PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dexter M (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

M
vs
Kelly

178 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dexter M!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charlie Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
M swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of M 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kelly loads up on a big right hand but M slips the punch.
M shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kelly as he jumps to the side.
M closes the distance and clinches up with Kelly, looking for a takedown. M pushes Kelly against the cage but Kelly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kelly scores with a jab to the head.
M tries to close the distance and clinch but Kelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good work by Kelly as he checks the leg kick.
M closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kelly stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter M. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but M was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Kelly with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
M tries to clinch but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly throws a big shot that misses.
M just misses with a punch to the body.
M uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
M needs to keep his hands up - Kelly had a free shot at his head there.
A big left from Kelly misses.
M fails in his attempt to clinch.
M tries to close the distance and clinch but Kelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. M sees it coming and avoids it easily.
M closes the distance and clinches up with Kelly, looking for a takedown. M pushes Kelly against the cage but Kelly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kelly misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
M tries to clinch up but Kelly circles away and keeps his distance.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly swats away the attempt to clinch by M.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from M.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of M's head but M sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
M ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from M.
Kelly avoids the head kick by M.
M tries to clinch there but Kelly circles away.
M shoots for a double leg takedown but Kelly sprawls well. He's pushed M's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Kelly. No joy for M on that attempt.
Kelly cracks M with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
M shoots for a takedown but Kelly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kelly scores with the left hand. M knows he should have avoided that one.
M moves in looking to clinch but Kelly pushes him off.
Kelly throws a predictable looking body shot
and M counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
M misses with a head kick.
M is breathing heavily.
M looks for a takedown but Kelly sprawls well.
Dexter M seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly misses with an uppercut. M saw that one coming.
Kelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
M on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but M is just out of range.
Kelly jabs at M's body.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horrible takedown by M or perhaps it was just good defense by Kelly which made him look bad.
Kelly misses with a looping right.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly scores with a hook.
Kelly connects with a right hand. M shakes it off.
M blocks a jab.
Kelly throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Kelly dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kelly misses with a hook.
M tries to close the distance and clinch but Kelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
M fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
M fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dexter M is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
M wants to clinch.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but M manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Kelly stuffs the takedown attempt from M. M gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter M. That's going to take a lot out of him.
M uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. M sees it coming and avoids it easily.
M fails with the takedown.
M takes a shot right to the bread basket.
M shoots in but Kelly avoids the takedown attempt easily.
M throws a push kick but Kelly slaps the foot to one side.
Charlie Kelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kelly lands with a hook. M tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kelly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kelly misses with a telegraphed body shot

and M counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by M.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
M tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
M swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kelly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice uppercut there from Kelly.
M fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly digs a good body shot into M's ribs.
Kelly misses with a body shot
and Kelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Horrible takedown by M or perhaps it was just good defense by Kelly which made him look bad.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
M takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Charlie Kelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kelly scores with a shot to the body.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for M. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Kelly throws a jab when M was well out of range.
Kelly throws a hook but M blocks it.
M uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
Kelly misses with a straight right.
Kelly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly lands a right hook to the body.
M tries to clinch up
and Kelly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
M ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kelly loads up on a big right hand but M slips the punch.
Kelly throws a shot from downtown. M moves away and avoids it.
Kelly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kelly 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.
Kelly connects with a crisp jab.
M misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
M misses with a takedown
and Kelly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
M tries to clinch up
and Kelly counters with a straight right hand.
Kelly punishes M's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kelly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
M takes one on the button.
Jab from Kelly.
Kelly stuffs the takedown attempt from M. M gets slowly back to his feet.
M has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kelly finds it's way round the side to connect with M's head.
M tries a head kick but it misses.
M will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
M keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelly scores with a decent looking hook.
Kelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
M fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dexter M. That's going to take a lot out of him.
M fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
M takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A shot to de liver by Kelly. Beautiful body shot.
M slips under a jab from Kelly.
Kelly lands with a right hand.
Good work by Kelly as he checks the leg kick.
M looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kelly throws a body punch but M moves out of range.
Kelly checks a low kick from M.
M shoots in for a double leg but Kelly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
M walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
M looks for a takedown but Kelly sprawls well.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly lands a nice looking body shot.
M fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
A big right from Kelly misses.
Kelly scores with a punch to the head.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
M shoots in for a takedown but Kelly shows good takedown defense.
Kelly digs a good body shot into M's ribs.
Kelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kelly lands a nice hook to M's body. M takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left and a right from M both land. Nice combination.
Kelly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches M on the side of the head.
Kelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
M attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
M ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.
Kelly throws a lazy right hand but M sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
M misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Kelly misses.
M closes the distance but Kelly moves to the side
and Kelly counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Kelly misses.
Kelly lands with a nice body punch.
Kelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
M uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelly.
Kelly punishes M's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Kelly. That snapped M's head back.
M takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dexter M has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Charlie Kelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
No luck for M with that takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kelly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Kelly!