PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Kelso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caleb Reimer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelso's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, That 70's Show Theme Music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Kelso
vs
Reimer

190 cm
19
176 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

154 Degrees in Sydney (154 Quality Stamina)

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Kelso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Caleb Reimer!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelso tries to clinch up but Reimer circles away and keeps his distance.
Reimer connects with a body shot.
A lazy left from Reimer finds it's target.
Kelso uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reimer.
Reimer swinging wilding here.
A combination from Kelso does no damage.
Reimer is looking to land body kicks.
Reimer misses with a looping right.
Kelso moves in looking to clinch but Reimer pushes him off.
Kelso tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kelso drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Reimer throws a head kick but Kelso moves out of range.
Reimer looks to throw the jab but Kelso is out of range.
Kelso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reimer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelso looks to land a combination but Reimer avoids it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reimer.
Reimer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reimer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kelso wants to clinch up but Reimer keeps it at a distance.
Kelso tries to clinch up.
Reimer misses with a double jab

and Kelso counters by clinching up.
Kelso pushes off an throws an elbow but Reimer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reimer breaks the clinch.
Kelso lands a head shot.
Kelso tries to clinch but Reimer moves out of range.
Kelso waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Reimer.
Reimer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reimer swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelso.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kelso thows a body shot but no joy.
Reimer lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Michael Kelso has been cut.
Caleb Reimer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reimer misses with a double jab

and Kelso counters by clinching up.
Kelso is trying to break the clinch but Reimer has him pressed against the cage.
Reimer lands an elbow that stopped Kelso in his tracks for a moment.
Kelso takes an elbow to the temple.
Reimer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Reimer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kelso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reimer has him pressed against the cage.
Kelso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reimer tries to land a knee to the head but Kelso blocks with his arms.
Reimer lands a nice elbow.
Kelso throws a punch but it's blocked by Reimer.
Reimer trying to control the position but instead, Kelso has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reimer into the cage.
Reimer lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelso throws an elbow but misses.
Kelso takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Reimer.
Reimer avoids the elbow strike from Kelso, against the cage.
Reimer lands a damaging elbow.

Reimer manages to break the clinch.
Reimer keeps the fight on the outside.
Kelso tries to clinch but Reimer moves out of range.
Kelso moves in looking to clinch but Reimer pushes him off.
Kelso walks into a straight right hand from Reimer.
Reimer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kelso wants to clinch.
Reimer looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelso is just out of range.
Kelso doesn't manage to clinch there - Reimer circles away.
Kelso tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reimer misses with a body kick.
Kelso is looking to clinch but Reimer is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Kelso misses.
Kelso tries to clinch but Reimer is having none of it.
Reimer dips to his left and cracks Kelso with an uppercut!
Reimer keeps the fight on the outside.
Kelso wants to clinch up but Reimer keeps it at a distance.
Reimer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reimer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kelso.

Reimer has closed the distance and engaged Kelso in a clinch.
Kelso takes an elbow to the temple.
Kelso taking a breather.
Reimer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kelso backwards.
Kelso misses with a punch to the body.
Kelso tries to break free but Reimer pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelso.
Reimer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kelso or not.
Kelso is breathing heavily.
Reimer lands an elbow inside that Kelso shrugs off.
Kelso is looking to break free of the clinch but Reimer has double underhooks.
Kelso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reimer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kelso working aggressively here.
Kelso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reimer blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reimer obliges.
Reimer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Reimer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reimer manages to break the clinch.
Kelso with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reimer to score with a decent uppercut.
Reimer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kelso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reimer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kelso moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body kick from Reimer.

Kelso tries to keep at a distance but Reimer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reimer lands with a light punch inside.
Reimer lands an elbow inside.
Kelso is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Reimer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kelso looks to clinch

and Reimer counters by moving into the clinch.

Reimer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reimer throws a head kick but Kelso moves out of range.
Reimer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kelso tries to clinch
and Reimer counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Reimer.
A head kick misses from Reimer.
Reimer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reimer scores with a jab. Kelso acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reimer lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caleb Reimer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Kelso's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reimer lands with a slapping head kick.
Kelso tries to clinch
and Reimer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reimer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kelso tries to clinch but Reimer moves away
and Reimer counters with a two punch combo.
Reimer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Reimer connects with a high kick.
Reimer looks to land a combination. Kelso sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelso closes the distance but Reimer moves to the side
and Reimer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kelso tries to clinch up.

Kelso rushes Reimer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Reimer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kelso tries to circle away but Reimer has him pinned against the cage.
Reimer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kelso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reimer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelso backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Reimer breaks the clinch.
Kelso closes the distance but Reimer moves to the side
and Reimer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelso thinking.
Kelso wants to clinch but Reimer slips to the side

and Reimer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Reimer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelso pressing his opponent against the cage.

