PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nedser Kiely (ranked 4561 p4p, 4845 weight class) and Lloyd Lander (ranked 579 p4p, 590 weight class). Nedser Kiely had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kiely
vs
Lander

190 cm
21
220
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
210
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nedser Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lloyd Lander!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiely staying out of range there.
Kiely is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lander.
Kiely punishes Lander's body with a nice straight punch.
Kiely works over Lander's head and body with a nice combination.
Kiely digs a good hook to Lander's body.
Kiely uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lander has time to react.
Lander tries to bum rush Kiely with a series of wild strikes but Kiely uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lander takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kiely scores with a one two! Lander had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiely rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lander moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kiely misses with a few strikes there.
Lander takes a swing at Kiely's ribcage but misses.
Lander misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lander is looking to clinch but Kiely is avoiding it.
A right-left combo lands from Lander.

It looks like Nedser Kiely has been cut.
Lander shoots in but no luck this time.
As Lander looks to move away, Kiely throws a big counter combo but Lander just gets out of the way.
Lander tests Kiely's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kiely scores with a sloppy right hand. Lander should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely swats away the attempt to clinch by Lander.
Good leg kick by Lander.
Lander is looking to clinch but Kiely is avoiding it.
Lander moves forwards but Kiely connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lander, as that shot connected.
Lander looks for a takedown but Kiely sprawls well.
Kiely misses with an uppercut. Lander saw that one coming.
Kiely throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiely scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lander shoots in for a takedown but Kiely shows good takedown defense.
Nedser Kiely has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lloyd Lander.
Kiely lands a jab to Lander's midsection.
Lander takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Kiely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely misses with a straight left.

Lander gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lander throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Lander.
Lander is trying to maintain a safe position but Kiely gets an underhook and turns Lander into the cage.
Kiely is stalling here.
Kiely scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lander working Kiely over with knees to the body.
Kiely blocks an uppercut.
Kiely wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lander swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lander is trying to maintain a safe position but Kiely gets an underhook and turns Lander into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lander throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lander slows down the pace here.
Lander misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kiely.
Lander trying to land knees to the body.
Kiely wants to get back to striking at distance but Lander won't allow it.
Kiely is struggling to control the position.
Kiely leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lander fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lander lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kiely has Lander pressed against the cage.
Kiely effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiely is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nedser Kiely.
Lander on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've been told by Kiely's head coaches at Roosters Coop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kiely throws a lazy uppercut
and Lander counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kiely thinking.
Kiely chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lander can pounce on him.
Lander tries to clinch there but Kiely circles away.
Lander takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lander tries to close the distance and clinch but Kiely swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kiely is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kiely throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiely tests Lander's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kiely misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Kiely throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nedser Kiely is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Lander fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kiely, pushing him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kiely throws out a powerful jab.
A big left from Kiely misses.
Kiely feints a jab promting Lander to slip. Kiely then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lander slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Lander defending well as Kiely loads up on a big left hand.
Lander throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiely.
Kiely wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lander dodges the punch combination from Kiely.
Lander tries to land a leg kick but Kiely saw it coming and moves away.
Nedser Kiely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Kiely.
A big right from Kiely misses.
Kiely jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of Lander 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kiely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiely throws a combination that misses
and Lander counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kiely thinking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kiely circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lander has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Lander lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lander looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kiely!
Kiely taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kiely on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kiely tries to get out of the position.
Lander works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lander has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Lander is trying to get an arm triangle but Kiely is defending well.
Lander landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lander lands some shots froms side control.

Nedser Kiely's cut is getting worse.
Lander working the ground and pound.

Lander wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kiely, who protects the arm well.

Lander looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lander is looking to take a break and control but Kiely is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lander lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kiely is looking for a sweep.
Lander is looking to take a break and control but Kiely is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lander wants to take a breather but Kiely manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Lander.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kiely looking to control but Lander passes into half guard.
Kiely is looking to improve his position.
Kiely moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kiely looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lander is one step ahead there.
Lander throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kiely works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kiely working a defensive guard but Lander passes into half guard.
Lander looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kiely with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiely is trying to get back to full guard.
Lander seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kiely does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kiely taking some punishment here, with Lander in his half guard.

Nedser Kiely's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nedser Kiely's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lloyd Lander!