PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Ellis (ranked 4621 p4p, 4496 weight class) and Edmond Shahbazyan (ranked 0 p4p, 541 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ellis
vs
Shahbazyan

183 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinton Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edmond Shahbazyan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shahbazyan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shahbazyan is looking for a takedown.
Ellis wants a takedown.
Shahbazyan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ellis's defenses.

It looks like Quinton Ellis has been cut.
Shahbazyan is leaning against Ellis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Ellis turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ellis manages to end up in side control.

Ellis has an Americana. Shahbazyan didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Ellis is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Ellis hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Quinton Ellis!
Quinton Ellis decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.