PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luis Palhares (ranked 2126 p4p, 2306 weight class) and Andrew Kelvin (ranked 259 p4p, 278 weight class). Palhares comes into the arena with My Name Is Human blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Palhares
vs
Kelvin

181 cm
21
160
5 - 1 - 0

176 cm
20
160
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrew Kelvin!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelvin.
Palhares looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Palhares misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kelvin.
Kelvin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kelvin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kelvin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kelvin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Palhares scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Palhares with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kelvin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palhares waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelvin.
It seemed like Kelvin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Palhares connects with a crisp jab.
Palhares throws a lazy right hand but Kelvin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palhares missing with a left hand there. Kelvin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crunch! Palhares slams his shin into Kelvin's torso.
Palhares tries a head kick but it misses.
Kelvin needs to keep his hands up - Palhares had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Palhares tenderised Kelvin's leg. Kelvin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Palhares ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelvin moves away.
Kelvin changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Palhares feints and then cracks Kelvin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kelvin down.
Palhares throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Palhares throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelvin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Palhares looks to land a combination. Kelvin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kelvin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palhares.
Palhares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palhares lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kelvin moves out of range as Palhares strikes.
Palhares takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping body kick lands there for Palhares.
Palhares keeps Kelvin at a distance using the push kick.
Kelvin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palhares moves away.
Kelvin has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Kelvin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palhares tries to counter by clinching up but Kelvin breaks away and moves out of range.
Palhares throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kelvin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Palhares lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheers as Palhares lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kelvin doesn't seem phased though.
Kelvin throws a looping overhand right but Palhares ducks down to avoid it.
Palhares avoids the body shot from Kelvin.
Kelvin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
No joy there for Palhares, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelvin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Palhares looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And Kelvin tries to counter it with a takedown but Palhares pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Palhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelvin blocks a low kick nicely.
Palhares throws the left hand but Kelvin avoids the punch easily.
Palhares misses with a shot to the body
and Kelvin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice straight punches there by Palhares. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Palhares.
Nice uppercut there from Palhares.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelvin cracks Palhares with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Palhares fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kelvin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kelvin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Palhares with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kelvin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palhares swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Palhares scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Palhares is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Palhares scores with a body shot.
Palhares connects with a body shot that sends Kelvin's belly button to the back.
Palhares throws the kick towards the body but Kelvin avoids it.
Kelvin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Palhares looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palhares swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palhares connects with a single shot there.
Palhares misses with a body kick.
It seemed like Kelvin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kelvin tries to clinch but Palhares moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares connects with a single shot there.
Kelvin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A cross from Kelvin lands.
Palhares scores with a leg kick.

Kelvin closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Palhares.

Palhares turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Palhares manages to end up in side control.
A lull in the action here.
Kelvin tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palhares working the ground and pound.
A lull in the action here.
Palhares wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kelvin keeps working.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Palhares dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crunch! Palhares slams his shin into Kelvin's torso.
Kelvin just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelvin cracks Palhares with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kelvin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Palhares looks to land a left hand but Kelvin moved out of range nicely.
Kelvin swings for the body but Palhares moves out of range.
Palhares misses with a leg kick
and Kelvin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Palhares misses with a jab to the body
and Palhares takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kelvin looks to score with a jab to the body but Palhares is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelvin throws a shot to the body.
Palhares is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelvin can do to turn this around?
Palhares misses with a hook
and Kelvin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kelvin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kelvin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Palhares - the referee stops the clock and Kelvin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Palhares. Kelvin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Palhares throws a leg kick that misses.
Kelvin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares throws a good cross that connects.
Nice uppercut lands for Palhares. That snapped Kelvin's head back.
A lazy left from Palhares finds it's target.
Palhares throws a quick inside leg kick.
Palhares misses with a body shot.
Luis Palhares is winning the standup battle so far.
Kelvin ducks under a wild hook from Palhares.
Nice body kick there by Palhares.
Kelvin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kelvin tries to clinch but Palhares is having none of it.
Kelvin checks the leg kick.
A low kick from Palhares is predictable there
and Kelvin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palhares misses with a body shot.
Palhares looks to land a right hand but Kelvin moved out of range.
A good leg kick by Palhares.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares lands with a right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palhares.
A low kick lands for Palhares.
Kelvin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A swing and a miss from Palhares.
Kelvin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Palhares misses with a hook. Kelvin ducked under it nicely.
Palhares throws a push kick but Kelvin slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Palhares misses.
Kelvin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Palhares tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelvin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A lazy left from Palhares finds it's target.
Palhares drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kelvin tries to clinch but Palhares moves out of range.
Palhares throwing a counter right hand but Kelvin manages to avoid it.
Kelvin moves forwards but Palhares connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelvin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kelvin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kelvin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Palhares throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kelvin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Palhares with a body shot.
Palhares throws a leg kick but Kelvin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Palhares stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kelvin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big right from Palhares misses.
Kelvin looks to land a right hand but Palhares moved out of range.
Kelvin tries to clinch up.
Palhares lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Palhares connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kelvin's hands.
Kelvin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Palhares.
Kelvin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Palhares throws a hook to the side of Kelvin's head but Kelvin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Palhares lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelvin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kelvin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kelvin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Palhares.
Kelvin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Kelvin is rocked!
Palhares displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kelvin throws out the jab.
Kelvin is still on wobbly legs! Can Palhares finish him?
Kelvin blocks a head kick by Palhares.
A slow jab from Palhares misses its intended target.
Kelvin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palhares throws out the jab.
Kelvin seems to have recovered his senses.
Palhares throws a body kick that misses
and Kelvin counters with a straight right hand.
Kelvin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Palhares.
Kelvin throws out a powerful jab.

Palhares is rocked!
Palhares keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Oh Palhares is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelvin tries to clinch but Palhares is having none of it.
Palhares seems to have got his legs back now.
Palhares listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Palhares misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Kelvin to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Palhares dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Kelvin missing with a left hand there. Palhares was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palhares lands a hook that stumbles Kelvin back into the cage. Palhares follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Kelvin to the canvas! Palhares pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Kelvin has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Luis Palhares!
An out of breath and clearly excited Luis Palhares thanked Conviction for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).