PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sean Kelleher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kelleher
vs
Graham

180 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

MMA's Best Nutrition
Star Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Kelleher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Graham!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kelleher pinned against the cage. Kelleher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Kelleher closes the distance and clinches.
Kelleher fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Graham wants the takedown. Kelleher is fighting it off but Graham persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Kelleher's guard against the cage.
Kelleher controls Graham momentarily but Graham frees himself.
Graham looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Graham thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Graham passes Kelleher's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Graham wants to free his trapped foot but Kelleher is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kelleher trying to control from the bottom.
Graham wants to take a breather but Kelleher is having none of it.
Kelleher is looking to control Graham's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kelleher avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelleher gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graham pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kelleher is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelleher trying to strike off his back.
Graham passes Kelleher's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Graham tries to pass to full mount but Kelleher defends it.
Graham prevents Kelleher from improving his position.
Graham wants to control but Kelleher is keeping him busy.
Kelleher has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Graham is working away from the top position though.
Graham seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kelleher wants to improve his position but Graham is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Graham is keen to just control but Kelleher is a slippery customer.
Graham passes the guard and advances to mount!
Graham looks gassed!
Graham fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Kelleher that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kelleher is looking to get to half guard.
Graham is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kelleher can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kelleher can't escape the position.
Kelleher is in a horrible position here. Graham smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kelleher taking shots to the head.
Graham content just to control the position here.
Kelleher tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Graham.
Graham has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kelleher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kelleher tries to hold on but Graham pushes him away.
Graham controlling from the full mount.
Kelleher keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Graham controlling the pace for now.
Graham's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kelleher is working to get back to half guard.
Graham lands a big elbow.
Graham pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Graham landing strikes, looking to finish!
Graham takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
I looks like Graham might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Graham has control of Kelleher's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kelleher regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Graham has hold of Kelleher's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kelleher manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Graham postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kelleher looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Graham dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Graham drops Kelleher with a big left hand! Kelleher is injured, injured bad! Graham jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Graham!