PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jakub Trabowski (ranked 2798 p4p, 261 weight class) and Dock Ellis (ranked 1746 p4p, 170 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Trabowski
vs
Ellis

189 cm
26
252 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
25
241 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakub Trabowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dock Ellis!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ellis tries to keep at a distance but Trabowski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ellis blocking some punches.
Ellis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trabowski missing with knees to the body.
Trabowski definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Trabowski avoiding damage as Ellis throws knees to the body.
Trabowski avoiding damage as Ellis throws knees to the body.
Trabowski cracks Ellis with a nice body shot.
Trabowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ellis avoids it.
Ellis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ellis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trabowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trabowski lands a body punch.
Trabowski lands with a left to the head.
Trabowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ellis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ellis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trabowski swings wildly with an uppercut but Ellis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trabowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Ellis avoids the damage to the body.
Ellis misses with a punch to the body.
Ellis prevents a body shot from Trabowski.
Trabowski tries to work over Ellis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ellis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis with a knee to the head.
Trabowski misses with a knee strike.
Ellis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trabowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Ellis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Trabowski seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ellis can turn it around.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trabowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trabowski is breathing heavily.
Ellis lands a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ellis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jakub Trabowski has been cut.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Ellis.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trabowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ellis lands a hook that snaps the head of Trabowski backwards.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trabowski avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Trabowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Ellis.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trabowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ellis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ellis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ellis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ellis lands a knee to the body.
Ellis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ellis lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Ellis.
Ellis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trabowski's face.
Ellis scores a nice knee to the body.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trabowski's face.
Trabowski takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Ellis.
A short body shot lands from Ellis as the two fighters clinch.
Ellis landing knees to the body.
Ellis lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trabowski or not.
Ellis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ellis.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trabowski's face.

Trabowski is rocked!
Trabowski misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Ellis.
Ellis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oh Trabowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ellis lands with a short shot to the head.
Ellis lands a knee to the body.
Ellis tries to land knees in the clinch but Trabowski avoids the damage to the body.
Trabowski seems to have got his legs back now.
Ellis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Ellis.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ellis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trabowski working aggressively here.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trabowski avoids it.
Ellis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Ellis.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ellis throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Ellis.
Ellis pushes Trabowski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ellis working Trabowski over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ellis.
Ellis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trabowski backwards.
Trabowski avoiding damage as Ellis throws knees to the body.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trabowski avoids it.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
Ellis lands a good knee to the midsection. Trabowski won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Ellis.
Ellis with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ellis.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the head but Trabowski blocks with his arms.
Ellis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Ellis.
Ellis tries to land knees in the clinch but Trabowski avoids the damage to the body.
Ellis lands with a left to the head.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trabowski's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dock Ellis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jakub Trabowski's cut.
That's time! Trabowski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A shot to the liver by Ellis. Beautiful body shot.
Trabowski closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ellis counters with a good low kick that Trabowski was not able to check.
An inside leg kick lands from Ellis.
Ellis scores with a jab to the body.
Ellis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ellis scoring well with a low kick there.

Trabowski closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ellis's guard.
Ellis keeping moving, preventing Trabowski from controlling successfully.
Trabowski tries to free his leg and advance position but Ellis is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis is pulling down on Trabowski's head to control his posture.
Trabowski wants to control from the top but Ellis keeps moving.
Trabowski connects with a couple of short punches.
Ellis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ellis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Trabowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trabowski throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Trabowski takes one on the button.
Ellis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Trabowski fails with the takedown
letting Ellis counter with a right hand.
Trabowski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Ellis lands a left and a right that send Trabowski crashing to the mat, dazed. Ellis thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Jakub Trabowski's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trabowski shoots in but Ellis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ellis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Trabowski with a body shot.
Ellis scores with a shot to the body.
Trabowski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ellis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jakub Trabowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trabowski fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jakub Trabowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trabowski tries for a takedown but Ellis circles away easily
and Ellis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ellis lands with a big right hook that stumbles Trabowski - he's out on his feet here! Ellis follows up with another monster hook that separates Trabowski from consciousness! Trabowski falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Ellis stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dock Ellis!
Dock Ellis seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Jakub Trabowski spoke after the fight, saying 'i want re-match'.