PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kelsey Wright (ranked 5407 p4p, 2596 weight class) and Killer Kid (ranked 257 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Wright
vs
Kid

180 cm
23
140
5 - 4 - 0

174 cm
21
134
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kelsey Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Killer Kid!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kid forces Wright back against the cage and clinches.
Wright goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kid prevents it.
Wright jumps guard but Kid turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kid is looking to break free of the clinch but Wright has double underhooks.
Kid lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Wright wants to stall.
Kid scores a nice knee to the body.
Kid tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Kid scores a nice knee to the body.
Kid looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Kid holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright tries to break the clinch but Kid is controlling the position.
Wright avoiding damage as Kid throws knees to the body.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid landing knees to the body.
Kid has Wright pressed against the cage.
Kid crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Kid crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Kid landing knees to the body.
Kid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Kelsey Wright has been cut.
Kid lands a damaging elbow.
Kid trying to land knees to the body.
Wright tries to pull guard but Kid holds him up against the cage and eventually Wright drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelsey Wright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kid lands a nice knee to the body.
Kid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kid successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright trying to control the position from guard on top but Kid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kid is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kid trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Kid throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kid will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kid not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kid wants to sweep but no luck.
Kid thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kid wants to clinch up but Wright keeps it at a distance.
Kid wants to clinch up but Wright keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid tries to clinch up.
Killer Kid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kid clinches up with Wright and pushes him back against the cage.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kid is keeping busy.
Kid tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the cage and eventually Kid drops back down to his feet.
Kid tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.

Wright has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Kid is trying to keep an underhook but Wright manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Kid missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kid has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wright is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kid is pressing down on Wright's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Wright slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Kid.
Kid slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wright 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.
Kid looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wright is one step ahead there.
Wright is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Wright wants to control from the top but Kid keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Kid dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelsey Wright's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wright tries for a takedown but Kid circles away easily
and Kid makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Kid closes the distance and pushes Wright back into the cage.
Kid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kid is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Kid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kid is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Kid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kid tries to stall but Wright uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kid is pushing Wright up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

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

Kid clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kid lands a knee to the body.
Kid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Kid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kid lands a nice knee to the body.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kid lands a damaging elbow.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kid lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kid landing knees to the body.
Wright really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kid fails to pull guard.
Killer Kid seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The referee calls for Kid to work.
Kid lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kid slows down the pace here.
Wright wants to take the fight to the mat but Kid manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kid.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Kid breaks the clinch.
Kid is looking to clinch.
Kid wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid tries to close the distance and clinch but Wright swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kid closes the distance and clinches.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Kid.
Kid gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wright.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelsey Wright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kid landing knees to the body.
Kid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kid.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kid lands a nice elbow.
Kid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kid working Wright over with knees to the body.
Kid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kid lands a nice knee to the body.
Kid has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wright's defenses.
Kid slowing the pace effectively.
Kid is working Wright over against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Kid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kelsey Wright's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kid shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wright pinned against the cage. Wright gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Good work by Kid as he checks the leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Wright avoiding damage as Kid throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Kid keeps him there for the moment.
Kid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid slowing the pace effectively.
Kid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kid lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kid.
Kid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good body shot from Kid.
Kid scores a nice knee to the body.
Kid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Kid lands a knee to the body.
Kid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kid avoiding damage.
Kid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kid.
Kid lands a nice knee to the body.
Kid landing knees to the body.
Wright has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kid after a bit of a struggle.
Kid taking a breather.
Wright is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kid to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelsey Wright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kid tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kid missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Kid.
Kid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kid fails to pull guard.
Kid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kid trying to land knees to the body.
Kid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to score a body lock takedown but Kid shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kid crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Kid crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kid.

Kid has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Wright uses from the top position.
Kid wants to stand up but Wright is controlling him.
Wright trying to control but Kid is working from the bottom.
Kid throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Wright throws a strike but Kid rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kelsey Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Killer Kid is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kid trying to control the position from guard on top but Wright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Killer Kid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kid winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 25:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 25:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Killer Kid!
Killer Kid really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Warrior's Way logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.