PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between rhees jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stewart Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jones comes to the cage accompanied by do it. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kelly's choice of entrance music: Dropkick Murphy's - Shipping Up To Boston. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

jones
vs
Kelly

188 cm
21
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
216 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

GTI-Roid Rage

Vicious Apparel

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, rhees jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Stewart Kelly!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.

Kelly instigates a clinch.
jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kelly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Kelly.
A short uppercut from Kelly.
jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelly won't allow it.
Kelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kelly.
A short body shot lands from Kelly as the two fighters clinch.
jones is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
jones is trying to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling him.
Kelly lands a knee to the head.
jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kelly scores a nice knee to the body.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that jones shrugs off.
Kelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of joness head.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.
Kelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kelly has jones pressed against the cage, preventing jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kelly lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kelly working jones over with knees to the body.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. jones is defending well for now.
Kelly looking to throw knees to the head but jones is blocking nicely.
jones wants a takedown.
Kelly lands with a right to the head.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kelly.
Kelly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
jones is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.
jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that jones shrugs off.
Nice body punch from Kelly.
Kelly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kelly lands a hook that snaps the head of jones backwards.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into jones's ribcage.
Kelly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
jones wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for rhees jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but jones blocks with his arms.
jones can't get the takedown.
Kelly digs a right hand underneath jones's ribcage. jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
jones is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly connects with a knee to the head.
Kelly prevents the takedown attempt.
Kelly landing knees to the body.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
jones has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.

jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kelly rushes jones and presses him up against the cage.
jones changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kelly fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - jones circles away.
Kelly wants to clinch up but jones keeps it at a distance.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kelly tries to clinch up but jones circles away and keeps his distance.
jones connects with a jab.
Kelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
jones keeps the fight on the outside.
jones has a takedown stuffed.
jones throws out a loose jab but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stewart Kelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but jones pushes him off.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
jones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
jones shoots in and drives through. Kelly sprawls well.
jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.

Kelly moves into range and clinches up with jones.
jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kelly pulls him back up using the underhooks.
jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Kelly lands a right hand.
Kelly working jones over with knees to the body.
Kelly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but jones blocks it.
jones goes for a takedown attempt but Kelly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
jones takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.

Kelly has jones up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but jones blocks with his arms.
jones tries to pull guard but Kelly won't allow it.
jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kelly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Kelly.
Kelly lands an elbow that stopped jones in his tracks for a moment.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly lands an elbow just above jones 's eye.
Kelly has jones pressed against the cage, preventing jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
jones wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch on the inside from jones fails to land.
Kelly prevents the takedown attempt.
jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly scores with a shot to the side of jones's head.
jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of jones backwards.
jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
jones tries to score a body lock takedown but Kelly shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kelly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stewart Kelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kelly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Kelly clinches up against the cage.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt jones or not.
jones avoiding damage as Kelly throws knees to the body.
Kelly connects with a knee to the head.
jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Kelly gets an underhook and turns jones into the cage.
Kelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stewart Kelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
jones taking a breather.
Kelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
jones has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kelly.
jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike.
jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly lands a left hand.
jones wants a takedown.
Kelly has jones pressed against the cage, preventing jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.

jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kelly tries to clinch there but jones circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly tries to clinch there but jones circles away.
Kelly wants to clinch up but jones keeps it at a distance.

jones gets the takedown into side control.
jones throws an elbow but Kelly slips to the side and avoids it well.
jones cracks Kelly with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kelly is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but jones has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The strikes coming from jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
jones throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
jones works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
jones landing a few strikes.
jones looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kelly is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
jones trying to control the action but Kelly is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
jones lands a decent elbow from side control.
jones lands an elbow.
jones working the ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones throws an elbow but Kelly slips to the side and avoids it well.

jones tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no jones has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kelly takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
jones throws a strike aimed at the side of Kelly's head but Kelly avoids it well.
Kelly is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kelly prevents jones from improving position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kelly wants to control but jones postures up.
jones 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.
jones throws an elbow but Kelly slips to the side and avoids it well.
jones postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
jones tries to move to mount but Kelly blocks the move with his legs.
jones throws an elbow but Kelly slips to the side and avoids it well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kelly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kelly sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rhees jones dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Kelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - jones circles away.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - jones circles away.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
jones tries to clinch up.

Kelly clinches up with jones and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelly throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
jones wants a takedown but no success here.
jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Kelly prevents jones from breaking the clinch.
Kelly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
jones working hard to break the clinch.
jones is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.
jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and jones avoids it.
jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kellys head.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
Kelly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
jones wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for rhees jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of jones backwards.
Kelly stops a takedown attempt from jones.
Kelly lands with a right to the head.
jones is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.
Kelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
jones has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly scores a nice knee to the body.
jones avoids the elbow strike from Kelly, against the cage.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly stops a takedown attempt from jones.
Kelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kelly lands an elbow just above jones 's eye.
jones is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kelly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly misses with a knee strike.
Kelly is pressed up against the cage. jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kelly down to the mat. Kelly avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kelly putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
jones tries to pull guard but Kelly holds him up against the cage and eventually jones drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards jones's brow.
Kelly gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from jones.
jones blocks an elbow strike from Kelly.
Kelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. jones is defending well for now.
Kelly keeps control of jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelly.
jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Kelly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite jones's efforts to push away.
jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
jones dodges an elbow strike from Kelly.
jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
jones is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A frustrated look appears on jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into jones's ribcage.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but jones blocks it.

jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelly tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.
A nice combination there by jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kelly in his tracks.
jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
jones thuds a left hand into Kelly's body.
Kelly tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but jones pushes him off.
jones looks to land a combination but Kelly avoids it well.
Kelly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
jones lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kelly tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kelly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
jones throwing shots but Kelly is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Stewart Kelly.
I think Kelly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stewart Kelly!