PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Keel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Nevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nevin's choice of entrance music: Twin Atlantic - Free. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Keel
vs
Nevin

165 cm
23
144 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

169 cm
25
142 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Keel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Nevin!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keel throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Keel misses.
Nevin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nevin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keel.
Keel misses with a straight left.
Nevin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Nevin scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Nevin finds it's way through Keel's defenses.

Keel rushes Nevin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nevin misses with a punch on the inside.
Keel pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nevin is trying to stall.
Nevin misses with a knee strike.
A right hand to the body from Keel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Nevin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nevin doesn't seem bothered though.
Keel is looking to score with low kicks.
Nevin misses with a double jab.
Keel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nevin throws a chopping leg kick but Keel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nevin lands a jab to Keel's midsection.
Keel misses with a body shot.
Nevin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Keel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nevin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nevin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Keel lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nevin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keel counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Keel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nevin's sensitive parts.
Nevin misses with a wild body shot.
Nevin misses with an uppercut
and Keel counters with a left and a right that stings Nevin.
Keel lands an overhand right.
A bone on bone clash there as Keel blocks the leg kick.
Keel throws a big shot that misses.
Keel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Keel checks a leg kick.
Keel thows a body shot but no joy.
Keel connects with an inside leg kick.
Keel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nevin fails to land with a series of punches.
Keel tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keel misses with a left hand
and Nevin counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Keel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Keel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A punch lands to the side of Keel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nevin lands with a cross.
Keel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nevin scores with a jab. Keel acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nevin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nevin on the side of the head.
Nevin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nevin misses with a looping right.
Keel throws out a loose jab but Nevin uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keel slips a straight right by Nevin.
Nevin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keel was well out of range. Poor timing from Nevin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nevin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nevin throws a shot to the body.
Keel avoids the body shot from Nevin.
Keel throws a shot to the body.
Keel tries to clinch but Nevin moves out of range.
Nevin blocks the body kick.
A shot to the body from Keel misses
and Nevin counters with a nice body shot.
Keel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nevin.
Keel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nevin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Nevin.
Keel wants to clinch up but Nevin keeps it at a distance.
Nevin throws a looping overhand right but Keel ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Keel will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Keel looks for the body kick but Nevin saw that one coming.
Keel scores with a body shot.
Nevin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Keel connects with a nice looking jab.
Keel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nevin cracks Keel with a good jab.
Keel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nevin.
Nevin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keel moves away.
Keel throws a lazy body kick
and Nevin counters with a nice leg kick.
Nevin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nevin lands a head kick. Keel smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nevin digs a good body shot into Keel's ribs.
Keel throws a front kick that sends Nevin stumbling back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nevin feints and then cracks Keel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keel down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keel throws a hook but Nevin blocks it.
Keel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Keel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nevin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nevin.
Some wild striking there from Keel.
Nevin takes a swing at Keel's ribcage but misses.
Nevin looks to throw the jab but Keel is out of range.
Nevin throws a low kick, looking for Keel's leg but Keel calmly moves out of range.
Nevin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Keel moves into the clinch successfully.
Keel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Keel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nevin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That kick from Nevin tenderised Keel's leg. Keel is trying to keep his angry face on.
John Keel is winning the standup battle so far.
Nevin stuns Keel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nevin misses with an uppercut. Keel saw that one coming.
That kick from Nevin tenderised Keel's leg. Keel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nevin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Nevin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nevin moves away from the strike by Keel.
Keel tries to clinch there but Nevin circles away.
Nevin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nevin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Keel rather than just go for the knockout.
Nevin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nevin checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Keel blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Nevin.
Nevin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Nevin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Keel scores with a jab to the head.
A combination from Nevin does no damage.
Keel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nevin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Keel tries to clinch up.
Keel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Keel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nevin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Keel throws a wild body kick that Nevin sees coming a mile off.
Nevin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Keel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nevin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Keel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nevin scores with a body shot.
Keel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nevin will feel that in the morning.
Nevin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keel manages to avoid it.
Nevin scores with a nice head shot.
Nevin wants to land a leg kick but Keel is out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Keel.
Nevin lands the left hand.
Keel misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Keel darts in and clinches Nevin up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Nevin.
Keel tries to throw a body punch but Nevin avoids it by throwing Keel back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Nevin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bill Nevin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Keel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nevin lands a nice shot that snaps Keel's head back.
Nevin looks to score with a jab to the body but Keel is just out of range.
Nevin cracks Keel with an open hand slap.
Nevin misses with a low kick.
Nevin takes a swing at Keel's ribcage but misses.
Keel punishes Nevin's body with a nice straight punch.
Nevin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nevin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Keel throws a sloppy head kick
and Nevin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nevin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nevin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Keel scrambles back to his feet.
Keel just misses with a punch to the body.
Keel just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Keel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keel throws a body kick that misses
and Nevin counters with a nice body kick.
Nevin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Keel.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nevin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nevin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Keel.
Keel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nevin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Keel - the referee stops the clock and Nevin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Keel. Nevin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Keel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nevin's head.
Keel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nevin moves away.
Keel misses with an uppercut.
Keel throws a lazy right hand but Nevin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Keel thows a body shot but no joy.
Keel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nevin lands a right hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Nevin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keel misses with a right hand
letting Nevin counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Keel. Nevin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keel tries to clinch up but Nevin circles away and keeps his distance.
Nevin cracks the inside of Keel's front leg.
Keel is looking to clinch but Nevin is avoiding it.
Nevin digs a good hook to Keel's body.
Keel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nevin was well out of range. Poor timing from Keel.
Nevin ducks under a wild hook from Keel.
Keel throws out a loose jab but Nevin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nevin thuds a left hand into Keel's body.
Nevin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nevin throws a right hand that Keel ducks under and follows up with a left that Keel also avoids with ease.
Nevin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevin misses with a low kick.
Nevin with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Keel moves into the clinch.
Keel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nevin working hard to break the clinch.
Nevin throws a head punch that misses.
Nevin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keel dodges an elbow strike from Nevin.
Nevin lands a hook that snaps the head of Keel backwards.

Keel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nevin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nevin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keel throws an overhand right that lands on Nevin's shoulder, as Nevin tries to avoid the shot.
Nevin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nevin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keel misses with a body shot.
Keel misses with a wild body shot.
Nevin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nevin. That's going to slow Keel down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab by Keel.
Nevin wants to land a leg kick but Keel is out of range.
Nevin dips to his left and cracks Keel with an uppercut!
Keel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nevin to score with a decent uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keel dodges the punch combination from Nevin.
Nevin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Keel instigates a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bill Nevin.
I think Nevin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Nevin!
Bill Nevin took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Love you mum!'.