PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hector Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Kimmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes to the cage accompanied by MGMT - Kids. Oscar Kimmo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kelly
vs
Kimmo

169 cm
23
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
152 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Sydney BEAST Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hector Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oscar Kimmo!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Kelly misses.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kimmo.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Kimmo moved out of range.
Kimmo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kelly moves away from the strike by Kimmo.
Kimmo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kimmo.

Kelly has closed the distance and engaged Kimmo in a clinch.

Kelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Kimmo.

Kelly clinches.
Kimmo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kimmo wants to get back to striking at distance but Kelly won't allow it.

Kelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kimmo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimmo misses with a series of wild punches.
Kimmo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelly.
Kimmo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kelly.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Kimmo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kelly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kelly looks to land a combination but Kimmo avoids it well.
A big right from Kelly misses.

Kelly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Kelly breaks the clinch.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kimmo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kimmo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hector Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kimmo misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the body from Kelly misses
and Kimmo counters with an inside leg kick.
Kelly missing with a left hand there. Kimmo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Kelly takes the fight into the clinch.
Kimmo has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Kimmo is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.

Kimmo manages to break the clinch.
Kimmo tries to land a leg kick but Kelly saw it coming and moves away.
Kelly cracks a nice hook into Kimmo's ribs.
Kelly is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kimmo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo works the jab nicely.
Kelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kimmo circles away quickly and effectively.
Kimmo lands with a nice body punch.

Kelly rushes Kimmo and presses him up against the cage.
Kimmo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kimmo.
Kimmo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kimmo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kimmo has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Kimmo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelly pushes Kimmo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kimmo breaks the clinch.
Kimmo misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a combination
and Kimmo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kimmo.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Kimmo pushes him off.
Nice body punch from Kelly.
Kimmo misses with a series of wild punches.
Kelly misses with a combination
and Kimmo counters with a three punch combo that has Kelly backing up. Kelly nods at Kimmo to acknowledge the strikes.
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.
Kimmo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kimmo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Kelly dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kelly misses with a combination
and Kimmo counters with a two punch combo.
Kimmo tests Kelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly misses with an uppercut.
Hector Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kimmo.
Kimmo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Kimmo to counter with a crisp jab.
Kimmo ducks right into an uppercut from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from Kelly.
Kelly missing with a left hand there. Kimmo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kimmo staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot by Kelly.
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kimmo slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
Kelly lands an overhand right.
Kimmo slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly jabs Kimmo right on the nose. Kimmo blinks but takes it well.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kimmo.

Kelly moves into the clinch.
Kimmo wants to break free but Kelly has control.
Kimmo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo is trying to break free.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Kelly misses.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hector Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kimmo dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
Kelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kimmo.
Kimmo misses with an uppercut. Kelly saw that one coming.
Kimmo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kelly.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Kimmo pushes him off.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Kimmo circles away.
Kelly swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo staying out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Kelly.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kimmo looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
Kelly with a nice cross.
Kelly throws a series of punches but Kimmo moves out of range.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Kimmo.
Kelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kimmo counters with a nice uppercut.
Kelly throws a right hand that misses
enabling Kimmo to counter with a crisp jab.
Kimmo throws a series of punches but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Kimmo moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kimmo throws a right hand that Kelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Kelly also avoids with ease.
Kelly misses with the combination.
Kimmo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly scores with a punch to the head.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kimmo throws a combination. Kelly tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kimmo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Kimmo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kimmo lands with a nice body punch.

Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kimmo throws a head punch that misses.
Kimmo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kelly has had enough of the clinch but Kimmo keeps him there for the moment.
Kimmo is trying to break the clinch but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Kimmo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kimmo is trying to break free.
Kimmo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kimmo struggles to land a body shot inside as Kelly controls his hands.
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kimmo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kimmo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly is looking to break free of the clinch but Kimmo has double underhooks.
Kimmo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kimmo is trying to force a seperation but Kelly has the dominant position.
Kimmo working aggressively here.
Kelly prevents Kimmo from breaking the clinch.

Kelly breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Kelly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Kimmo manages to break the clinch.
Kelly misses with a hook to the body
and Kimmo counters with a straight right hand.
Kelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kelly misses with a body punch
and Kimmo counters with a straight right hand.
Oscar Kimmo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo swings away with a body shot that misses

and Kelly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kelly.
Kelly is trying to break the clinch but Kimmo is controlling him.

Kelly breaks from the clinch.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
Kelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kimmo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kimmo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kelly is able to avoid easily.
Kelly lands a jab to Kimmo's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kimmo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kimmo throws the left hand but Kelly avoids the punch easily.
Kelly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kimmo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kimmo throws a body punch but Kelly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo throws a right hand that Kelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Kelly also avoids with ease.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
Kelly lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kimmo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.

Kelly clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kimmo.
Hector Kelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kimmo stalling.
Kimmo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kimmo tries to stall but Kelly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kelly has Kimmo pressed against the cage, preventing Kimmo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo stalling in the clinch but Kelly improves position.
Kimmo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kimmo wants to break free but Kelly has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kimmo.
Kimmo has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Kimmo is trying to break free.
Kimmo throws a head punch that misses.

Kelly breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kimmo lands a jab.
Kelly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hector Kelly.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kelly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

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