PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between swg le fay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxwell Kegele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kegele has chosen The Soulforged as his entrance music. Maxwell Kegele is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

le fay
vs
Kegele

175 cm
23
191 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
23
188 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, swg le fay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxwell Kegele!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
le fay lunges at Kegele with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kegele's hand.
Kegele moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like swg le fay has been cut.
Kegele has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from le fay finds it's way round the side to connect with Kegele's head.
Kegele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kegele looks to score with a jab to the body but le fay is just out of range.
Kegele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
le fay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kegele.
Kegele tries to move into range but le fay moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
le fay misses the shot to the body.
Kegele explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
le fay scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

le fay shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
le fay is stalling here. Kegele is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! le fay seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kegele has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kegele in side control, throwing shots but le fay defends.
le fay sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kegele wants to pass the guard but le fay is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kegele throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
le fay gets full guard.
Kegele loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
le fay bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kegele's guard.

le fay drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and le fay jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
le fay scoring with punches to the head and body.
le fay wants to pass the guard but Kegele is keeping the position.
le fay scoring with punches to the head and body.
le fay pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kegele is keeping the position for now.
le fay works a leg free and moves into half guard.
le fay tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kegele knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

le fay is working for a kimura but Kegele is defending it quite comfortably.
le fay lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kegele is not content to let le fay control the position.
le fay scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from le fay.
le fay sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kegele defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. le fay connects with a nice short shot to Kegele's temple.
le fay moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kegele taking punishment in the form of punches.
le fay gets to mount! Kegele was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Kegele looks gassed!
le fay lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
le fay is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kegele can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

le fay is working for a guillotine from mount but Kegele frees his head quite easily.
le fay looking to finish Kegele with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kegele!
le fay with good strikes from the mount here!
Kegele is squirming around, avoiding le fay's attempts to control the action.
le fay dominating with strikes here.
le fay unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

le fay working for a submission but Kegele is keeping him at bay.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This has been an exciting period of action!

le fay working for a submission but Kegele is keeping him at bay.
le fay lands a nice shot to the head.
le fay controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
le fay landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

le fay working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
le fay with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

swg le fay dominated that round.
The cut man is working on swg le fay's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kegele doesn't manage to clinch there - le fay circles away.

le fay moves into range and clinches up with Kegele.

le fay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kegele avoids the body shot from le fay.
Kegele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from le fay.
Kegele wants to clinch but le fay slips to the side
and le fay counters with a stiff right hand.
Kegele on the wrong end of a nice hook.
le fay on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
le fay missing with a left hand there. Kegele was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
le fay misses with a two punch combination.
Kegele has his takedown stuffed

and le fay moves into the clinch.
Kegele tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. le fay just stands there and leans against the cage.
le fay pushes Kegele back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
le fay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kegele backwards.
le fay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
le fay digs a right hand into Kegele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kegele's gas tank.
Kegele is breathing heavily.

le fay has hold of one of Kegele's legs. Kegele is fighting the takedown attempt but le fay gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
le fay trying to control the position from guard on top but Kegele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
le fay might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
le fay working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
le fay postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
le fay preventing the sweep.
le fay landing some decent shots from guard.
le fay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
le fay passes easily into side control. Nice work.
swg le fay overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

le fay is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kegele has escaped the position, nice work there.
le fay landing strikes.
le fay cracks Kegele with an elbow. That is naaassty.
le fay working the body and head with strikes.
le fay working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
le fay creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kegele tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but le fay wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
le fay lands an elbow.
Kegele tries to buck le fay off but le fay is having none of it.

le fay has an Americana. Kegele didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! le fay is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if le fay hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). swg le fay!