PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Ellison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellison comes into the arena with im bad blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Ellison
vs
Smith

191 cm
34
281 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

195 cm
38
249 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Ellison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aaron Smith!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Smith.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smith shoots in but Ellison avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Smith shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ellison pinned against the cage. Ellison gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Smith.
Ellison is looking for a sweep.
Smith in side control lands a decent elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ellison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ellison managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellison is looking to reverse the position.
Ellison prevents Smith from moving into mount.
Ellison managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Smith.
Ellison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smith misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ellison is working to avoid the ground and pound but Smith connects with a decent elbow.
Smith tries to score with some ground and pound. Ellison controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ellison is looking to reverse the position.
Smith misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ellison struggling a bit here.
Smith cracks Ellison with a big elbow.
Smith cracks Ellison with a big right hand but Ellison just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith landing a few strikes.
Smith cracks Ellison with a big elbow.
Smith scores with punches from side control.
Smith in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Smith advances to mount.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ellison is looking to get to half guard.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith breaks from Ellison's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ellison can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Antonio Ellison has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith scoring with strikes but Ellison is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smith with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith raining down shots from the mount!

Ellison is rocked!
Ellison is breathing heavily.
The referee warns Ellison that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh Ellison is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ellison's face.
Ellison seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Ellison but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith scoring with strikes but Ellison is staying in there.
Smith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Smith looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ellison covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aaron Smith!
A victorious Aaron Smith thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.