PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Faint. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kelly
vs
Villa

185 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
215 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Crippler's Corner

154 RECOVERY-UCF NUTRITION
Nemesis Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Kelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Villa!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Villa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Kelly scores a takedown into full mount!
Kelly looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kelly tries to control but Villa wriggling away.
Kelly thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Villa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Villa is trying to stand.
Villa is looking to get to half guard.
Villa is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly landing punches.
Kelly avoids the attempt from Villa to control.
Villa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kelly wants to control the pace but Villa is squirming around nicely.
Kelly looking to ground and pound but Villa is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kelly content just to control the position here.
Kelly punching from mount but Villa doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kelly lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Villa hang on?
Kelly landing strikes, looking to finish!
BOOM! Kelly connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Villa is trying to escape the mount.
Villa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kelly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a head shot.
Kelly working Villa over with strikes here.
Villa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kelly fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Villa wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Villa is squirming around, avoiding Kelly's attempts to control the action.
Villa is in a horrible position here. Kelly smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Villa wants to control but Kelly is having none of it.
Kelly lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly trying to control but Villa is having none of it.
Villa is bucking up trying to escape but Kelly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kelly with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly controlling his opponent.
Villa is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Kelly dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Villa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kelly tries to clinch there but Villa circles away.
Villa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Villa tries to bum rush Kelly with a series of wild strikes but Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Villa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
Kelly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kelly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Villa swivels and escapes.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Villa, right into the meat.
Villa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly takes a swing at Villa's ribcage but misses.
Villa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kelly.
A jab from Villa misses.
A head kick from Villa lands but Kelly takes it in his stride.
No luck for Kelly with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kelly.
Kelly's corner calls for a 1-2. Kelly obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kelly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Villa circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Kelly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Villa thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly lands a jab-cross combination.
Lee Villa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Villa avoids them all with ease.
Kelly shoots in but no luck this time.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly lands a with a good body shot.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Villa.
Villa wants to land a leg kick but Kelly is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa throws a big shot that misses.
Kelly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Villa counters with a stiff right hand.
Good leg kick by Villa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Villa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Villa lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Villa is looking to slow Kelly down with leg kicks.
Villa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Villa scores with a leg kick.

Villa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Villa effectively controlling the action here.

Villa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Villa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kelly avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Villa catches Kelly right on the button with a cross.
Villa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Villa.
A good leg kick by Villa.
Villa lands a with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villa throws a body punch but Kelly moves out of range.
Villa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kelly takes a step back to recover.
Villa connects with a solid leg kick.
Villa misses with a low kick as Kelly jumps back.
Villa throws a front kick aimed at Kelly's knee but Kelly avoids it well.
Kelly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Villa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelly moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Villa - that will leave a mark!
Villa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Villa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kelly is looking to wear down Villa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kelly slips a jab from Villa.
Villa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kelly's hands.
Villa scores with a hook.
Lee Villa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Villa scores with a sloppy right hand. Kelly should have avoided that one.
Kelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Villa.
Kelly tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Villa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Villa takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Kelly blocks a head kick by Villa.
Ken Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villa defending well as Kelly loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Villa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Villa lands a right hook to the body.
Kelly walks into a left hand.
Kelly tries to clinch
and Villa counters with a nice body kick.
Villa takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Villa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A jab lands there for Villa.

Kelly is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villa throws an uppercut from hell that sends Kelly clean off his feet! He's out cold! Villa stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lee Villa! Lee Villa retains his light heavyweight title!