PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Che Von Cru (ranked 1543 p4p, 1403 weight class) and Ned Kelly (ranked 205 p4p, 184 weight class). Cru comes into the arena with the stranger blaring out of the sound system. Kelly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Vigilante. Che Von Cru has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cru
vs
Kelly

191 cm
22
203
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
187
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Che Von Cru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ned Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cru looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cru throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Cru moved out of range nicely.
Kelly swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cru stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kelly throws the left hand but Cru avoids the punch easily.
Cru is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cru.
Kelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelly lands a jab to Cru's midsection.
Cru uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Cru misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kelly staying out of range there.
Kelly was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cru gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kelly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cru ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.
Cru quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Ned Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cru moves out of range of the strikes.
Kelly swings for the body but Cru moves out of range.
Cru moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Cru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Cru was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cru goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Che Von Cru is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cru keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelly.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cru - that will leave a mark!
Cru lunges at Kelly with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kelly's hand.
Kelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cru counters with a nice uppercut.
Cru looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cru avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cru.
Kelly throws a shot from downtown. Cru moves away and avoids it.
Cru is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cru listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cru avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kelly throws a right hand that misses
and Cru counters with a body kick.
Kelly misses with a hook. Cru ducked under it nicely.
Kelly has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cru moves out of range of the strikes.
Cru slips a straight right by Kelly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cru fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Cru tries to land a front kick but Kelly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Cru misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cru throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cru misses with a body shot.
Cru cracks Kelly with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cru takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Cru keeps it at a distance.
Kelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cru.

Kelly forces Cru back against the cage and clinches.
Cru lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Cru lands with a right to the head.
Cru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kelly's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kelly.
Cru lands with a short shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cru swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cru lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Cru uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cru.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Cru has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Cru throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly tries a body shot but Cru blocks it.
Cru tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Cru blocks an elbow strike from Kelly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cru.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cru blocks an uppercut.
Kelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Cru backwards.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Cru.
Cru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cru.
Cru blocking some punches.
Kelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly scores with a shoulder strike.
I was talking to Cru's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cru blocks an uppercut.
Cru tries to throw a body punch but Kelly avoids it by throwing Cru back against the cage.
Cru works on Kelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Cru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Kelly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cru presses Kelly against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Cru escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cru fails to land with a series of punches.
Cru is looking to land body kicks.
Kelly throws the left hand but Cru avoids the punch easily.
Cru uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Cru is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kelly throws a hook but Cru avoids it easily.
Kelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Cru should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly throws a low kick but Cru moves out of range easily.
Cru throws a head kick that half lands.
Kelly throws a lazy uppercut
and Kelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ned Kelly will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kelly throws out a loose jab but Cru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly throws a right hand that misses
and Cru counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cru scores with a nice right hand.
Kelly blocks a jab.
Cru blocks a low kick nicely.
Cru is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kelly misses with a hook.
Cru scores with a nice right hand.
Kelly connects with a body shot.
Kelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cru avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cru fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kelly just manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Cru scores with a jab.
Cru moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cru staying out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cru blocks a jab.
Kelly moves out of range of the body kick from Cru.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cru lands a nice shot that snaps Kelly's head back.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cru swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cru showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Cru tried to counter with a leg kick but Kelly avoided it.
Cru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Cru is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cru circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kelly forces Cru back against the cage and clinches.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cru misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kelly.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Cru controls his hands.
Cru tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Cru blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cru misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Cru.
Cru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Cru blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cru breaks from the clinch.
Cru staying out of range there.
Kelly finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cru misses the shot to the body.
Kelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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!
Donk. Kelly catches Cru right on the button with a cross.
Cru uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Kelly throws a poor cross that misses
and Cru makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Cru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cru throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cru ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelly moves away.
Kelly tries for a takedown but Cru sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cru dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cru jabs Kelly to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cru.
Cru steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cru.
Cru throws a wild body kick that Kelly sees coming a mile off.
A head kick from Cru lands but Kelly takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Cru.
Cru lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Kelly has closed the distance and engaged Cru in a clinch.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Cru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly misses with the head strike.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Cru.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Cru working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Cru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cru misses with some punches.
Cru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
A short left from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly looking for a takedown.
Cru blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly scores with a shot to the side of Cru's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cru lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ned Kelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cru lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Cru lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Cru.
Cru goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelly lands a shoulder strike.
Cru misses with some punches.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
Kelly working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Cru is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Che Von Cru has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ned Kelly.
Cru misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelly.
Kelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cru backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Che Von Cru will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cru on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kelly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cru slips a straight right by Kelly.
Kelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kelly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cru moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cru goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cru misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Kelly.
Cru takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Kelly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kelly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cru uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Cru bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kelly connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Cru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kelly throws a solid leg kick but Cru takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kelly.
Kelly throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cru cracks a nice hook into Kelly's ribs.
Kelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cru lands the left hand.
Nice defenses there by Cru.
Cru swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cru takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cru uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cru was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Cru scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kelly throws a head kick but Cru moves out of range.
As Kelly backs away, Cru returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cru takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kelly misses with a hook to the body
and Cru counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cru scoring well with a low kick there.
Kelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cru. Cru obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly avoids the body shot from Cru.
Kelly throws a hook but Cru blocks it.
Cru buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kelly throws the left hand but Cru avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cru misses with a body punch
and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cru throws a leg kick that misses.
Kelly throws a solid leg kick but Cru takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kelly.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Cru is avoiding it.
Cru looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
A shot to the liver by Cru. Beautiful body shot.
Kelly looks to land a combination but Cru avoids it well.
Cru throws the kick towards the body but Kelly avoids it.
Kelly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kelly lands with a nice body punch.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Kelly throws a jab when Cru was well out of range.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Cru moved out of range.
Kelly moves away from the strike by Cru.
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cru manages to avoid it.
Cru throws a leg kick
and Kelly counters with a series of strikes. Cru will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Cru moved out of range.
Cru slips a straight right by Kelly.
Kelly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cru connects with the punch.
Cru lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kelly will feel that in the morning.
Kelly misses with a left hand
and Cru counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kelly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Cru moved out of range nicely.
Kelly missing with a left hand there. Cru was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cru uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelly.
Cru uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelly.
Kelly ducks right into an uppercut from Cru.
Cru misses with an uppercut. Kelly saw that one coming.
Kelly misses with a right hand
and Cru makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cru blocks a jab.
And Cru counters with a quick kick to the body but Kelly blocks it.
Cru is looking to land body kicks.
Kelly tried to score with a low kick but Cru checks it.
Che Von Cru is winning the standup battle so far.
Cru staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Cru keeps it at a distance.
Kelly closes the distance and clinches up with Cru, looking for a takedown. Kelly pushes Cru against the cage but Cru circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly loads up on a big right hand but Cru slips the punch.
Kelly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kelly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kelly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kelly moves out of range of the body kick.
Cru misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cru.
It looked like Cru was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kelly.
Cru throws a body kick that misses.
Nice shot lands for Cru.
A big right from Kelly misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Cru misses the target.
A clash of legs there as Cru blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cru throws a hook but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly misses with a looping left.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Kelly misses.
A big right from Kelly misses.
A little feinted left hand from Cru on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ned Kelly.
I think Kelly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ned Kelly!
An out of breath Ned Kelly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.