PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Kelly (ranked 1984 p4p, 3090 weight class) and Caspian Tennessen (ranked 294 p4p, 401 weight class). Tennessen has chosen Manowar - Warriors of the World as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Caspian Tennessen enters the cage!

Kelly
vs
Tennessen

185 cm
23
190
10 - 6 - 0

185 cm
29
185
11 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pat Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caspian Tennessen!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kelly rushes Tennessen and presses him up against the cage.
Tennessen tries a body shot but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tennessen's elbow.
Kelly slows down the pace here.
Tennessen slows down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kelly.
Tennessen blocks a body shot from Kelly.

Kelly manages to break the clinch.
Pat Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tennessen's hands.
Kelly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Kelly throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Tennessen.
Kelly shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kelly digs a good hook to Tennessen's body.
Tennessen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tennessen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tennessen.
Tennessen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kelly jabs at Tennessen's body.
Kelly throws a combination that misses
enabling Tennessen to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kelly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tennessen. Tennessen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tennessen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.

Kelly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kelly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Tennessen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Kelly misses.
Kelly takes a swing at Tennessen's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kelly lands a jab to the nose.
Kelly fails with a takedown attempt.
Tennessen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Tennessen should have avoided that one.
Tennessen connects with a nice looking jab.
Tennessen ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.
Tennessen throws out a counter right but Kelly avoids it with no problem.

Kelly takes the fight into the clinch.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kelly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Tennessen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennessen misses the body punch
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kelly with a jab.
Caspian Tennessen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kelly throws a good cross that connects.
Kelly throws a right and a left that Tennessen avoids nicely.
A little jabbing left from Tennessen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kelly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kelly scores with a jab. Tennessen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tennessen walks into a jab.
Kelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tennessen.
Kelly staying out of range there.
Tennessen misses with a body shot
and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kelly misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tennessen blocks a jab.
A little jabbing left from Tennessen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tennessen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kelly moves forwards but Tennessen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kelly feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tennessens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tennessen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kelly counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tennessen. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tennessen.
Tennessen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kelly throws an overhand right that lands on Tennessen's shoulder, as Tennessen tries to avoid the shot.
Kelly misses with a combination
and Tennessen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kelly looks to throw the jab but Tennessen is out of range.
Tennessen misses with a wild body shot.
Tennessen moves out of range of the strikes.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tennessen.
Kelly is looking to counter punch.
Tennessen moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
A big left from Kelly misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Kelly dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Tennessen looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
Kelly misses with a hook.
Kelly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kelly scores with a nice strike.

Kelly closes the distance and pushes Tennessen back into the cage.
Tennessen managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kelly just leaning against Tennessen, taking a breather.
A short body shot lands from Kelly as the two fighters clinch.
Tennessen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tennessen can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tennessen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tennessen slips under a jab.
A jab from Tennessen does it's job there.

It looks like Pat Kelly has been cut.

Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tennessen lands with a right to the head.
Pat Kelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennessen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Tennessen managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tennessen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kelly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tennessen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.

Tennessen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tennessen misses the shot to the body.
Kelly with a jab.
Kelly is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kelly throws a hook but Tennessen blocks it.
Kelly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tennessen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelly.
Kelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tennessen lands a jab to the head.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tennessen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tennessen.
Tennessen throws out a counter right but Kelly avoids it with no problem.
Kelly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly connects with a jab.
Kelly tries to bum rush Tennessen with a series of wild strikes but Tennessen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tennessen moves away.
It seemed like Tennessen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kelly swings for the body but Tennessen moves out of range.
Kelly misses with a leg kick.
Kelly connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Kelly does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a hook but Tennessen avoids it easily.
Kelly swings widly with a right hand
and Tennessen counters with a nice body shot.
Tennessen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelly.
Kelly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tennessen's head.
Tennessen defending well as Kelly loads up on a big left hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Kelly as he connects with a hook.
Tennessen slips a jab from Kelly.
Tennessen swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tennessen was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Tennessen misses the shot to the body.
Tennessen swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Tennessen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kelly.
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tennessen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut there from Kelly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly with a nice cross.
Tennessen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Kelly throws a good cross that connects.
Kelly blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Tennessen.
A jab from Kelly finds it's way through Tennessen's defenses.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Tennessen's head but Tennessen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tennessen misses the body punch
and Kelly counters with a straight right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Kelly scores with a four punch combination!
Kelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tennessen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tennessen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kelly jabs at Tennessen's body.
Kelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tennessen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kelly.
Kelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tennessen, as that shot connected.
Kelly throws out a loose jab but Tennessen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pat Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Kelly stalks Tennessen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tennessen's face. Tennessen staggers backwards, shaken.
Kelly avoids the body shot from Tennessen.
As Tennessen backs away, Kelly returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Kelly. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Kelly misses its intended target.
Tennessen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tennessen swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kelly tries for a takedown but Tennessen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tennessen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tennessen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tennessen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
Tennessen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kelly lands with a good body shot.
Kelly throws a shot from downtown. Tennessen moves away and avoids it.
Kelly tries to clinch up.
Tennessen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
A jab from Kelly misses.
Tennessen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tennessen cracks a nice hook into Kelly's ribs.
Kelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tennessen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kelly misses the jab.
Tennessen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kelly. Kelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Kelly throws a front kick that sends Tennessen stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Tennessen.
Tennessen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tennessen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tennessen manages to avoid it.
Kelly misses the jab.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
Tennessen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Kelly instigates a clinch.
Kelly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tennessen backwards.
Tennessen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tennessen lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tennessen breaks the clinch.

Kelly moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennessen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tennessen backwards.
Tennessen pressing his opponent against the cage.

Tennessen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tennessen staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Kelly. Beautiful body shot.
Kelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tennessen misses with the combination.
Kelly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kelly throws an off balance right hand
and Tennessen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Tennessen.
Kelly connects with a body shot that sends Tennessen's belly button to the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tennessen dips to his left and cracks Kelly with an uppercut!
Tennessen fails to land with a series of punches.
Kelly feints and then cracks Tennessen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tennessen down.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Tennessen's head but Tennessen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tennessen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Kelly lands a head shot.
Good shot there by Tennessen.
Kelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caspian Tennessen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pat Kelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tennessen ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pat Kelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kelly 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pat Kelly!