PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ned Kelly (ranked 2773 p4p, 4100 weight class) and Alcide Almunecar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'm a Criminal. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kelly
vs
Almunecar

180 cm
33
180
17 - 11 - 0

185 cm
20
176
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Ned Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alcide Almunecar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almunecar misses with a looping left.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almunecar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kelly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Alcide Almunecar has been cut.
Kelly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Almunecar to score with a decent uppercut.
Kelly slips under a jab from Almunecar.
Almunecar cracks Kelly with a right hand to the side of the head.

Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Almunecar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Almunecar breaks the clinch.

Kelly bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Almunecar! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Almunecar is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly throws a big elbow that misses.
Almunecar is still in real trouble! Can Kelly finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almunecar trying to keep a closed guard but Kelly is proving a slippery customer.
Kelly throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly throwing strikes from guard but Almunecar blocks nicely.
Almunecar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kelly. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kelly throwing strikes from guard but Almunecar blocks nicely.
Almunecar seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelly with a flurry of punches that miss.
Almunecar working a defensive guard here.
Kelly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kelly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Almunecar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kelly.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kelly's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kelly scoring with some ground and pound.
Kelly arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Almunecar's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ned Kelly!
After winning the bout, Ned Kelly thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.