PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tonio Ortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortega's entrance music is Last Caress. A fine choice. Kelly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dayman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ortega
vs
Kelly

169 cm
22
147 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

170 cm
23
147 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tonio Ortega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charlie Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ortega throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ortega counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ortega wants to clinch.
Ortega takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ortega connects with a right hand. Kelly shakes it off.

Kelly moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body.
Kelly lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Ortega controls the action.
Kelly trying to control the position but instead, Ortega has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kelly into the cage.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortega crunches a lovely knee into Kelly's ribcage.
Kelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kelly avoiding damage.
Ortega tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
Ortega tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
Ortega with a knee to the head.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from Ortega.
Ortega tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Kelly just leaning against Ortega, taking a breather.
Kelly works on Ortega's body with a couple of short punches.
Ortega looking to stall.
Kelly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ortega up against the cage.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Ortega is breathing heavily.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortega is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly pushes Ortega back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ortega looking to throw knees to the head but Kelly is blocking nicely.
Ortega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
A short body shot lands from Kelly as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Kelly.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ortega or not.
Kelly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kelly stalling.
Kelly taking a breather.
Good body shot from Kelly.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelly slows down the pace here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ortega tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Kelly lands a body punch.
Kelly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kelly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ortega backwards.
Kelly is struggling to control the position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Kelly.
Kelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ortega tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelly avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly is leaning against Ortega and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kelly lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Kelly as the two fighters clinch.
Kelly's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kelly lands a body punch.
Kelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kelly is stalling here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kelly.

Ortega is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Kelly.
Oh Ortega is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kelly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ortega up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kelly.
Kelly lands a big right hand that drops Ortega! The killer instinct kicks in and Kelly finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Kelly!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Kelly!