PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hughes
vs
Kelly

180 cm
28
165 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

181 cm
44
168 lbs
23 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Van Kelly!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kelly closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kelly lands in his opponent's guard.
Kelly distracts Hughes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hughes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kelly throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kelly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kelly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Hughes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kelly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kelly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hughes seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Hughes looking for a guillotine here but Kelly defends easily.
Kelly preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hughes had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kelly defends it easily.
Kelly keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hughes's head.
Kelly stopping the sweep attempt from Hughes.
Kelly postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kelly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Kelly drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kelly jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kelly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hughes's head.

Hughes is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kelly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kelly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kelly preventing the sweep.
Kelly tries to free his leg and advance position but Hughes is retaining full guard.
Hughes looking for a sweep. Not yet Hughes, not yet.

Hughes is looking for a triangle but Kelly pushes his legs off easily.

Kelly got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hughes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kelly has managed to get both his arms back between Hughes's legs - danger averted.

Hughes is looking for a triangle but Kelly pushes his legs off easily.
Kelly lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly landing some decent shots from guard.
Hughes is trying to keep Kelly in close.
Hughes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kelly's guard.

Kelly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hughes controls the pace.
Kelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kelly working for a triangle but Hughes defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kelly working for a triangle but Hughes defends it easily.

Kelly working for submissions but it's allowed Hughes to get to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kelly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hughes is looking to take a break and control but Kelly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Kelly is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Hughes is tapping! Great win for Kelly!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Van Kelly!
Van Kelly thanked the fans post fight for their support.