PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristian Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Senses Fail - Bonecrusher kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Richards
vs
Kelly

196 cm
24
272 lbs
11 - 11 - 1

195 cm
23
285 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Rex Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kristian Kelly!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
Kelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Richards blocks a jab.
Richards takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Richards sprawls well. Richards wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet.
Richards tries a head kick but it misses.
Kelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Richards looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
Richards finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kelly misses the jab.
Kelly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a body shot.
Richards swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelly lands with an overhand left.
Rex Richards is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Richards swinging wildly here.
A swing and a miss from Richards.
Richards misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Richards.
A jab from Kelly misses.
Kelly misses the jab.
Richards throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.

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.
Richards waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
An inside leg kick lands from Richards.
Richards scores with a hook.
Kelly moves away from the strike by Richards.
Kelly thows a left - swing and a miss!

Kelly shoots in and bounces Richards off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Richards throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richards wants to sweep here but Kelly controlling him for the moment.

Kelly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Richards had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kelly defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly trying to control but Richards is working from the bottom.

Richards has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kelly can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kelly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Richards is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kelly is aware though and is defending well.
Kelly works over Richards with some ground and pound from guard.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.
Kelly postures up in Richards's guard and throws a big left but Richards blocks it.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kelly's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Kelly thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Richards throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kelly looking to pass the guard.

Richards is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kelly defends well.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Richards preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Kelly got a little sloppy there for a moment and Richards has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kelly has managed to get both his arms back between Richards's legs - danger averted.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Richards is keeping the position for now.
Kelly advances to half guard.

Richards looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Richards works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristian Kelly dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Richards misses with a leg kick.
Kelly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Richards misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richards needs to keep his hands up - Kelly had a free shot at his head there.
Richards steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Richards thows a left - swing and a miss!
Richards misses with a low kick.
A punch combination from Richards misses.
Richards scores with a shot to the body.
Kelly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Richards counters with a nice uppercut.
Richards throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Richards throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Richards scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Richards uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Richards works Kelly's body with a nice hook.
Kelly misses with a body shot
enabling Richards to counter with a crisp jab.
Richards swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Richards scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Richards misses with a leg kick.
Kelly slips a jab and a cross from Richards.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Richards throws a hook to the side of Kelly's head but Kelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards's corner calls for a 1-2. Richards obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kelly slips under a jab.
Kelly throws a lazy right hand but Richards sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Richards thuds his shin into the meat of Kelly's side.
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Richards cracks Kelly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards throws a hook but Kelly avoids it easily.
Kelly shoots in but Richards avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Richards dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Richards throws a series of punches but Kelly moves out of range.
Richards avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richards lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Richards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Richards misses with a low kick.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Richards.
Richards turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rex Richards is winning the standup battle so far.
Richards smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Richards lands a lovely overhand right.
Richards throws a leg kick but Kelly sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Richards ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Richards, right into the meat.
Kelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Richards throws out the jab.
Richards turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richards. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richards lands a jab to the nose.
Richards cracks Kelly with an open hand slap.
Richards tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Richards.
Richards misses with a low kick as Kelly jumps back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Richards. Richards obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rex Richards 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!

Richards throws a jab when Kelly was well out of range.
Kelly slips a straight right by Richards.
Kelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Richards.
Richards swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Richards throws a body punch but Kelly moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Richards lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Richards misses with a leg kick.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Richards moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards missing with a left hand there. Kelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rex Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richards misses with an uppercut.
Richards takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Richards moves away from the strike by Kelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Richards.
Richards misses with a body punch

and Kelly counters with a nice double leg into side control. Richards won't be happy with that.
Richards is looking for a sweep.

Kelly is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Richards knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Richards is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kelly tries to advance to mount but Richards denies him.
Kelly has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Richards!

Kelly working for a guillotine from mount but Richards is in no mood to give up.
Kelly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Richards is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards is working hard here to advance position.

Kelly looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Richards takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Kelly is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Richards to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Richards shrugs it off.
Richards is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Richards gets back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards is trying desperately to improve position.
Richards wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Kelly lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Richards working to try and regain half guard.
Kelly looking to control but Richards is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Kelly working for a submission but Richards is keeping him at bay.
Richards is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kelly wants to control the pace but Richards is squirming around nicely.
Kelly is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Richards can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards is in all sorts of trouble here.

Richards is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Kelly locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Richards is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kristian Kelly!