PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shem Lucian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lucian
vs
Kelly

176 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shem Lucian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hulk Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly misses with a takedown attempt - Lucian sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lucian tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kelly manages to circle out of the way.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lucian but Lucian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kelly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shem Lucian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Kelly.

Kelly darts in and clinches Lucian up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Lucian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lucian just leaning against Kelly, taking a breather.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Hulk Kelly has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lucian pulls his leg out and moves away.

Kelly gets tackled into the cage by Lucian. Lucian maintains the clinch.
Lucian lands a nice knee to the body.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lucian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lucian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lucian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lucian with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Lucian.
Lucian lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucian lands a good knee to the midsection. Kelly won't want to take too many of those.
Lucian is breathing heavily.
Lucian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kelly is looking for a takedown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lucian just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lucian misses with a knee strike.
Lucian landing knees to the head.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
Kelly goes for a takedown attempt but Lucian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Kelly has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucian misses with a knee strike.
Kelly tries to score a body lock takedown but Lucian shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kelly tries for a takedown but Lucian manages to get underhooks.
Kelly is trying to push Lucian away but Lucian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lucian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kelly fails to pull guard.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kelly is trying to break free.
Kelly goes for a takedown attempt but Lucian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Kelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lucian gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kelly tries to circle away but Lucian has him pinned against the cage.
Lucian stops a takedown attempt from Kelly.
Lucian tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lucian to keep the fight standing.
Lucian connects with a knee to the head.
Kelly is trying to pull guard but Lucian has him pressed against the cage.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lucian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Lucian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly jumps guard but Lucian turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shem Lucian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hulk Kelly's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kelly closes the distance and clinches up with Lucian, looking for a takedown. Kelly pushes Lucian against the cage but Lucian circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lucian wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lucian connects with a solid leg kick.
Kelly misses with a head kick.

Kelly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lucian looking to throw knees to the head but Kelly is blocking nicely.
Shem Lucian has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucian scores with a knee to the head.
Kelly tries to break the clinch but Lucian is controlling the position.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lucian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kelly looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kelly trying to control the position but instead, Lucian has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kelly into the cage.
Kelly is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lucian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kelly's face.
Lucian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Kelly tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shem Lucian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Kelly.
Lucian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kelly is trying to break the clinch but Lucian has him pressed against the cage.
Lucian stops a takedown attempt from Kelly.
Lucian is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kelly is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kelly can't break the clinch.
Lucian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Kelly tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lucian smiles and moves away.

Kelly has Lucian up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kelly tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lucian smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lucian's head backwards.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
Lucian dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
Lucian tries to counter by clinching up but Kelly breaks away and moves out of range.
Kelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Lucian as Kelly shoots in.
Kelly shoots in but Lucian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lucian looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kelly will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kelly misses with a combination

and Lucian counters by moving into the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kelly takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shem Lucian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hulk Kelly's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lucian moves out of range of the body kick from Kelly.
Lucian tries to counter by clinching up but Kelly breaks away and moves out of range.
Kelly throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lucian's waist but Lucian gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kelly off to one side.

Lucian tries to keep at a distance but Kelly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kelly wants a takedown but no success here.
Lucian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Lucian content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lucian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lucian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lucian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lucian fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Shem Lucian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Kelly.

Kelly has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lucian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kelly is trying to force a seperation but Lucian has the dominant position.
Lucian looking to throw knees to the head but Kelly is blocking nicely.

Kelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kelly drives through and clinches with Lucian against the cage.
Lucian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Kelly looking to stall.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lucian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around?
Kelly is trying to force a seperation but Lucian has the dominant position.
Kelly tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kelly is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lucian misses with a knee to the head.
Kelly is looking to break free of the clinch but Lucian has double underhooks.
Lucian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kelly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lucian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lucian is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kelly is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lucian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kelly blocks it with crossed arms.
Kelly tries for a takedown but Lucian manages to get underhooks.
Lucian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kelly has Lucian pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lucian manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Lucian tries a knee to the head but Kelly blocks it.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Lucian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kelly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lucian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kelly jumps guard but Lucian turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Kelly gets control of Lucian's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kelly will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Lucian wants to get up but he can't break Kelly's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lucian preventing the sweep.
Kelly doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lucian is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Kelly has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Lucian is looking to defend but Kelly has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Lucian! Kelly pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Lucian taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Hulk Kelly!