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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balls Deep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ellison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Ellison has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
11 - 12 - 1 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Balls Deep!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Ellison!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellison drives through and clinches with Deep against the cage.
Ellison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ellison moves into the clinch.
Ellison gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Deep working for submissions but it's allowed Ellison to get to half guard.
Deep looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Deep actively working from the bottom here.
Deep is defending against the submission attempts here by Ellison.
Ellison working Deep over with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ellison connects with a nice short shot to Deep's temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ellison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Deep's head.
Deep actively working from the bottom here.
Ellison tries to stand and escape but Deep is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deep actively working from the bottom here.
Ellison stands up out of the half guard.
Ellison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ellison slips a jab and a cross from Deep.
Ellison slips a jab and a cross from Deep.
Ellison moves into the clinch.
Ellison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Deep is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Ellison on the inside.
Ellison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ellison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Deep takes an elbow to the temple.
Ellison decides to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deep drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ellison looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ellison looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ellison!
Ellison stands up.
Ellison moves into range and clinches up with Deep.
Ellison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deep lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ellison lands a shot to the body.
Ellison breaks from the clinch.
Deep gets tackled into the cage by Ellison. Ellison maintains the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ellison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Deep's defenses.
It looks like Balls Deep has been cut.
Ellison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deep gets a clinch.
Ellison wants the takedown. Deep is fighting it off but Ellison persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Deep's guard against the cage.
Ellison landing with the ground and pound.
Deep had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ellison defends it easily.
Ellison must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Deep looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ellison passes into half guard.
Ellison wants to stand up but Deep has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Ellison stands up out of the half guard.
Deep throws a leg kick
and Ellison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ellison takes the fight into the clinch.
Ellison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deep could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellison scores with a head kick.
Ellison fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Deep to the ground. Ellison is now in Deep's guard.
Deep is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ellison defends well.
Ellison has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Deep is proving hard to escape from.
Ellison stands up and waves to Deep to follow him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ellison closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ellison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Balls Deep's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Deep will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ellison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ellison closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Deep quickly recovers to half guard.
Ellison tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Ellison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ellison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Deep defends it well.
Deep moves into full guard.
Ellison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Deep is on top in guard.
Ellison wants to stand and escape but Deep is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deep drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ellison looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ellison looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ellison!
Deep is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ellison stands up and beckons Deep to his feet.
Ellison drives through and clinches with Deep against the cage.
Deep drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ellison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Deep drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ellison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Balls Deep. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ellison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ellison manages to break the clinch.
Ellison moves into the clinch.
Anthony Ellison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ellison is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ellison lands a damaging elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ellison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ellison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Deep!
Ellison connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ellison wants to control the pace but Deep is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellison looking to finish Deep with some ground and pound. This is bad for Deep!
Ellison wants to finish this one by submission but Deep is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ellison.
Deep is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ellison cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ellison lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ellison is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Deep can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deep can't escape the position.
Ellison looking for a guillotine from mount but Deep is having none of it.
Ellison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ellison has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Deep's face.
Ellison raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellison is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Deep is surviving well by controlling Ellison's body position as best he can.
Ellison putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Deep keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ellison jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Deep manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Deep regains half guard.
Deep looking for a kimura from the bottom but Ellison passes into side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deep is looking to reverse the position.
Ellison decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Ellison clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ellison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Balls Deep's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Deep gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ellison stops a takedown attempt from Deep.
Deep drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ellison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A solid body kick from Ellison.
Ellison fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Deep to the ground. Ellison is now in Deep's guard.
Deep is working an open guard so Ellison takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ellison pushes Deep up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ellison scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ellison breaks the clinch.
Ellison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellison works on Deep's body with a couple of short punches.
Ellison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ellison breaks the clinch.
Ellison closes the distance and clinches.
Ellison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ellison manages to break the clinch.
Ellison shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ellison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Deep wants to improve his position but Ellison is controlling well.
Deep actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellison lands with a punch from half guard.
Ellison wants to stand but Deep has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ellison stands up out of the half guard.
Ellison closes the distance and clinches.
Ellison successfully pulls guard.
Deep won't allow Ellison to sweep him here.
Deep drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ellison dives on top into guard.
Ellison works over Deep with some ground and pound from guard.
Ellison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ellison has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Deep to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ellison is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Deep pulls down on the head and he's put Ellison to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Balls Deep!
Balls Deep seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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