PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Errol Flynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Errol Flynn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Flynn
vs
Kelly

187 cm
22
206 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Errol Flynn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kevin Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Flynn drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Flynn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kelly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Flynn is in close to Kelly's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Flynn from controlling successfully.
Flynn works over Kelly with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flynn controlling from the top position.
Flynn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kelly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Kelly is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Flynn defends well.
Flynn postures up.
Flynn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flynn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kelly swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kelly is looking for a triangle but Flynn pushes his legs off easily.
Flynn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kelly's head.
Flynn throws a big elbow that misses.
Flynn sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Flynn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kelly is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Flynn is controlling him.
Flynn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kelly looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Flynn sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kelly bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Flynn's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly wants to pass the guard but Flynn is keeping the position.
Kelly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Flynn is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly tries to free his leg and advance position but Flynn is retaining full guard.
Flynn pulls Kelly in close to his closed guard and prevents Kelly from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Errol Flynn has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Kelly looking to score a takedown here. Flynn is defending well but Kelly drives through and ends up in Flynn's guard.
Flynn keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Flynn is keeping the position for now.
Flynn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Flynn tries to get out of the position.
Kelly throws a big right hand that misses.
Flynn working a defensive guard here.
Kelly is looking to work some ground and pound but Flynn has wrist control.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Flynn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kevin Kelly has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Kelly feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly is fighting to break Flynn's control of his arms but Flynn is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kelly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kelly pushes down on Flynn's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Flynn is staying active underneath Kelly, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kelly passes the guard and advances to mount!
Flynn avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Kelly dominated that round.
That's time! Flynn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kelly shoots in and bounces Flynn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kelly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Flynn keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
Kelly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Flynn can't keep his opponent in guard - Kelly advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Flynn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kelly on the ground.
Kelly thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Flynn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Flynn tries to get to full guard but Kelly has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kelly in particular looking to stall.
Kelly is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Kelly throws some wild stikes that Flynn manages to avoid easily.
Kelly tries to control but Flynn wriggling away.
Kelly misses with some ground and pound and Flynn recovers position to half guard.
Kelly moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sloppy strikes there by Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Kelly laying and praying for a moment but Flynn takes advantage and regains half guard.

Kelly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Flynn defends it well.
Kelly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Flynn tries to roll over but Kelly keeps him under control.
Kevin Kelly has got the better of the ground game so far.
Flynn is in trouble now - Kelly has advanced to mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly throwing strikes but Flynn uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kelly thows a huge punch but Flynn dodges it nicely.
Kelly passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Flynn!
Kelly raining down shots from the mount!
Kelly unloads with some shots from mount but Flynn bucks and avoids them well.
Kelly misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kelly misses with a head shot.
Flynn tries to hold on but Kelly postures up.

Kelly has control of Flynn's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Flynn regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly wants to control the pace but Flynn is squirming around nicely.
Kelly looking to ground and pound but Flynn is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly unloads with some shots from mount but Flynn bucks and avoids them well.
Flynn is squirming around, avoiding Kelly's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly punching from mount but Flynn doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Flynn blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Kelly shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kelly was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kelly trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Flynn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Flynn avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kelly.
Flynn avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kelly.
Flynn is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Kelly tries to control but Flynn wriggling away.
Kelly throwing strikes here but Flynn is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly raining down shots from the mount!
Kelly thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kelly misses with a head shot.
Flynn tries to hold on but Kelly postures up.
Flynn is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Flynn is looking to improve his position but Kelly isn't that keen on the idea.
Flynn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kelly throwing strikes here but Flynn is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking to finish with strikes here!
Flynn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kelly wants to control the pace but Flynn is squirming around nicely.
Kelly might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Flynn kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Flynn tries to hold on but Kelly postures up.
Kelly landing punches.
Kelly throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Flynn is looking to escape.
Kelly thowing shots but they're missing.
Kelly throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kelly misses with a head shot.
Kelly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Flynn is looking to escape.
Kelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flynn is trying desperately to improve position.
Flynn is squirming around, avoiding Kelly's attempts to control the action.
Kelly takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Kelly there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kelly unloads with some shots from mount but Flynn bucks and avoids them well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Kelly working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Flynn looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Kelly! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kevin Kelly!
Kevin Kelly 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.