PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kelsey Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John The Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Curtis
vs
The Butcher

171 cm
25
155 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

165 cm
27
155 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kelsey Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John The Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Butcher misses with a wild combination.

Curtis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The Butcher tries to improve position but can't.

Curtis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Curtis creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Curtis working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Butcher takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The Butcher tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Curtis is chipping away with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Butcher tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Curtis tries for a kimura but The Butcher is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Butcher is working to avoid the ground and pound but Curtis connects with a decent elbow.
Curtis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Butcher taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher is looking for a sweep.

Curtis is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Butcher is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Curtis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, The Butcher has escaped the position, nice work there.

Curtis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by The Butcher, who protects the arm well.
The Butcher is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Curtis's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The Butcher is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Curtis is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Curtis prevents The Butcher from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Curtis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Butcher bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Curtis's guard.
The Butcher must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Butcher won't allow Curtis to sweep him here.

The Butcher drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and The Butcher jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The Butcher preventing the sweep.
The Butcher looking to pass the guard.

The Butcher is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher preventing the sweep.
Curtis keeping moving, preventing The Butcher from controlling successfully.
The Butcher stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Curtis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Butcher works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The Butcher working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Curtis's thigh. Curtis counters though and makes it back to full guard.
The Butcher stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Curtis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Curtis seems keen to control The Butcher's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Butcher is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The Butcher trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Curtis manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

The Butcher working for a triangle but Curtis defends it easily.
The Butcher has momentary wrist control but Curtis slips an elbow through the middle.
The Butcher keeping moving, preventing Curtis from controlling successfully.

Curtis got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Butcher has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Curtis has managed to get both his arms back between The Butcher's legs - danger averted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Curtis passes The Butcher's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Curtis tries to pass to full mount but The Butcher defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelsey Curtis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The Butcher misses with the combination.
The Butcher throws a right hand that Curtis ducks under and follows up with a left that Curtis also avoids with ease.

Curtis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. The Butcher manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The Butcher looking to control.

The Butcher looking for a guillotine here but Curtis defends easily.

Curtis is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Curtis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Butcher looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The Butcher has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Curtis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Curtis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis landing some decent shots from guard.
The Butcher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Curtis manages to get himself to full guard.
The Butcher wants to control from the top but Curtis keeps moving.
The Butcher tries to free his leg and advance position but Curtis is retaining full guard.
The Butcher stopping the sweep attempt from Curtis.
The Butcher trying to move into half guard but instead Curtis has managed to sweep!
Curtis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Curtis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kelsey Curtis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Butcher is trying to control the position but Curtis postures up.
Curtis landing some decent shots from guard.

The Butcher had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Curtis defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis is working The Butcher over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curtis wants to pass the guard but The Butcher is keeping the position.
Curtis wants to control from the top but The Butcher keeps moving.

The Butcher looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Curtis postures up.
Curtis passes into half guard.

Curtis is looking for a kimura here.
The Butcher is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Curtis scores with a couple of nice shots.
The Butcher is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Butcher looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Curtis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Curtis is trying to work for a kimura but The Butcher is defending well.

Curtis in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. The Butcher tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Curtis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kelsey Curtis!
Kelsey Curtis was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.