PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Keenan (ranked 1748 p4p, 1851 weight class) and Shane O Malley (ranked 192 p4p, 202 weight class). O Malley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Someone Like Me - by: Jon Connor. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Keenan
vs
O Malley

170 cm
30
153
13 - 4 - 3

171 cm
27
150
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Core Combat

Urban Fighter

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 13 - 4 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Keenan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane O Malley!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keenan moves out of range of the strikes.
Keenan throws the kick towards the body but O Malley avoids it.
O Malley looks to land a left hand but Keenan moved out of range nicely.
Keenan is looking to counter the offense by O Malley and move into the clinch.
Keenan throws a body kick that misses.
Keenan moves out of range of the leg kick from O Malley.
A lazy left from Keenan finds it's target.
Keenan throws a solid leg kick but O Malley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Keenan.

O Malley drives through and clinches with Keenan against the cage.
O Malley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
O Malley blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Keenan.
Keenan misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from O Malley fails to land.
O Malley blocking some punches.
O Malley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Malley working aggressively here.
Keenan takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Ryan Keenan has been cut.
Keenan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Malley misses with the head strike.
O Malley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Malley missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Keenan.
O Malley is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan avoiding damage as O Malley throws knees to the body.
O Malley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Malley landing knees to the body.
Keenan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
O Malley is looking to take this one to the mat.
A head punch on the inside from O Malley fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Malley.
O Malley is leaning against Keenan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
O Malley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Malley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Keenan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keenan can't find room to land a body shot as O Malley controls the action.
Keenan digs a right hand underneath O Malley's ribcage. O Malley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Keenan lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Malley backwards.
O Malley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keenan.
O Malley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Keenan's defenses.
O Malley misses with the head strike.
Keenan avoids a wild elbow strike from O Malley.
Keenan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Malley cracks Keenan with a nice body shot.
Keenan lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley misses with an elbow strike.
Keenan struggles to land a body shot inside as O Malley controls his hands.

O Malley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Keenan throws a head kick that misses.
O Malley feints the counter takedown.
Keenan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fairtex MMA in the buildup to the fight.
O Malley scoring well with a low kick there.
Keenan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Malley.
The crowd cheers as O Malley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Keenan doesn't seem phased though.
Keenan cracks O Malley with a good jab.

O Malley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Keenan to the mat! Keenan manages to get full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw O Malley working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Keenan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Keenan controlling O Malley's posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Malley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shane O Malley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Keenan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Keenan scores with a kick to the midsection.
O Malley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Keenan is out of range.
O Malley lands with a good body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Keenan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Keenan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Malley.
Nice uppercut lands for O Malley. That snapped Keenan's head back.

O Malley shoots in and gets a takedown into Keenan's guard.
O Malley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keenan looking for a sweep. Not yet Keenan, not yet.
O Malley slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Keenan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from O Malley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Keenan manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keenan lands a body shot.
O Malley tried to score with a low kick but Keenan checks it.
Keenan is looking to counter the offense by O Malley and move into the clinch.
Keenan throws a body punch but O Malley moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley avoids the body shot from Keenan.
O Malley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ryan Keenan is winning the standup battle so far.
Keenan lands a nice leg kick that just misses O Malley's sensitive parts.
Keenan lands a nice shot that snaps O Malley's head back.
Keenan is looking to land body kicks.
Keenan ducks under a wild hook from O Malley.
Keenan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from O Malley.
Keenan scores with a leg kick.
Keenan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
O Malley looks to land a left hand but Keenan moved out of range nicely.
Keenan looks to land a body kick but O Malley moved away.
Some bone on bone action there as O Malley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
O Malley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keenan.
O Malley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keenan.
Keenan throws a hook to the side of O Malley's head but O Malley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Keenan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Malley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley checks the leg kick nicely there.
O Malley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan manages to avoid it.
Ryan Keenan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two 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!
Keenan throws a wild body kick that O Malley sees coming a mile off.
O Malley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keenan's sensitive parts.
A chopping leg kick lands by O Malley.
O Malley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. O Malley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Keenan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
O Malley throws the left hand but Keenan avoids the punch easily.
Keenan is looking to land body kicks.
A slow jab from O Malley misses its intended target.
O Malley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Keenan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Keenan throws a head kick that misses.

O Malley fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Keenan to the ground. O Malley is now in Keenan's guard.
O Malley sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Malley throwing strikes from guard but Keenan blocks nicely.
O Malley scoring with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ryan Keenan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ryan Keenan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Keenan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Malley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan feints and then cracks O Malley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Malley down.
O Malley lands with a cross.
A big right from O Malley misses.
O Malley connects with a right hand. Keenan shakes it off.

O Malley is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Keenan's half guard.

Keenan makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keenan avoids the head kick by O Malley.
Keenan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid body kick from Keenan.
O Malley looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
O Malley shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Keenan throws a sloppy head kick and O Malley moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut there from O Malley.
O Malley looks to land a right hand but Keenan moved out of range.
Keenan throws a leg kick which misses O Malley's front leg but catches the back leg as O Malley tries to avoid it.
Keenan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan slips under a jab.
O Malley misses with a straight right.
O Malley throws a hook but Keenan avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Keenan.
Keenan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Keenan misses.
O Malley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keenan.
O Malley throws a hook but Keenan blocks it.
O Malley moves out of range of the body kick.
Keenan slips a jab from O Malley.
O Malley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Keenan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Keenan throws a looping overhand right but O Malley ducks down to avoid it.
O Malley throws a body kick that misses

and Keenan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Keenan.
Keenan lands an uppercut.
O Malley is looking to control Keenan's arms but Keenan gets an underhook and turns him. Now O Malley has his back to the cage.
O Malley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Keenan breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Keenan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley scores with a head kick. Keenan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Keenan thuds his shin into the meat of O Malley's side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Malley looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
O Malley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A chopping leg kick lands by O Malley.
A solid leg kick lands there for Keenan.
Keenan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Malley was well out of range. Poor timing from Keenan.
O Malley feints the counter takedown.
O Malley takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
Keenan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Keenan drops his hands momentarily and O Malley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Keenan misses with a low kick.
O Malley lands a leg kick that knocks Keenan off balance momentarily.
O Malley missing with a left hand there. Keenan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Malley misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Keenan.
Keenan moves into range and connects with a jab.
O Malley lands a right hook to the body.
Keenan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Keenan is looking to counter the offense by O Malley and move into the clinch.
Keenan is looking to chop away at O Malley's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ryan Keenan.
I think Keenan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:30

The fight is ruled a draw!