PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Huston Rustow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kellly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kellly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: MDC-John Wayne Was A Nazi. Huston Rustow could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kyle Kellly's chin.

Rustow
vs
Kellly

190 cm
26
215 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

195 cm
29
210 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Huston Rustow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kyle Kellly!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rustow attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rustow with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kellly to score with a decent uppercut.
Rustow throws out a leg kick but Kellly moves out of range and Rustow only half commits.
Rustow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kellly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rustow gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A lazy left from Kellly finds it's target.

It looks like Huston Rustow has been cut.
Kellly slips under a jab.
Rustow tries to clinch but Kellly is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Rustow misses.
Rustow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kellly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Kellly as he connects with a hook.
Rustow misses the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Rustow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kellly throws a body kick that misses.
Rustow lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Kyle Kellly has been cut.
Kellly looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kellly misses with a looping right.
Kellly scores with the left hand. Rustow knows he should have avoided that one.
Rustow misses with a hook. Kellly ducked under it nicely.
Kellly circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kellly makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rustow really felt that one!
Kellly scores with a push kick.
Rustow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kellly was well out of range. Poor timing from Rustow.
Kellly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kellly throws out a leg kick but Rustow moves out of range and Kellly only half commits.
Rustow throws a jab but it's blocked by Kellly.
Rustow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kellly. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kellly throws a leg kick but Rustow checks it.
Rustow throws out a leg kick but Kellly moves out of range and Rustow only half commits.
Rustow wants to clinch
and Kellly counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kellly, right into the meat.
Nice cross by Kellly.
Kellly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rustow is breathing heavily.

Kellly closes the distance and pushes Rustow back into the cage.
Rustow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kellly tries to circle away but Rustow has him pinned against the cage.
Kellly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rustow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rustow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kellly up against the cage.

Kellly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rustow tries to clinch but Kellly moves out of range.
Kellly cracks the inside of Rustow's front leg.
Kellly tries a head kick but it misses.
Huston Rustow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kellly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rustow.
Kellly throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rustow tries to bum rush Kellly with a series of wild strikes but Kellly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kellly throws a one two combo.
Kellly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kellly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rustow misses with an uppercut. Kellly saw that one coming.
Kellly tests Rustow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kellly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kellly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kellly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kellly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rustow.
Rustow throws a shot from downtown. Kellly moves away and avoids it.
Rustow takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kellly. Rustow does a little dance to reset his feet.

Rustow clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rustow misses with the head strike.
Rustow tries to throw a body punch but Kellly avoids it by throwing Rustow back against the cage.
Rustow keeps control of Kellly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kellly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rustow throws a hook but Kellly blocks it.
Kellly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rustow.
Rustow moves to clinch but Kellly breaks away
and Kellly counters with a right hand to the body.
Kellly throws a leg kick which misses Rustow's front leg but catches the back leg as Rustow tries to avoid it.
Rustow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kellly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rustow pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kellly is out of range and Rustow settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rustow gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kellly.
Kellly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rustow had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Rustow rushes Kellly and presses him up against the cage.
Rustow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kellly backwards.
Kellly misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Kellly dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rustow checks the leg kick.
Kellly takes a swing at Rustow's ribcage but misses.
Kellly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kellly.
Kellly misses with a low kick.
Rustow takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rustow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rustow. That's going to slow Kellly down.
Rustow moves out of range as Kellly strikes.
Rustow lands with a hook. Kellly tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rustow swinging wildly here.
Rustow throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kellly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kellly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kellly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rustow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rustow throws a head kick but Kellly moves out of range.
Kellly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rustow.
Both fighters circling a little - Kellly finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kellly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rustow manages to avoid it.
Kellly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rustow takes a step back to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kellly moves into the clinch.
Rustow misses with some punches.
Kellly is looking to break free of the clinch but Rustow has double underhooks.
Rustow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kellly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kellly scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Rustow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rustow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rustow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rustow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Kellly breaks the clinch.
Rustow throws a head kick but Kellly moves out of range.
Rustow is looking to clinch but Kellly is avoiding it.
Crunch! Kellly slams his shin into Rustow's torso.
Kellly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A jab lands there for Kellly.

