PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marty Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jibril Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bell
vs
Khalifa

224 cm
23
177 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

176 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marty Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jibril Khalifa!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bell darts in and clinches Khalifa up against the cage.
Khalifa looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A short right from Khalifa on the inside.
Bell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khalifa's face.
Khalifa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khalifa prevents the takedown attempt.
Bell tries to score a body lock takedown but Khalifa shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khalifa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khalifa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Bell pulls guard effortlessly.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bell is on top in guard.

Bell postures up and lands a big shot to Khalifa's brow.
Bell is working Khalifa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Khalifa has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at MMA Sanok Training Center. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khalifa wants to improve his position but instead Bell has moved into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khalifa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bell is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Khalifa sees it coming and defends easily.
Khalifa is trying to get back to full guard.
Bell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bell lands strikes from half guard.
Bell working Khalifa over with strikes.
Khalifa tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bell has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Khalifa is desperately trying to improve his position but Bell has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bell working for a submission but Khalifa is keeping him at bay.
Khalifa is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Khalifa is still trying to improve position.
Bell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bell dominating with strikes here.
Bell working Khalifa over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bell is landing with some decent strikes but Khalifa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Khalifa is desperately trying to improve his position but Bell has a good base and remains in mount.

Bell with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell content just to control the position here.
Bell working Khalifa over with strikes here.
Bell raining down shots from the mount!
Khalifa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bell raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bell breaks from Khalifa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bell sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Bell looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Khalifa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Khalifa is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bell prevents Khalifa from getting the reversal.
Bell breaks from Khalifa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bell landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Bell connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bell working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Khalifa throws a right hand that misses
and Bell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khalifa thinking.
Khalifa throws a head kick that misses
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
Bell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khalifa misses with a lunging right hand

and Bell counters by clinching up.
Bell crunches a lovely knee into Khalifa's ribcage.

Khalifa is fighting off a takedown attempt but Bell is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Khalifa to the mat. Khalifa regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Bell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Khalifa's head.
Bell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bell cracks Khalifa with a solid left hand.

Khalifa is rocked!
Bell works over Khalifa with some ground and pound from guard.
Khalifa is still in real trouble! Can Bell finish him?
Bell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bell is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Khalifa is breathing heavily.
Bell working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bell makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bell working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Khalifa is looking to sweep but instead, Bell has passed into half guard.
Khalifa is looking to get back to full guard here but Bell has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Khalifa looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Bell turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marty Bell!