PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keith Keystone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Draught Papillia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papillia is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I dont know what those two ladies were singing about that day. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Keystone
vs
Papillia

185 cm
27
169 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

178 cm
31
171 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brute

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keith Keystone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Draught Papillia!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Keystone shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Keystone throwing shots but Papillia is blocking nicely.
Papillia works his way to full guard. Good work.
Keystone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Keystone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Keystone won't allow Papillia to sweep him here.
Papillia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Papillia has Keystone pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Draught Papillia has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
A slow jab from Keystone misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Keystone misses the target.
Papillia misses with a lunging right hand
and Keystone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keystone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Papillia.
Papillia thows a leg kick but Keystone checks it

and Keystone counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Keystone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Papillia working a defensive guard here.
Keystone throwing strikes but missing.
Keystone is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Papillia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Keystone manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keystone is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Keystone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Keystone passes the guard and advances to mount!
Papillia keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Papillia sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papillia is refusing to be controlled, as Keystone sits in half guard.
Papillia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Keystone is working away from the top position though.
Keystone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Papillia is trying to get back to full guard.
Papillia gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keystone wants to pass the guard but Papillia is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keystone preventing the sweep.
Keystone with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keystone's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Keystone trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Papillia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Keystone won't allow Papillia to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keystone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Keystone dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from Papillia does no damage.
Keystone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papillia.
Papillia lands with an uppercut that bounces Keystone off the cage and back into range.
Keystone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Papillia defends it nicely.
Keystone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Papillia slips under a jab from Keystone.
Keystone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keystone moves away from the strike by Papillia.
Keystone misses with an uppercut. Papillia saw that one coming.
Papillia lands with a hook. Keystone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Keystone misses with a looping right.
Keystone circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Keystone.
Papillia throws a lazy uppercut
and Keystone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keystone takes one to the chin there.
Papillia throws a body kick that misses.
Papillia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Keystone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Papillia.
Papillia misses with a looping right.
Papillia throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Keystone to counter with a crisp jab.
Keystone looks to land a left hand but Papillia moved out of range nicely.
Keystone misses with an uppercut.
Draught Papillia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keystone throws a jab but it's blocked by Papillia.
Keystone ducks under a wild hook from Papillia.
Papillia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Keystone is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Keystone moves out of range as Papillia strikes.
Keystone swings for the body but Papillia moves out of range.
Papillia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keystone was well out of range. Poor timing from Papillia.
Keystone swats away the attempt to clinch by Papillia.
Papillia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keystone misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papillia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keystone.

Papillia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Papillia struggles to land a body shot inside as Keystone controls his hands.

Papillia breaks the clinch.
Papillia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keystone lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Papillia ducks under a wild hook from Keystone.
Papillia doesn't manage to clinch there - Keystone circles away.
Papillia just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Papillia. Beautiful body shot.
Keystone throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Papillia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Papillia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Papillia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papillia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Papillia cracks Keystone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Papillia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Papillia thows a body shot but no joy.
Papillia avoids the body shot from Keystone.
A swing and a miss from Papillia.
Keystone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Keystone manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Papillia on his heels. He'll look to pass Papillia's guard now, I'm sure.
Papillia is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Papillia keeping moving, preventing Keystone from controlling successfully.
Keystone preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keystone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Papillia is keeping the position for now.
Papillia pulls Keystone in to control the position.
Papillia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Keystone is one step ahead there.
Keystone advances position into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papillia tries to bench press Keystone off him but Keystone keeps the position.

Keystone working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Draught Papillia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Keystone looks to land a left hand but Papillia moved out of range nicely.
A punch combination from Papillia misses.
Keystone moves away from the strike by Papillia.
Papillia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Draught Papillia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Keystone staying out of range there.
Papillia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Papillia misses with the combination.
Keystone scores with a nice head shot.
Donk. Keystone catches Papillia right on the button with a cross.
Papillia throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Keystone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papillia looks to throw the jab but Keystone is out of range.
Keystone throws a hook to the side of Papillia's head but Papillia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papillia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Keystone shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Keystone is in close to Papillia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Keystone content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Keystone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Papillia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Keystone is in close to Papillia's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Keystone is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Keystone wants to control from the top but Papillia keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keystone looking to pass the guard.
Papillia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Keystone is one step ahead there.
Keystone postures up.
Keystone is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Keith Keystone just wasn't active enough.
Papillia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Keystone.
Keystone lands a nice shot to the body.
Keystone lunges at Papillia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Papillia's hand.
Papillia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keystone misses with a body shot.
Papillia slips under a jab.
Keystone throws an overhand right that lands on Papillia's shoulder, as Papillia tries to avoid the shot.
Papillia missing with a left hand there. Keystone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Papillia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keystone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Papillia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Papillia throws a looping overhand right but Keystone ducks down to avoid it.
Draught Papillia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keystone ducks under a wild hook from Papillia.
Papillia digs a good body shot into Keystone's ribs.
Papillia lands with a hook. Keystone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papillia lands a nice shot to the body.
Keystone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Papillia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papillia defending well as Keystone loads up on a big left hand.
Keystone throws a nice looking combination but Papillia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Keystone lands with a straight right. Papillia didn't see that one coming.
Papillia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Keystone lands with a nice body punch.
Papillia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Keystone checks it well.
Papillia wants to clinch.
Papillia scores with a three punch combo!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papillia slaps away a takedown attempt from Keystone, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Keystone just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keith Keystone showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Keystone 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

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