PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Kelley (ranked 574 p4p, 25 weight class) and Laverne Mazzola (ranked 1847 p4p, 49 weight class). Mazzola is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Il Canto Degli Italiani. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kelley
vs
Mazzola

180 cm
32
194 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

170 cm
33
162 lbs
22 - 11 - 2

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Fanatic Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Liam Kelley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Laverne Mazzola!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelley tries to bum rush Mazzola with a series of wild strikes but Mazzola uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liam Kelley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazzola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelley.
Kelley connects with a solid leg kick.
Mazzola tries to move into range but Kelley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mazzola takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mazzola closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mazzola lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mazzola takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mazzola ducks under a wild hook from Kelley.
Kelley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mazzola lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mazzola.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Kelley misses its intended target.
Kelley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kelley scores with a leg kick.
Kelley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mazzola looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Mazzola. Those never looked like landing.
Kelley clobbers Mazzola with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mazzola moves out of range as Kelley strikes.
Kelley misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kelley bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mazzola's head.
Kelley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kelley misses with a jab to the body
and Mazzola connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Mazzola throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kelley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mazzola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelley.
Mazzola wants to counter with a clinch but Kelley pushes him away.
Kelley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mazzola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelley moves away.
Kelley fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut. Kelley saw that one coming.
Mazzola takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola ducks right into an uppercut from Kelley.
A jab from Kelley misses.
Kelley throws a low kick but Mazzola moves out of range easily.
Mazzola throws a jab but it's blocked by Kelley.
A swing and a miss from Kelley.
Mazzola connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kelley. Kelley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kelley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mazzola throws out the jab.
Kelley throws a shot to the body.
Mazzola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelley.
Mazzola is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kelley with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Kelley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola needs to keep his hands up - Kelley had a free shot at his head there.
Kelley throws a jab but it's blocked by Mazzola.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mazzola. Kelley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Kelley.
Mazzola misses the shot to the body.
Kelley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kelley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mazzola is able to avoid easily.
Kelley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Mazzola instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mazzola.
Kelley misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Kelley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley gets through Mazzola's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelley blocking some punches.
Kelley lands a nice shot to the body.
Mazzola scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mazzola creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
Kelley lands a shoulder strike.
Mazzola has a couple of punches blocked by Kelley.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelley.
Mazzola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelley tries a body shot but Mazzola blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Mazzola fails to land.
Kelley tries to work over Mazzola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelley throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzola.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kelley as Mazzola tries to tie him up.
Mazzola lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelley backwards.
Mazzola throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelley.
Mazzola misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Kelley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kelley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kelley misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelley misses the shot to the body.
Kelley takes a swing at Mazzola's ribcage but misses.
Mazzola is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mazzola blocks a jab.
Kelley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mazzola can do to turn this around?
A leg kick checked by Mazzola.
Kelley moves out of range as Mazzola strikes.
A leg kick checked by Mazzola.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelley throws a body punch but Mazzola moves out of range.
Kelley throws a head kick that Mazzola semi-blocks.
Kelley looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mazzola moves in looking to clinch but Kelley pushes him off.
Mazzola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mazzola. Kelley does a little dance to reset his feet.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mazzola in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kelley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mazzola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelley.
Mazzola throws a counter combo.
Kelley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Mazzola misses.
Mazzola misses with a straight right.
Kelley is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Liam Kelley is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Mazzola misses its intended target.
Mazzola takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mazzola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kelley tries a low kick but Mazzola avoids it.
Kelley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A slow jab from Kelley misses its intended target.
Kelley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mazzola.
Mazzola now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Mazzola blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelley stuns Mazzola with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kelley.
Mazzola misses with a low kick.
Kelley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut.
Mazzola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelley.
Mazzola appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kelley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelley misses with a right hand
and Mazzola counters with a stiff right hand.
Kelley misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kelley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mazzola has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mazzola and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mazzola lands with an overhand left.
Kelley misses with a straight right.
Mazzola tries a quick counter leg kick but Kelley is wise to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Mazzola checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mazzola tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kelley looks for the body kick but Mazzola saw that one coming.
Mazzola throws a hook to the side of Kelley's head but Kelley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mazzola slips under a jab.
Kelley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mazzola walks into a jab.
Kelley does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mazzola swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Mazzola misses.
As Mazzola backs away, Kelley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kelley lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mazzola will feel that in the morning.
Kelley throws a jab but it's blocked by Mazzola.
Kelley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mazzola can pounce on him.
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley throws an off balance right hand
and Mazzola counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kelley throws a head kick but Mazzola moves out of range.
Kelley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mazzola throws out a counter right but Kelley avoids it with no problem.
Mazzola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mazzola avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mazzola throws a body shot but no joy.
Kelley lands the left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kelley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mazzola is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kelley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mazzola takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kelley lands with an uppercut that bounces Mazzola off the cage and back into range.
Mazzola takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mazzola slips under a jab from Kelley.
Mazzola looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Kelley dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A big left from Mazzola misses.
Kelley connects with an inside leg kick.
Mazzola tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kelley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mazzola tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kelley cracks Mazzola with an open hand slap.
Kelley throws a lazy right hand but Mazzola sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mazzola doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Mazzola looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kelley lands with a straight right. Mazzola didn't see that one coming.
Mazzola looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelley is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Mazzola finds it's way through Kelley's defenses.
Mazzola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelley was well out of range. Poor timing from Mazzola.
A slow jab from Mazzola misses its intended target.
Kelley avoids the body shot from Mazzola.
Mazzola avoids the head kick by Kelley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelley needs to keep his hands up - Mazzola had a free shot at his head there.
Kelley misses with a straight left.
Mazzola smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kelley misses the shot to the body.
Kelley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kelley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mazzola throws a big shot that misses.
Mazzola misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kelley - that will leave a mark!
Mazzola's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kelley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kelley jabs Mazzola right on the nose. Mazzola blinks but takes it well.
Mazzola slips a straight right by Kelley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazzola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mazzola scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mazzola slips a straight right by Kelley.
Mazzola steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kelley.
Mazzola lands a head shot.
Kelley misses with an uppercut.
Liam Kelley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kelley slips a jab from Mazzola.
Mazzola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Kelley is predictable there
and Mazzola counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kelley swings for the body but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kelley counters with a nice body kick.
Kelley does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mazzola misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelley misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzola throws a front kick aimed at Kelley's knee but Kelley avoids it well.
Kelley connects with a body shot.
Kelley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mazzola manages to avoid it.
Kelley moves out of range as Mazzola strikes.
Mazzola looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kelley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kelley lands with a good body shot.
Kelley misses with an uppercut. Mazzola saw that one coming.
Kelley connects with a jab.
Kelley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mazzola.
Mazzola tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laverne Mazzola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley throws an off balance right hand
and Mazzola counters with a left to the body.
Mazzola has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kelley misses with a body kick.
Mazzola throws a counter combo.
Kelley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazzola was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelley.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut. Kelley saw that one coming.
Kelley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mazzola looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mazzola takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mazzola with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kelley to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Kelley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kelley.
A cross from Mazzola lands.
Kelley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mazzola on the side of the head.
Mazzola walks into a left hand.
Kelley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mazzola. That did some damage!
Kelley cracks the inside of Mazzola's front leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Kelley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kelley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Kelley!
A very excited looking Liam Kelley made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.