PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sven Bjorksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bjorksen
vs
Kelly

177 cm
22
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Bjorksen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Kelly!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly tries to clinch but Bjorksen moves out of range.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Bjorksen keeps it at a distance.
Bjorksen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Bjorksen moves out of range of the body kick.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Bjorksen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bjorksen swinging wilding here.
Bjorksen throws a left that rocks Kelly and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Bjorksen dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Kelly regain composure!

Kelly is rocked!

It looks like Johnny Kelly has been cut.
Bjorksen working away.
Kelly is still in real trouble! Can Bjorksen finish him?
Kelly seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelly tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Bjorksen presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Kelly is looking to get to half guard.
Bjorksen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kelly on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjorksen controlling the position easily from mount.
Kelly is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kelly regains half guard.
Kelly tries to get to full guard but Bjorksen has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bjorksen wants to stand up but Kelly is controlling the position.

Kelly looking for submissions off his back.
Kelly looks gassed!
Kelly is looking to improve his position.

Kelly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bjorksen stands up and beckons Kelly to join him on the feet.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Bjorksen is avoiding it.
Bjorksen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bjorksen throws a series of punches but Kelly avoids them all with ease.
Bjorksen throws a right and a left that Kelly avoids nicely.
No joy there for Bjorksen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly dodges the punch combination from Bjorksen.
Bjorksen misses with a series of wild punches.
Bjorksen misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kelly.
Kelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bjorksen.
Nice takedown defense from Bjorksen. No joy for Kelly on that attempt.
Sven Bjorksen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Kelly.
Kelly tries to clinch but Bjorksen moves out of range.
A combination from Bjorksen does no damage.
Nice takedown defense from Bjorksen. No joy for Kelly on that attempt.
Bjorksen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kelly.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly throws a wild body kick that Bjorksen sees coming a mile off.
Johnny Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bjorksen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sven Bjorksen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bjorksen works the jab nicely.
Bjorksen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bjorksen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Bjorksen keeps it at a distance.
Bjorksen misses with a series of wild punches.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Bjorksen is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Bjorksen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Kelly's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bjorksen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bjorksen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kelly. That one must have hurt.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Kelly slips a jab and a cross from Bjorksen.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kelly.
Nice takedown defense from Bjorksen. No joy for Kelly on that attempt.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly thows a body kick. Bjorksen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kelly tries to clinch but Bjorksen is having none of it.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Bjorksen pushes him off.
Kelly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bjorksen throws a right hand that Kelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Kelly also avoids with ease.
Kelly tries to clinch but Bjorksen is having none of it.
A combination from Bjorksen does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly shoots in but Bjorksen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kelly tries to clinch there but Bjorksen circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjorksen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Bjorksen is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kelly.
Sven Bjorksen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Kelly.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Bjorksen throws a nice looking combination but Kelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bjorksen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Bjorksen keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Bjorksen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kelly.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Bjorksen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Bjorksen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bjorksen if he has to take too many more of those.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bjorksen but Bjorksen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A punch lands to the side of Kelly 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bjorksen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly fakes the leg kick and cracks Bjorksen in the body.
Kelly moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bjorksen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kelly. That one must have hurt.
Kelly slips a straight right by Bjorksen.
Kelly pushes Bjorksen away with a front kick.
Bjorksen misses with a series of wild punches.
Kelly tries to clinch but Bjorksen moves out of range.
Bjorksen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bjorksen bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Kelly! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Bjorksen would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bjorksen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bjorksen swinging wilding here.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Bjorksen is avoiding it.
Kelly walks into a straight right hand from Bjorksen.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Bjorksen circles away and keeps his distance.
Bjorksen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sven Bjorksen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Bjorksen keeps it at a distance.
Bjorksen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bjorksen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bjorksen keeps the fight on the outside.
Bjorksen feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kelly sprawling to the canvas! Kelly rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bjorksen finish him?!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly fails with a takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Bjorksen misses.
Sven Bjorksen is winning the standup battle so far.
Bjorksen stuffs the takedown attempt from Kelly. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Bjorksen misses.
Kelly throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Bjorksen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bjorksen's waist but Bjorksen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kelly off to one side.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Bjorksen circles away.
Bjorksen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bjorksen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bjorksen is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kelly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bjorksen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bjorksen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bjorksen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kelly - the referee stops the clock and Bjorksen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kelly. Bjorksen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Bjorksen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Kelly's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kelly tries to clinch there but Bjorksen circles away.
Kelly wants to clinch.
Bjorksen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bjorksen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Bjorksen misses with a few strikes there.
Kelly misses with a takedown attempt - Bjorksen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bjorksen throws a series of punches but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Bjorksen keeps it at a distance.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjorksen throws a series of punches but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Bjorksen keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kelly tries to clinch but Bjorksen moves out of range.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly wants to clinch.
Bjorksen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bjorksen keeps the fight on the outside.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Bjorksen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Bjorksen pushes him off.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Bjorksen pushes him off.
Bjorksen thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Bjorksen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Bjorksen is avoiding it.
Bjorksen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bjorksen throws a right and a left that Kelly avoids nicely.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Bjorksen circles away.
Bjorksen throws a nice looking combination but Kelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kelly wants to clinch.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Bjorksen pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bjorksen drops Kelly with a nice combination! Bjorksen dives into Kelly's guard, looking to finish!
Kelly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bjorksen is one step ahead there.

Kelly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bjorksen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kelly trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Kelly is looking for a triangle but Bjorksen pushes his legs off easily.
Kelly is trying to keep Bjorksen in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kelly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bjorksen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Kelly looking for a guillotine here but Bjorksen defends easily.
Bjorksen stopping the sweep attempt from Kelly.

Bjorksen stands and steps away. Kelly gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bjorksen throws a nice looking combination but Kelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bjorksen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bjorksen lands a right hook to the body.
Bjorksen misses with a double jab.
Kelly lands a nice looking body kick.
Bjorksen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Bjorksen looks to throw the jab but Kelly is out of range.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Bjorksen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Bjorksen throws a series of punches but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kelly tries to clinch but Bjorksen is having none of it.
Bjorksen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bjorksen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnny Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly scores with a spinning back kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Bjorksen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bjorksen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Bjorksen!