PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buvaisar Saitiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Kell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saitiev comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter Rolling stones. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Saitiev
vs
Kell

155 cm
24
184 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
178 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Buvaisar Saitiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Kell!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saitiev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kell as he avoids it easily.
Kell lands a jab-cross combination.
Kell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kell!
No joy there for Kell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Saitiev shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Saitiev was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saitiev cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saitiev thowing shots but they're missing.
Saitiev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kell'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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Saitiev there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Saitiev looking to finish with strikes here!
Kell avoids a series of strikes thrown by Saitiev.
Kell blocking the ground and pound.
Kell avoids a series of strikes thrown by Saitiev.
Saitiev tries to control but Kell wriggling away.
Kell holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Saitiev tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kell is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Saitiev is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kell can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Saitiev landing strikes from the mount and Kell is in trouble!
Saitiev landing strikes, looking to finish!
Saitiev trying to control but Kell is having none of it.
Saitiev looking to finish Kell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kell!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saitiev putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Saitiev thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Saitiev trying to control but Kell is having none of it.
Saitiev controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saitiev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kell is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Saitiev trying to control but Kell is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saitiev landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buvaisar Saitiev 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.

Saitiev shoots in but Kell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Saitiev shoots in but Kell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Saitiev shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kell sprawls well. Kell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Saitiev gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buvaisar Saitiev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Saitiev.
Saitiev is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kell sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kell lands a two punch combo.
Buvaisar Saitiev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saitiev shoots for a double leg takedown but Kell sprawls well. He's pushed Saitiev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Saitiev on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kell rushes Saitiev with punches - Saitiev moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Saitiev goes down! Kell follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Kell!