PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Laury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoine Kelstral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Laury had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Laury
vs
Kelstral

188 cm
24
217 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

191 cm
25
214 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Laury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antoine Kelstral!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelstral lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laury circles away quickly and effectively.
Laury throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kelstral throws a looping overhand right but Laury ducks down to avoid it.
Laury uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelstral.
Kelstral moves away from the strike by Laury.
Kelstral tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Laury swivels and escapes.
A big right from Laury misses.
Kelstral steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laury.
Kelstral slips under a jab.
Laury thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelstral slips a straight right by Laury.
Laury misses with a hook.
Laury loads up on a big right hand but Kelstral slips the punch.
Kelstral shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Laury pinned against the cage. Laury gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laury misses with an uppercut.
Kelstral ducks under a wild hook from Laury.
Laury misses with a hook
and Kelstral counters with a nice uppercut.
Laury misses with an uppercut
and Kelstral counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kelstral throws a lazy right hand but Laury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Laury misses.
Kelstral lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kelstral tries to close the distance and clinch but Laury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelstral lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelstral slips a straight right by Laury.
Laury throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laury throws a body punch but Kelstral moves out of range.
Kelstral misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Kelstral misses its intended target.
Laury moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laury. Kelstral does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laury misses with an uppercut.
Laury scores with a sloppy right hand. Kelstral should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laury bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matt Laury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laury connects with a single shot there.
Laury misses with a body shot
and Kelstral counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laury throws a hook but Kelstral blocks it.
Matt Laury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Kelstral. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kelstral.
Kelstral lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Laury scores with a four punch combination!
Kelstral shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Matt Laury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoine Kelstral.
Kelstral with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelstral looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelstral throws a hook but Laury blocks it.
Kelstral takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Laury misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelstral throws a jab but it's blocked by Laury.
Laury waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelstral.
Laury moves into range and connects with a jab.
Laury throws an off balance right hand
enabling Kelstral to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Laury misses its intended target.
Kelstral defending well as Laury loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Laury misses.
Kelstral is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Laury had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Laury misses with an uppercut.
Kelstral shoots in but no luck this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laury throws out a powerful jab.
Laury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kelstral.
Laury misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Laury dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kelstral swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laury misses with a jab to the body
and Kelstral counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Laury misses with a straight right.
Kelstral stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Laury throws a hook but Kelstral blocks it.
Nice shot by Kelstral.
Laury misses with a right hand
and Kelstral counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laury misses with a hook. Kelstral ducked under it nicely.
Kelstral fails with a takedown attempt.
Laury lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Laury throws a hook but Kelstral avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laury misses with a straight right.
Kelstral fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matt Laury is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Laury misses.
Laury throws an off balance right hand
letting Kelstral counter with a right hand.
Laury throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kelstral slips a jab from Laury.

Kelstral clinches up with Laury and pushes him back against the cage.
Kelstral tries to circle away but Laury has him pinned against the cage.
Kelstral looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Laury breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laury is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kelstral blocks a jab.
Laury with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laury loads up on a big right hand but Kelstral slips the punch.
Kelstral bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laury misses with a straight right.
Laury throws a lazy right hand but Kelstral sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kelstral bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kelstral moves out of range of the strikes.
Laury throws a hook but Kelstral avoids it easily.
Laury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kelstral wants to clinch.
Laury gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelstral uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laury.
Kelstral pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Laury back to the cage. Kelstral follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Matt Laury has been cut.
Laury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelstral tries to clinch there but Laury circles away.
Kelstral steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laury.
Kelstral keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelstral scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Kelstral misses.
Kelstral slips a jab from Laury.
Laury misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelstral avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laury throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kelstral counters with a one-two to the body.
Laury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelstral.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laury throws a lazy uppercut
letting Kelstral counter with a right hand.
Kelstral tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laury was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelstral.
Laury throws a looping overhand right but Kelstral ducks down to avoid it.
Laury missing with a left hand there. Kelstral was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kelstral throws a hook to the side of Laury's head but Laury sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laury throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laury is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kelstral ducks under a wild hook from Laury.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Antoine Kelstral will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Matt Laury's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Kelstral scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kelstral has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Laury finds it's way round the side to connect with Kelstral's head.
Kelstral lunges at Laury with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Laury's hand.
Kelstral gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Laury.
Kelstral moves out of range as Laury strikes.
Laury loads up on a big right hand but Kelstral slips the punch.

Kelstral gets a clinch.

Laury breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelstral tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Laury defends well and Kelstral ends up having to push Laury into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kelstral is trying to stall.
Laury prevents Kelstral from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laury throws out a loose jab but Kelstral uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelstral ducks under a wild hook from Laury.
Laury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laury misses with an uppercut.
Kelstral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laury.
Good shot there by Kelstral.
Kelstral fails with the takedown.
Kelstral tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Laury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kelstral walks into a straight right hand from Laury.
Laury throws an overhand right that lands on Kelstral's shoulder, as Kelstral tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelstral slips under a jab.
A big right from Laury misses.
Laury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laury lands an overhand right.
Laury throws out a loose jab but Kelstral uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelstral jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laury connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Laury misses.
Laury rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kelstral counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kelstral throws a poor cross that misses
and Kelstral takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kelstral ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelstral wants to clinch up but Laury keeps it at a distance.
Kelstral jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kelstral is trying desperately to land a takedown but Laury is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kelstral.
Kelstral throws out a loose jab but Laury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelstral drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laury moves out of range of the strikes.
Kelstral moves out of range as Laury strikes.
Laury slips under a jab from Kelstral.
Laury stuffs the takedown attempt from Kelstral. Kelstral gets slowly back to his feet.
Matt Laury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoine Kelstral.
Laury connects with the punch.
Kelstral misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laury bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kelstral fails with the takedown.
Laury throws a one two combo.
Kelstral scores with a jab. Laury acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Laury breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Laury misses.
Laury looks to land a left hand but Kelstral moved out of range nicely.
Kelstral slips under a jab from Laury.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Laury showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Laury 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Laury!