PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Lucroy (ranked 3729 p4p, 2283 weight class) and Seamus Ohoulihan (ranked 461 p4p, 287 weight class). Ohoulihan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bill Conti - Going The Distance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lucroy
vs
Ohoulihan

182 cm
24
162
10 - 6 - 0

189 cm
23
210
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Conquer
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jean Lucroy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seamus Ohoulihan!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucroy walks into a jab.
Ohoulihan's coach down at EFC Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ohoulihan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lucroy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ohoulihan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Jean Lucroy has been cut.

Lucroy gets a takedown into half guard.
Ohoulihan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ohoulihan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ohoulihan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Ohoulihan looking for a guillotine here but Lucroy defends easily.
Lucroy connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ohoulihan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ohoulihan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ohoulihan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucroy.

Ohoulihan is looking for a triangle but Lucroy pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucroy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lucroy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Ohoulihan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lucroy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lucroy scoring with some ground and pound.
Ohoulihan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ohoulihan lands a decent shot there.
Lucroy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ohoulihan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lucroy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ohoulihan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lucroy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ohoulihan trying to control the position.

Ohoulihan looking for a guillotine here but Lucroy defends easily.
Lucroy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lucroy throwing strikes from guard but Ohoulihan blocks nicely.
Lucroy postures up.
Ohoulihan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lucroy's guard.

Ohoulihan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ohoulihan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ohoulihan cracks Lucroy with a solid left hand.
Ohoulihan throwing strikes from guard but Lucroy blocks nicely.
Lucroy is looking to stand up but Ohoulihan isn't so interested in that idea.
Ohoulihan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ohoulihan postures up and lands a big shot to Lucroy's brow.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ohoulihan postures up in Lucroy's guard and throws a big left but Lucroy blocks it.
Ohoulihan is working Lucroy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ohoulihan is pushing down on Lucroy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lucroy is fighting to maintain full guard but Ohoulihan has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucroy pushes Ohoulihan off looking to stand but Ohoulihan dives back in and keeps control.
Ohoulihan working over Lucroy with some ground and pound. Lucroy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Ohoulihan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ohoulihan lands a nice short elbow.

Lucroy is rocked!
Lucroy tries to kick Ohoulihan off but Ohoulihan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ohoulihan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ohoulihan lands with a punch from half guard.
Lucroy wants to get back to his feet.

Lucroy manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Ohoulihan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ohoulihan fails to land with a series of punches.
Lucroy shoots in for a takedown but Ohoulihan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lucroy.
Ohoulihan slaps away a takedown attempt from Lucroy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Lucroy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan connects with the punch.
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!

Ohoulihan instigates a clinch.
Lucroy is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ohoulihan is defending well.
Ohoulihan misses with a knee to the head.
Lucroy is looking to take this one to the mat.
A shot in the inside from Ohoulihan.
Lucroy prevents a body shot from Ohoulihan.
Ohoulihan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lucroy avoids a wild elbow strike from Ohoulihan.
Lucroy looking for a takedown.
Ohoulihan is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Ohoulihan manages to break the clinch.

Ohoulihan closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Ohoulihan.

Ohoulihan gets control of Lucroy's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ohoulihan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lucroy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ohoulihan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus Ohoulihan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Lucroy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lucroy looks for a takedown but Ohoulihan sprawls well.
Lucroy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jean Lucroy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ohoulihan feints and as Lucroy raises his hands in defense, Ohoulihan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ohoulihan won't allow Lucroy to get back to his feet.
Ohoulihan landing some decent shots from guard.
Oh Lucroy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lucroy has momentary wrist control but Ohoulihan slips an elbow through the middle.
Ohoulihan gets to his feet and stands over Lucroy, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Lucroy felt that one! Ohoulihan unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Lucroy from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus Ohoulihan!
Post fight, an emotional Seamus Ohoulihan said 'I want to thank my fans and my sponsors Conquer and Brooklyn Apothecary, much love to you all. Good bye.'.