PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kris Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes to the cage accompanied by Five Finger Death Punch -The Way of the Fist. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kelly
vs
Silva

200 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kris Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice sprawl there from Kelly as Silva shoots in.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kelly's waist but Kelly gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Kris Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
Kelly stuffs the takedown.

Kelly closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Kelly happy to just control the position for now.
Silva tries to bench press Kelly off him but Kelly keeps the position.
Kelly looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kelly smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva trying to remain calm as Kelly controls from the top position.
Kelly wants to stand but Silva is controlling his arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kelly working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kelly is staying tight to Silva's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Kelly tries to stand but Silva is controlling his head.

That's two 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.
Silva is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kelly off and has taken his back!
Silva trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Silva keeps control of the position as Kelly tries to break free.
Kelly has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Kelly trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Silva trying to control momentarily.
Kelly looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva not allowing Kelly to control his hands.
Silva keeps control of the position as Kelly tries to break free.
Kelly controlling his opponent's hands, preventing the submission attempt.
Silva gets his hands free as Kelly looks to control.
Kelly breaks Silva's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Kelly wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva tries for a takedown but Kelly circles away easily

and Kelly counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kelly controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silva wants to improve his position but Kelly is controlling well.
Kelly controlling the pace.
Silva trying to control here.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Kelly is very close to passing his half guard.
Kelly takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Kelly looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kris Kelly dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kelly clinches.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Kelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kelly throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva with a poor takedown

and Kelly counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Kelly scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Kelly postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kelly controlling from the top position.
Kelly tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kelly stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Kelly forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva tries to pull guard but Kelly won't allow it.

Kelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kris Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Kelly counters by moving into the clinch.
Kris Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kelly just stands there and leans against the cage.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kelly gets a clinch.

Kelly manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Kelly looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Kelly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stops Kelly from standing up.
Kelly looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Kelly pushes Silva off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Kelly pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Kelly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kelly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kelly decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kelly fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Kelly persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kelly controlling the action here.
Kelly scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kelly looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kelly wants to stand but Silva has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Kelly has control of the leg.
Kelly will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kelly seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Kelly decides to return to a standing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to clinch up.

Kelly shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kris Kelly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kelly postures up.
Kelly not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Kelly stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva moves out of range as Kelly throws a body kick.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kelly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Silva fails to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Kelly - that landed with a thud.
Silva being controlled against the cage.

Kelly breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A nice combination there by Kelly.

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.

Kelly closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kelly.
Silva with a poor takedown

and Kelly counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Kelly sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.

Kelly decides to stand and escape the position.
Silva with a poor takedown

so Kelly counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kelly controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kelly stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kelly wanted to stand there but Silva had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to keep Kelly in close.
Kelly looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kelly postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.

Kelly is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice body kick there by Kelly.
Kelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a head kick.
Kelly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kelly scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelly digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kelly is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Kelly breaks from the clinch.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Kelly rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kelly has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva misses with a takedown

and Kelly counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Kris Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kelly controlling from mount.
Silva wants to control but Kelly is having none of it.
Kelly lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kelly has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Kelly looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Kelly is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Silva tries to hold on but Kelly postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kris Kelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kelly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25

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