PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cathal Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly has chosen Flogging Molly - Devil's Dance Floor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Chris Williams has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Williams
vs
Kelly

188 cm
19
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cathal Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Williams looks to land a body kick but Kelly moved away.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Kelly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow Kelly down.

Kelly rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly fails to pull guard.
Kelly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Williams prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams lands a nice elbow.

Kelly pulls Williams into guard.
Kelly has a closed guard, preventing Williams from standing up.
Kelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kelly thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Kelly looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking to stand up but Kelly won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly looking for a sweep. Not yet Kelly, not yet.
Williams tries to stand but Kelly is controlling from the bottom.
Williams will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Kelly has his feet on Williams's thighs here. He's pushed Williams off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Williams screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cathal Kelly!