PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Kelly (ranked 1627 p4p, 988 weight class) and Aonghus Mormaer (ranked 195 p4p, 121 weight class). Kelly comes to the cage accompanied by Rnb (feat. Bandit Gang Marco). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kelly
vs
Mormaer

178 cm
27
200
10 - 7 - 0

190 cm
33
185
20 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Savage Fightwear

Northern Zombie
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Aonghus Mormaer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mormaer scores with a hook.
Mormaer misses with a looping right.
Kelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kelly attempts a counter takedown but Mormaer avoids it well and moves away.
Kelly throws a one two combo.
Mormaer throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.
Kelly throws a right hand that misses
and Mormaer counters with a nice uppercut.
Mormaer looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
Mormaer lands a nice shot that snaps Kelly's head back.
A swing and a miss from Kelly.
Mormaer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mormaer has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mormaer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kelly. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mormaer cracks Kelly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aonghus Mormaer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Kelly misses.
Mormaer slips under a jab.
Mormaer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mormaer lands a really nice looking cross but Kelly seems unphased.
Mormaer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mormaer scores with a jab. Kelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mormaer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelly feinted with a counter takedown.
Mormaer wants to clinch but Kelly slips to the side

and Kelly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mormaer's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Mormaer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mormaer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kelly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Mormaer looking for a guillotine here but Kelly defends easily.
Kelly is looking to work some ground and pound but Mormaer has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mormaer is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kelly defends well.
Kelly lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kelly works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ground and pound from Kelly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly is nestled in close to Mormaer, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kelly scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kelly working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Kelly seems to be working for a kimura but Mormaer defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mormaer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mormaer slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mormaer is keeping the position for now.
Mormaer keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
Kelly looking to sit in guard and control but Mormaer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kelly seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Mormaer wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.

Kelly has an active guard here but Mormaer has managed to pass into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mormaer 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.

Mormaer is trying to work for a kimura but Kelly is defending well.
Mormaer wants to take a breather but Kelly is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aonghus Mormaer will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mormaer scores with a jab. Kelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kelly throws a hook but Mormaer blocks it.
Mormaer scores with a decent looking hook.

Kelly gets the takedown into side control.
Mormaer is trying to control Kelly's posture but Kelly avoids it.
Robert Kelly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kelly is looking to take a break and control but Mormaer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mormaer defending against the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mormaer is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kelly connects with a decent elbow.
Mormaer is trying to get back to half guard.
Mormaer gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mormaer is desperately trying to improve his position but Kelly has a good base and remains in mount.
Mormaer tries to hold on but Kelly pushes him away.
Kelly fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kelly looking to control but Mormaer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kelly controlling his opponent.
Kelly tries to control but Mormaer wriggling away.
Mormaer tries to hold on but Kelly postures up.
Kelly pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mormaer is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly avoids the attempt from Mormaer to control.
Kelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mormaer can do to turn this around?
Kelly with a couple of short strikes.
Kelly avoids the attempt from Mormaer to control.
Kelly landing shots from mount.
Kelly lands a couple of good shots and Mormaer has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Kelly's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Kelly lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Kelly.
Mormaer is in bad spot here.
Mormaer manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kelly's guard. Nice work there by Mormaer.
Mormaer wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Mormaer has gone for a leg lock! Kelly slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mormaer's guard.

Kelly scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kelly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kelly sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mormaer's guard.
Mormaer is looking to improve his position.
Kelly working the head and body with strikes.
Kelly working Mormaer over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kelly is looking for a kimura but Mormaer is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kelly to get the leverage.
Kelly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mormaer is looking to improve his position.

Kelly is looking for a kimura but Mormaer is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kelly to get the leverage.
Kelly is thwarting Mormaer's attempts to control the position.
Mormaer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kelly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kelly's back!

Mormaer is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kelly defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Mormaer controlling well, preventing Kelly from escaping the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly wants to control his opponent's hands but Mormaer gets his hands free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Kelly dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

The crowd cheers as Mormaer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kelly doesn't seem phased though.
Kelly is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Mormaer's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kelly moves forwards but Mormaer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mormaer misses with a straight left.
Kelly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Aonghus Mormaer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A clash of legs there as Kelly blocks the low kick.
Mormaer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mormaer circles away quickly and effectively.
Mormaer looks to throw the jab but Kelly is out of range.
Mormaer throws a front kick aimed at Kelly's knee but Kelly avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kelly feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mormaer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kelly connects with a couple of short punches.
Kelly working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mormaer is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kelly is aware though and is defending well.
Kelly is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mormaer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kelly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mormaer's head.
Kelly landing with the ground and pound.
Mormaer wants to sweep here but Kelly controlling him for the moment.
Kelly is working Mormaer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kelly is in close to Mormaer's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kelly tries to free his leg and advance position but Mormaer is retaining full guard.
Kelly advances to half guard.
Kelly looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mormaer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly drops an elbow to the side of Mormaer's head.
Nice strikes from Kelly there.

Mormaer is rocked!
Mormaer gets full guard.

Mormaer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kelly defends it easily.
Mormaer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kelly's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kelly stands up over Mormaer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mormaer keeping full guard, as Kelly tries to pass.

Kelly stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Mormaer has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Kelly manages to get his head free but now Mormaer has transitioned to an armbar! Kelly grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Mormaer! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aonghus Mormaer!
A relieved looking Aonghus Mormaer thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.