PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Mullins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Elliot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Elliot has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Floyd Mullins's chin.

Mullins
vs
Elliot

224 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

200 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Floyd Mullins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greg Elliot!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elliot stuffs the takedown attempt from Mullins. Mullins gets slowly back to his feet.

Elliot pushes Mullins up against the cage in a clinch.
Mullins looking for a takedown.
Mullins jumps guard but Elliot stands there with Mullins around his waist. Mullins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Floyd Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

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

Mullins gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Mullins is looking for a triangle but Elliot pushes his legs off easily.

Elliot stands up from Mullins's guard - Elliot perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Elliot gets the takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Elliot decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Elliot is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mullins's half guard.
Elliot looks winded!
Mullins is looking to escape.

Elliot gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Elliot tries to clinch
and Mullins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Elliot tries to clinch up
letting Mullins counter with a right hand.

Elliot rushes Mullins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Mullins pulls Elliot into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Elliot stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Elliot closes the distance but Mullins moves to the side
and Mullins counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mullins tries a head kick but it misses.
Elliot tries to clinch but Mullins moves away
and Mullins counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elliot tries to clinch up
and Mullins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Elliot is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Elliot gets the takedown into side control.
Mullins is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mullins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Elliot decides to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elliot tries to clinch up
enabling Mullins to counter with a crisp jab.

Elliot gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mullins to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mullins is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mullins is standing up over Elliot. Elliot looks to escape but Mullins dives into side control.
Elliot is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullins just content to control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mullins trying to control the action but Elliot is working from the bottom.
Elliot is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mullins is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Greg Elliot will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mullins fails with a takedown attempt.
Elliot darts in trying to clinch
and Mullins counters with a nice uppercut.
Mullins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mullins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Elliot defends it nicely.
Mullins swats away the attempt to clinch by Elliot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elliot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Elliot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mullins is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Elliot fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mullins, pushing him back against the cage.
Elliot is trying to break the clinch but Mullins has him pressed against the cage.

Elliot breaks from the clinch.
Elliot is breathing heavily.

Elliot gets caught flat footed, as Mullins shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mullins trying to control but Elliot is working from the bottom.
Mullins prevents Elliot from getting back to his feet.
Elliot keeping moving, preventing Mullins from controlling successfully.
Our spies down at at Cozad MMA New York inform us that Elliot has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Mullins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Elliot is looking to stand up but Mullins isn't so interested in that idea.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mullins is looking to clinch.

Elliot scores with a takedown into Mullins's guard.
Elliot tries to stand but Mullins is controlling from the bottom.
Mullins is looking to stand up but Elliot isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mullins manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Greg Elliot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mullins is trying hard to land a takedown here. Elliot sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Floyd Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Elliot looking to score a takedown here. Mullins is defending well but Elliot drives through and ends up in Mullins's guard.

Mullins working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Elliot doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Elliot manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mullins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Elliot is controlling him.

Elliot gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elliot closes the distance but Mullins moves to the side
and Mullins counters with a left and a right that stings Elliot.
Elliot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Elliot closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Mullins to counter with a crisp jab.
Elliot darts in trying to clinch
and Mullins counters with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Mullins dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Elliot tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mullins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Elliot tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mullins counters with a one-two to the body.

Elliot looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Elliot lands strikes from half guard.
Mullins is trying to stand up here but Elliot is controlling him well.

Mullins pushes Elliot off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mullins goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Elliot fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mullins sprawls well initially but Elliot persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Greg Elliot has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullins is trying to stand back up but Elliot is controlling him
Elliot takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Elliot thows a huge punch but Mullins dodges it nicely.
Elliot wants to get back to his feet.
Mullins regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Elliot.
Elliot wants to stand but Mullins is controlling his posture from full guard.

Mullins pushes Elliot off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mullins.
Elliot on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mullins lands some shots froms side control.

Mullins is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Elliot knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mullins prevents Elliot from escaping the position.
Mullins lands an elbow.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Elliot is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Mullins asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elliot takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Elliot is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mullins happy to just control the position for now.
Elliot is not content to let Mullins control the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Elliot is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

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.
Mullins throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Elliot has closed the distance and engaged Mullins in a clinch.

Mullins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Elliot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mullins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mullins dives in and grabs Elliot's left leg, looking for a takedown. Elliot pushes down on Mullins's head and hops out.

Mullins gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Elliot throwing strikes but missing.
Elliot would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Floyd Mullins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mullins 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Floyd Mullins!