PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dane Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes to the cage accompanied by smells like teen spirit. Smith has chosen Big John as his entrance music. John Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kelly
vs
Smith

181 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dane Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Kelly misses.
Smith lands a head kick. Kelly smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A right-left combo lands from Kelly.

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Smith leaves Kelly with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Kelly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smith circles away.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kelly fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dane Kelly. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Smith gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kelly to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kelly is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Kelly passes Smith's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kelly is pressing down on Smith's thigh, looking to free his foot. Smith is holding on for now.
Kelly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kelly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two 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.
Smith is trying to stand back up but Kelly is controlling him

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kelly shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smith pinned against the cage. Smith gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kelly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Smith leaves Kelly with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Kelly tries to clinch up
and Smith counters with a big head kick but Kelly shrugs it off.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looks to clinch
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Kelly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith connects with a high kick.

It looks like Dane Kelly has been cut.
Smith scores with a push kick.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Kelly misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Smith displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kelly.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.
John Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith lands a head kick. Kelly smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith lands with a nice combination. Kelly backs away looking to recover.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Kelly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Smith misses with a double jab

and Kelly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Smith's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Smith dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Smith throws a series of punches but Kelly avoids them all with ease.
Kelly shoots in for a double leg but Smith sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Smith plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kelly misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Kelly will be more careful next time no doubt.
Smith lands a head kick!
John Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice combination there by Smith.
Dane Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Smith is working the combinations to good effect here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
Dane Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Smith throws a combination. Kelly tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Smith duly obliges.

Kelly is rocked!
Kelly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Oh Kelly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Smith throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kelly's head.
Kelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith lands a head kick!
Smith throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Kelly stumbling backwards into the cage! Kelly bounces back off the cage towards Smith, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Smith lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Smith celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Smith!