PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seamus O Brien (ranked 620 p4p, 1602 weight class) and Sirus Hall (ranked 85 p4p, 220 weight class). O Brien's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill. Hall comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat 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.

O Brien
vs
Hall

181 cm
23
182
11 - 3 - 0

183 cm
37
180
20 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seamus O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sirus Hall!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall dodges the punch combination from O Brien.
A jab from O Brien misses.
Hall throws a shot to the body.

Hall bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Hall looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
O Brien struggling a bit here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
O Brien thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hall's head.
O Brien missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Brien trying to control but Hall is having none of it.
O Brien controlling his opponent.
Hall keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
O Brien controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
O Brien trying to control but Hall is having none of it.
Hall is desperately trying to improve his position but O Brien has a good base and remains in mount.
O Brien tries to control but Hall wriggling away.
O Brien punching from mount but Hall doing a good job of avoiding damage.
O Brien controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by O Brien.
O Brien throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hall because O Brien loaded up on that one.
O Brien looking to control but Hall is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hall is looking to improve his position but O Brien isn't that keen on the idea.
O Brien trying to control but Hall is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien looking to finish with strikes here!
O Brien can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hall is looking to escape.
O Brien sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hall avoids a series of strikes thrown by O Brien.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hall throws an off balance right hand
and O Brien counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Brien lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Sirus Hall has been cut.
Hall looks to score with a jab to the body but O Brien is just out of range.
O Brien dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Brien misses with a series of wild punches.
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Brien manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from O Brien misses the target.
Sirus Hall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall throws a body punch but O Brien moves out of range.
O Brien connects with the punch.
Hall fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hall misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from O Brien misses its intended target.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but O Brien pushes him off.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but O Brien pushes him off.
O Brien throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hall moves out of range of the body kick.
Seamus O Brien is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Brien just misses with a punch to the body.
O Brien tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hall doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
O Brien circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling O Brien to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Brien takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hall needs to keep his hands up - O Brien had a free shot at his head there.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Brien moves away.
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Brien manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Brien lands a nice looking body shot.
Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
O Brien on the wrong end of a nice jab.
O Brien throws a nice looking combination but Hall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hall takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall misses with a combination
and O Brien connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Brien pushes Hall away with a front kick.
O Brien throws a jab but it's blocked by Hall.
Hall fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
O Brien is looking to counter punch.
Hall is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down O Brien rather than just go for the knockout.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Hall takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
O Brien throws a sloppy body shot
and Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
O Brien was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

O Brien drops Hall with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hall looks back up at him and smiles so O Brien waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
O Brien with a body punch. A glancing blow.
O Brien jabs at Hall's body.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from O Brien! Hall is out on his feet! O Brien rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Hall is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Hall is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus O Brien!
Seamus O Brien tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.