PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Tropper (ranked 2932 p4p, 334 weight class) and Ned Kelly (ranked 4003 p4p, 413 weight class). Kelly has chosen Vigilante as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tropper
vs
Kelly

182 cm
22
188 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
192 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Tropper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ned Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Kelly misses its intended target.
Tropper feinted with a counter takedown.
Tropper looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
A cross from Tropper lands.
Tropper tries to bum rush Kelly with a series of wild strikes but Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've been informed that Kelly has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Kelly has managed to clinch.
Tropper lands a nice uppercut.
Kelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Tropper backwards.
Tropper has had enough of the clinch but Kelly keeps him there for the moment.

Tropper has hold of one of Kelly's legs. Kelly is fighting the takedown attempt but Tropper gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly keeping full guard, as Tropper tries to pass.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tropper's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tropper trying to control but Kelly is working from the bottom.
Kelly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kelly has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Tropper is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Tropper manages to break the clinch.
Kelly connects with a solid leg kick.
Kelly works the jab nicely.
Kelly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tropper looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Kelly tries to get set, Tropper tries to push him back and clinch up but Kelly manages to avoid the attempt.
Tropper swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tropper moves away.
Tropper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly is looking to chop away at Tropper's legs.
Tropper slips a jab from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a shot to the body
and Tropper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tropper takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kelly lands with a straight right. Tropper didn't see that one coming.
Kelly misses with a hook. Tropper ducked under it nicely.
Tropper throws a big counter combination but Kelly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tropper moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
Kelly scores with a jab. Tropper acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tropper takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kelly cracks Tropper with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kelly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tropper counters with a one-two to the body.
Kelly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ned Kelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tropper sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kelly dodges the punch combination from Tropper.
Tropper throws a nice looking combination but Kelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tropper fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tropper takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly motions for Tropper to come forward. Kelly throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly misses with a hook
enabling Tropper to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tropper momentarily.
Kelly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kelly fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tropper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice jab there from Kelly.
Some wild striking there from Tropper.
Tropper takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kelly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tropper had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tropper shoots for a takedown but Kelly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kelly dodges the punch combination from Tropper.
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!

Kelly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tropper scores with a shoulder strike.
Kelly lands with a left to the head.
Kelly throws a head punch that misses.

Kelly breaks the clinch.
Tropper swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Tropper moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
Tropper throws a big counter combination but Kelly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ned Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tropper throws a big shot that misses.
Tropper slips under a jab from Kelly.
Tropper throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tropper drops his hands momentarily and Kelly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tropper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kelly throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly lands a high kick!
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelly is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Tropper's head but Tropper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Decent striking displayed by Kelly there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ned Kelly dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tropper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tropper misses the jab.
Nick Tropper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tropper loads up on a big right hand but Kelly slips the punch.
A nice side step and Kelly releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tropper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tropper swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tropper moves away from the strike by Kelly.
Kelly throws a big shot that misses.
Tropper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tropper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly lands a nice hook to Tropper's body. Tropper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left lands for Kelly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tropper gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kelly cracks Tropper with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Tropper counters by moving into the clinch.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Kelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Troppers head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kelly.
Tropper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Tropper is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Tropper is trying to pull guard but Kelly has him pressed against the cage.
Tropper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tropper can't break the clinch.
Ned Kelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tropper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Kelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tropper throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
Kelly lands with a right hand.
Tropper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelly.
Tropper swinging wildly here.
Tropper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tropper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tropper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Tropper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tropper looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tropper.
Kelly throws out a counter right but Tropper avoids it with no problem.
Tropper with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kelly to score with a decent uppercut.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Tropper moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tropper. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Kelly misses.
Kelly throws a push kick but Tropper slaps the foot to one side.
Tropper walks into a stiff left hand from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a hook to the body
and Tropper counters with a three punch combo that has Kelly backing up. Kelly nods at Tropper to acknowledge the strikes.
Tropper takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropper connects with a jab.
Tropper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tropper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
Tropper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly throws out a counter right but Tropper avoids it with no problem.
Tropper slips a jab from Kelly.
Kelly wants to clinch.
Tropper fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tropper cracks Kelly with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from Kelly. No joy for Tropper on that attempt.
Tropper throws a nice looking combination but Kelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kelly misses with a straight left.
Kelly staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropper fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice cross by Kelly.
Tropper on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tropper lands a nice looking body shot.
Tropper fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ned Kelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A cross from Kelly lands.
Tropper dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
Kelly lands a body shot.
Kelly moves out of range as Tropper strikes.
Kelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Tropper.
Jab, jab by Kelly - just one landing.
Kelly slips a jab and a cross from Tropper.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Tropper moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ned Kelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kelly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kelly missing with a left hand there. Tropper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tropper shoots in looking for a takedown but Kelly manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tropper's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kelly thuds a left hand into Tropper's body.
A punch combination from Tropper misses.
Tropper throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
Kelly scores with a decent looking hook.
Tropper steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kelly. That one must have hurt.
Kelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Tropper.
A telegraphed right hand from Kelly misses the target.
As Kelly looks to move away, Tropper throws a big counter combo but Kelly just gets out of the way.
Kelly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tropper throws a right hand that Kelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Kelly also avoids with ease.
Kelly lands an overhand right.
Tropper misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly lands a head shot.
Kelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tropper throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tropper jabs at Kelly's body.
Tropper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kelly counters with a stiff right hand.
Tropper slips a jab from Kelly.
Kelly 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.
Tropper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tropper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crunch! Kelly slams his shin into Tropper's torso.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tropper.
Tropper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Tropper slips a straight right by Kelly.
Kelly misses with a looping right.
Tropper appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kelly dodges the punch combination from Tropper.
Tropper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tropper walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly clobbers Tropper with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tropper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Tropper's head but Tropper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tropper throws a body shot but no joy.
Tropper takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tropper connects with a jab.
A jab from Kelly misses.
Kelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tropper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tropper.
Tropper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tropper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kelly can pounce on him.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Tropper is just out of range.
Kelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tropper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropper throws a series of punches but Kelly avoids them all with ease.
Kelly with a hook.
Kelly on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tropper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kelly swings for the body but Tropper moves out of range.
Tropper seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tropper misses with a wild combination.
Kelly throws a hook but Tropper blocks it.
Tropper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tropper cracks a nice hook into Kelly's ribs.
Kelly lands with a cross.
Kelly connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tropper has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tropper there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kelly throws a jab when Tropper was well out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tropper.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropper blocks a head kick by Kelly.
Tropper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kelly circles away quickly and effectively.
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tropper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kelly.
Tropper takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
A jab lands there for Kelly.
Kelly misses with a hook.
Tropper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kelly misses with a looping left.
Kelly takes a swing at Tropper's ribcage but misses.
Kelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tropper momentarily.
Kelly throws an overhand right that lands on Tropper's shoulder, as Tropper tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Kelly.
Kelly throws a lazy right hand but Tropper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nick Tropper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ned Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kelly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ned Kelly!
Ned Kelly seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.