PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristian Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly has chosen Senses Fail - Bonecrusher as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Evans
vs
Kelly

193 cm
27
287 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
285 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cody Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kristian Kelly!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kelly misses with a lunging right hand
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kelly fails with the takedown
and Evans counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Evans scores with a nice right hand.
Evans swings widly with a right hand
and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans slips a jab from Kelly.
Evans swings widly with a right hand
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Evans throws a lazy uppercut
and Kelly counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans tries to bum rush Kelly with a series of wild strikes but Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans misses with a right hand

and Kelly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Evans's guard.

Kelly thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kelly throwing strikes but missing.
Kelly throwing strikes but missing.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Kelly throwing strikes from guard but Evans blocks nicely.
Evans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kelly on the ground.
Evans can't keep his opponent in guard - Kelly advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly trying to control the pace.

Kelly is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Evans is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kristian Kelly!