PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dantes DeKorveia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ellis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Chad VanGaalen - Blonde Hash. Dantes DeKorveia struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ellis
vs
DeKorveia

170 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
148 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Timmy Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dantes DeKorveia!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis misses with a straight left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
DeKorveia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ellis definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ellis throws a lazy right hand but DeKorveia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ellis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. DeKorveia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
DeKorveia tries to bum rush Ellis with a series of wild strikes but Ellis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
DeKorveia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
DeKorveia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ellis.
Ellis misses with a hook. DeKorveia ducked under it nicely.
DeKorveia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from DeKorveia misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Ellis misses the target.
Ellis looks to throw the jab but DeKorveia is out of range.
Ellis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ellis misses with a hook.

Ellis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with DeKorveia, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DeKorveia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ellis scores with a shot to the side of DeKorveia's head.
Ellis lands a nice shot to the body.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
DeKorveia looks winded!
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. DeKorveia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ellis.
Ellis lands a good knee to the midsection. DeKorveia won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis landing knees to the body.
Ellis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ellis scores a nice knee to the body.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Dantes DeKorveia has been cut.
Ellis lands with a short head shot on the inside.

DeKorveia is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short body shot lands from Ellis as the two fighters clinch.
Ellis is pushing DeKorveia up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ellis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ellis taking a breather.
DeKorveia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ellis lands a nice knee to the body.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to DeKorveia's face.
Ellis lands a right hand that snaps the head of DeKorveia backwards.
DeKorveia is still on wobbly legs! Can Ellis finish him?
Ellis lands with a left to the head.
Ellis unloads with a big right hand that wobbles DeKorveia! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ellis is unloading with more strikes now! DeKorveia drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Timmy Ellis!
Our winner, Timmy Ellis, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.