PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between shinshi uno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and andrew okelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). uno comes to the cage accompanied by Aqui a tristeza pula de alegria. andrew okelly will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

uno
vs
okelly

174 cm
24
167 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

200 cm
19
175 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, shinshi uno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, andrew okelly!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
okelly shoots in but uno avoids the takedown attempt easily.
uno looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
okelly wants to clinch.

okelly closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. uno did well to prevent okelly getting side control.
uno is not content to let okelly control the position.
okelly working the head and body with strikes.
okelly is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for uno!
okelly moves to the back position.

okelly looking for the choke but no joy.
uno manages to reverse the position and now he's in okelly's guard. Nice work there by uno.

okelly throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

okelly looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
okelly doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

uno avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
uno postures up in okelly's guard and throws a big left but okelly blocks it.
okelly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
uno throwing strikes from guard but okelly blocks nicely.
okelly is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
okelly keeping full guard, as uno tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
uno landing with the ground and pound.
okelly looking for a sweep. Not yet okelly, not yet.
okelly trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
uno working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

uno closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
uno lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
okelly regains full guard. Nicely done.
okelly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

okelly is looking for a triangle here but uno uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
okelly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from uno are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
okelly regains half guard.
uno missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
okelly punching from the bottom.
okelly wants to get back to full guard.
okelly is looking to control uno's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can okelly avoid being mounted?
okelly trying to get back to full guard but uno takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
okelly is looking to get to half guard.
okelly tries to hold on but uno pushes him away.

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.
uno looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
okelly holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as uno tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
okelly wants to hold on but uno pushes him away.
uno is landing with some decent strikes but okelly is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
okelly manages to regain half guard. Good work.
okelly regains full guard. Nicely done.
okelly trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
uno lands a couple of decent looking shots.
uno stands and throws okelly's legs to the side, diving into side control.
okelly is looking to regain half guard here but uno keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

andrew okelly dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

okelly is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in uno's half guard.
okelly lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
okelly is keen to just control but uno is a slippery customer.
uno wants to get back to full guard but okelly has passed into side control.
A nice elbow there by okelly.
okelly fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
uno is bucking up trying to escape but okelly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
uno is desperately trying to improve his position but okelly has a good base and remains in mount.

okelly is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, uno has managed to escape the submission attempt.
uno flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
uno is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, okelly cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
uno is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

okelly looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
uno is bucking up trying to escape but okelly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
uno flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
uno is looking to get to half guard.

okelly looking to secure an arm triangle but uno defends it well.
uno takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
uno is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
okelly looking to control but uno is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

okelly is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But uno has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from uno!
andrew okelly has got the better of the ground game so far.
uno slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
okelly wants to control but uno is keeping busy and won't allow it.
uno looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks okelly with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
uno not landing any meaningful shots this time.

okelly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

uno seems to be working for a kimura but okelly defends the submission attempt.
uno missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
uno not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
okelly tries to roll over but uno keeps him under control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
okelly misses with a takedown

and uno counters with a takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
uno passes to full mount! That's big trouble for okelly!
uno scoring with strikes but okelly is staying in there.
okelly tries to reverse the position but uno maintains control.
okelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
uno putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
uno is landing with some decent strikes but okelly is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
uno dominating with strikes here.
okelly blocking the ground and pound.
okelly tries to hold on but uno pushes him away.

uno looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
okelly wants to control but uno is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

shinshi uno dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

uno bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
okelly tries to bench press uno off him but uno keeps the position.
okelly wants to control but uno postures up.
okelly tries to improve position but can't.
okelly managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by uno.
okelly can't do much from the bottom here.

uno in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... okelly is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). shinshi uno!