PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paddy OHoulahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charlie Kelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

OHoulahan
vs
Kelly

190 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
24
212 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paddy OHoulahan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charlie Kelly!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly slaps away a takedown attempt from OHoulahan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
OHoulahan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

OHoulahan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
OHoulahan throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Kelly works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Kelly wants to get back to his feet.
Kelly regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from OHoulahan.
Kelly wants to sweep here but OHoulahan controlling him for the moment.
OHoulahan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Kelly pushes OHoulahan off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping OHoulahan at a distance.
OHoulahan is breathing heavily.
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.

Kelly looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for OHoulahan!
OHoulahan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kelly with a couple of short strikes.
Kelly connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kelly breaks from OHoulahan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
OHoulahan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
OHoulahan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kelly landing shots from mount.
Kelly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking to finish OHoulahan with some ground and pound. This is bad for OHoulahan!
Kelly landing punches.
Kelly breaks from OHoulahan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kelly is landing with some decent strikes but OHoulahan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
OHoulahan is looking to improve his position but Kelly isn't that keen on the idea.
Kelly breaks from OHoulahan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kelly working OHoulahan over with strikes here.
Kelly lands a big shot there that rocks OHoulahan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kelly working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kelly lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kelly landing shots from mount.
OHoulahan is looking to improve his position but Kelly isn't that keen on the idea.
Kelly is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly with the ground and pound from mount.
Kelly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kelly dominating with strikes here.
OHoulahan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
OHoulahan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kelly fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kelly cracks OHoulahan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kelly working the ground and pound effectively.
Kelly landing shots from mount.
Kelly pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kelly cracks OHoulahan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OHoulahan can't escape the position.
Kelly with shots to the head and body - OHoulahan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kelly unloading with bombs!
OHoulahan throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
OHoulahan is wriggling around trying to escape.
OHoulahan is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Kelly connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly lands a big shot there that rocks OHoulahan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kelly unloading with bombs!
OHoulahan is desperately trying to improve his position but Kelly has a good base and remains in mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly unloading with bombs!
Kelly unloading with bombs!
Kelly lands with some strikes.
Kelly working OHoulahan over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Kelly dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
OHoulahan is looking to clinch but Kelly is avoiding it.

Kelly shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kelly looking to finish OHoulahan with some ground and pound. This is bad for OHoulahan!
Kelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
OHoulahan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kelly.
OHoulahan is working to get back to half guard.
OHoulahan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as OHoulahan is looking to escape.
Kelly scoring with strikes but OHoulahan is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly working the ground and pound effectively.
Kelly scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly landing strikes from the mount and OHoulahan is in trouble!
Kelly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of OHoulahan's face.
Charlie Kelly has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kelly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of OHoulahan's face.
OHoulahan's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Kelly with good strikes from the mount here!
Kelly lands with some vicious ground and pound - can OHoulahan hang on?
Kelly landing strikes, looking to finish!
OHoulahan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ground and pound from Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OHoulahan regains full guard. Nicely done.
OHoulahan striking off his back but it's not causing Kelly any problems.
OHoulahan has momentary wrist control but Kelly slips an elbow through the middle.
Kelly postures up and lands a big shot to OHoulahan's brow.
OHoulahan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
OHoulahan wants to stand up but Kelly is controlling him.
Kelly postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kelly works over OHoulahan with some ground and pound from guard.
Kelly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kelly lands a couple of digs.
Kelly cracks OHoulahan with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly works over OHoulahan with some ground and pound from guard.
Kelly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as OHoulahan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
OHoulahan wants to sweep but no luck.
Kelly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of OHoulahan's head.
Kelly works a leg free and moves into half guard.
OHoulahan is looking to improve his position.
Kelly is trying to control the action in half guard but OHoulahan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kelly wants to pass the guard but OHoulahan is defending well.
OHoulahan taking some punishment here, with Kelly in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Kelly there.
OHoulahan is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
OHoulahan has hold of Kelly's hands but Kelly slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
OHoulahan wants to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
OHoulahan shoots and misses
and Kelly counters with a one-two to the body.
Charlie Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kelly.
Kelly landing strikes.
OHoulahan taking a bit of punishment here - Kelly scoring with strikes.
OHoulahan is looking to reverse the position.
Kelly cracks OHoulahan with a big elbow.
OHoulahan is looking for a sweep.
Kelly working the body and head with strikes.
Kelly working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

OHoulahan shoots for a double leg takedown but Kelly sprawls well. He's pushed OHoulahan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kelly slips a straight right by OHoulahan.
OHoulahan with a poor takedown

and Kelly counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kelly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kelly won't allow OHoulahan to get back to his feet.
Kelly is working OHoulahan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kelly won't allow OHoulahan to get back to his feet.
Kelly preventing the sweep.
Kelly connects with a couple of short punches.
Kelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kelly scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kelly preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kelly scoring with punches to the head and body.
OHoulahan wants to stand but Kelly is controlling the position.
Kelly is in close to OHoulahan's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OHoulahan can't keep his opponent in guard - Kelly advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
OHoulahan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kelly is nestled in close to OHoulahan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
OHoulahan is looking to improve his position.
OHoulahan misses with some strikes from the bottom.
OHoulahan taking some punishment here, with Kelly in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kelly drops an elbow to the side of OHoulahan's head.
Kelly scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kelly trying to control from half guard but OHoulahan is working away.
OHoulahan wants to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kelly lands a nice short elbow.
OHoulahan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kelly scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kelly drops an elbow to the side of OHoulahan's head.
OHoulahan is trying to get back to full guard.
OHoulahan has hold of Kelly's hands but Kelly slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly controlling the action here.
OHoulahan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kelly.
OHoulahan misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kelly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kelly is nestled in close to OHoulahan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kelly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
OHoulahan is trying to stand back up but Kelly is controlling him
Kelly is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kelly scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kelly tries to pass to full mount but OHoulahan defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kelly is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kelly landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kelly looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kelly prevents OHoulahan from standing back up.
Kelly working over OHoulahan with some ground and pound. OHoulahan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
OHoulahan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kelly working over OHoulahan with some ground and pound. OHoulahan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Charlie Kelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
OHoulahan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Paddy OHoulahan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kelly 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

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