Ellis vs Villa FULL FIGHT: January 7, 2023 | PBC on Showtime PPV

The hard-hitting Roiman Villa (26-1, 24 KOs) storm back on the scorecards by dropping the previously unbeaten Rashidi Ellis (24-1, 15 KOs) twice in the 12th and final round to win a thrilling majority decision in their IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. One judge scored the fight 113-113, but was overruled by two 114-112 tallies in favor of Villa.

Down on two cards entering the final round, a relentless Villa broke through against a tiring Ellis and landed a bruising left hook that sent Ellis down early in the 12th. Ellis worked valiantly to stay on his feet and see the final bell, but suffered a second knockdown with 30 seconds left in the fight.

“He was a tough fighter,” said Villa. “He moved a lot. He does hit hard. The first couple rounds I was a little tight but then I got loose. I was on top of him from the first round. I know that fighters such as him who are quick sooner or later will get a little tired and that’s what I took advantage of.”

After Ellis won the first five rounds on all three cards, Villa began to gain momentum through the middle frames and swept the final four, including the fight-changing 12th. While Ellis out-jabbed Villa by a staggering 164 to 13 margin, the power punch disparity was just 103 to 101 in favor of Ellis. In round nine through 12, Villa held a 58 to 24 lead in power punches landed.

The bout was contested at close quarters throughout, with Villa pressing the action while Ellis was content to sit back and fire counters. Included in those counters were a consistent effort to target Villa’s body, as he held a 53 to 10 edge in body shots.

“My corner told me to knock him down in the 12th round,” said Villa. “I couldn’t do it on the first try but I kept going. I thought he just fell on the last knockdown so I wasn’t sure if it was a knockdown. But if they want the rematch we’ll give them the rematch.”

Following the judges’ ruling, Ellis stated his belief that he had won the fight and his desire for an immediate rematch.

“I want the rematch right away,” said Ellis. “I thought I was dictating the fight. I don’t know what happened. I totally disagree with the decision. I was winning most of the rounds. Yeah, he had the knockdown but other than that I was winning most of the rounds.”

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[MiGuElmc]

Soooo no one else notice how much more time the ref gave Ellis to recover on that first knockdown!? He probably had money on him 😭

[BoxingLegends]

"Its the last round don't let him catch you" Haunting words!

[playwithmilk]

April-
Crawford vs Spence 2
Ennis vs Barrios
Keith Thurman vs Stannios
Cody Crowley vs Broner
Ellis vs Villa 2

[Mocha]

Yall Hyped Villa up after this win But when Boots Beats him now he’s just a Nobody, Give Boots his credit

[PIRUSQUAD]

Yeah I think villa did a good job but Ellis pulled it to me

[Easymoneyavenue]

That boy Villa with the run down. Walk this man down 12 rounds str8. The same energy.

[ColdWorld]

I just wanna see Ellis in the ring again, this guy is so fascinating in the ring to watch him is so entertaining

[randomvandal]

Oh my goodness the face on Ellis face when he got doubled upped on that first knock down..u wud swear he wasn't shimming a couple of rounds ago

[TheUniversalBoxingEst.]

Ellis is still away better Boxer than Villa. Villa is a D+ to C- Fighter with a Tough Chin, Great Power and Aggressive Nature. I saw this Live and i still have it a Draw 113-113

[b.]

PBC so beautiful man... y'all really just release so many good free fights. Hope Shakur & Boots sign with y'all, my 2 fav fighters.

[TooDirty]

This guy is going to bounce back and make Jaron boots Ennis record look really good.

[ceebee]

They shaft Ellis with a rusty rod, HARD. Even Villa’s corner was saying “You gotta knock him out”, because they knew he was loosing.

[darray.]

Ive seen this in a few of Rashidi's fights, he uses so much offense as a form of defence to keep you off him and then gasses out near the end and guts out a win. Clearly the game plan was to walk Rashidi down to put pressure whilst throwing minimal and turn it on at the later rounds when Rashidi gasses out.

In my opinion, Rashidi cant keep throwing so many shots whilst also retreating for 12 rounds. Hes gotta find a way to slow the pace down or maybe stand in the pocket a couple times, land a shot that makes Villa respect him enough that the pace slows automatically, but im not sure Rashidi has respectable power like that.

[ant_lawrencevitangcol]

In the later rounds, Ellis is hurt....

[FRESHBX]

*I haven't scored this fight, I watched it live. But I still feel they did Rashidi wrong..*

[edgymix]

Godamn these guys are heavy hitters. Great fight

[dorianbedorian]

What a damn good fight!!! Ellis fought a champion's fight but Villa fought the fight of a possessed person.

[hiphopjewels]

Ellis out landed Villa, landed at a higher percentage, and landed more shots to the body. His jab dominated the whole fight. Villa had one great round, but lost all the others. Even Farhood's scorecard had Ellis ahead, even with the two knockdowns. What a robbery. Ellis had beautiful defense in every round but the last one, and kept Villa turning where he couldn't cut him off. How? SMH

[omerakdenizli]

Spectacular Roiman...Awesome Match...Thanks to everyone...Greetings to everyone from İstanbul...

[gddd]

Ellis EVEN WITH KNOCKDOWNS…SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE WON. He got robbed. Having said that, Ellis can only blame himself for letting the judges robbed him…