PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Leadpunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 The Leadpunch was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kelly
vs
Leadpunch

185 cm
17
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Leadpunch!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leadpunch throws a poor cross that misses
letting Kelly counter with a right hand.
Kelly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kelly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Leadpunch's hands.
Kelly definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kelly lands a right hook to the body.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body. Leadpunch takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Leadpunch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kelly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kelly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Leadpunch is rocked!
Leadpunch walks into a straight right hand from Kelly.
Leadpunch is still on wobbly legs! Can Kelly finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Leadpunch clinches up with Kelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Leadpunch lands a nice knee to the body.
Leadpunch landing knees to the head.
Leadpunch seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelly presses Leadpunch against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Leadpunch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leadpunch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly lands with a right to the head.
Leadpunch landing knees to the head.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Leadpunch blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leadpunch.
Leadpunch lands a knee to the body.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Leadpunch has Kelly pressed against the cage.
Leadpunch lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly tries a body shot but Leadpunch blocks it.
Leadpunch missing with knees to the body.
Leadpunch pushes Kelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leadpunch trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly misses with some punches.
A short right from Kelly on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Kelly.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Leadpunch displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kelly up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Leadpunch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Leadpunch.
Leadpunch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Leadpunch has Kelly pressed against the cage.
Leadpunch lands a body punch in the clinch.
Leadpunch lands an elbow inside that Kelly shrugs off.
Kelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Leadpunch landing knees to the head.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leadpunch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Leadpunch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Leadpunch connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kelly's face.
Leadpunch is stalling here.
Leadpunch lands an elbow just above Kelly 's eye.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Leadpunch is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Kelly.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Leadpunch unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kelly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leadpunch with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Leadpunch.
Leadpunch is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Leadpunch blocking some punches.
Leadpunch with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Leadpunch.
A body shot lands from Kelly.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Leadpunch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Come on Leadpunch - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leadpunch lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leadpunch.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but The Leadpunch will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kelly's corner calls for a 1-2. Kelly obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leadpunch at a distance.
Leadpunch tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leadpunch changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kelly tries to avoid it but Leadpunch manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kelly to the ground. Kelly escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kelly throws out a powerful jab.

Leadpunch tries to keep at a distance but Kelly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Leadpunch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leadpunch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leadpunch slows down the pace here.
Leadpunch with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly being controlled against the cage.
Leadpunch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leadpunch missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leadpunch obliges.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly letting Leadpunch take a breather here.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Leadpunch backwards.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Leadpunch.
Leadpunch struggles to land a body shot inside as Kelly controls his hands.
A short right from Leadpunch on the inside.
Leadpunch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Leadpunch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leadpunch lands an elbow that stopped Kelly in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leadpunch's elbow.
Leadpunch crunches a lovely knee into Kelly's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leadpunch lands a body shot in the clinch.
Leadpunch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leadpunch lands a damaging elbow.
A hook to the body from Leadpunch.
Leadpunch lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leadpunch controlling the action here for a moment.
Leadpunch stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leadpunch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leadpunch.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leadpunch lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leadpunch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelly lands a body shot.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Leadpunch.
Stalling in the clinch from Leadpunch.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Leadpunch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kelly's defenses.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leadpunch lands an elbow inside.
Leadpunch prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Leadpunch.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leadpunch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leadpunch blocking some punches.
Kelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Leadpunch stalls.
Leadpunch trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leadpunch tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Leadpunch back against the cage.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Leadpunch working Kelly over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leadpunch is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leadpunch utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Leadpunch to work.
Leadpunch taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Leadpunch continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Leadpunch takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leadpunch receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Leadpunch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kelly misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leadpunch.
Leadpunch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Leadpunch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Kelly lands a nice shot that snaps Leadpunch's head back.
Kelly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kelly duly obliges.
Kelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kelly works the jab nicely.
Leadpunch tries to clinch up.
Kelly defending well as Leadpunch loads up on a big left hand.
Kelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kelly throws a series of strikes that have Leadpunch backpedaling.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Leadpunch's head backwards.
Kelly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Leadpunch.
Daniel Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Leadpunch clinches up with Kelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Leadpunch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leadpunch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Leadpunch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leadpunch is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Leadpunch controls the action.
Leadpunch lands an elbow just above Kelly 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leadpunch.
Leadpunch lands a good knee to the midsection. Kelly won't want to take too many of those.
Daniel Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kelly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leadpunch backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Leadpunch takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leadpunch scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leadpunch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Leadpunch unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kelly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Leadpunch controls his hands.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Leadpunch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly takes an elbow to the temple.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leadpunch putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kelly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leadpunch lands an elbow just above Kelly 's eye.
Leadpunch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Leadpunch lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leadpunch landing knees to the body.
The Leadpunch is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leadpunch taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Leadpunch lands a nice elbow.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Leadpunch controls his hands.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leadpunch obliges.
Leadpunch scores a nice knee to the body.
Leadpunch lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Leadpunch landing knees to the body.
Leadpunch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leadpunch lands with a left to the head.
Leadpunch lands an elbow that stopped Kelly in his tracks for a moment.
Leadpunch lands a nice elbow.
Leadpunch leaning against his opponent.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leadpunch.
Leadpunch with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leadpunch lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leadpunch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Leadpunch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leadpunch lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leadpunch taking a breather.
Leadpunch is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leadpunch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Leadpunch.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Leadpunch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leadpunch stalling in the clinch.
Leadpunch manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Leadpunch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Leadpunch winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Leadpunch!
After the fight, The Leadpunch was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.