PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes into the arena with Jedi Mind Tricks / Retaliation blaring out of the sound system. Williams is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Oasis - The Hindu Times. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kelly
vs
Williams

179 cm
20
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
168 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Kelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Williams!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Kelly lands a slapping body shot.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams throws a push kick but Kelly slaps the foot to one side.
Kelly fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kelly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kelly, right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kelly throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kelly lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Williams has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Williams and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to slow Kelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Kelly connects with an inside leg kick.
Kelly throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Kelly throws out a powerful jab.
Kelly lands a front kick.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams 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.
The crowd cheers as Kelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kelly blocks a head kick by Williams.
Nice body kick from Kelly.
Williams tries to clinch there but Kelly circles away.
Williams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kelly is out of range and Williams settles back down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a hook. Kelly ducked under it nicely.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kelly tries to move into range but Williams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kelly with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Kelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Williams checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kelly circles away from the clinch attempt

and Kelly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kelly.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams looking to stall.
Kelly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Williams just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kelly's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Kelly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Kelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelly lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A head kick misses from Kelly.
Williams checks a low kick from Kelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Williams can pounce on him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Kelly saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Kelly.
Kelly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Williams lands a high kick!
Kelly lands a jab to the head.
Kelly takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kelly counters with a body kick that stops Williams in his tracks momentarily.
Williams looks winded!
A thudding body kick lands there by Kelly!
A head kick misses from Kelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Kelly dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kelly blocks the body kick.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
Kelly scores with a leg kick.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kelly thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Williams if he has to take too many more of those.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kelly to score with a decent uppercut.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Kelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kelly is out of range and Williams settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Kelly.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kelly. Kelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Williams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
George Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kelly.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Williams as he checks the leg kick.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Williams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A good leg kick by Kelly.
Kelly pushes Williams away with a front kick.
Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
Williams swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Williams moves forwards but Kelly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Williams misses
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kelly connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
Kelly is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
Williams tries a low kick but Kelly avoids it.
Kelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kelly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kelly scores with a jab to the body.
Williams blocks the body kick.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams checks a leg kick nicely.
Jab, jab by Kelly - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Williams is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kelly rather than just go for the knockout.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams wants to clinch up but Kelly keeps it at a distance.

Kelly has closed the distance and engaged Williams in a clinch.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Kelly tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Kelly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kelly lands with a light punch inside.
Kelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly connects with a knee to the head.
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!
Kelly tries a knee to the head but Williams blocks it.
Williams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kelly lands with a left to the head.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kelly is keeping busy.
Kelly presses Williams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kelly walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Kelly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams connects with a body shot.
Williams takes one on the button.
Kelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Kelly dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kelly avoids the body shot from Williams.
Kelly scoring well with a low kick there.
Kelly lands with a nice body kick.
Kelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Kelly blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kelly.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kelly.
Kelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kelly throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Williams has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kelly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Williams.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Williams blocks a head kick by Kelly.
Williams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Williams ducks right into an uppercut from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Kelly moves his leg out of the way.
Williams tries to work over Kelly's front leg with a kick but Kelly checks it.
Kelly with a hook.
Williams has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kelly.
Nice uppercut lands for Kelly. That snapped Williams's head back.
Kelly wants to slow Williams down by chopping away at his legs.
Some bone on bone action there as Williams checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Williams wants to clinch.
Kelly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Williams checks it well.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Williams moves out of range of the leg kick from Kelly.

Kelly takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Nice body punch from Kelly - that landed with a thud.
Williams stalling in the clinch but Kelly improves position.
Kelly connects with a knee to the head.
Williams wants to stall.
Kelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Kelly lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
Kelly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but Williams blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kelly being controlled against the cage.
Williams blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Kelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams tries to clinch up.

Kelly lands a big head kick that sends Williams tumbling to the mat! Kelly takes a step backwards and waves Williams back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Williams is rocked!
Kelly drops Williams with a straight right hand, right on the button! Kelly follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Kelly!
George Kelly retains his lightweight title!
George Kelly seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.