PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerry Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kelly
vs
Watson

182 cm
23
230 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
240 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gerry Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Watson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Watson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kelly.
Kelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Kelly.
Kelly walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson leaves Kelly with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Watson punishes Kelly's body with a nice straight punch.
Watson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Watson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Watson lands with a right hand.

It looks like Gerry Kelly has been cut.
Kelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Watson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Kelly! Watson lets Kelly back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Watson takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Watson has managed to clinch.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.
Watson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Watson blocking some punches.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watson prevents Kelly from breaking the clinch.
Kelly blocks the elbow strike.
Watson lands an uppercut.
Watson tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watson blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Watson scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Watson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kelly's brow.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson pushes Kelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Watson pushes off an throws an elbow but Kelly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to stall.
A shot in the inside from Kelly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Watson lands an elbow that stopped Kelly in his tracks for a moment.

Gerry Kelly's cut is getting worse.
Kelly blocks a body shot from Watson.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Watson controls the action.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Watson.
Watson lands with a short shot to the head.
Watson blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Watson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.

Gerry Kelly's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Watson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from Watson.
Watson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Watson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Watson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Watson.
Watson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson blocking some punches.
Watson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kelly gets through Watson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Watson lands an uppercut.
Watson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
Watson missing with knees to the body.
Kelly lands a body shot.
Watson working aggressively here.
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!
Watson pushes off an throws an elbow but Kelly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A body shot lands from Kelly.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Watson controls the action.
Kelly is trying to drag Watson to the mat but Watson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerry Kelly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from Watson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Kelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Watson.
Kelly tries a body shot but Watson blocks it.
Watson missing with knees to the body.
Kelly tries for a takedown. No joy.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watson is looking to control Kelly's arms but Kelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watson has his back to the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Watson throws an elbow but misses.
Watson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
Kelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Watson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kelly's brow.

Kelly has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Watson clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kelly trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kelly's guard. Nice work there by Watson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Watson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerry Kelly's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Donk. Kelly catches Watson right on the button with a cross.
Watson lands with a shot to the body.
Kelly throws an off balance right hand
and Watson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Watson misses with a straight right.
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!
Kelly throws a jab when Watson was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kelly. Watson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelly moves away.
Watson blocks a jab.
Kelly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Watson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Watson lands a right hook to the body.

Kelly pushes Watson up against the cage in a clinch.
Watson gets underhooks to prevent Kelly's takedown attempt.
Watson blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Watson missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Watson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
Kelly lands a left hand.
Watson keeps control of Kelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watson lands a body punch.
Kelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Watson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watson blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Watson tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Watson back against the cage.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from Watson.
Kelly can't get the takedown.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Watson or not.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Kelly.
Nice body punch from Kelly - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watson.
Watson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Watson scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is working Kelly over against the cage.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Watson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Watson lands a hook that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly dodges an elbow strike from Watson.
Watson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Watson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Watson controls his hands.
Watson taking a breather.
Watson prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Watson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kelly or not.
Kelly blocks an elbow strike.
Watson throws an elbow but it misses.
Mason Watson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Watson is trying to maintain a safe position but Kelly gets an underhook and turns Watson into the cage.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Watson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Kelly tries a body shot but Watson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Watson.
Kelly managing to block the knees to the body from Watson.
Kelly avoids the elbow strike from Watson, against the cage.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Watson misses with a body punch.
Watson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jeez, Gerry Kelly's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gerry Kelly's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mason Watson!
Mason Watson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.