PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Honza Hohol (ranked 2126 p4p, 1309 weight class) and Robert Kelly (ranked 270 p4p, 173 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kelly's choice of entrance music: Rnb (feat. Bandit Gang Marco). Robert Kelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hohol
vs
Kelly

184 cm
23
192
10 - 7 - 0

178 cm
25
200
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 Helsinki, Honza Hohol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hohol tries to clinch but Kelly is having none of it.
Kelly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kelly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kelly circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kelly counters with a nice uppercut.

Kelly tries to keep at a distance but Hohol has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Hohol controls the action.
Kelly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kelly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hohol up against the cage.
Hohol drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kelly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hohol goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kelly prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hohol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hohol wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Honza Hohol. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kelly stalling against the cage.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Hohol controls the action.

Hohol gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hohol missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kelly moves into full guard.
Kelly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've been hearing that Hohol has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Hohol lands a couple of digs.
Hohol loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Kelly working for a triangle but Hohol defends it easily.
Hohol is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hohol missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hohol distracts Kelly with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hohol lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hohol connects with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kelly is looking for a triangle but Hohol pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hohol with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kelly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kelly wants to sweep but no luck.
Hohol is looking to work some ground and pound but Kelly has wrist control.
Hohol loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hohol stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kelly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hohol throwing strikes from guard but Kelly blocks nicely.
Kelly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hohol trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kelly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hohol accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Kelly working for a triangle but Hohol defends it easily.
Hohol throws an elbow that misses. Kelly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hohol's guard. Nice move by Kelly!

Hohol wants to sweep here but Kelly controlling him for the moment.
Hohol is working hard here to advance position.
Hohol bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kelly's guard.

Hohol connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hohol content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hohol lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kelly is trying to keep Hohol in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hohol accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hohol passes Kelly's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kelly slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hohol in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Hohol stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Kelly throws up his legs and catches Hohol in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Hohol tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Kelly! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Robert Kelly!
Our winner, Robert 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.