PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elias Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Faith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Elias Page has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Page
vs
Faith

213 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
24
257 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elias Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Faith!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page wants to clinch up but Faith keeps it at a distance.
Page darts in trying to clinch

and Faith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Faith.
Faith managing to block the knees to the body from Page.
Page lands a knee to the body.
Faith looking to slow down the pace here.
Faith is working for takedown but Page is calmly controlling the position for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Page throws an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Page.
Page putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Faith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Faith looks winded!
Page scores a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Page working Faith over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Page.
I was talking to Page's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Page obliges.
Page landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Page.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Page.
Page lands a nice elbow.

It looks like James Faith has been cut.
Knees to the body from Page.
Page lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Page.
Page landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Faith trying to control the position but instead, Page has worked for underhooks and has pushed Faith into the cage.
Page landing knees to the body.
Page landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Page lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Page gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Page lands an elbow that stopped Faith in his tracks for a moment.
Page missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page working Faith over with knees to the body.
Page lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Page is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faith is defending well for now.
Faith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Page unloads a knee to the mid-section. Faith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Faith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Faith is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Page.
Knees in the clinch landing for Page.
Page comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Page lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Page crunches a lovely knee into Faith's ribcage.
Faith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Page lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Page unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Page lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Page lands an elbow inside that Faith shrugs off.
Page utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Page obliges.
Page landing knees to the head.
Page unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Page.
Faith fails to pull guard.
Faith is trying to force a seperation but Page has the dominant position.
Page lands a nice knee to the body.
Page lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Page scores with a knee to the head.
Faith takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page lands a knee to the head.
Page lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Page.
Faith wants a takedown.
Elias Page has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Faith.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Page.
Faith avoiding damage as Page throws knees to the body.
Page tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Faith avoids it.
Page lands a knee to the body.
Page blocks a body shot from Faith.
Page lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Page lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faith looking to throw knees to the head but Page is blocking nicely.
Faith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Page gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Page lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias Page dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Faith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Page fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Page leaves Faith with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Page is looking to clinch but Faith is avoiding it.
Faith tries to clinch up.
Faith keeps the fight on the outside.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faith swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Page clinches up against the cage.
Faith jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Page walks away with a smile on his face. Faith gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Page tries to clinch but Faith is having none of it.
Page closes the distance but Faith moves to the side

and Faith counters by moving into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Page.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faith has Page pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Page manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Elias Page has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Faith.
Faith is breathing heavily.
Faith takes an elbow to the temple.
Page prevents the takedown attempt.
Page is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faith can do to turn this around?
Faith takes an elbow to the temple.
Page tries to land knees in the clinch but Faith avoids the damage to the body.
Page lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Page.
Faith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Page is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faith is defending well for now.
Page lands a nice knee to the body.
Faith takes an elbow to the temple.
Page scores a nice knee to the body.
Faith managing to block the knees to the body from Page.
Page missing with knees to the body.
Elias Page has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Faith tries to pull guard but Page holds him up against the cage and eventually Faith drops back down to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Page lands an elbow inside that Faith shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Page landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Page utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Page.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Page obliges.
Page lands an elbow that stopped Faith in his tracks for a moment.
Faith takes an elbow to the temple.
Page lands an elbow that stopped Faith in his tracks for a moment.
Faith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Page lands an elbow inside that Faith shrugs off.
Faith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Faith is trying to break the clinch but Page is controlling him.
Page lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page lands a knee to the body.
Page unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Page.
Page throws an elbow but it misses.
Page is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Faith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Page pulls his leg out and moves away.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Page moves in looking to clinch but Faith pushes him off.
Faith closes this distance looking for a takedown but Page circles away.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch but Faith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page wants to clinch.

Page closes the distance and pushes Faith back into the cage.
Page landing knees to the head.
Page unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Faith managing to block the knees to the body from Page.
Page is pressed up against the cage. Faith has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Page down to the mat. Page avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Faith swats away the attempt to clinch by Page.
Page lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Page.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias Page dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Faith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Page moves out of range of the body kick from Faith.
Page swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Page tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Faith gets a clinch.
Page lands an elbow inside.
Page misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Faith.
Faith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Faith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Page lands an elbow inside that Faith shrugs off.
Page tries to land knees in the clinch but Faith avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Page scores a nice knee to the body.
Faith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Page avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Page landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Page is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Faith is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Page.
Page trying to land knees to the body.
Page lands an elbow that stopped Faith in his tracks for a moment.
Page lands a damaging elbow.
Page lands a nice knee to the body.
Page lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Page lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Page obliges.
Page putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Faith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Page lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faith takes an elbow to the temple.
Faith takes an elbow to the temple.
Faith misses with an elbow over the top.
Page is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faith is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page throws an elbow but it misses.
Page pushes off an throws an elbow but Faith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Page missing with knees to the body.
Faith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Page throws an elbow but it misses.
Page unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Faith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Page clinches.
Faith fails to pull guard.
Elias Page has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Faith.
Page utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Faith can't break the clinch.
Page lands a nice elbow.
Page lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Faith drags the fight down to the ground.
Page has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Faith is proving hard to escape from.
Faith is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Page is controlling him.

Page decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Elias Page is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Page.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Page fails in his attempt to clinch.
Page is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Page is looking to clinch.
Page tries to clinch up

and Faith counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Faith wants to take a breather but Page is having none of it.
Faith throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
James Faith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Elias Page is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Faith prevents Page from standing back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Page showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Page, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:25
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elias Page!
A victorious Elias Page thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.