PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kelly's choice of entrance music: Flo Rida - Whistle. Georges St Pierre had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Max Kelly is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

St Pierre
vs
Kelly

178 cm
26
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
176 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kelly closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. St Pierre quickly recovers to half guard.
St Pierre looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kelly is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kelly seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kelly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kelly wants to stand but St Pierre has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Kelly not doing much here.
Kelly winds up and cracks St Pierre with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kelly looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks St Pierre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly is looking to take a break and control but St Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kelly looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks St Pierre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Kelly postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for St Pierre to stand up.

Kelly changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. St Pierre looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Kelly decides to stand back up. Kelly steps back and let's St Pierre get back to his feet.

Kelly scores with a takedown into St Pierre's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kelly tries to stand but St Pierre is controlling from the bottom.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. St Pierre is keeping the position for now.
Kelly wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
St Pierre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kelly.
Kelly is looking to work some ground and pound but St Pierre has wrist control.
Kelly sitting in guard here, content to control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kelly connects with a couple of short punches.
Kelly not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Max Kelly was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Kelly shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kelly content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Kelly stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

St Pierre tries to sprawl but Kelly drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Max Kelly.
Kelly scores with a jab to the body.

Kelly shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly drops an elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
Kelly wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
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.
Kelly is nestled in close to St Pierre, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
St Pierre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kelly scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kelly is trying to control the action in half guard but St Pierre is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kelly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kelly content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
St Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kelly thows a huge punch but St Pierre dodges it nicely.
St Pierre has hold of Kelly's hands but Kelly slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kelly controlling the action here.
Kelly looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Kelly decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Kelly closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. St Pierre quickly recovers to half guard.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Well, if Kelly is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kelly scoring with strikes to the body and head.

St Pierre is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks St Pierre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh St Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelly controlling the action here.
St Pierre taking some punishment here, with Kelly in his half guard.
Kelly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Kelly stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows St Pierre to get to his feet.
Kelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Kelly dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! St Pierre has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Max Kelly!
An out of breath and clearly excited Max Kelly thanked Just Fight (Shirt 6$ Shorts 8$) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).