott unloading with bombs!
Elliott lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Elliott controlling from mount.
Elliott with good strikes from the mount here!
Elliott lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dum wants to hold on but Elliott pushes him away.

Elliott looking for a guillotine from mount but Dum is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Dum that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Elliott controlling the position easily from mount.
Elliott 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.
Dum tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Elliott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dum can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Elliott scoring with strikes but Dum is staying in there.
Elliott controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chazza Elliott dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Elliott scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Elliott is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nice strikes from Elliott there.

Elliott is looking for a kimura here.
Elliott drops an elbow to the side of Dum's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dum wants to sweep but Elliott has passed to side control!
Elliott advances to mount.
Elliott content just to control the position here.

Elliott has control of Dum's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Dum regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dum is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elliott cracks Dum with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dum is trying to reverse the position but instead Elliott has taken his back - oops!
Chazza Elliott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Elliott trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

Elliott tightening his grip on Dum, looking for the choke.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Elliott looking for the choke but no joy.
Elliott seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Dum is really stuck here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dum prevents Elliott from getting a body triangle.
Elliott has good solid back control here.

Dum preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Elliott.

Elliott is cranking Dum's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Dum! He's tightened the choke and Dum is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Chazza Elliott!
Chazza Elliott seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.