PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Duncan McKeller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kharlton Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Back in Black -AC/DC kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

McKeller
vs
Bailey

186 cm
19
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Duncan McKeller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kharlton Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKeller swinging wildly here.
McKeller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bailey can pounce on him.
Bailey lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Duncan McKeller has been cut.

McKeller moves into the clinch.
Bailey is looking to break free of the clinch but McKeller has double underhooks.
Bailey is trying to break free.
Bailey tries to circle away but McKeller has him pinned against the cage.
Bailey is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bailey jumps guard but McKeller stands there with Bailey around his waist. Bailey gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McKeller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McKeller prevents Bailey from breaking the clinch.
Bailey misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKeller tries a body shot but Bailey blocks it.
Bailey tries to break the clinch but McKeller is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from McKeller - that landed with a thud.

McKeller jumps into guard, dragging Bailey to the mat.
Bailey wants to stand but McKeller is controlling his posture from full guard.
McKeller tries to strike from the bottom.

McKeller has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bailey off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
McKeller moves out of range of the body kick.
Bailey scores with a kick to the body.
Bailey misses with a two punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for McKeller.
McKeller moves out of range as Bailey throws a body kick.

McKeller instigates a clinch.
McKeller has Bailey pressed against the cage, preventing Bailey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey is trying to break the clinch but McKeller is controlling him.

McKeller pulls guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey wants to stand and escape but instead McKeller has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

McKeller controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
McKeller cracks Bailey with a solid left hand.
McKeller with a nice head shot there.
McKeller distracts Bailey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
McKeller is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bailey wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and McKeller manages to pass to side control.
McKeller drops an elbow to the side of Bailey's head.
Bailey is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKeller working Bailey over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McKeller looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bailey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McKeller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

McKeller is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
McKeller lands strikes from half guard.
Bailey scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but McKeller manages to mount him!
McKeller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
McKeller working the ground and pound effectively.
McKeller cracks Bailey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bailey looks winded!
McKeller landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McKeller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McKeller breaks from Bailey's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bailey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McKeller putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McKeller lands a big shot there that rocks Bailey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bailey is bucking up trying to escape but McKeller cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
McKeller breaks from Bailey's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McKeller punishing his opponent with strikes.
McKeller will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
McKeller scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McKeller working the ground and pound effectively.
McKeller landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bailey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McKeller looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
McKeller landing strikes from the mount and Bailey is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duncan McKeller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duncan McKeller's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McKeller clinches up with Bailey and pushes him back against the cage.
McKeller is looking for a takedown.
McKeller has Bailey pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bailey manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
McKeller has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bailey after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duncan McKeller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McKeller swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKeller lands a right hand.
Bailey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from McKeller.
McKeller has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bailey is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

McKeller manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
McKeller throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKeller looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

McKeller manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

McKeller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

McKeller fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bailey, pushing him back against the cage.
McKeller lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McKeller has Bailey pressed against the cage, preventing Bailey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bailey wants to break free but McKeller has control.
Bailey is trying to break free.

McKeller has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Bailey regains guard immediately.
McKeller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bailey can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McKeller content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bailey wants to stand up but McKeller is controlling him.
McKeller with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKeller works over Bailey with some ground and pound from guard.
McKeller scoring with some ground and pound.
McKeller works over Bailey with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst McKeller is controlling him.

Bailey kicks McKeller off and gets to his feet.
Bailey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

McKeller darts in and clinches Bailey up against the cage.
Good body shot from McKeller.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.

McKeller gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Bailey tries to push off, looking to stand up, but McKeller manages to move to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKeller lands a couple of good shots and Bailey has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

McKeller has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Bailey is defending well but eventually McKeller manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Bailey has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Duncan McKeller!