PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jake Paulson (ranked 960 p4p, 1009 weight class) and Andrew Kelvin (ranked 105 p4p, 112 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Paulson
vs
Kelvin

185 cm
25
167
11 - 6 - 0

176 cm
24
160
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING
30th Century Beer Store

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Paulson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrew Kelvin!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paulson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Andrew Kelvin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paulson doesn't manage to clinch there - Kelvin circles away.
Kelvin misses with a series of wild punches.

Kelvin gets a clinch.
Paulson with a knee to the head.
Kelvin working aggressively here.
Kelvin has a couple of punches blocked by Paulson.
Kelvin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelvin works on Paulson's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulson lands a good knee to the midsection. Kelvin won't want to take too many of those.
Kelvin misses with a punch to the body.
Paulson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kelvin misses with the head strike.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks with his arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelvin lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelvin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Paulson or not.
Kelvin works on Paulson's body with a couple of short punches.
Paulson landing knees to the head.
Paulson landing knees to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kelvin fails to land.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelvin blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelvin blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson avoiding damage.
Kelvin misses with some punches.
Paulson tries to work over Kelvin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelvin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelvin avoids the damage to the body.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks with his arms.
Kelvin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelvin blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Kelvin fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelvin digs a right hand into Paulson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Paulson's gas tank.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Kelvin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Paulson.
Kelvin misses with a body punch.
Kelvin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks with his arms.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paulson.
Kelvin scores with a hook to the body.
Paulson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kelvin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kelvin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kelvin struggles to land a body shot inside as Paulson controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson misses with a punch on the inside.
Paulson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks it.
Paulson lands a nice knee to the body.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Paulson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kelvin.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson is breathing heavily.
Kelvin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kelvin misses with the head strike.
Kelvin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paulson stalling in the clinch but Kelvin improves position.
Kelvin misses with some punches.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks it.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks it.
Kelvin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paulson.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paulson scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelvin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Kelvin.
Kelvin swings wildly with an uppercut but Paulson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelvin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paulson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kelvin lands a shot to the body.
Kelvin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelvin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelvin.
Kelvin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelvin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Paulson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Decent striking displayed by Kelvin there.
Kelvin throws a jab but it's blocked by Paulson.
Paulson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Paulson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kelvin, pushing him back against the cage.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Kelvin is blocking nicely.
Kelvin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelvin is working Paulson over against the cage.
Kelvin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.
Kelvin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson prevents a body shot from Kelvin.
Kelvin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kelvin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Paulson backwards.
Kelvin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Paulson.
Paulson blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelvin is looking to control Paulson's arms but Paulson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kelvin has his back to the cage.
Paulson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kelvin's face.
Paulson connects with a knee to the head.
Kelvin misses with a body punch.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks with his arms.
Paulson missing with knees to the body.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kelvin avoids the damage to the body.
Paulson prevents a body shot from Kelvin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelvin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jake Paulson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Paulson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kelvin's face.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Paulson.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelvin blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelvin tries a body shot but Paulson blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Kelvin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelvin digs a right hand into Paulson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Paulson's gas tank.
Kelvin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paulson prevents a body shot from Kelvin.
Kelvin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paulson prevents a body shot from Kelvin.
Kelvin scores with a shoulder strike.
Kelvin leaning against his opponent.
Kelvin throws a head punch that misses.
Kelvin misses with a punch to the body.
Paulson blocking some punches.
Paulson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kelvin's face.
Paulson wants to stall.
Kelvin tries to work over Paulson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paulson blocks a body shot from Kelvin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Kelvin is blocking nicely.
Kelvin avoiding damage as Paulson throws knees to the body.
Kelvin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Kelvin.
Kelvin lands with a short shot to the head.
Kelvin lands an uppercut.
Kelvin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelvin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kelvin misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelvin stalling the fight.
Paulson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelvin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Paulson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelvin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paulson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks it.
A knee to the head by Paulson.
Paulson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelvin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kelvin misses with a punch on the inside.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Kelvin.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Kelvin.
Kelvin is leaning against Paulson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kelvin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paulson backwards.
Kelvin throws a head punch that misses.
Kelvin lands a shoulder strike.
Paulson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jake Paulson will probably get the nod.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kelvin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Paulson on the side of the head.
Paulson misses with an uppercut.
Paulson walks into a left hand.

Paulson is rocked!
Kelvin looks to score with a jab to the body but Paulson is just out of range.
Oh Paulson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelvin tests Paulson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kelvin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kelvin waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Paulson. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Paulson to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelvin slips nicely into half guard.
Kelvin stops Paulson from getting back to his feet.
Kelvin stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson wants to control but Kelvin is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kelvin is trying to control. Paulson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Paulson seems to have got his legs back now.
Kelvin is controlling the pace.
Kelvin wants to free his trapped foot but Paulson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kelvin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Paulson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Paulson trying to control here.
Kelvin wants to control but Paulson is keeping him busy.
Kelvin is taking a breather. Paulson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Paulson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson blocks an uppercut.
Kelvin pushes Paulson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kelvin can't find room to land a body shot as Paulson controls the action.
Kelvin throws a head punch that misses.
Kelvin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelvin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Paulson backwards.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Andrew Kelvin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kelvin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Kelvin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kelvin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kelvin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Kelvin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paulson.
Jake Paulson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Kelvin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kelvin lands with a left to the head.
Kelvin tries to work over Paulson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paulson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kelvin is defending well for now.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Kelvin.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelvin misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Kelvin is blocking nicely.
Kelvin tries a body shot but Paulson blocks it.
Kelvin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelvin swings wildly with an uppercut but Paulson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelvin taking a breather.
Paulson prevents a body shot from Kelvin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelvin.
Paulson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks it.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hook to the body lands for Kelvin.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Kelvin blocks with his arms.
Kelvin tries to throw a body punch but Paulson avoids it by throwing Kelvin back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Kelvin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Paulson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Andrew Kelvin!
After winning the bout, Andrew Kelvin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.