PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ned Kelly (ranked 2771 p4p, 1279 weight class) and Bate Pepo (ranked 349 p4p, 175 weight class). Kelly's entrance music is I'm a Criminal. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Kelly
vs
Pepo

180 cm
31
180
14 - 10 - 0

190 cm
25
175
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Conquer

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ned Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bate Pepo!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Topper Green and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kelly clinches up with Pepo and pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pepo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly gets through Pepo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Pepo backwards.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pepo misses with some punches.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Pepo blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Pepo.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pepo misses with a punch on the inside.
Pepo takes a shot to the head.
Pepo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pepo blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pepo.
Kelly blocks a body shot from Pepo.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Pepo.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Kelly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Pepo.
Kelly stalling against the cage.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Pepo.
Pepo tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Pepo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pepo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pepo blocking some punches.
Kelly lands an uppercut.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Pepo.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
Pepo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kelly seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pepo can turn it around.
Pepo lands a left hand.
Pepo blocking some punches.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
Pepo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
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 misses with a punch on the inside.
Pepo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pepo blocking some punches.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ned Kelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kelly clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kelly.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pepo lands with a left to the head.
Ned Kelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pepo blocking some punches.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pepo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Pepo.
Kelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pepo can do to turn this around?
Pepo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Pepo.
Kelly lands with a left to the head.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pepo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Pepo.
Pepo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Pepo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pepo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Pepo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Pepo takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Pepo lands with a light punch inside.
Pepo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pepo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
Kelly's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pepo blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pepo fails to land.
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
Pepo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Pepo blocking some punches.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Pepo has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Pepo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Pepo can't find room to land a body shot as Kelly controls the action.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Pepo.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Pepo is pushing Kelly up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Pepo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ned Kelly dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pepo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pepo misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Pepo. Those never looked like landing.
Kelly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A combination from Pepo does no damage.
Kelly tries to counter by clinching up but Pepo breaks away and moves out of range.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Pepo pushes him off.
Pepo misses with a two punch combination.

Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pepo tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pepo backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pepo.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Pepo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Pepo.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pepo working aggressively here.
Kelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pepo backwards.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kelly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pepo blocks an uppercut.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepo lands an uppercut.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Pepo.
Kelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pepo backwards.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pepo misses with the head strike.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
A head punch on the inside from Pepo fails to land.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Pepo.
Kelly lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pepo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pepo can't find room to land a body shot as Kelly controls the action.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pepo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pepo blocking some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pepo throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepo.
Pepo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pepo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kelly up against the cage.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ned Kelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kelly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ned Kelly!
A very excited looking Ned Kelly made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.