PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sight (ranked 544 p4p, 445 weight class) and Pat Kelly (ranked 80 p4p, 63 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sight
vs
Kelly

195 cm
38
192
30 - 31 - 0

185 cm
26
190
16 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 30 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Sight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pat Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly slips under a jab from Sight.
Sight misses with a wild combination.
Sight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sight moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Pat Kelly has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from Kelly.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sight throws a head kick that half lands.
Kelly lands with an overhand left.

Kelly gets a clinch.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kelly throws a low kick but Sight moves out of range easily.
Kelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelly misses with a straight right.
Sight throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly throws a looping overhand right but Sight ducks down to avoid it.
Sight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sight has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Sight's head.
Kelly throws the left hand but Sight avoids the punch easily.
Kelly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Kelly clinches up with Sight and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sight can't break the clinch.
The referee calls for Kelly to work.
Sight wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelly won't allow it.
Sight wants to break free but Kelly has control.
A short right from Kelly on the inside.
Sight is pressed up against the cage. Kelly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sight down to the mat. Sight avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sight throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sight.
Kelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sight throws a series of punches but Kelly avoids them all with ease.
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sight.
Kelly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sight's head.
Kelly slips a jab and a cross from Sight.
A jab from Sight misses.
Sight tries to move into range but Kelly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly misses with a right hand
and Sight counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelly thinking.
Kelly scores with a jab to the head.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sight moves away.
Sight blocks a jab.
Kelly throws the left hand but Sight avoids the punch easily.
Sight scores with a decent looking hook.
Decent striking displayed by Sight there.

Kelly is rocked!

That has opened up Pat Kelly's cut even more.
A punch combination from Sight misses.
Kelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Sight finish him?
Nice defenses there by Kelly.

Kelly forces Sight back against the cage and clinches.
Kelly seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sight.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Sight controls his hands.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Sight breaks from the clinch.
Sight throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kelly counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
Sight blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelly slips a jab from Sight.

Kelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Sight is trying to break free.
Kelly avoiding damage.
Sight avoiding damage as Kelly throws knees to the body.
Kelly has Sight pushed against the cage.
Sight has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kelly is stalling here.
Sight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Kelly manages to break the clinch.
Sight takes a jab right on the kisser.

Kelly forces Sight back against the cage and clinches.
Sight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Sight is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Sight prevents a body shot from Kelly.
Kelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sight backwards.
Sight is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Sight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sight.
Sight managing to block the knees to the body from Kelly.
Kelly prevents Sight from breaking the clinch.

Kelly is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sight can't fight it off and eventually Kelly manages to take the fight to the floor. Sight looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sight wants to get back to his feet but Kelly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sight is keeping the position for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sight looks to throw the jab but Kelly is out of range.
Kelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Sight takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Paul Sight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sight throws a hook but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Sight.
Kelly has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Kelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kelly misses with a body shot.
Kelly connects with a body shot.

Kelly takes the fight into the clinch.
Kelly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kelly has Sight pressed against the cage, preventing Sight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Kelly manages to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sight preventing the sweep.
Kelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sight manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kelly stops Sight from standing up.
Kelly trying to control but Sight is working from the bottom.
Kelly looking to pass the guard.
Sight is looking to stand up but Kelly isn't so interested in that idea.
Kelly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kelly is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kelly with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kelly cracks Sight with a solid left hand.
Kelly landing with the ground and pound.
Kelly wants to pass the guard but Sight is keeping the position.
Sight wants to get back to his feet but Kelly passes into half guard.
Kelly trying to control the action but Sight is working from the bottom.
Kelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sight pushes Kelly off and gets back to his feet.
No joy there for Sight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sight.
Kelly is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sight misses with a jab to the body
and Kelly counters with a stiff right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kelly.
Sight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sight scores with the left hand. Kelly knows he should have avoided that one.
Sloppy strikes from Kelly. Those never looked like landing.
Kelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sight counters with a series of strikes. Kelly will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sight throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sight fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kelly on the side of the head.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kelly scores with a body shot.
Kelly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly slips a jab and a cross from Sight.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.

Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelly stalling the fight.
Kelly blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Sight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kelly keeps control of Sight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kelly stalls.
Kelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sights head.
Kelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kelly avoiding damage.
Sight is trying to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling him.
Sight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Kelly.
Kelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kelly tries to work over Sight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly stalling.
Sight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Pat Kelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kelly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pat Kelly's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Good leg kick by Sight.
Kelly cracks a nice hook into Sight's ribs.
Sight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sight stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sight is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sight moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
A punch combination from Sight misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kelly.
Kelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sight swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kelly drives through and clinches with Sight against the cage.
Sight can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Sight.
Sight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kelly drags the fight down to the ground.
Sight stopping the sweep attempt from Kelly.
Sight is looking to stand up but Kelly won't let him.
Kelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sight manages to get himself to full guard.

Sight wants to get back to his feet but Kelly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kelly seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Sight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sight haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Kelly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kelly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kelly connects with a couple of short punches.
Sight keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelly passes Sight's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sight is trying to stand back up but Kelly is controlling him
Kelly thows a huge punch but Sight dodges it nicely.
Kelly is keen to just control but Sight is a slippery customer.
Sight pushes Kelly off looking to stand but Kelly dives back in and keeps control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kelly misses the jab.
Paul Sight is winning the standup battle so far.
Sight thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kelly pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sight back to the cage. Kelly follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kelly connects with a looping right hand.
Kelly staying out of range there.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Kelly moves into the clinch successfully.
Sight is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Sight wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kelly has Sight pressed against the cage, preventing Sight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sight thows a left - swing and a miss!

Kelly feints and as Sight raises his hands in defense, Kelly changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sight is wriggling around but Kelly manages to pass to half guard.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kelly is trying to control. Sight wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sight pushes Kelly off looking to stand but Kelly dives back in and keeps control.
Kelly wants to pass to mount but Sight is defending the position.
Sight looks like he's trying to stand up.
Paul Sight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly is controlling the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pat Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kelly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30

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