PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darragh Kelly (ranked 1510 p4p, 157 weight class) and Kylar Sensei (ranked 893 p4p, 104 weight class). Darragh Kelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kelly
vs
Sensei

168 cm
28
154 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
153 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

RAGS of a RONIN

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Darragh Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kylar Sensei!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Sensei gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sensei controlling the position.
Kelly trying to control but Sensei is working from the bottom.
Kelly is looking to pass into half guard but Sensei pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sensei is in guard.

Kelly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sensei defends it easily.

Kelly throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kelly keeping full guard, as Sensei tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kelly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sensei is aware though and is defending well.
Sensei postures up and lands a big shot to Kelly's brow.
Sensei tries to free his leg and advance position but Kelly is retaining full guard.
Sensei postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Sensei from controlling successfully.
Sensei wants to pass the guard but Kelly is keeping the position.

Kelly has his foot on Sensei's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sensei works his way back into a safe position though.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sensei working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Sensei lands a couple of digs.
Sensei has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kelly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sensei passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kelly is trying to improve his position.
A lull in the action here as Sensei stalls from top position.
Sensei cracks Kelly with a big right hand but Kelly just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kelly tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sensei wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei is putting a hurting on Kelly here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sensei working away.

Sensei is trying to get an arm triangle but Kelly is defending well.
Kelly is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kelly looking for a sweep but Sensei has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sensei with shots to the head and body - Kelly looks very uncomfortable down there.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Kelly takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sensei putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sensei landing punches.
Sensei pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kelly is desperately trying to improve his position but Sensei has a good base and remains in mount.
Sensei lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kelly is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sensei looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sensei bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kelly's guard.

Kelly throws his legs up looking for a submission but Sensei uses it to pass to side control.
Kelly taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sensei is chipping away with strikes.
Sensei looks up at the clock and then as Kelly takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sensei smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sensei tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kelly is looking for a sweep.

Sensei wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kelly, who protects the arm well.
Sensei working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly tries to improve position but can't.
Kelly can't do much from the bottom here.
Sensei cracks Kelly with a big right hand but Kelly just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kelly prevents Sensei from moving into mount.
Kelly is looking for a sweep.
Sensei trying to control the action but Kelly is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Kelly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sensei grinds an elbow into Kelly's temple.
Kelly sneaks back into half guard.
Sensei prevents Kelly from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kylar Sensei dominated that round.
That's time! Kelly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sensei scores with a jab to the body.
Sensei misses with a straight right.

Kelly bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kelly postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sensei is not content to let Kelly control the position.
Sensei sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sensei gets back to full guard.
Kelly trying to control but Sensei is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sensei manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kelly manages to get himself to full guard.

Sensei postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sensei scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kelly has his foot on Sensei's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sensei works his way back into a safe position though.
Sensei stands up over Kelly, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sensei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sensei makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sensei is working Kelly over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Kelly looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sensei passes into side control.
Sensei gets to mount! Kelly was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Kelly working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sensei cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sensei landing shots from mount.
Kelly bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sensei has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kelly can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Kelly looking to improve position, pressing down on Sensei's thigh with his hand. Sensei seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Kelly paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Kelly's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Sensei picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kylar Sensei!
A very excited looking Kylar Sensei 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.