PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Barbossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Ellison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbossa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ellison's choice of entrance music: im bad. Jake Barbossa had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Barbossa
vs
Ellison

182 cm
33
169 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

191 cm
35
281 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Barbossa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Ellison!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ellison gets caught napping as Barbossa dives in and scores a takedown. Ellison manages to retain guard.
Barbossa trying to control but Ellison is working from the bottom.
Ellison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ellison striking from the bottom.

Ellison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ellison is trying to keep Barbossa in close.
Ellison doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Barbossa trying to control the position from guard on top but Ellison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barbossa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barbossa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barbossa won't allow Ellison to sweep him here.
Ellison is still trying to improve position.
Barbossa engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Barbossa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ellison is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Barbossa trying to control but Ellison is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barbossa gets to his feet - Ellison follows without any prompting.
A left lands for Barbossa.
Ellison scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Barbossa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Barbossa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Barbossa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Barbossa scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ellison to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ellison sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Barbossa trying to control the action but Ellison is working from the bottom.
Ellison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Barbossa advances to full mount.
Barbossa working Ellison over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa with a couple of short strikes.
Barbossa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ellison working to try and regain half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellison regains half guard.
Barbossa is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Barbossa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ellison defends it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbossa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Barbossa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Barbossa closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ellison's guard.
Barbossa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ellison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Barbossa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ellison postures up.
Ellison has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Barbossa is proving hard to escape from.
Ellison wants to stand and escape but instead Barbossa has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ellison trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbossa landing some decent shots from guard.
Barbossa scoring with some ground and pound.
Ellison wants to sweep here but Barbossa controlling him for the moment.
Barbossa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Barbossa is working Ellison over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Ellison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barbossa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barbossa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ellison keeping moving, preventing Barbossa from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellison has momentary wrist control but Barbossa slips an elbow through the middle.

Barbossa stands and steps away. Ellison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Barbossa seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ellison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbossa.
Barbossa misses with a lunging right hand
and Ellison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barbossa has managed to clinch.
Barbossa is pressed up against the cage. Ellison has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Barbossa down to the mat. Barbossa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Barbossa circles away from the clinch attempt.

Barbossa feints and as Ellison raises his hands in defense, Barbossa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ellison keeping moving, preventing Barbossa from controlling successfully.
Barbossa throwing strikes but missing.
Barbossa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Barbossa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa throws a big right hand that misses.

Barbossa stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ellison tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barbossa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Barbossa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ellison to the mat! Ellison manages to get full guard.
Barbossa is looking to work some ground and pound but Ellison has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbossa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Barbossa trying to control the position from guard on top but Ellison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Barbossa dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Barbossa rushes Ellison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ellison is looking to take this one to the mat.

Barbossa works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Ellison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Barbossa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barbossa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Barbossa lands a couple of digs.
Barbossa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ellison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barbossa.
Barbossa controlling from the top position.
Barbossa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ellison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ellison keeping moving, preventing Barbossa from controlling successfully.

Jake Barbossa has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Barbossa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nice strikes from Barbossa there.
Ellison wants to get back to full guard.

Ellison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Barbossa is looking to pass Ellison's guard but actually Ellison recovers to full guard.
Barbossa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ellison can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ellison keeping moving, preventing Barbossa from controlling successfully.
Antonio Ellison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barbossa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barbossa sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jake Barbossa just wasn't active enough.
Ellison looks to clinch
enabling Barbossa to counter with a crisp jab.

Barbossa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Ellison looking for submissions off his back.

Barbossa is looking for a kimura but Ellison is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Barbossa to get the leverage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ellison actively working from the bottom here.
Ellison missing with punches from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Barbossa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barbossa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Barbossa!
A relieved looking Jake Barbossa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.