PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Sheedy (ranked 172 p4p, 24 weight class) and Paul Haily (ranked 1794 p4p, 218 weight class). 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.

Sheedy
vs
Haily

172 cm
21
160 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

179 cm
28
163 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Sheedy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Haily!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Sheedy misses.
Sheedy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sheedy looks to score with a jab to the body but Haily is just out of range.
Haily avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No joy there for Sheedy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Sheedy rushes Haily and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Haily goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sheedy misses with some punches.
Sheedy blocking some punches.
Sheedy throws a punch but it's blocked by Haily.
Haily tries a body shot but Sheedy blocks it.
Sheedy lands a left hand.
Sheedy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Haily fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sheedy lands an uppercut.
Haily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sheedy is trying to maintain a safe position but Haily gets an underhook and turns Sheedy into the cage.
Sheedy lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee calls for Haily to work.
Sheedy lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheedy misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Sheedy.
A head punch on the inside from Haily fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haily.
Haily pushes Sheedy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haily pushes Sheedy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haily throws a punch but it's blocked by Sheedy.

Haily breaks from the clinch.
Haily drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sheedy throws a right and a left that Haily avoids nicely.
Sheedy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Haily tries to clinch but Sheedy moves out of range.
Haily lands a nice looking body shot.

Haily gets a clinch.
Sheedy scores with a hook to the body.
Haily being controlled against the cage.
Haily looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sheedy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Sheedy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch on the inside from Haily fails to land.
Haily misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Sheedy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch on the inside from Sheedy fails to land.
Haily fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sheedy misses with some punches.
Sheedy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sheedy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hailys head.

Sheedy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sheedy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Haily in his tracks.

Sheedy takes the fight into the clinch.
Haily lands a hook that snaps the head of Sheedy backwards.
Sheedy lands with a short shot to the head.
Haily tries to work over Sheedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheedy throws a punch but it's blocked by Haily.
Haily lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Haily as the two fighters clinch.
Haily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haily tries to work over Sheedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sheedy misses with a body punch.
Sheedy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Haily.
Haily misses with the head strike.
Haily pushes Sheedy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haily.
Nice body punch from Haily - that landed with a thud.
Sheedy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haily lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sheedy backwards.
Haily scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sheedy.
Haily throws a head punch that misses.
Sheedy throws a head punch that misses.

Sheedy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haily. Sheedy does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheedy misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haily throws a right hand that misses
and Haily takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sheedy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Haily. Haily circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
No joy there for Sheedy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haily tries to counter with a clinch but Sheedy shakes him off and moves away.
Haily displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sheedy throws out the jab.
Sheedy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sheedy cracks Haily with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Haily clinches.
Sheedy lands a hook that snaps the head of Haily backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sheedy.
Haily is looking for a takedown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haily.
Sheedy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haily fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sheedy.
Haily tries a body shot but Sheedy blocks it.
Sheedy gets through Haily's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sheedy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Sheedy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Haily swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kevin Sheedy is winning the standup battle so far.
Sheedy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sheedy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haily swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sheedy cracks Haily with a right hand to the side of the head.
Haily swats away the attempt to clinch by Sheedy.
Haily throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sheedy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haily can do to turn this around?
Sheedy misses with the combination.

Sheedy sends Haily crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Sheedy is motioning to the referee to let Haily up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Haily is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sheedy Throws a clean left jab. Sheedy Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Haily's chin! Haily crumbles to the ground and Sheedy follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Sheedy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kevin Sheedy!
Kevin Sheedy retains his lightweight title!