PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cement Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Richards
vs
Kelly

192 cm
23
255 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

187 cm
22
285 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ben Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cement Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Richards rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kelly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kelly sizes up Richards with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Richards misses with a double jab.
Richards tries to clinch but Kelly is having none of it.
Richards misses with the combination.
Kelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Kelly shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kelly looking to control but Richards is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kelly throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kelly wants to control the pace but Richards is squirming around nicely.
Kelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards wants to control but Kelly is having none of it.
Kelly throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Richards because Kelly loaded up on that one.
Kelly scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking to finish with strikes here!
Richards knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kelly on the ground.
Kelly unloads with some shots from mount but Richards bucks and avoids them well.
Kelly controlling from the full mount.
Kelly thowing shots but they're missing.
Richards on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Richards tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richards is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four 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.
Kelly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Richards is looking to escape.
Kelly controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kelly trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cement Kelly dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kelly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Richards as he avoids it easily.
Richards tries to bum rush Kelly with a series of wild strikes but Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Richards decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kelly's guard.

Kelly working for submissions but it's allowed Richards to get to half guard.
Well, if Richards is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Kelly tries to get to full guard but Richards has control of the leg.

Kelly manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Richards looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Richards lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Cement Kelly has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kelly.

Kelly scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Richards struggling a bit here.
Kelly controls the position from side control.
Kelly looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Richards is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly working the strikes but Richards uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Richards wants to improve his position but Kelly is controlling well.
Kelly throwing shots but Richards is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kelly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Richards won't allow Kelly to pass to mount.
Kelly trying to control the pace.

That's four 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.
Richards is looking to control Kelly's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Richards avoid being mounted?
Kelly controlling the action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Richards misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Richards dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cement Kelly's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.

Richards tries to keep at a distance but Kelly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Richards is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Richards fails to land.

Kelly has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Richards clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Kelly controlling from the back.
Kelly misses with an elbow to the head.
Kelly somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly gets his hands free as Richards looks to control.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Kelly.
Richards is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Kelly 's hooks.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Kelly tries to control but Richards wriggling away.
Richards wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking to ground and pound but Richards is blocking nicely.
Richards is in all sorts of trouble here.
Richards wants to control but Kelly is having none of it.
Kelly thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kelly controlling his opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kelly cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kelly sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kelly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Richards is trying to escape the mount.
Kelly is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cement 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 26:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:29

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