PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liam Kelley (ranked 446 p4p, 70 weight class) and Skreba Reijonen (ranked 689 p4p, 111 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Kelley
vs
Reijonen

180 cm
31
179 lbs
23 - 11 - 1

172 cm
33
170 lbs
20 - 13 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

FORCEE

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 23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Liam Kelley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Skreba Reijonen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reijonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelley was well out of range. Poor timing from Reijonen.
Reijonen fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kelley clinches with his opponent.
Reijonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelley working aggressively here.
Reijonen prevents a body shot from Kelley.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reijonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reijonen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Kelley.
Reijonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelley definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Reijonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelley tries a body shot but Reijonen blocks it.
Kelley misses with the head strike.
Reijonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelley misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Reijonen.
Kelley lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelley.
Reijonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reijonen misses with a punch to the body.
Kelley blocking some punches.
Kelley misses with a body punch.
Reijonen tries to work over Kelley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Come on Reijonen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Reijonen misses with some punches.
Reijonen lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelley.
Reijonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelley.
Kelley swings wildly with an uppercut but Reijonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reijonen.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelley tries to work over Reijonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reijonen backwards.
Reijonen blocking some punches.
Kelley working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Reijonen lands a shoulder strike.
Reijonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reijonen.
A head punch on the inside from Reijonen fails to land.
Reijonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelley backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reijonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kelley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelley throws a punch but it's blocked by Reijonen.
Reijonen misses with a body punch.
Reijonen tries to work over Kelley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelley throws a punch but it's blocked by Reijonen.
Reijonen misses with the head strike.
Kelley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reijonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Reijonen.
Kelley prevents a body shot from Reijonen.
Kelley working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Reijonen.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reijonen can't find room to land a body shot as Kelley controls the action.
Reijonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kelley misses with the head strike.
Reijonen lands with a right to the head.
Kelley is leaning against Reijonen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reijonen misses with some punches.
Reijonen misses with a body punch.

Kelley manages to break the clinch.
Reijonen blocks a head kick by Kelley.

Kelley clinches up with Reijonen and pushes him back against the cage.
Reijonen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kelley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reijonen's elbow.
Kelley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley working aggressively here.
Kelley tries to throw a body punch but Reijonen avoids it by throwing Kelley back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Kelley fails to land.
Kelley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reijonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reijonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelley wants to stall.
Kelley is working Reijonen over against the cage.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelley misses with some punches.
Reijonen lands a right hand.
Kelley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley misses with some punches.
Reijonen lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Skreba Reijonen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The crowd cheers as Kelley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reijonen doesn't seem phased though.
Kelley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kelley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Reijonen tries to get set, Kelley tries to push him back and clinch up but Reijonen manages to avoid the attempt.
Reijonen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelley swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kelley gets a clinch.
Reijonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reijonen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kelley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Reijonen fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reijonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelley.
Kelley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reijonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelley's elbow.
Kelley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reijonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelley's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reijonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelley's elbow.
Reijonen misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kelley fails to land.
A short right from Reijonen.
Kelley lands a left hand.
Kelley blocks an uppercut.
Reijonen is leaning against Kelley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kelley throws a punch but it's blocked by Reijonen.
Kelley digs a right hand underneath Reijonen's ribcage. Reijonen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reijonen blocks a body shot from Kelley.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reijonen.
Kelley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kelley blocks an uppercut.
Kelley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reijonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelley.
Skreba Reijonen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kelley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Reijonen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelley lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelley tries a body shot but Reijonen blocks it.
Kelley cracks Reijonen with a nice body shot.
Kelley throws a head punch that misses.
Kelley tries a body shot but Reijonen blocks it.
Kelley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reijonen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kelleys head.
Reijonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelley misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelley is leaning against Reijonen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kelley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reijonen backwards.
A short right from Kelley on the inside.
Reijonen has a couple of punches blocked by Kelley.
Reijonen working aggressively here.
Reijonen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Reijonen.
Kelley misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelley prevents a body shot from Reijonen.
Kelley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Kelley.
Kelley tries to throw a body punch but Reijonen avoids it by throwing Kelley back against the cage.
Kelley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelley.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelley.
Kelley blocking some punches.
Reijonen prevents a body shot from Kelley.
Kelley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reijonen lands a left hand.
Reijonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelley throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley can't find room to land a body shot as Reijonen controls the action.
Reijonen misses with a punch to the body.
Reijonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reijonen takes a shot to the head.
Reijonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reijonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reijonen prevents a body shot from Kelley.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelley scores with a shot to the side of Reijonen's head.
A body shot lands from Kelley.
Kelley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reijonen's elbow.
Kelley prevents a body shot from Reijonen.
A head punch on the inside from Kelley fails to land.
Reijonen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kelley fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Kelley dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Kelley scores with a nice strike.
Reijonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reijonen thuds his right hand into Kelley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reijonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reijonen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelley lands a nice shot that snaps Reijonen's head back.
Kelley throws a body punch but Reijonen moves out of range.
Reijonen steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kelley.
Reijonen misses with a straight left.
Reijonen swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reijonen tries to clinch but Kelley moves away
and Kelley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reijonen misses with a jab, cross combination.

Reijonen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reijonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reijonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelley gets through Reijonen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Reijonen.
Kelley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kelley fails to land.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelley misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelley blocks an uppercut.
Reijonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reijonen misses with the head strike.
Kelley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kelley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley lands with a left to the head.
Reijonen lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen misses with the head strike.
Reijonen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelley misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kelley fails to land.
Kelley misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reijonen.
Kelley tries to work over Reijonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reijonen lands a nice uppercut.
Reijonen blocks an uppercut.
Reijonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reijonen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelley backwards.
Reijonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kelley blocks a body shot from Reijonen.
Reijonen pushes Kelley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Reijonen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reijonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Reijonen scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reijonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Reijonen fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reijonen.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelley misses with a punch on the inside.
Reijonen misses with the head strike.
Kelley blocking some punches.
Reijonen scores with a hook to the body.
Reijonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelley.
Reijonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelley swings wildly with an uppercut but Reijonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelley blocks an uppercut.
Kelley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Kelley.
A short left from Kelley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reijonen.
Reijonen misses with a body punch.
Kelley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reijonen's elbow.
Reijonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reijonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelley blocks an uppercut.
Kelley tries to throw a body punch but Reijonen avoids it by throwing Kelley back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelley tries to work over Reijonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reijonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelley lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reijonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kelley tries a body shot but Reijonen blocks it.
Reijonen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reijonen blocks a body shot from Kelley.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Skreba Reijonen.
I think Reijonen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skreba Reijonen!
Skreba Reijonen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Liam Kelley was interviewed post fight and said 'Ain't that a Bitch'.