PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barack Obaminator (ranked 3742 p4p, 4280 weight class) and Ned Kelly (ranked 442 p4p, 486 weight class). Obaminator comes to the cage accompanied by Gil Scott-Herron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Barack Obaminator has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Obaminator
vs
Kelly

186 cm
18
185
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
22
194
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Core Combat

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barack Obaminator!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ned Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obaminator lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kelly's sensitive parts.
Obaminator throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Obaminator digs a good hook to Kelly's body.
Obaminator throws a leg kick but Kelly checks it.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Obaminator swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from Obaminator misses.
Kelly misses with a kick to the body.
Kelly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ned Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kelly instigates a clinch.
Obaminator is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Obaminator works on Kelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Kelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stalling in the clinch from Kelly.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Obaminator avoids it.
Kelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Obaminator throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Kelly lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Barack Obaminator has been cut.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Obaminator tries to circle away but Kelly has him pinned against the cage.
Obaminator fails to pull guard.
Obaminator lands a right hand.
Kelly slows down the pace here.
Obaminator misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Obaminator.
Kelly told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Obaminator is defending well for now.
Kelly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Obaminator jumps into guard, dragging Kelly to the mat.

Obaminator looking for a guillotine here but Kelly defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Obaminator has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Kelly doesn't defend quickly enough and Obaminator has managed to lock this one up! Can Kelly escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Obaminator on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Barack Obaminator!
A very excited looking Barack Obaminator made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Ned Kelly was interviewed post fight and said 'im a fucking loser'.