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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Roberto La Place (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis has chosen 5 minutes alone as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Quinton Ellis was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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189 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm
18
280 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luiz Roberto La Place! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Quinton Ellis! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! La Place moves out of range of the strikes. La Place paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Luiz Roberto La Place seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. La Place looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. La Place misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ellis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete. La Place swinging wildly here.
Ellis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Place cracks a nice hook into Ellis's ribs. Ellis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Place. La Place shoots in looking for a takedown. Ellis tries to sprawl out of it but La Place keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ellis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. La Place connects with a right hand. Ellis shakes it off. Ellis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Ellis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La Place circles away quickly and effectively. La Place avoids the body shot from Ellis.
La Place throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ellis's waist but Ellis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing La Place off to one side. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Roberto La Place. That's going to take a lot out of him. La Place throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice uppercut lands for La Place. That snapped Ellis's head back.
Nice shot lands for La Place. Ellis misses with the combination.
La Place fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ellis misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. La Place uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ellis. La Place fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Ellis lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Luiz Roberto La Place has been cut. La Place looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Some bone on bone action there as La Place checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. La Place moves out of range as Ellis strikes. Ellis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Nice sprawl there from Ellis as La Place shoots in. La Place scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ellis gets caught flat footed, as La Place shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. La Place won't allow Ellis to get back to his feet. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. La Place pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ellis is keeping the position for now. La Place is breathing heavily. La Place won't allow Ellis to get back to his feet. La Place passes Ellis's right leg, so he's now in half guard. La Place escapes and gets back to his feet. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ellis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and La Place has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from La Place and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Ellis avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ellis misses with a low kick.
Ellis moves into range and connects with a jab. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! La Place fails with an attempt to clinch.
La Place looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ellis is fending him off so far but La Place persists. Nope, Ellis circles away and we're back to standing. Ellis looks to land a combination. La Place sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. La Place throws the left hand but Ellis avoids the punch easily. Ellis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinton Ellis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Ellis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Ellis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. La Place gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Ellis throws a head kick that misses. Donk. La Place catches Ellis right on the button with a cross. Ellis stuffs the takedown. La Place checks the leg kick. Ellis tries to bum rush La Place with a series of wild strikes but La Place uses good footwork to avoid the assault. La Place scores with a three punch combo!
Ellis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round. La Place misses with a double jab
and Ellis counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Ellis catches La Place with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! La Place will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Donk. La Place catches Ellis right on the button with a cross. Ellis lands a nice shot that snaps La Place's head back.
La Place checks the leg kick. La Place with a lazy takedown attempt and Ellis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. La Place with a poor takedown and Ellis counters with a left to the body. Ellis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. La Place takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. La Place tries to clinch up but Ellis circles away and keeps his distance. Ellis scores with a jab to the body. La Place misses with a takedown attempt and Ellis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. La Place tries for a takedown but Ellis circles away easily and Ellis counters with a nice uppercut. Ellis misses with a looping right. La Place fails with the takedown and Ellis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ellis lands a nice shot to the body.
La Place fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Ellis throws a body punch but La Place moves out of range. La Place shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ellis defends it nicely. La Place tries for a takedown but Ellis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Ellis throws a right hand that La Place ducks under and follows up with a left that La Place also avoids with ease. La Place shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Ellis counters with a left and a right that stings La Place. Good shot there by La Place. La Place fails with the takedown. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Ellis scores with a three punch combo!
La Place misses with a double jab
letting Ellis counter with a right hand. Ellis misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Quinton Ellis will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Luiz Roberto La Place's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ellis throws a leg kick that misses. La Place's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and La Place duly obliges. Ellis misses with a wild body shot. La Place doesn't succeed with the takedown and Ellis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. La Place tries to clinch up. Ellis throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Luiz Roberto La Place is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Ellis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. La Place lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. La Place shoots in for a takedown but Ellis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. La Place bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. La Place jabs at Ellis's body. La Place moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. A decent looking cross lands there for La Place. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Jab by La Place. La Place shoots for a double leg takedown but Ellis sprawls well. He's pushed La Place's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Roberto La Place. That's going to take a lot out of him. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Ellis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La Place pushing out the jab but it's not landing. La Place throws a combination. Ellis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ellis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Ellis jabs at La Place's body. Some wild striking there from Ellis.
Ellis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Place is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Ellis misses with a double jab
and La Place counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ellis! La Place wants to finish this one by submission but Ellis is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from La Place. Ellis's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. La Place looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Ellis wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. La Place quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for La Place but it's paid off an Ellis is forced to tap! Nice work by La Place.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luiz Roberto La Place!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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