PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ellison Jr (ranked 12900 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Debrine (ranked 6818 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellison Jr kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is i aint never scared. Debrine has chosen The Best as his entrance music. Anthony Ellison Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ellison Jr
vs
Debrine

189 cm
41
218 lbs
10 - 23 - 0

189 cm
28
224 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 10 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Ellison Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Max Debrine!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Debrine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ellison Jr moves in looking to clinch but Debrine pushes him off.
Ellison Jr shoots in but Debrine avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Debrine gets the takedown into side control.
Debrine in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Debrine tries to score with some ground and pound. Ellison Jr controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ellison Jr is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ellison Jr taking a bit of punishment here - Debrine scoring with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ground and pound from Debrine seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Ellison Jr explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Ellison Jr misses with a takedown attempt - Debrine sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellison Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Ellison Jr gets tackled into the cage by Debrine. Debrine maintains the clinch.
I was talking to Ellison Jr's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ellison Jr working hard to break the clinch.
Debrine scores a nice knee to the body.
Ellison Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Anthony Ellison Jr has been cut.
Debrine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ellison Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Debrine.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ellison Jr missing with knees to the body.
Debrine blocks an uppercut.
Debrine lands an elbow inside that Ellison Jr shrugs off.
Debrine managing to block the knees to the body from Ellison Jr.
Debrine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ellison Jr - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ellison Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellison Jr looking to slow down the pace here.
Debrine is pushing Ellison Jr up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ellison Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ellison Jr is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Ellison Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ellison Jr wants to take the fight to the mat but Debrine manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ellison Jr leaning against his opponent.
Debrine lands a good knee to the midsection. Ellison Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Debrine landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ellison Jr is trying to break the clinch but Debrine has him pressed against the cage.
Debrine utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Debrine successfully pulls guard.
Debrine trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Debrine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ellison Jr's guard.

Debrine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ellison Jr wants to get back to his feet but Debrine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Debrine works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Debrine takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ellison Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Debrine on the ground.
Debrine is continuing to stall.
Ellison Jr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ellison Jr slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Debrine postures up in Ellison Jr's guard and throws a big left but Ellison Jr blocks it.
Debrine not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Debrine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Ellison Jr's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Debrine cracks Ellison Jr with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Debrine rushes Ellison Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ellison Jr misses with an elbow over the top.
Debrine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ellison Jr jumps guard but Debrine stands there with Ellison Jr around his waist. Ellison Jr gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ellison Jr jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Debrine walks away with a smile on his face. Ellison Jr gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ellison Jr tries to clinch but Debrine moves out of range.

Debrine closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Debrine lands an elbow just above Ellison Jr 's eye.
Come on Debrine - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ellison Jr working hard to break the clinch.
Debrine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ellison Jr drops down looking for an ankle pick but Debrine pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Ellison Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Debrine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Debrine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Debrine looks to move away, Ellison Jr throws a big counter combo but Debrine just gets out of the way.

Ellison Jr closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellison Jr avoiding damage as Debrine throws knees to the body.
Max Debrine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Debrine misses with an elbow strike.
Debrine avoiding damage as Ellison Jr throws knees to the body.

Debrine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Ellison Jr with that takedown attempt.
Ellison Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Debrine to counter with a crisp jab.

Debrine gets a clinch.

Debrine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Debrine scores with a sloppy right hand. Ellison Jr should have avoided that one.
Ellison Jr fails to land the takedown.

Debrine forces Ellison Jr back against the cage and clinches.
Debrine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Debrine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ellison Jr's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellison Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellison Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Debrine avoids the damage to the body.
Debrine stalls.

Debrine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Debrine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ellison Jr stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ellison Jr throws a low kick, looking for Debrine's leg but Debrine calmly moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Debrine, as that shot connected.
Ellison Jr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Debrine swivels and escapes.

Debrine throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ellison Jr was covering up waiting for the punch and Debrine finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Debrine looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Debrine advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Debrine staying calm.
Debrine lands a nice forearm strike.
Ellison Jr trying to remain calm as Debrine controls from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ellison Jr on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Debrine grinds an elbow into Ellison Jr's temple.
Debrine is putting a hurting on Ellison Jr here, landing some big shots from side control.
Debrine in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ellison Jr takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ellison Jr takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Debrine is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Ellison Jr looks calm but he's in trouble here. Debrine gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Ellison Jr is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Debrine lets go of the hold and Ellison Jr can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Max Debrine!
Max Debrine decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Anthony Ellison Jr spoke after the fight, saying 'we'll get him next time'.