PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kesuke Miyagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miyagi's entrance music is Your'e The Best Around. A fine choice. Kelly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. (When) Your Middle Name Is Danger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Miyagi
vs
Kelly

166 cm
29
142 lbs
25 - 4 - 2

183 cm
33
145 lbs
27 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Brute

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 25 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kesuke Miyagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Connor Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyagi throws a leg kick
and Kelly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Miyagi's knee momentarily.
Miyagi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kelly throws a leg kick but Miyagi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kelly connects with a leg kick. Miyagi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Miyagi throws a lazy head kick
enabling Kelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Miyagi throws a leg kick which misses Kelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Kelly tries to avoid it.
Good shot there by Kelly.

Kelly instigates a clinch.
Kelly controlling the action here for a moment.
Miyagi blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly looking to slow down the pace here.
Kelly is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Kelly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kelly trying to stall but Miyagi improves his position.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Miyagi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kelly effectively controlling the action here.
Kelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Miyagi blocks a body shot from Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelly.
Miyagi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly trying to stall but Miyagi improves his position.
Stalling in the clinch from Miyagi.
Kelly looking to slow down the pace here.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kelly - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Connor Kelly.
Kelly scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miyagi is looking to chop away at Kelly's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Miyagi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Miyagi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kelly is able to avoid easily.
Miyagi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kelly is out of range and Miyagi settles back down.
Kelly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Miyagi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Miyagi 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 Kelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Miyagi misses with a kick to the body.
Miyagi lands a head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kelly.
Miyagi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Miyagi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kelly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Miyagi scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bone on bone clash there as Kelly blocks the leg kick.
Miyagi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kelly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick by Miyagi misses
and Kelly counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Miyagi.
Miyagi throws out a leg kick but Kelly moves out of range and Miyagi only half commits.
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 Kesuke Miyagi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kelly is looking to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Miyagi.
Miyagi misses with a low kick.
Good work by Miyagi as he checks the leg kick.
Miyagi throws a leg kick but Kelly moved away.
Miyagi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kelly is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miyagi manages to avoid it.
Miyagi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kesuke Miyagi is winning the standup battle so far.
Miyagi lands with a nice body kick.
Good shot there by Kelly.
An inside leg kick lands from Miyagi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi drops his hands momentarily and Kelly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miyagi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miyagi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Miyagi throws a leg kick that misses.
Good work by Kelly as he checks the leg kick.
Miyagi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A leg kick checked by Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi throws a head kick that misses.
Miyagi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kelly swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kelly throws a good cross that connects.
Good work by Kelly as he checks the leg kick.
Kelly throws a head kick but Miyagi moves out of range.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Miyagi.
A head kick misses from Kelly.
Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Miyagi tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Miyagi.
Miyagi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kesuke Miyagi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Miyagi.
Kelly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Miyagi pushes him off.
Miyagi throws a chopping leg kick but Kelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Miyagi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kelly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly throws a leg kick but Miyagi sees it coming and moves out of range.
A head kick by Miyagi misses
and Kelly counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Miyagi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Miyagi throws a leg kick which misses Kelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Kelly tries to avoid it.
Miyagi tries to clinch up.
Kelly is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Miyagi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Miyagi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kelly checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly closes the distance but Miyagi moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kesuke Miyagi dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Miyagi tries to clinch but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That kick from Miyagi tenderised Kelly's leg. Kelly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kelly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Miyagi fakes the leg kick and cracks Kelly in the body.
Miyagi tries to clinch but Kelly is having none of it.
Miyagi cracks the inside of Kelly's front leg.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Kelly blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Kelly. Beautiful body shot.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Miyagi.
Miyagi throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.

Kelly gets tackled into the cage by Miyagi. Miyagi maintains the clinch.
Miyagi missing with knees to the body.
Miyagi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Miyagi controls his hands.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miyagi's elbow.
Kelly wants to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kelly - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Miyagi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kelly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Miyagi trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miyagi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelly is defending well for now.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the head but Kelly blocks with his arms.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Miyagi controls the action.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miyagi prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi taking a breather.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Kelly presses Miyagi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miyagi wants to stall.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
A short left from Kelly.
Miyagi is trying to maintain a safe position but Kelly gets an underhook and turns Miyagi into the cage.
Kelly being controlled against the cage.
Kelly tries to throw a body punch but Miyagi avoids it by throwing Kelly back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelly trying to stall but Miyagi improves his position.
Kelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Miyagi or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is working Miyagi over against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Miyagi.
Kelly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Miyagi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Connor Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Miyagi stalling the fight.
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 managing to block the knees to the body from Miyagi.
Kelly is leaning against Miyagi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly lands a left hand.
Miyagi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kelly slowing the pace effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Connor Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Miyagi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kesuke Miyagi!
A victorious Kesuke Miyagi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.