PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Palowakski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Black Belt Jones Theme Song, you Jive Turkey!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Palowakski
vs
Kelly

191 cm
33
204 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

182 cm
40
281 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Palowakski !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palowakski scores with a head kick.

It looks like Jim Kelly has been cut.
Palowakski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kelly.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palowakski .
Kelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Palowakski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Palowakski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Palowakski .
Palowakski throws a leg kick that misses.
Kelly tries to move into range but Palowakski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Palowakski darts in and clinches Kelly up against the cage.
Palowakski working aggressively here.
Kelly trying to land knees to the body.
Kelly has a couple of punches blocked by Palowakski .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Palowakski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Palowakski swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palowakski misses with some punches.

Palowakski breaks from the clinch.
Kelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palowakski .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly blocks a low kick nicely.
Palowakski scores with a spinning back kick!
Palowakski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Palowakski tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palowakski thuds his right hand into Kelly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Palowakski has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Palowakski misses with a body shot.
Palowakski swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.

Palowakski pushes Kelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Palowakski fails to land.
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Palowakski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Kelly.
Palowakski misses with the head strike.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly lands a nice elbow.

Palowakski breaks from the clinch.
Palowakski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palowakski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Palowakski lands a nice hook to Kelly's body. Kelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kelly walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Palowakski gets a clinch.
Palowakski swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly scores with a shot to the side of Palowakski 's head.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Kelly lands with a left to the head.
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Nice body punch from Kelly - that landed with a thud.
Palowakski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Palowakski fails to land.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palowakski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palowakski lands a shot to the body.
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Palowakski .
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski struggles to land a body shot inside as Kelly controls his hands.
Palowakski working aggressively here.
Kelly blocks a body shot from Palowakski .
Kelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palowakski 's elbow.
Palowakski misses with the head strike.
Palowakski blocks a body shot from Kelly.
Palowakski misses with some punches.
Palowakski misses with some punches.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palowakski lands a body shot.
Kelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Palowakski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.
Palowakski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palowakski swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.

Palowakski manages to break the clinch.
Palowakski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kelly.
Palowakski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Palowakski misses.
Kelly takes a kick to the side of the head.
Palowakski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kelly's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Palowakski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palowakski 's corner calls for a 1-2. Palowakski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Palowakski scores with a body shot.
Palowakski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly misses with a body shot.
Palowakski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Palowakski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Palowakski misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Palowakski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Palowakski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A head kick misses from Palowakski .
A left lands for Palowakski .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kelly misses with a head kick.
And Palowakski counters with a quick kick to the body but Kelly blocks it.
Palowakski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Palowakski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kelly moves away from the strike by Palowakski .
Palowakski backing away here, and Kelly unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Fred Palowakski is winning the standup battle so far.
Palowakski tries a head kick but it misses.
And Kelly responds with a good body kick, but Palowakski manages to step out the way in time.
Kelly slips a jab and a cross from Palowakski .
Kelly feints and then cracks Palowakski 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Palowakski down.
A head kick misses from Palowakski .
Palowakski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Palowakski feints and then cracks Kelly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kelly down.

Palowakski clinches up with Kelly and pushes him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Palowakski .
Palowakski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kelly misses with a punch to the body.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Palowakski fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Palowakski .
Palowakski has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski misses with some punches.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.

Palowakski breaks from the clinch.
Palowakski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Palowakski throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
Palowakski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Palowakski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A jab from Palowakski finds it's way through Kelly's defenses.
Palowakski ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.
Palowakski pushes Kelly away with a front kick.
Palowakski 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kelly under the eye.
Kelly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A bone on bone clash there as Kelly blocks the leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palowakski delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Palowakski lands with a straight right. Kelly didn't see that one coming.
Palowakski scores with a jab.
Kelly throws a head kick but Palowakski moves out of range.
Palowakski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Palowakski digs a good body shot into Kelly's ribs.
Palowakski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palowakski . Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Palowakski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palowakski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Palowakski scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kelly in his tracks.
No joy there for Palowakski , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Palowakski lands with a cross.
Kelly throws a lazy head kick
and Palowakski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kelly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Palowakski throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly takes a jab right on the kisser.
Palowakski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kelly checks it well.
Palowakski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Palowakski motions for Kelly to come forward. Palowakski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fred Palowakski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly misses with a hook. Palowakski ducked under it nicely.
Palowakski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kelly eats them both and turns towards Palowakski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Palowakski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Palowakski throws a head kick but Kelly moves out of range.
Palowakski throws a push kick but Kelly slaps the foot to one side.
Kelly throws a counter combo.
Palowakski lands an overhand right.
Palowakski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kelly tries to land a front kick but Palowakski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kelly has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Palowakski misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Palowakski misses the target.
Palowakski lands a nice hook to Kelly's body. Kelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Palowakski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kelly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Palowakski finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kelly avoids the head kick by Palowakski .
Kelly throws a lazy head kick
and Palowakski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kelly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palowakski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kelly scrambles back to his feet.
Palowakski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Palowakski rushes Kelly and presses him up against the cage.
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly.
Palowakski blocks an uppercut.
Kelly works on Palowakski 's body with a couple of short punches.
Palowakski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palowakski working aggressively here.
Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kelly keeps control of Palowakski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Palowakski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jim Kelly's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Kelly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Palowakski scores with the left hand. Kelly knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice body kick from Palowakski .
Palowakski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palowakski takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Kelly walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Palowakski scores with a punch to the head.
Palowakski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palowakski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kelly scrambles back to his feet.
Palowakski tries to clinch up.
Kelly doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Palowakski lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palowakski throws a leg kick which misses Kelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Kelly tries to avoid it.
Kelly blocks a head kick by Palowakski .
Palowakski misses with a body kick.
Palowakski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palowakski throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.
Kelly replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Palowakski blocks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Palowakski .
Kelly doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Palowakski is looking to land body kicks.
Kelly tries a quick counter leg kick but Palowakski is wise to it.
Palowakski lands a really nice looking cross but Kelly seems unphased.
Palowakski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kelly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Palowakski misses with a looping right.
As Palowakski backs off Kelly throws a huge counter combo but Palowakski manages to avoid it all.
Palowakski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Palowakski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kelly! But no joy.
A head kick misses from Palowakski .
Palowakski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly flicks out a counter leg kick but Palowakski steps away.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Kelly! Palowakski is out on his feet! Kelly rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Palowakski is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Palowakski is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Kelly!
Jim Kelly tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.