PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dom Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Slayer - War Ensamble. Kelly has chosen DMX - Where my dogs at as his entrance music. Dom Jackson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jackson
vs
Kelly

170 cm
19
164 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

174 cm
22
153 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dom Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Kelly's shoulder, as Kelly tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Kelly tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Jackson misses the jab.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly tries to clinch up.

Kelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Kelly blocks with his arms.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Kelly landing knees to the body.
Kelly crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.

Jackson is rocked!
Knees to the body from Kelly.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Kelly landing knees to the body.
Kelly scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Kelly.
Kelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kelly scores with a knee to the head.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Kelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelly keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kelly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Kelly lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kelly landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Kelly.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kelly scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kelly.
Kelly landing knees to the body.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
Jackson misses the jab.
Kelly is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a looping overhand right but Kelly ducks down to avoid it.
Kelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.

Kelly clinches.
Kelly lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson gets through Kelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Kelly connects with a knee to the head.
Kelly lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Kelly.
Kelly with a knee to the head.
Jackson is trying to maintain a safe position but Kelly gets an underhook and turns Jackson into the cage.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jackson.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Jackson avoids the elbow strike from Kelly, against the cage.
Kelly lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Kelly prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Kelly lands an elbow inside.
Kelly lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson is trying to stall.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling the position.
Kelly lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson lands with a left to the head.
Kelly lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
Kelly scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Kelly dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Kelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jackson throws the left hand but Kelly avoids the punch easily.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jackson.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Jackson misses.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Kelly staying out of range there.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
Kelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Kelly tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
A jab from Jackson misses.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson misses with an uppercut.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Kelly tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Kelly slips the punch.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Kelly slips the punch.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson misses with a hook.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Kelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Jackson misses its intended target.
Tim Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Jackson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Kelly's head but Kelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kelly connects with a crisp jab.
Kelly tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly wants to clinch.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Kelly slips the punch.

Kelly forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.
Kelly scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson misses with some punches.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelly won't allow it.
Tim Kelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Jackson tries to stall but Kelly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Kelly scores a nice knee to the body.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelly throws a shot to the body.
Kelly tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Jackson misses the jab.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Kelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jackson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
Jackson throws a jab when Kelly was well out of range.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a straight left.
A big right from Jackson misses.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Kelly slips the punch.
Jackson misses the jab.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Kelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kelly tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Kelly slips a straight right by Jackson.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Kelly clinches up against the cage.
Jackson controlling the action here for a moment.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jackson misses with a hook. Kelly ducked under it nicely.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson lands an overhand right.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson throws a hook but Kelly avoids it easily.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big left from Jackson misses.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Kelly shoots in but no luck this time.
Kelly tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Kelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jackson throws a looping overhand right but Kelly ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
A slow jab from Jackson misses its intended target.
Kelly slips under a jab from Jackson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.

Kelly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Kelly blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelly throws an elbow but misses.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson looking to slow down the pace here.
Kelly lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Kelly keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kelly.
Kelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly missing with knees to the body.
Dom Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kelly keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling the position.
Kelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Kelly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kelly.
Kelly lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kelly lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelly won't allow it.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Kelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson is looking to control Kelly's arms but Kelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jackson has his back to the cage.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Kelly.
Kelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kelly lands a knee to the body.
Jackson pushes Kelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackson tries to stall but Kelly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kelly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kelly keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kelly.
Kelly throws an elbow but it misses.
Kelly tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelly scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kelly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelly won't allow it.
Kelly looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly slips a straight right by Jackson.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Kelly's shoulder, as Kelly tries to avoid the shot.
Kelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelly.
Kelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
A big left from Jackson misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tim Kelly.
I've got Kelly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Kelly!