PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Kelly (ranked 5803 p4p, 2805 weight class) and Ethan Hunt (ranked 550 p4p, 322 weight class). Ethan Hunt will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Kelly
vs
Hunt

165 cm
25
156
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
165
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Bondi MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franklin Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ethan Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hunt dives in for a single leg takedown but Kelly sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Hunt shows good takedown defense.
Hunt fails to land the takedown.
Kelly tries to counter with a takedown but Hunt is quick to defend against it.
Hunt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kelly as he jumps to the side.
Franklin Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan Hunt.
Kelly needs to keep his hands up - Hunt had a free shot at his head there.
Kelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelly shoots in but no luck this time.
Ethan Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Hunt counters with a takedown into side control.

Hunt decides to stand up, so the ref orders Kelly to his feet.
Hunt fails to land the takedown.
Hunt checks a leg kick nicely.
Hunt tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hunt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kelly is fending him off so far but Hunt persists. Nope, Kelly circles away and we're back to standing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hunt fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kelly sprawls well initially but Hunt persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kelly pushes Hunt off looking to stand but Hunt dives back in and keeps control.
Hunt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kelly scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Hunt manages to mount him!
Kelly wants to get back to his feet.
Kelly might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kelly is squirming around, avoiding Hunt's attempts to control the action.
Hunt is landing with some decent strikes but Kelly is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly wants to get back to his feet.
Kelly trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scoring with strikes but Kelly is staying in there.
Hunt raining down hammerfists from mount.
Kelly could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Hunt lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Kelly is rocked!
Kelly's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Kelly has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hunt with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh Kelly is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelly really wants to buck Hunt off and get back to his feet.
Hunt postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Kelly bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Hunt and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ethan Hunt!