PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thelogos Place (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Elsworth (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.

Place
vs
Elsworth

185 cm
19
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
209 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thelogos Place!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Elsworth!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elsworth tries to clinch but Place moves out of range.
Elsworth moves in looking to clinch but Place pushes him off.
Elsworth tries to clinch there but Place circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Elsworth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elsworth tries to clinch there but Place circles away.
Elsworth wants to clinch.
Place cracks Elsworth with an open hand slap.
Elsworth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Elsworth rushes Place and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elsworth pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Elsworth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Place is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Elsworth pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Place jumps guard but Elsworth stands there with Place around his waist. Place gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the head but Place blocks with his arms.
Place tries to break the clinch but Elsworth is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elsworth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Place takes an elbow to the forehead.
Place avoiding damage as Elsworth throws knees to the body.
Elsworth scores a nice knee to the body.
Place managing to block the knees to the body from Elsworth.
Elsworth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Place's defenses.

It looks like Thelogos Place has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Elsworth.
Elsworth lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Elsworth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Elsworth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Elsworth scores a nice knee to the body.
Elsworth keeps control of Place as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Place is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Elsworth gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thelogos Place. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Place is breathing heavily.
Elsworth connects with a knee to the head.
Elsworth with a knee to the head.

Place is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elsworth unloads a knee to the mid-section. Place lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oh Place is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Elsworth connects with a knee to the head.
Elsworth landing knees to the body.
Elsworth lands a big knee to the head and Place goes down! Elsworth pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rob Elsworth!