PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Rey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Kellerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kellerman has chosen Killswitch Engage - When Darkness Falls as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jakob Kellerman was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Rey
vs
Kellerman

188 cm
27
181 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
175 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Rey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jakob Kellerman!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kellerman moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Rey's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rey managing to block the knees to the body from Kellerman.
Kellerman misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rey.
Kellerman looking to throw knees to the head but Rey is blocking nicely.
Kellerman tries to land knees in the clinch but Rey avoids the damage to the body.
Rey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rey works on Kellerman's body with a couple of short punches.
Kellerman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Come on Kellerman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Rey manages to break the clinch.
Kellerman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rey.
Kellerman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rey scores with a punch to the head.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Rey decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kellerman felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kellerman wants to stand back up but Rey manages to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kellerman manages to work his way to half guard, despite Rey's best efforts.
Rey with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kellerman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kellerman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kellerman trying to control the position.
Rey wants to control from the top but Kellerman keeps moving.
Rey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kellerman's head.
Kellerman is trying to keep Rey in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rey slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kellerman tries to bench press Rey off him but Rey keeps the position.
Kellerman manages to get back to half guard.
Rey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rey looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rey not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rey trying to pass the guard but Kellerman defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellerman wants to control but Rey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kellerman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rey haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Rey is nestled in close to Kellerman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kellerman is not content to let Rey control the position.
Rey working Kellerman over with strikes.
Kellerman is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Rey jumps into side control!
Rey scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kellerman to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Kellerman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rey working the head and body with strikes.

Kellerman is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rey cracks Kellerman with a big right hand but Kellerman just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kellerman is still in real trouble! Can Rey finish him?
Rey in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Kellerman looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Rey turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Rey!