Reimer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelso tries to clinch up but Reimer circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelso tries to clinch up.
Kelso wants to clinch
and Reimer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kelso clinches but Reimer breaks the clinch
and Reimer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kelso tries to clinch up
and Kelso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kelso tries to clinch up but Reimer circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelso wants to clinch
and Reimer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reimer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Reimer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kelso closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reimer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelso tries to clinch up
and Reimer counters with an outside leg kick.
Kelso misses with a double jab.
Reimer throws the kick towards the body but Kelso avoids it.
Kelso tries to clinch up
enabling Reimer to counter with a crisp jab.

Reimer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kelso, pushing him back against the cage.
Reimer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Reimer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelso moves in looking to clinch but Reimer pushes him off.
Kelso closes the distance but Reimer moves to the side

and Reimer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reimer.
Kelso tries a body shot but Reimer blocks it.
Reimer lands an elbow inside that Kelso shrugs off.
Kelso looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reimer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelso is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kelso throws a punch but it's blocked by Reimer.
Kelso takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reimer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kelso's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reimer.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reimer.
Kelso looking to slow down the pace here.

Reimer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reimer tries to bum rush Kelso with a series of wild strikes but Kelso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelso closes the distance but Reimer moves to the side
and Reimer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reimer lands a slapping body shot.
Kelso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reimer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice straight punches there by Reimer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reimer.

Reimer has Kelso up against the cage in a clinch.
Reimer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kelso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Reimer.

Reimer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelso takes one to the side of the head.
Reimer with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reimer.
Reimer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Caleb Reimer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kelso wants to clinch but Reimer slips to the side
and Reimer counters with a straight right hand.
Reimer cracks Kelso with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reimer lands a with a good body shot.
Reimer scores with a shot to the body.
Kelso drops his hands momentarily and Reimer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reimer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kelso if he has to take too many more of those.
A nice combination there by Reimer.

Reimer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kelso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Reimer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Reimer breaks from the clinch.
Reimer misses with a hook.

Kelso moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reimer lands an elbow inside that Kelso shrugs off.
Kelso swings wildly with an uppercut but Reimer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reimer lands a hook that snaps the head of Kelso backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caleb Reimer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Kelso's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kelso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reimer throws a jab when Kelso was well out of range.
Reimer is looking to chop away at Kelso's legs.
Reimer misses with a looping left.
Reimer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reimer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kelso tries to clinch up
and Reimer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kelso is looking to clinch.
Kelso tries to clinch

and Reimer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reimer.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reimer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kelso's brow.
Kelso pushes Reimer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelso swings wildly with an uppercut but Reimer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelso misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reimer digs a right hand into Kelso's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kelso's gas tank.

Reimer manages to break the clinch.
Kelso wants to clinch but Reimer slips to the side
and Kelso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reimer!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reimer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kelso momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reimer scores with a push kick.
Reimer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reimer throws a head kick that misses.
Kelso clinches but Reimer breaks the clinch
and Reimer counters with a nice kick to the body.
Reimer dips to his left and cracks Kelso with an uppercut!
Reimer tests Kelso's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kelso looks to clinch
and Reimer counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kelso is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kelso takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reimer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Reimer moves into the clinch.
Reimer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kelso.

Reimer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelso wants to clinch up but Reimer keeps it at a distance.
Kelso tries to clinch up.
Reimer connects with a nice looking jab.
Kelso wants to clinch but Reimer slips to the side
and Reimer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelso thinking.
Reimer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kelso.
Kelso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reimer swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelso tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reimer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kelso tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reimer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kelso's knee momentarily.
Kelso wants to clinch but Reimer slips to the side
and Reimer counters with a stiff right hand.

Kelso tries to keep at a distance but Reimer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reimer just leaning against Kelso, taking a breather.
Kelso has a couple of punches blocked by Reimer.
Reimer blocks an elbow strike.
Kelso working hard to break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Reimer.
Reimer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kelso throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reimer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kelso's defenses.
Reimer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kelso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Reimer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michael Kelso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kelso tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Reimer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kelso can't break the clinch.
Kelso wants to get back to striking at distance but Reimer won't allow it.
Kelso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelso misses with a short punch on the inside.

Reimer manages to break the clinch.
Kelso is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reimer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reimer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Reimer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelso throws a combination. Reimer tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Reimer closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Reimer on the inside.
Kelso throws a punch but it's blocked by Reimer.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelso.
Kelso swings wildly with an uppercut but Reimer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelso working hard to break the clinch.
Reimer lands an elbow that stopped Kelso in his tracks for a moment.
Reimer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kelso's defenses.
Reimer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kelso taking a breather.

Reimer breaks from the clinch.
Kelso tries to clinch but Reimer moves away
and Reimer counters with an outside leg kick.
Kelso clinches but Reimer breaks the clinch
and Reimer counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reimer cracks Kelso with a good jab.
Jab from Reimer.
Kelso darts in trying to clinch
and Reimer counters with a nice uppercut.
Michael Kelso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reimer.
Kelso lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reimer lands a front kick.
Reimer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kelso is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelso tries to clinch up.
Kelso wants to clinch
and Reimer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kelso will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Reimer closes the distance and clinches.
Reimer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kelso's defenses.
Caleb Reimer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A short left from Reimer.
Reimer presses Kelso against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caleb Reimer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reimer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 26:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caleb Reimer!