PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wesley white (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ellis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dude looks like a lady!. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ellis
vs
white

158 cm
20
138 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
20
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, wesley white!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? white is fending him off so far but Ellis persists. Nope, white circles away and we're back to standing.
Ellis wants to clinch.
white looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ellis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but white paws at him with a jab and circles away.
white will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ellis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? white is fending him off so far but Ellis persists. Nope, white circles away and we're back to standing.
white scores with a hook to the body. Ellis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
wesley white seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ellis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ellis dodges the punch combination from white.
white lands a slapping body shot.
white misses with a few strikes there.
white misses with a wild combination.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ellis. white shrugs it off though.
white lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
white fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
white throws a series of punches but Ellis moves out of range.
wesley white is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
white scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ellis tries to clinch up.
Ellis moves in looking to clinch but white pushes him off.
white lands with a cross.
white throws a right hand that Ellis ducks under and follows up with a left that Ellis also avoids with ease.
No joy there for white, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ellis slips a jab and a cross from white.
white misses with a jab, cross combination.
white fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
white swats away the attempt to clinch by Ellis.
Ellis is looking to clinch but white is avoiding it.
Ellis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
white misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
white throws a right and a left that Ellis avoids nicely.
white looks gassed!
white throws a nice looking combination but Ellis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
white listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
white is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
white swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
white throws a right hand that Ellis ducks under and follows up with a left that Ellis also avoids with ease.
white misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
white throws a series of punches but Ellis avoids them all with ease.
Ellis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ellis is looking to clinch.

Ellis has closed the distance and engaged white in a clinch.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.
Ellis stalling in the clinch.
white avoiding damage as Ellis throws knees to the body.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. white lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ellis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but white blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Ellis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ellis has white pressed against the cage, preventing white from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ellis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
white can't break the clinch.
Ellis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has white in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
white wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.
white working hard to break the clinch.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

white breaks from the clinch.
white lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
white misses with the combination.
Ellis tries for a takedown but white sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ellis misses with a series of wild punches.
white scores with a three punch combo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
white throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ellis counters with a series of strikes. white will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ellis lands with a kick to the temple. white shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
white scores with a one two! Ellis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
white looks to land a combination. Ellis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Left hook, right uppercut from white.
Ellis moves in looking to clinch but white pushes him off.
Ellis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
white misses with a series of wild punches.
Ellis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
white leaves Ellis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
white misses with a double jab
and Ellis counters with a nice low kick that buckles white's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

wesley white 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.

white lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ellis is trying hard to land a takedown here. white sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ellis avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck for Ellis with that takedown attempt.
white misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ellis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with white but white pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Ellis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Left hook, right uppercut from white.
Ellis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ellis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from white.
white throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ellis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in white's guard now.

Ellis is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! white is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! white has escaped and now he's on top!
white must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellis looking for a guillotine here but white defends easily.

white gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
white misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ellis.
Some wild striking there from Ellis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
white swats away the attempt to clinch by Ellis.
Ellis is looking to clinch but white is avoiding it.
Ellis fails with a takedown attempt.
white misses with a wild body shot.
Ellis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
white throws a combination that misses
and Ellis counters with an outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from white misses the target.
Ellis thows a body kick. white tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jab from white.
Ellis fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
white circles away from the clinch attempt.
white moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
white misses with a combination

and Ellis counters with a takedown into side control.
Ellis prevents white from escaping the position.

white explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
white lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ellis circles away quickly and effectively.
white ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
white throws a right and a left that Ellis avoids nicely.
white cracks Ellis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ellis is looking to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Ellis.

Ellis forces white back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to white's face.
Ellis landing knees to the body.
white wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ellis keeps control of white as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

white pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
white throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ellis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ellis.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.

white breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
white misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ellis misses with a double jab
and white counters with a one-two to the body.
Ellis could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ellis tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling white to counter with a crisp jab.
Ellis wants to clinch
and white counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ellis moves in looking to clinch but white pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Ellis dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

white throws a right hand that Ellis ducks under and follows up with a left that Ellis also avoids with ease.
white takes a swing at Ellis's ribcage but misses.
white lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
white displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ellis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and white counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
white looks to land a combination but Ellis avoids it well.
Ellis is looking to clinch but white is avoiding it.
Ellis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Ellis instigates a clinch.
white wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ellis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as white walks away with a smile on his face. Ellis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ellis has a takedown stuffed.
Ellis wants to clinch
letting white counter with a right hand.
Ellis moves in looking to clinch but white pushes him off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Ellis misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. white darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
white displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ellis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Ellis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
white throws a combination that misses

and Ellis counters by clinching up.

Ellis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
white throws a one two combo.
white misses with a double jab
and Ellis counters with a three punch combo that has white backing up. white nods at Ellis to acknowledge the strikes.
Ellis wants to clinch.
white throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ellis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ellis doesn't manage to clinch there - white circles away.
Ellis misses with a two punch combination.
white misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
white closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ellis tries to clinch but white moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
white keeps the fight on the outside.
Ellis has his takedown stuffed
enabling white to counter with a crisp jab.
white swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Ellis moves into the clinch.
Ellis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as white walks away with a smile on his face. Ellis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ellis walks into a stiff left hand from white.
A combination from white does no damage.
Ellis tries to clinch there but white circles away.
A nice combination there by white.
white cracks Ellis with an open hand slap.
Ellis tries for a takedown but white circles away easily
and white counters with a lovely straight right hand!
white lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
white swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
white throws a series of punches but Ellis avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for white, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ellis tries to clinch up
and white counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from white. No joy for Ellis on that attempt.
Ellis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
white slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
white misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from white does no damage.
white will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice combination there by white.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ellis tries to clinch but white moves out of range.
white misses with a double jab
and Ellis counters with a solid body kick.
white blocks the body kick.
white misses with a combination

and Ellis counters by moving into the clinch.
white tries to circle away but Ellis has him pinned against the cage.
white is trying to break free.
Ellis keeps control of white as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Ellis pulls guard effortlessly.

Ellis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. white is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Ellis has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. white is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ellis.

white stands up and beckons Ellis to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to wesley white.
I think white has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... wesley white!