PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Paakkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kelly might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jedi Mind Tricks / Retaliation . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kelly
vs
Paakkari

179 cm
21
162 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
167 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Kelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Paakkari!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paakkari is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Paakkari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paakkari misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd cheers as Paakkari lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kelly doesn't seem phased though.
Paakkari tries a low kick but Kelly avoids it.
Paakkari moves out of range of the body kick.
Paakkari moves out of range of the strikes.
Paakkari throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Paakkari tries to close the distance and clinch but Kelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kelly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Paakkari rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kelly counters with a good low kick that Paakkari was not able to check.
Kelly cracks the inside of Paakkari's front leg.
Kelly scoring well with a low kick there.
Paakkari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kelly.
Kelly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Paakkari checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice uppercut lands for Paakkari. That snapped Kelly's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paakkari throws a hook but Kelly avoids it easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kelly.
Paakkari tries to clinch but Kelly moves away
and Kelly counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kelly ducks right into an uppercut from Paakkari.
Kelly misses with the combination.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
Kelly is looking to score with low kicks.
Paakkari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
Kelly throws a shot to the body.
Paakkari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Paakkari misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Paakkari.
Kelly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Paakkari.
Kelly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paakkari checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a wild body kick that Paakkari sees coming a mile off.
A slow jab from Paakkari misses its intended target.
Kelly plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paakkari.
Paakkari takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly lands with a right hand.
Paakkari is looking to clinch but Kelly is avoiding it.
A good leg kick by Kelly.
Kelly misses with a kick to the body.
Paakkari steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kelly. That one must have hurt.
Paakkari throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
Paakkari misses with a straight right.
Kelly connects with an inside leg kick.
Kelly avoids the body shot from Paakkari.
Kelly scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paakkari moves away.
Kelly delivers a nice body kick.
Kelly moves out of range as Paakkari throws a body kick.
A left lands for Paakkari.
Paakkari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Paakkari throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Paakkari misses the shot to the body.
Kelly throws a low kick, looking for Paakkari's leg but Paakkari calmly moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Paakkari blocks the leg kick.
Kelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paakkari.
Kelly throws a leg kick but Paakkari checks it.
Kelly throws a head kick that Paakkari semi-blocks.
Kelly throws a leg kick
and Paakkari counters with a leg kick.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paakkari.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paakkari takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paakkari misses with a wild combination.
Kelly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kelly misses with a leg kick.
Kelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paakkari fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Paakkari throws a big shot that misses.
Paakkari on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Paakkari wants to clinch.
Paakkari thumps Kelly with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paakkari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kelly. That's going to slow Paakkari down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Kelly dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Paakkari throws a right hand that misses
and Kelly counters with a good low kick that Paakkari was not able to check.
A nice inside leg kick there by Paakkari. That's going to slow Kelly down.
Paakkari throws a body punch but Kelly moves out of range.
Paakkari's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Paakkari looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kelly.
Kelly throws a leg kick but Paakkari checks it.
Paakkari scores with a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Kelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Paakkari's sensitive parts.
Paakkari on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kelly throws the left hand but Paakkari avoids the punch easily.
Paakkari takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Paakkari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kelly connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
Paakkari moves out of range of the body kick from Kelly.
Kelly connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body. Paakkari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Paakkari clobbers Kelly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kelly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A head kick misses from Kelly.
Paakkari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paakkari checks a leg kick.
Paakkari doesn't manage to clinch there - Kelly circles away.
Kelly tries to score with a low kick but Paakkari moves his leg out of the way.
Kelly throws a head kick that misses
and Paakkari counters with a straight right hand.
Paakkari misses with a looping right.
Paakkari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
A nice inside leg kick there by Paakkari. That's going to slow Kelly down.
Kelly thows a leg kick but Paakkari checks it
and Paakkari counters with a right hand to the body.
Kelly tries to work over Paakkari's front leg with a kick but Paakkari checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paakkari looks to throw the jab but Kelly is out of range.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Paakkari.
Kelly keeps Paakkari at a distance using the push kick.
Paakkari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paakkari looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paakkari takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut there from Kelly.
Paakkari lands a two punch combo.
Kelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Paakkari.
Kelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kelly misses with a leg kick.
Kelly takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Paakkari misses with a two punch combination.
Kelly lands a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Paakkari misses.
Kelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Kelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kelly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kelly scores with a hook.
Paakkari misses with a looping left.
Kelly looks to land a body kick but Paakkari moved away.
Good leg kick by Kelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Paakkari misses with a few strikes there.
Kelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly jabs at Paakkari's body.
George Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Paakkari fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Paakkari.
Kelly connects with a leg kick. Paakkari looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly cracks Paakkari with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kelly is looking to wear down Paakkari with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakkari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A combination from Paakkari does no damage.
Paakkari is breathing heavily.
Paakkari wants to slow Kelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Kelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Kelly connects with a leg kick. Paakkari looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kelly. That's going to slow Paakkari down.
The fighters circling - Paakkari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kelly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Paakkari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kelly.
A jab from Paakkari misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Kelly dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kelly misses with a low kick as Paakkari jumps back.
Kelly scores with a kick to the body.
Kelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Paakkari. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paakkari.
Kelly connects with a solid leg kick.
Paakkari takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kelly lands a leg kick that knocks Paakkari off balance momentarily.
Paakkari tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paakkari checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Paakkari thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Paakkari's sensitive parts.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body. Paakkari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Paakkari has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kelly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping leg kick lands for Kelly.
Paakkari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Paakkari moves out of range as Kelly strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly feints and then cracks Paakkari's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Paakkari down.
Paakkari throws a head kick that misses
and Kelly counters with a big head kick but Paakkari shrugs it off.
Paakkari throws a hook to the side of Kelly's head but Kelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paakkari avoids the head kick by Kelly.
Paakkari steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kelly. That one must have hurt.
Kelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Paakkari moves out of range of the body kick from Kelly.
Kelly connects with a leg kick. Paakkari looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Paakkari tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kelly, right into the meat.
Kelly misses with a leg kick.
Paakkari throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Paakkari moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kelly throws a solid leg kick but Paakkari takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paakkari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Paakkari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kelly can pounce on him.
Kelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kelly lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Paakkari throws a body kick that misses.
Kelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kelly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kelly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A head kick from Kelly lands but Paakkari takes it in his stride.
Kelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paakkari.
Kelly throws a leg kick but Paakkari sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kelly scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paakkari swings widly with a right hand
and Kelly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Paakkari's knee momentarily.
Kelly throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Paakkari throws out the jab.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
Kelly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Paakkari is looking to clinch.
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paakkari takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kelly slips a jab from Paakkari.
Paakkari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
Kelly is looking to slow Paakkari down with leg kicks.
Kelly slips a jab from Paakkari.
Kelly connects with the punch.
Paakkari takes a kick to the side of the head.

Paakkari is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Paakkari's calf.
Paakkari is still on wobbly legs! Can Kelly finish him?
Kelly throws an overhand right that drops Paakkari like a sack of potatoes! Kelly dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Kelly!
George Kelly retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, George Kelly, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.