PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Kehoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Galloway Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kehoe comes to the cage accompanied by "Master of Puppets" by Metallica. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Kehoe
vs
Sackett

178 cm
34
175 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

177 cm
31
180 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Conviction

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Kehoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Galloway Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kehoe fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sackett on the side of the head.
Kehoe misses with an uppercut
and Sackett counters with an outside leg kick.
Sackett misses with a body kick.
Sackett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kehoe. That did some damage!
Sackett has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sackett takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kehoe tries to work over Sackett's front leg with a kick but Sackett checks it.
Kehoe scores with the left hand. Sackett knows he should have avoided that one.
Kehoe cracks Sackett with a good jab.
Kehoe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sackett walks into a stiff left hand from Kehoe.
Kehoe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sackett tries to avoid it but Kehoe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sackett to the ground. Sackett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kehoe walks into a left hand.

It looks like Andrew Kehoe has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That kick from Kehoe tenderised Sackett's leg. Sackett is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sackett ducks right into an uppercut from Kehoe.
Kehoe throws a low kick but Sackett avoids it.
Sackett let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kehoe lands with a hook. Sackett tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sackett thows a leg kick but Kehoe checks it
and Kehoe counters with a low kick, right behind Sackett 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kehoe connects with a nice looking jab.

Sackett gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kehoe works over Sackett with some ground and pound from guard.
We've been hearing that Kehoe has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sackett wants to sweep here but Kehoe controlling him for the moment.
Sackett seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Kehoe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kehoe is fighting to break Sackett's control of his arms but Sackett is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kehoe scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sackett is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kehoe throws a big right hand that misses.
Kehoe lands a couple of digs.
Sackett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kehoe lands a couple of elbows.
Kehoe connects with a couple of short punches.
Kehoe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett keeping moving, preventing Kehoe from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett pulls Kehoe in to control the position.
Kehoe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kehoe trying to control but Sackett is working from the bottom.
Sackett is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sackett is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sackett looking to control.
Sackett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sackett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kehoe stopping the sweep attempt from Sackett.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four 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.
A left lands for Kehoe.
A good leg kick by Kehoe.
Sackett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good leg kick by Kehoe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kehoe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sackett thinks about the counter body kick.
Kehoe moves out of range as Sackett throws a body kick.
Sackett misses with a body shot.
Sackett takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kehoe is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sackett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kehoe counters with an outside leg kick.
Kehoe throws a front kick aimed at Sackett's knee but Sackett avoids it well.
Kehoe throws a looping overhand right but Sackett ducks down to avoid it.
Sackett misses with a low kick.
Sackett pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Kehoe.
Kehoe misses with an uppercut
and Sackett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kehoe throws a hook but Sackett avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Kehoe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Kehoe's cut.
That's time! Kehoe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sackett tries to land a leg kick but Kehoe saw it coming and moves away.
Kehoe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kehoe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sackett moves away.
Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kehoe.
Kehoe throws a series of punches but Sackett avoids them all with ease.
Sackett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sackett missing with a left hand there. Kehoe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sackett throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sackett throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kehoe scores with a shot to the body.
Sackett on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kehoe throws a right hand that misses
and Sackett counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett throws the kick towards the body but Kehoe avoids it.
Sackett slips under a jab.
Kehoe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sackett can do to turn this around?
Kehoe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sackett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kehoe missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Kehoe misses.
Sackett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice uppercut there from Kehoe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kehoe. Sackett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kehoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Kehoe misses the target.
Kehoe throws a body shot but no joy.
Sackett moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kehoe lands a jab to the nose.
Sackett tries a low kick but Kehoe avoids it.
Andrew Kehoe is winning the standup battle so far.
Sackett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sackett checks a low kick from Kehoe.
Sackett moves away from the strike by Kehoe.
A punch lands to the side of Sackett 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe lands a jab.
Kehoe tried to score with a low kick but Sackett checks it.
Kehoe misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sackett moves out of range as Kehoe strikes.
Kehoe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kehoe jabs Sackett to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kehoe misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sackett counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kehoe misses with a body shot.
Kehoe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kehoe moves out of range of the body kick.
Sackett punishes Kehoe's body with a nice straight punch.
Kehoe lands with an uppercut that bounces Sackett off the cage and back into range.
That kick from Kehoe tenderised Sackett's leg. Sackett is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donk. Sackett catches Kehoe right on the button with a cross.
Kehoe lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kehoe misses with a takedown attempt - Sackett sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sackett lands with a right hand.

Kehoe is rocked!
Kehoe throws an overhand right that lands on Sackett's shoulder, as Sackett tries to avoid the shot.
Oh Kehoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kehoe throws a body punch but Sackett moves out of range.
Kehoe seems to have got his legs back now.

Kehoe closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kehoe lands in his opponent's guard.
Sackett is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kehoe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kehoe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sackett controls Kehoe momentarily but Kehoe frees himself.
Kehoe is in close to Sackett's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kehoe throws a big right hand that misses.
Kehoe preventing the sweep.
Kehoe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sackett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andrew Kehoe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sackett working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kehoe.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kehoe is looking to work some ground and pound but Sackett has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Kehoe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Kehoe's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sackett defending well as Kehoe loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kehoe.
Kehoe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kehoe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sackett under the eye.
Kehoe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.
Sackett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kehoe lands a nice hook to Sackett's body. Sackett takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kehoe checks a low kick from Sackett.
Kehoe throws a big shot that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Sackett misses.
Andrew Kehoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kehoe tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sackett defends well and Kehoe ends up having to push Sackett into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett throws a head kick but Kehoe moves out of range.
Kehoe loads up on a big right hand but Sackett slips the punch.
Kehoe misses with a looping left.
Kehoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kehoe, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kehoe. Sackett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Galloway Sackett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kehoe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kehoe connects with a leg kick. Sackett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sackett throws the kick towards the body but Kehoe avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Kehoe tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kehoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Kehoe is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sackett's half guard.

Sackett makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kehoe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Sackett. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sackett.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kehoe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kehoe works Sackett's body with a nice hook.
Sackett connects with an inside leg kick.
Sackett moves away from the strike by Kehoe.
Galloway Sackett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe misses with an uppercut
and Sackett counters with a leg kick.
Kehoe tries to work over Sackett's front leg with a kick but Sackett checks it.
Kehoe tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sackett sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kehoe somewhat.
Sackett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sackett throws a leg kick that misses.
Sackett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kehoe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sackett makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kehoe really felt that one!
Kehoe throws a low kick but Sackett moves out of range easily.
Kehoe jabs Sackett right on the nose. Sackett blinks but takes it well.
Kehoe throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Andrew Kehoe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe misses the shot to the body.
Kehoe backing away here, and Sackett unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kehoe avoids a kick to the body.
Kehoe digs a good body shot into Sackett's ribs.
Kehoe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sacketts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sackett shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A good leg kick by Kehoe.
A punch lands to the side of Sackett 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kehoe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kehoe backing away here, and Sackett unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kehoe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Kehoe.
Kehoe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sackett.
Kehoe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sackett has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kehoe throws a combination. Sackett tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sackett takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kehoe.
Kehoe throws a good cross that connects.
Kehoe misses with a straight right.
Sackett was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sackett scores with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Sackett.
Sackett throws a lazy right hand but Kehoe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sackett leaves Kehoe with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Kehoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sackett drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kehoe cracks the inside of Sackett's front leg.
Sackett throws the left hand but Kehoe avoids the punch easily.
Sackett tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sackett misses with a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Kehoe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kehoe 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Kehoe!
Our winner, Andrew Kehoe, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.