PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kelsey Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly has chosen (When) Your Middle Name Is Danger as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Curtis
vs
Kelly

171 cm
26
155 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

183 cm
29
145 lbs
21 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

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 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kelsey Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Connor Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curtis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kelly takes a swing at Curtis's ribcage but misses.
Kelly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Curtis checks it well.
Curtis misses with a takedown
letting Kelly counter with a right hand.
Kelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kelly is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kelly cracks Curtis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Curtis ducks right into an uppercut from Kelly.
Kelly is looking to chop away at Curtis's legs.
Curtis has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelsey Curtis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Curtis misses with a takedown
letting Kelly counter with a right hand.
Curtis misses with a takedown attempt
and Kelly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Curtis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kelly counters with a thumping low kick.
Kelly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis takes one on the button.
Kelly is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kelly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
Kelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Curtis's head backwards.
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!
Curtis with a poor takedown
and Kelly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Curtis is breathing heavily.
Curtis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kelly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Curtis with a poor takedown
and Kelly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kelly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a good cross that connects.
Curtis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A head kick misses from Kelly.
An inside leg kick lands from Kelly.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Curtis. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Curtis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kelly counters with a head kick. That will keep Curtis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Kelly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kelly digs a good body shot into Curtis's ribs.
Kelly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Curtis in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis has his takedown stuffed
and Kelly counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Kelly there.
Kelly throws a leg kick which misses Curtis's front leg but catches the back leg as Curtis tries to avoid it.
Kelsey Curtis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jab, jab by Kelly - just one landing.

Curtis is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Curtis falls backwards - clearly groggy! Kelly dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Connor Kelly!
An out of breath Connor Kelly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.