PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bo Cephus (ranked 6217 p4p, 547 weight class) and Daniel Kelly (ranked 4860 p4p, 0 weight class). Bo Cephus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cephus
vs
Kelly

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bo Cephus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly shoots in but no luck this time.
Kelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cephus slips under a jab.
Kelly dives in and grabs Cephus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cephus pushes down on Kelly's head and hops out.
Cephus tests Kelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kelly throws an overhand right that lands on Cephus's shoulder, as Cephus tries to avoid the shot.
Cephus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kelly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cephus looks to land a combination but Kelly avoids it well.
Kelly throws the left hand but Cephus avoids the punch easily.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cephus sprawls well. Cephus wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet.
Bo Cephus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Kelly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cephus is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kelly.
Kelly fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cephus avoids it really well and circles away.
Kelly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cephus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cephus scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly takes one on the button.
Cephus jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cephus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cephus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly looks to land a combination. Cephus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Bo Cephus has been cut.
Cephus cracks Kelly with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kelly fails with the takedown.

Kelly has managed to clinch.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Kelly is trying to drag Cephus to the mat but Cephus just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kelly wants to stall.
Cephus throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cephus misses with a punch on the inside.
Cephus has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Cephus lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly is trying to break free.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Kelly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Cephus fails to land.
Kelly tries to break free but Cephus pushes him back against the cage.
Cephus prevents Kelly from breaking the clinch.
Kelly is looking to break free of the clinch but Cephus has double underhooks.
Kelly wants to get back to striking at distance but Cephus won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.
Kelly can't break the clinch.
Cephus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cephus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cephus.
Cephus digs a right hand underneath Kelly's ribcage. Kelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cephus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cephus swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Kelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch but Cephus keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Cephus fails to land.
Cephus throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Cephus has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Kelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cephus misses with the head strike.
Cephus working aggressively here.
Cephus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cephus has him pressed against the cage.
Cephus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Cephus.
Cephus tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cephus has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Cephus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cephus working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Cephus.
A head punch on the inside from Cephus fails to land.
Cephus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cephus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cephus.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cephus.
Cephus misses with some punches.
Cephus tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Cephus back against the cage.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Cephus throws a head punch that misses.
Cephus scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cephus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Cephus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bo Cephus's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kelly clinches.
Kelly is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cephus misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Cephus fails to land.
Cephus working aggressively here.
Kelly blocks a body shot from Cephus.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly is trying to push Cephus away but Cephus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kelly tries to break free but Cephus pushes him back against the cage.
Cephus misses with some punches.
A short left from Cephus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cephus looks to throw the jab but Kelly is out of range.
Kelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cephus circles away quickly and effectively.
Daniel Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Cephus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kelly shoots in for a double leg but Cephus sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a head kick.
Kelly missing with a left hand there. Cephus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Kelly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cephus jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bo Cephus is winning the standup battle so far.
Cephus dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
A slow jab from Cephus misses its intended target.
Kelly throws an overhand right that lands on Cephus's shoulder, as Cephus tries to avoid the shot.
Cephus swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kelly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cephus is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cephus avoids the head kick by Kelly.
Kelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from Cephus misses the target.
Cephus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around?
Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Cephus shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bo Cephus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Kelly.
Kelly is breathing heavily.
Cephus throws a good cross that connects.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly throws a shot from downtown. Cephus moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cephus drives through and clinches with Kelly against the cage.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cephus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cephus has him pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cephus.
A short right from Cephus on the inside.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Bo Cephus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cephus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Cephus.
Cephus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cephus fails to land.
Kelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cephus keeps control of Kelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cephus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cephus throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cephus lands a left hand.
Cephus misses with some punches.
Cephus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Cephus.
Kelly tries to circle away but Cephus has him pinned against the cage.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cephus tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cephus misses with some punches.
Cephus throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly.
Kelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cephus prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cephus working aggressively here.
Cephus misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cephus fails to land.
Cephus misses with some punches.
Cephus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cephus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cephus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cephus has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Cephus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cephus misses with a hook from the clinch.

Kelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Daniel Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cephus moves into range and clinches up with Kelly.
A frustrated look appears on Kelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Cephus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bo Cephus's cut.
That's time! Cephus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kelly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kelly throws a right hand that Cephus ducks under and follows up with a left that Cephus also avoids with ease.

Cephus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kelly, pushing him back against the cage.

Kelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cephus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kelly throws out the jab.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cephus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
As Cephus backs off Kelly throws a huge counter combo but Cephus manages to avoid it all.
Kelly tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cephus counters with a stiff right hand.

Cephus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cephus working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cephus.
Cephus keeps control of Kelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cephus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cephus throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Cephus working aggressively here.
Kelly prevents a body shot from Cephus.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cephus working aggressively here.
Cephus misses with a punch on the inside.
Cephus swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cephus throws a head punch that misses.
Cephus tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Cephus back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cephus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelly is trying to force a seperation but Cephus has the dominant position.

Kelly breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly defending well as Cephus loads up on a big left hand.
Bo Cephus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cephus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cephus is looking to counter punch.
Kelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cephus throwing a counter right hand but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Cephus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kelly on the wrong end of a nice jab.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cephus wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
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!
Cephus just misses with a punch to the body.
Cephus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kelly misses with a body kick.
It looked like Cephus was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kelly.

Cephus drives through and clinches with Kelly against the cage.
Cephus misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly is trying to break free.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Kelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Cephus avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cephus on the side of the head.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cephus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Cephus holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly is trying to push Cephus away but Cephus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice left hand lands by Cephus.
Cephus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cephus misses with the head strike.
Kelly can't break the clinch.
Cephus misses with a short punch on the inside.

Kelly manages to break the clinch.
Kelly fails with a takedown attempt.
Cephus lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Kelly - just one landing.
Cephus throws a lazy right hand but Kelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kelly misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cephus. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cephus.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cephus moves away.
Cephus dodges the punch combination from Kelly.

Cephus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kelly is trying to break the clinch but Cephus has him pressed against the cage.
Cephus misses with a body punch.
Daniel Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cephus swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bo Cephus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cephus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bo Cephus!