PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Sharp (ranked 5428 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalil Kelly (ranked 8137 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sharp
vs
Kelly

182 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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 New York, Phil Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khalil Kelly!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly walks into a straight right hand from Sharp.

Kelly feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sharp is trying to control the position but Kelly postures up.

Sharp manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Kelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sharp throws a right and a left that Kelly avoids nicely.
Kelly throws a body punch but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp feints a jab promting Kelly to slip. Sharp then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kelly slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sharp on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Phil Sharp has been cut.
Sharp darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sharp throws a head kick that misses.
Phil Sharp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharp slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
Sharp throws a big counter combination but Kelly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kelly. Sharp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sharp misses with a wild combination.
Kelly is looking for the big counter here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sharp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sharp throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sharp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sharp is breathing heavily.
Kelly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Kelly shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kelly seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kelly lands strikes from half guard.

Sharp is rocked!
Kelly is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Sharp is hurt! He's hurt bad - Kelly fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Sharp from any more punishment! Congratulations to Kelly! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khalil Kelly!