PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finn Houser (ranked 7681 p4p, 517 weight class) and Jim O Neil (ranked 2588 p4p, 258 weight class). Finn Houser had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Houser
vs
O Neil

161 cm
19
148 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
148 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Finn Houser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Neil gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A shot in the inside from O Neil.
Houser tries to stall but O Neil uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Houser could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
O Neil misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Neil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Houser is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
O Neil pressing his opponent against the cage.
The referee calls for O Neil to work.
Houser pushes off an throws an elbow but O Neil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Neil.
Houser lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neil throws a punch but it's blocked by Houser.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Neil.
O Neil lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Houser with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from O Neil.
O Neil lands an uppercut.
O Neil stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil is pushing Houser up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right hand to the side of the head by O Neil.
O Neil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Neil scores with a shot to the side of Houser's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Neil.
Houser landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Houser.
O Neil throws a head punch that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
O Neil is struggling to control the position.
O Neil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Houser.
Houser is looking to control O Neil's arms but O Neil gets an underhook and turns him. Now Houser has his back to the cage.
O Neil blocks the elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for O Neil.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houser looking to throw knees to the head but O Neil is blocking nicely.
Houser creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Houser wants to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Houser wants to break free but O Neil has control.
O Neil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Houser being controlled against the cage.
O Neil scores with a hook to the body.
Houser with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Neil is leaning against Houser and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Houser throws an elbow but misses.
Houser looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from O Neil fails to land.
Houser tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Houser looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
O Neil takes an elbow to the temple.
Houser using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Neil has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Neil misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Neil stalls.
O Neil lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Houser looking to throw knees to the head but O Neil is blocking nicely.
Still in the clinch, O Neil scores with a nice short uppercut.
Houser trying to land knees to the body.
O Neil lands a left hand.
O Neil lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Houser.
Houser is trying to stall.
O Neil lands with a short shot to the head.
O Neil slowing the pace effectively.
O Neil tries to throw a body punch but Houser avoids it by throwing O Neil back against the cage.
O Neil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Houser pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
O Neil avoiding damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Houser lands a damaging elbow.
O Neil slowing the pace effectively.
O Neil pushes Houser back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
O Neil digs a right hand into Houser's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Houser's gas tank.
O Neil pushes Houser back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
O Neil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Neil throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Housers head.
Houser tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Neil lands with a left to the head.

Houser is rocked!
Houser blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Houser is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Houser tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Neil avoids it.
Houser blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Houser seems to have got his legs back now.
O Neil avoids a wild elbow strike from Houser.
Houser misses with a knee to the head.
O Neil avoids a wild elbow strike from Houser.
O Neil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Neil stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
O Neil misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim O Neil dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Houser missing with knees to the body.
O Neil prevents Houser from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from O Neil.
O Neil stalling in the clinch but Houser improves position.
O Neil taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
O Neil lands a nice shot to the body.
Houser using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Neil has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Houser throws an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for O Neil.
A head punch on the inside from O Neil fails to land.
A short right from O Neil.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Houser is struggling to control the position.
Houser is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from O Neil fails to land.
O Neil lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Neil swings wildly with an uppercut but Houser uses good head movement to avoid it.
Houser is trying to stall.
O Neil scores with a nice hook to the head.
Houser tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice right hand lands inside from O Neil.
A left hand lands to the body for O Neil.
Houser blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from O Neil.
O Neil lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Houser backwards.
O Neil avoids a wild elbow strike from Houser.
O Neil misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for O Neil.
Houser being controlled against the cage.
O Neil digs a right hand into Houser's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Houser's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil pushes Houser against the cage. O Neil is working some dirty boxing. O Neil pushes off with a quick right hook! Houser goes down! Houser tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! O Neil moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim O Neil!