PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cro Copout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Black Belt Jones Theme Song, you Jive Turkey!. Copout has chosen you throw knee, i go home as his entrance music. Cro Copout has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jim Kelly's chin.

Kelly
vs
Copout

182 cm
31
281 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

219 cm
31
285 lbs
35 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
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Brute

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 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cro Copout!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copout tries to clinch there but Kelly circles away.
Copout cracks Kelly with a good jab.
Copout tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Copout.
Kelly misses with a kick to the body.
Copout tries to clinch but Kelly is having none of it.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Copout manages to avoid it.
Kelly throws a leg kick which misses Copout's front leg but catches the back leg as Copout tries to avoid it.
Kelly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Copout tries to clinch but Kelly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Copout. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Copout uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kelly. Copout does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Copout. Beautiful body shot.
Kelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Copout wants to clinch.
Kelly tries to bum rush Copout with a series of wild strikes but Copout uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly looks to land a body kick but Copout moved away.
Copout scores with a nice head shot.
Copout uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
Kelly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Copout lands a jab to the head.
Copout cracks Kelly with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kelly misses with a lunging right hand
and Copout counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Copout is just out of range.
Kelly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kelly is looking to land body kicks.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
Kelly slips a jab from Copout.
Kelly misses with a right hand
and Copout counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Copout's calf.
Kelly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Copout cracks Kelly with a good jab.
Copout keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.
Kelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Copout checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Copout's head but Copout sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A bone on bone clash there as Copout blocks the leg kick.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Copout is just out of range.
Kelly swats away the attempt to clinch by Copout.
Copout takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Copout throws a lazy right hand but Kelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Copout has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly connects with a solid leg kick.
Copout is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kelly had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Copout bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Copout fails in his attempt to clinch.
Copout lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Copout chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kelly can pounce on him.
Copout blocks a head kick by Kelly.
Copout uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kelly has time to react.
Kelly punishes Copout's body with a nice straight punch.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Copout is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Copout.
Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
Copout scores with a decent looking hook.
Kelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Copout lands a nice shot to the body.
Copout moves out of range of the body kick.
Jim Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly lands with a kick to the temple. Copout shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Copout on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kelly. Kelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice cross by Copout.
Copout throws a hook to the side of Kelly's head but Kelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Copout scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Copout connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Copout waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A swing and a miss from Copout.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Kelly throws a hook but Copout blocks it.

Kelly gets caught napping as Copout dives in and scores a takedown. Kelly manages to retain guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Copout with a nice head shot there.

It looks like Jim Kelly has been cut.
Copout throwing strikes from guard but Kelly blocks nicely.
Copout is looking to work some ground and pound but Kelly has wrist control.
Copout missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Copout is looking to work some ground and pound but Kelly has wrist control.
Copout trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Copout throws a strike but Kelly rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Copout trying to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Cro Copout has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Copout moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
Jim Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Copout listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kelly throws a leg kick that misses.
Copout darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Copout clobbers Kelly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jim Kelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kelly takes one to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Kelly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Kelly.
Copout sizes up Kelly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Copout walks into a left hand.
Kelly throws a head kick that misses.
Copout swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Copout's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kelly misses with a body kick.

Kelly gets tackled into the cage by Copout. Copout maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copout blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Copout lands a hook that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly throws an elbow that misses.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Copout lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Jim Kelly's cut is getting worse.
Copout lands with a light punch inside.
Copout takes an elbow to the temple.
Copout blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Copout is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kelly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Copout tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Copout back against the cage.
Copout lands a body punch in the clinch.
Copout missing with knees to the body.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Copout missing with knees to the body.
Copout putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kelly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Copout lands a hook that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Copout on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Copout blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Copout lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.

Copout breaks from the clinch.
Kelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Copout getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Copout scores with a nice right hand.
Copout moves out of range of the body kick from Kelly.
Copout lands with a nice body punch.
Kelly throws an off balance right hand

and Copout counters by moving into the clinch.
Copout lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Copout taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Copout struggles to land a body shot inside as Kelly controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cro Copout showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jim Kelly's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Kelly is looking to land body kicks.
Kelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Good shot there by Copout.
Copout tries to clinch up but Kelly circles away and keeps his distance.
Copout moves out of range of the body kick from Kelly.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Copout.
Copout laying and praying for a moment but Kelly takes advantage and regains half guard.
Copout missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Copout throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Copout sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kelly defending well though.
Copout throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Copout there.
Still in half guard, Copout seems content to control.
Kelly might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kelly blocking the ground and pound attempt from Copout.
Copout throwing shots but Kelly is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Copout throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Copout throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Copout lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copout thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Copout throws a strike but Kelly avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Copout working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Copout trying to control but Kelly is working from the bottom.
Copout loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kelly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Copout on the ground.
Copout postures up in Kelly's guard and throws a big left but Kelly blocks it.
Copout trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cro Copout has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copout throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Copout in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Copout in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Copout from controlling successfully.
Copout throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kelly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Copout wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.
Copout postures up and lands a big shot to Kelly's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Copout is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Copout throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kelly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Copout distracts Kelly with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Copout lands a couple of digs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Copout is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Copout trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Copout controlling from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cro Copout comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Copout has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cro Copout!
A very excited looking Cro Copout rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.