PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Ottosson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Keane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ottosson comes into the arena with Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best blaring out of the sound system. Keane has chosen Misfits - Skulls as his entrance music. Roy Keane has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ottosson
vs
Keane

168 cm
28
186 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

186 cm
25
180 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andreas Ottosson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roy Keane!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ottosson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keane moves away.
Ottosson throws a jab but it's blocked by Keane.
Keane is looking to chop away at Ottosson's legs.
Ottosson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Ottosson misses.
Keane fails with a takedown attempt.
Ottosson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keane.
Ottosson throws a shot from downtown. Keane moves away and avoids it.
Ottosson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ottosson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Ottosson. That snapped Keane's head back.
Keane looks to score with a jab to the body but Ottosson is just out of range.
Ottosson misses with a straight right.
Ottosson looks to score with a jab to the body but Keane is just out of range.
Ottosson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Andreas Ottosson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keane attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Keane throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ottosson's waist but Ottosson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Keane off to one side.

Keane darts in and clinches Ottosson up against the cage.
Ottosson is working Keane over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Keane landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Keane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Keane gets a clinch.
Keane prevents the takedown attempt.
Keane stalls.
Ottosson lands a nice uppercut.

Keane breaks the clinch.
Ottosson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Keane tries to land a leg kick but Ottosson saw it coming and moves away.
Ottosson misses with a looping left.
Ottosson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keane keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ottosson.
Keane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Keane closes the distance and pushes Ottosson back into the cage.
Come on Keane - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson tries to throw a body punch but Keane avoids it by throwing Ottosson back against the cage.
Ottosson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Keane scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Andreas Ottosson has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keane using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ottosson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Keane lands a knee to the head.
Keane misses with a knee to the head.
Ottosson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Keane is trying to maintain a safe position but Ottosson gets an underhook and turns Keane into the cage.
Keane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ottosson is defending well for now.
Keane misses with a knee strike.
Ottosson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keane looking to throw knees to the head but Ottosson is blocking nicely.
Keane looking to stall.
Ottosson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Keane pushes off an throws an elbow but Ottosson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson struggles to land a body shot inside as Keane controls his hands.
Ottosson struggles to land a body shot inside as Keane controls his hands.
Ottosson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ottosson misses with a body punch.
Ottosson struggles to land a body shot inside as Keane controls his hands.
Ottosson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keane tries a knee to the head but Ottosson blocks it.
Ottosson misses with a punch to the body.
Ottosson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keane is trying to maintain a safe position but Ottosson gets an underhook and turns Keane into the cage.
Ottosson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keane slows down the pace here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ottosson tries a body shot but Keane blocks it.
Ottosson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keane backwards.
Keane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Keane breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Keane walks into a straight right hand from Ottosson.
Keane gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ottosson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Keane has closed the distance and engaged Ottosson in a clinch.
Ottosson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Keane is defending well.

Ottosson has picked Keane up - he's going for a ride! Ottosson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ottosson winds up and cracks Keane with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ottosson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ottosson is trying to control the action in half guard but Keane is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ottosson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andreas Ottosson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andreas Ottosson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slapping leg kick lands for Keane.
Keane walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ottosson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ottosson checks a leg kick.
Keane looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keane feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ottosson's calf.
Keane throws the kick towards the body but Ottosson avoids it.
Ottosson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Keane lands a high kick!
Ottosson connects with a nice looking jab.
Andreas Ottosson is winning the standup battle so far.
Keane dodges the punch combination from Ottosson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ottosson throws out the jab.

Ottosson closes the distance and pushes Keane back into the cage.
Ottosson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Keane avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Keane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ottosson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keane counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ottosson's knee momentarily.
Keane misses with a low kick.
Ottosson checks a low kick from Keane.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keane will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Horrible takedown by Ottosson or perhaps it was just good defense by Keane which made him look bad.
Ottosson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Keane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Roy Keane seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Keane prevents a body shot from Ottosson.
Ottosson tries to throw a body punch but Keane avoids it by throwing Ottosson back against the cage.
Keane tries a knee to the head but Ottosson blocks it.
Keane is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Keane pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ottosson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ottosson misses with a punch to the body.

Keane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ottosson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keane.
Keane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keane dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ottosson. That did some damage!
Ottosson throws an off balance right hand
and Keane counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson tries to close the distance and clinch but Keane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ottosson misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Ottosson there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ottosson tries to clinch there but Keane circles away.
Ottosson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ottosson throws a lazy right hand but Keane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ottosson.
Keane closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ottosson circles away.
Keane scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ottosson doesn't seem bothered though.
Keane scores with a head kick.
Ottosson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ottosson tries to clinch up.
Keane shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ottosson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ottosson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Keane throws a low kick but Ottosson moves out of range easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Keane, as that shot connected.

Ottosson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Keane!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keane is squirming around, avoiding Ottosson's attempts to control the action.
Keane is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ottosson is landing with some decent strikes but Keane is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Keane is rocked!
Ottosson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Keane bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Ottosson and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andreas Ottosson!
Andreas Ottosson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.