PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russell Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think O Neil might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Golden Brown. Mickey O Neil could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Russell Bell's chin.

O Neil
vs
Bell

188 cm
21
217 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
218 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey O Neil!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Bell!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Neil manages to avoid it.
Bell stalks O Neil and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into O Neil's face. O Neil staggers backwards, shaken.
Bell misses with a straight right.
Bell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Russell Bell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bell checks a leg kick.
Bell misses with a head kick.
O Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab from O Neil.

It looks like Russell Bell has been cut.
Bell throws a jab when O Neil was well out of range.
O Neil throws a hook but Bell avoids it easily.
O Neil connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Neil throws out a loose jab but Bell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Neil takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bell wants to clinch.
Bell pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil throws a body punch but Bell moves out of range.
O Neil throws a body punch but Bell moves out of range.
O Neil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bell defending well as O Neil loads up on a big left hand.
O Neil misses with a hook to the body

and Bell moves into the clinch.
O Neil has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Bell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Neil is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bell.
Bell scores with a jab to the body.
O Neil looks to score with a jab to the body but Bell is just out of range.
Bell cracks O Neil with a good jab.
O Neil shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
O Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bell throws a head kick but O Neil moves out of range.
Bell pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Neil checks a leg kick nicely.
O Neil swings for the body but Bell moves out of range.
Bell connects with a single shot there.
O Neil throws a looping overhand right but Bell ducks down to avoid it.
O Neil throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell throws a head kick but O Neil moves out of range.
O Neil looks to score with a jab to the body but Bell is just out of range.
Bell with a hook.
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!
O Neil swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bell counters with a left to the body.
Bell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Neil was well out of range. Poor timing from Bell.
O Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Bell misses.
O Neil misses with a two punch combination.
Bell blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws a series of punches but Bell avoids them all with ease.
Bell throws a front kick that sends O Neil stumbling back into the cage.
Bell connects with a good right hand that stumbles O Neil. O Neil circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but O Neil circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by O Neil.
O Neil connects with a nice looking jab.
Bell throws a hook but O Neil blocks it.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Neil sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bell misses with a body punch
and O Neil counters with a nice uppercut.
O Neil with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bell to score with a decent uppercut.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Neil.
Bell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick by Bell misses
and O Neil counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bell.
O Neil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bell looks to land a right hand but O Neil moved out of range.
Bell missing with a left hand there. O Neil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bell misses with a body punch
and O Neil counters with a nice body shot.
Bell looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Neil thuds a left hand into Bell's body.
Bell drops his hands momentarily and O Neil takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
O Neil lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bell's sensitive parts.
A punch combination from O Neil misses.
Bell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That has opened up Russell Bell's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Neil connects with a body shot.
O Neil tests Bell's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Bell is rocked!

O Neil cracks Bell with an uppercut from hell and Bell crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of O Neil's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey O Neil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Russell Bell's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

BOOM! O Neil lands a beautiful left hook that drops Bell. Bell tries to recover but O Neil is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Bell lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey O Neil!
Mickey O Neil retains his light heavyweight title!