PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bangbang Jihaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Ellis
vs
Jihaa

193 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
24
187 lbs
1 - 6 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 Hilo, Andrew Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Bangbang Jihaa!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jihaa lands with a nice combination. Ellis backs away looking to recover.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jihaa.

It looks like Andrew Ellis has been cut.
Jihaa lands a nice shot that snaps Ellis's head back.
Jihaa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Ellis shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jihaa has hold of Ellis's hands but Ellis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ellis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ellis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis works his way into side control.
Ellis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ellis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
An elbow from Ellis crashes against the mat.
Ellis throws an elbow but Jihaa slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Ellis cracks Jihaa with a big right hand but Jihaa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ellis lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jihaa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jihaa wants to get back to his feet.
Ellis is putting a hurting on Jihaa here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ellis scores with punches from side control.

Jihaa is rocked!
Jihaa trying to remain calm as Ellis controls from the top position.
Jihaa is still in real trouble! Can Ellis finish him?

Ellis is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Jihaa is trying to escape and Ellis transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Jihaa is forced to tap! Nice work there by Ellis! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andrew Ellis!