PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Kellly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kellly comes to the cage accompanied by MDC-John Wayne Was A Nazi. Ivey has chosen Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kellly
vs
Ivey

195 cm
27
210 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

188 cm
24
215 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

[CBK] Smashwear Clothing
Asphyxiation Ltd. (CBK)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Kellly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Ivey!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ivey moves out of range as Kellly throws a body kick.
Ivey takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ivey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kellly.
Kellly tries a low kick but Ivey avoids it.
Ivey wants to slow Kellly down by chopping away at his legs.
Ivey lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ivey misses with an uppercut. Kellly saw that one coming.
Ivey misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy body kick from Kellly

and Ivey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ivey lands an uppercut.
Ivey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kellly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Ivey as the two fighters clinch.
Kellly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ivey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ivey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Ivey manages to break the clinch.
Ivey keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Kyle Kellly has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivey takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kellly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kellly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ivey can pounce on him.
Ivey checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kellly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kellly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ivey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kellly counters with a good low kick that Ivey was not able to check.
Ivey looks to land a body kick but Kellly moved away.
Ivey swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kellly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kellly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ivey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kellly's head.
Kellly checks a leg kick.
Kellly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kellly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ivey moves away.
Ivey just misses with a punch to the body.
Ivey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kellly misses with a series of wild punches.
Ivey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ivey connects with a crisp jab.
Ivey connects with a leg kick. Kellly looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kellly. Ivey does a little dance to reset his feet.

Ivey has closed the distance and engaged Kellly in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ivey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kellly breaks the clinch.
Ivey is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kellly.
Ivey is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kellly rather than just go for the knockout.
Ivey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kellly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kellly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ivey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kellly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Kellly.

Ivey takes the fight into the clinch.
Kellly has a couple of punches blocked by Ivey.
Kellly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kellly struggles to land a body shot inside as Ivey controls his hands.
Ivey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kellly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ivey's brow.

Ivey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ivey.
Ivey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kellly ducks under a wild hook from Ivey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellly walks into a jab.
Ivey pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kellly back to the cage. Ivey follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kellly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ivey's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kellly under the eye.
Ivey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kellly manages to avoid it.
Ivey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ivey misses the target.
Ivey doesn't manage to clinch there - Kellly circles away.

Kellly has closed the distance and engaged Ivey in a clinch.

Ivey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kellly misses with an uppercut.
Kellly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kellly blocks a low kick nicely.
Ivey checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kellly misses with an uppercut
and Ivey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ivey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kellly connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivey fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kellly is out of range.
Ivey scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ivey tries to close the distance and clinch but Kellly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body punch from Ivey.
Kellly connects with a body shot that sends Ivey's belly button to the back.
Kellly misses with a jab to the body
and Ivey counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kellly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ivey blocks a head kick by Kellly.
Ivey looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ivey throws a leg kick
and Kellly counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ivey is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ivey blocks a head kick by Kellly.
Kellly throws a head kick but Ivey moves out of range.
Ivey thuds his shin into the meat of Kellly's side.
Kellly is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivey connects with a jab.
No joy there for Kellly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kellly on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kellly avoids the body shot from Ivey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Ivey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Kellly's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ivey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ivey!
Ivey scores with a one two! Kellly had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Kellly is rocked!
Kellly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ivey lands a leg kick that knocks Kellly off balance momentarily.
Kellly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oh Kellly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivey cracks a nice hook into Kellly's ribs.
Ivey scores with a hook to the body. Kellly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kellly seems to have got his legs back now.
Phil Ivey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ivey throws a big shot that misses.
Ivey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ivey lands a slapping body shot.
Ivey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kellly walks into a straight right hand from Ivey.
Ivey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ivey lands a big right hand that sends Kellly crashing to the mat! Ivey stays standing though and waves Kellly back to his feet!
Ivey throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ivey throws an overhand right that drops Kellly like a sack of potatoes! Ivey dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Ivey!