PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin Ellis has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Victor Jordan's chin.

Jordan
vs
Ellis

225 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Vikai Gear Island

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 The Island, Victor Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Martin Ellis!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jordan rushes Ellis and presses him up against the cage.
Jordan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ellis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Jordan as the two fighters clinch.
Ellis is pushing Jordan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ellis trying to stall but Jordan improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jordan tries to break the clinch but Ellis is controlling the position.
Ellis stalling against the cage.
Jordan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Ellis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jordan feints and then cracks Ellis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ellis down.
Jordan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jordan!

Ellis pushes Jordan up against the cage in a clinch.
Jordan tries to land a knee to the head but Ellis blocks with his arms.
Ellis lands a right hand.
Jordan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jordan lands an elbow inside.
Ellis is trying to stall.
Ellis working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis throws a punch but it's blocked by Jordan.
Jordan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ellis has him pressed against the cage.
Ellis blocks the elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ellis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jordan clinches up against the cage.
Ellis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan wants to break free but Ellis has control.
Jordan is trying to push Ellis away but Ellis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ellis pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jordan's efforts to push away.
Ellis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jordans head.
Jordan working hard to break the clinch.
Ellis struggles to land a body shot inside as Jordan controls his hands.
Ellis misses with some punches.
The referee calls for Ellis to work.
Ellis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jordan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ellis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jordan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ellis scores with a shoulder strike.

Ellis breaks from the clinch.
A big left from Ellis misses.
Ellis misses with a hook. Jordan ducked under it nicely.
Jordan throws a low kick, looking for Ellis's leg but Ellis calmly moves out of range.

Jordan closes the distance and clinches.

Ellis manages to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jordan throws a series of punches but Ellis avoids them all with ease.
Jordan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Jordan drives through and clinches with Ellis against the cage.
Ellis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Jordan dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jordan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ellis misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Jordan misses.
A head kick misses from Jordan.
Ellis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jordan misses with a wild combination.
Ellis with a hook.

Jordan closes the distance and clinches.
Ellis keeps control of Jordan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ellis misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ellis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Ellis.
Ellis feints a jab promting Jordan to slip. Ellis then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jordan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Victor Jordan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ellis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ellis checks a leg kick.
Ellis avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ellis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ellis dodges the punch combination from Jordan.
Jordan tries to move into range but Ellis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Victor Jordan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Ellis drives through and clinches with Jordan against the cage.
Ellis throws a head punch that misses.
Jordan struggles to land a body shot inside as Ellis controls his hands.

Ellis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jordan misses with a few strikes there.

Ellis gets a clinch.
Ellis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jordan blocks a body shot from Ellis.

Ellis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a wild combination.
Ellis loads up on a big right hand but Jordan slips the punch.

Jordan clinches with his opponent.
Jordan is trying to break the clinch but Ellis is controlling him.
Ellis effectively controlling the action here.
Ellis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jordan is keeping busy.
Ellis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martin Ellis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jordan misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jordan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Ellis fails to land.

Ellis breaks the clinch.
Ellis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big left from Ellis misses.
Ellis checks a leg kick.
Ellis lands a jab to the nose.
Ellis misses with an uppercut. Jordan saw that one coming.
Jordan cracks Ellis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jordan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ellis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ellis throws a big counter head kick but Jordan avoids it with no problem.
Jordan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ellis checks the leg kick.
Jordan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ellis blocks a head kick by Jordan.
Ellis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Jordan clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellis has Jordan pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ellis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jordan misses with a double jab.
Ellis lands a jab to Jordan's midsection.
Some bone on bone action there as Jordan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ellis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jordan's head.
Ellis throws a right hand that Jordan ducks under and follows up with a left that Jordan also avoids with ease.
Ellis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ellis lands a head shot.
Ellis feints and then cracks Jordan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jordan down.
Jordan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ellis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ellis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ellis moves out of range of the leg kick from Jordan.

Jordan has managed to clinch.

Ellis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Martin Ellis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jordan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jordan thumps Ellis with a low kick.

Ellis gets a clinch.
Jordan wants to break the clinch but can't.

Ellis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Jordan misses.
No joy there for Jordan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jordan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ellis is out of range.
Ellis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ellis.
Ellis connects with a body shot that sends Jordan's belly button to the back.

Jordan has closed the distance and engaged Ellis in a clinch.
Ellis has a couple of punches blocked by Jordan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ellis has a couple of punches blocked by Jordan.
Ellis controlling the action here for a moment.
Ellis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellis manages to break the clinch.

Jordan pushes Ellis up against the cage in a clinch.
Ellis trying to stall but Jordan improves his position.
Jordan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ellis blocks it with crossed arms.
Ellis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ellis has a couple of punches blocked by Jordan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ellis blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jordan.
Jordan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jordan can't break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jordan is trying to push Ellis away but Ellis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ellis looking to stall.
Jordan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ellis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jordan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Ellis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jordan misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ellis! But no joy.
Jordan misses with a wild combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ellis! But no joy.
Ellis cracks the inside of Jordan's front leg.

Jordan forces Ellis back against the cage and clinches.
Jordan is trying to push Ellis away but Ellis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jordan tries to circle away but Ellis has him pinned against the cage.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the head but Jordan blocks with his arms.
Jordan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a punch to the body.
Ellis tries a body shot but Jordan blocks it.

Ellis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jordan tries a low kick but Ellis avoids it.
Martin Ellis seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Ellis closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jordan quickly recovers to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ellis not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jordan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jordan gets back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ellis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ellis slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Martin Ellis.
I think Ellis 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Martin Ellis!