PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Floro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stewart Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floro comes to the cage accompanied by Bang - Gorky Park. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Floro
vs
Kelly

193 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruno Floro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stewart Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Floro looks to land a combination but Kelly avoids it well.
Kelly tries for a takedown but Floro sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kelly.
Floro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Some wild striking there from Floro.
Floro drops Kelly with a nice combination! Floro dives into Kelly's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Stewart Kelly has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly looking for a sweep. Not yet Kelly, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Floro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Kelly working for a triangle but Floro defends it easily.

Kelly looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Floro has picked Kelly up and slammed him! Kelly can't keep hold of the triangle and Floro manages to pass to side control!
Floro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kelly can't do much from the bottom here.
Floro working the ground and pound but Kelly is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Floro will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Floro scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kelly to see if he's OK.
Kelly defending against the ground and pound.
Kelly tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Floro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Kelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Floro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bruno Floro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stewart Kelly.
Kelly looks gassed!
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Floro.
Kelly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Floro managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
With the fighters up against the cage, Floro throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Floro.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.

Floro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Floro is looking to land body kicks.
Kelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Floro.
Floro throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.

Kelly has closed the distance and engaged Floro in a clinch.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly lands an elbow just above Floro 's eye.
Floro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Floro managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
Floro avoiding damage as Kelly throws knees to the body.
Floro prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short uppercut from Kelly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Floro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.

Floro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Floro throws a right hand that Kelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Kelly also avoids with ease.
Floro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Floro tries to bum rush Kelly with a series of wild strikes but Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Floro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Floro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Floro avoids them all with ease.

Kelly clinches up with Floro and pushes him back against the cage.
Kelly lands a shot to the body.
The referee calls for Kelly to work.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Floro.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that Floro shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Floro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelly.
Floro looking to slow down the pace here.
Kelly with a knee to the head.
Kelly jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Floro walks away with a smile on his face. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Floro wants to clinch
and Kelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Floro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kelly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kelly.
Kelly tries to pull guard but Floro won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but Floro blocks with his arms.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
Floro blocks an elbow strike.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Floro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stewart Kelly's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Floro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Kelly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kelly.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Floro is keeping the position for now.
Floro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kelly passes into half guard.
Kelly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Floro punching from the bottom.
Floro blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kelly.
Kelly lands strikes from half guard.

Kelly looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Kelly lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly trying to control the action but Floro is working from the bottom.
Floro looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kelly wants to control but Floro is keeping him busy.
Floro misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kelly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Floro flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Floro as he jumps to the side.
Kelly dodges the punch combination from Floro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Floro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kelly rushes Floro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Floro avoids the damage to the body.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but Floro blocks it.
Floro avoiding damage as Kelly throws knees to the body.
Kelly is leaning against Floro and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Floro avoids the elbow strike from Kelly, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Floro.
Floro has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly misses with a knee strike.
Floro is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Kelly landing knees to the head.
Kelly looking for a takedown.
Kelly keeps control of Floro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floro throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Floro avoids the damage to the body.
Floro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Floro stops a takedown attempt from Kelly.
Bruno Floro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stewart Kelly.
Floro is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Floro avoids the damage to the body.
Floro has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.

Kelly decides to pull guard.
Floro throws a big right hand that misses.
Floro throwing strikes from guard but Kelly blocks nicely.
Floro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kelly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Kelly isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Floro stacks Kelly on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Floro!
Floro sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kelly is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kelly defending against the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kelly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Floro tries to clinch but Kelly moves away

and Kelly counters with a takedown into side control.
Floro manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Floro wants to stand up but Kelly has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Floro throws a strike but Kelly avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Kelly pushes a forearm under Floro's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Floro is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stewart Kelly!