PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marv Ellis (ranked 3474 p4p, 360 weight class) and Alexander Henriksen (ranked 5057 p4p, 473 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.

Ellis
vs
Henriksen

193 cm
22
256 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

193 cm
23
246 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marv Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Henriksen!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Ellis misses the target.
Henriksen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henriksen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ellis.
Ellis lands the left hand.
Ellis throws a leg kick
and Henriksen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henriksen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ellis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Henriksen.
Ellis is looking to chop away at Henriksen's legs.
Henriksen checks the leg kick.
Henriksen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ellis.
Ellis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ellis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ellis moves out of range as Henriksen throws a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Henriksen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis misses with a hook. Henriksen ducked under it nicely.
Ellis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Henriksen. That did some damage!
Marv Ellis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ellis stuns Henriksen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ellis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henriksen.
Henriksen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ellis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ellis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ellis misses with an uppercut. Henriksen saw that one coming.
Ellis backing away here, and Henriksen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Henriksen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ellis.
Henriksen blocks a leg kick.
Henriksen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ellis is looking to clinch but Henriksen is avoiding it.
Henriksen misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Henriksen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ellis throws a right hand that Henriksen ducks under and follows up with a left that Henriksen also avoids with ease.
The fighters circling - Ellis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Henriksen! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henriksen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ellis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henriksen moves away.
Ellis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A leg kick checked by Henriksen.
Ellis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henriksen momentarily.
Ellis lands a nice hook to Henriksen's body. Henriksen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Henriksen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ellis moves away.

Ellis darts in and clinches Henriksen up against the cage.
Henriksen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Henriksen fails to land.
Henriksen tries to throw a body punch but Ellis avoids it by throwing Henriksen back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis misses with some punches.
Henriksen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ellis backwards.
A short right from Ellis.
Henriksen blocks a body shot from Ellis.
Henriksen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ellis's elbow.
Henriksen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ellis lands with a right to the head.
Ellis lands with a right to the head.
Henriksen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ellis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ellis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henriksen throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ellis.
A body shot lands from Henriksen.
Ellis is breathing heavily.
Henriksen blocking some punches.

Henriksen pulls Ellis into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henriksen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Henriksen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ellis passes into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henriksen sneaks back into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis passes to side control.

Ellis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Ellis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Ellis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Ellis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Henriksen has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marv Ellis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ellis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henriksen circles away quickly and effectively.
Henriksen throws out a counter right but Ellis avoids it with no problem.
Ellis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henriksen.
Henriksen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ellis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ellis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henriksen doesn't seem bothered though.
Ellis lands a really nice looking cross but Henriksen seems unphased.
Ellis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henriksen moves away.
Ellis tests Henriksen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ellis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ellis throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Henriksen to counter with a crisp jab.
Donk. Ellis catches Henriksen right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henriksen misses with an uppercut.
Ellis throwing a counter right hand but Henriksen manages to avoid it.
Henriksen misses with an uppercut. Ellis saw that one coming.
Ellis misses with a right hand
enabling Henriksen to counter with a crisp jab.
Ellis lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ellis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ellis scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ellis.
Ellis misses with a shot to the body
letting Henriksen counter with a right hand.
Ellis throws a series of punches but Henriksen moves out of range.

Ellis clinches up against the cage.
Henriksen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Henriksen on the inside.
Marv Ellis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henriksen throws a punch but it's blocked by Ellis.
Ellis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henriksen's elbow.
Henriksen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henriksen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ellis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henriksen can't find room to land a body shot as Ellis controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ellis swings wildly with an uppercut but Henriksen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henriksen working aggressively here.
Ellis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henriksen can do to turn this around?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ellis.
Ellis lands a body punch.
Henriksen is breathing heavily.
Ellis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ellis.
Ellis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ellis digs a right hand underneath Henriksen's ribcage. Henriksen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ellis misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Ellis.
Ellis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henriksen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ellis to keep the fight standing.
Ellis misses with a punch to the body.
Ellis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ellis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ellis.
Ellis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ellis lands a nice shot to the body.
Ellis lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Henriksen fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Ellis.
Ellis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Ellis.
Henriksen takes a shot to the head.
Ellis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ellis struggles to land a body shot inside as Henriksen controls his hands.
Ellis lands a nice shot to the body.
Henriksen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Ellis.
Ellis lands a nice shot to the body.
Ellis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Henriksens head.
A right handed body shot lands from Ellis.
Ellis presses Henriksen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ellis lands an uppercut.
Ellis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellis scores with a shot to the side of Henriksen's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ellis.
Henriksen takes a shot to the head.
Ellis scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Henriksen is rocked!
A right hand to the body from Ellis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Ellis as the two fighters clinch.
Ellis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henriksen backwards.
Henriksen is still on wobbly legs! Can Ellis finish him?

Ellis connects with a big uppercut there that sends Henriksen tumbling to the ground! Ellis follows him down into his guard.
Ellis tries to free his leg and advance position but Henriksen is retaining full guard.
Ellis slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Ellis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ellis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Ellis tries for a kimura but Henriksen is defending well.
Henriksen seems to have recovered his senses.

Ellis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henriksen is trying to control Ellis's posture but Ellis avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marv Ellis dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Henriksen walks into a straight right hand from Ellis.
Ellis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henriksen was well out of range. Poor timing from Ellis.

Ellis throws a left that rocks Henriksen and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Ellis dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Henriksen regain composure!

It looks like Alexander Henriksen has been cut.

Ellis is trying to get an arm triangle but Henriksen is defending well.

Ellis is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Henriksen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Ellis is trying to get an arm triangle but Henriksen is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Henriksen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellis is trying to get an arm triangle but Henriksen is defending well.
Henriksen manages to get back to half guard.

Henriksen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ellis is looking to advance position but Henriksen won't allow it.
Ellis works his way into full mount!
Ellis avoids the attempt from Henriksen to control.
Henriksen reaches up to try and control the position but Ellis seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Henriksen rolls and tries to escape and now Ellis has his back!
Alexander Henriksen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henriksen is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Ellis gets his way!

Ellis is persistently looking for the submission but Henriksen is defending it well.

Ellis is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Henriksen has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Henriksen trying to control but not successfully.

Ellis has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Henriksen looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Marv Ellis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis controlling from the back.
Henriksen wants to control his opponent's hands but Ellis gets his hands free.
Henriksen breaks Ellis's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Henriksen postures up in Ellis's guard and throws a big left but Ellis blocks it.
Henriksen throwing strikes from guard but Ellis blocks nicely.
Ellis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henriksen is one step ahead there.
Ellis is adopting a defensive guard.
Henriksen is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis wants to sweep but no luck.
Henriksen is looking to work some ground and pound but Ellis has wrist control.
Ellis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Henriksen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marv Ellis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henriksen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ellis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ellis wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ellis is trying to keep Henriksen in close.
Henriksen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marv Ellis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ellis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marv Ellis!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Marv Ellis waved his t-shirt featuring Riner Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.