Rustow has closed the distance and engaged Kellly in a clinch.
Kellly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rustow tries a knee to the head but Kellly blocks it.
Kellly is trying to break the clinch but Rustow is controlling him.
Rustow looking to slow down the pace here.
Kellly scores with a shoulder strike.
Kellly wants to break free but Rustow has control.
Kellly blocks an uppercut.
Kellly with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rustow is trying to break the clinch but Kellly is controlling him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rustow lands a nice elbow.
Kellly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rustow has him pressed against the cage.
Kellly lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rustow fails to land.

Kellly manages to break the clinch.
Kellly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rustow manages to avoid it.
Rustow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rustow throws a poor cross that misses
and Kellly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Huston Rustow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rustow tries to close the distance and clinch but Kellly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kellly thumps Rustow with a low kick.
Rustow tries to clinch up but Kellly circles away and keeps his distance.
Rustow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kellly.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rustow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kellly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rustow throws out a loose jab but Kellly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rustow tries to work over Kellly's front leg with a kick but Kellly checks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kellly pushes Rustow away with a front kick.
Kellly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kellly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rustow.
Kellly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rustow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kellly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kyle Kellly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kellly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Kellly scores with a four punch combination!
Kellly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kellly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kellly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Kellly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice shot by Kellly.
Kellly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A shot to the liver by Kellly. Beautiful body shot.
Rustow is looking to clinch.
Rustow tries to close the distance and clinch but Kellly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kellly cracks Rustow with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from Rustow misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kellly. Rustow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kellly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab, jab by Rustow - just one landing.
Rustow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kellly. Kellly obviously looking to wear him down.
Kellly swats away the attempt to clinch by Rustow.
Kellly lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kellly closes the distance and pushes Rustow back into the cage.
Rustow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustow working aggressively here.
Kellly is trying to push Rustow away but Rustow has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rustow lands a left hand.
Kellly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kellly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rustow backwards.

Kellly breaks the clinch.
Kellly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kellly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rustow will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rustow moves out of range of the body kick from Kellly.
Kellly scores with a nice right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Rustow misses.
Kellly lands a nice hook to Rustow's body. Rustow takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rustow looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kellly misses with a body shot.
Kellly swings for the body but Rustow moves out of range.
Rustow moves in looking to clinch but Kellly pushes him off.
Kellly misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kellly moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rustow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rustow 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.
Kellly tried to score with a low kick but Rustow checks it.
Rustow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kellly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kellly misses with a low kick as Rustow jumps back.
Kellly cracks the inside of Rustow's front leg.
Kellly fakes the leg kick and cracks Rustow in the body.
Donk. Kellly catches Rustow right on the button with a cross.

Huston Rustow's cut is getting worse.
Rustow moves out of range as Kellly throws a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kellly. That's going to slow Rustow down.
Kellly scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellly jabs Rustow to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kellly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rustow ducks right into an uppercut from Kellly.
Kellly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rustow throws a nice looking combination but Kellly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An inside leg kick lands from Kellly.
Rustow has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kellly.
A head kick misses from Kellly.
Kellly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kellly lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kellly scores with a nice right hand.
A solid body kick from Kellly.
Nice body kick from Kellly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kellly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kellly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kellly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kellly.

Kellly rushes Rustow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Huston Rustow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kellly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rustow misses with a punch on the inside.

Kellly breaks from the clinch.
Kellly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kellly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rustow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kellly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kellly scores with a spinning back kick!
Kyle Kellly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A jab from Kellly does it's job there.
Rustow dodges the punch combination from Kellly.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Kellly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kellly 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Kellly!