PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ariel Ornias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Neil comes to the cage accompanied by Golden Brown. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

O Neil
vs
Ornias

188 cm
24
217 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
218 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey O Neil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ariel Ornias!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ornias tries to bum rush O Neil with a series of wild strikes but O Neil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Neil drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
O Neil throws a lazy body kick
and Ornias counters with a lovely straight right hand!

O Neil clinches.
Ornias goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ornias tries a body shot but O Neil blocks it.

Ornias manages to break the clinch.
A jab lands there for Ornias.
Ornias tries to clinch but O Neil moves away
and O Neil counters with a nice body kick.
Ornias moves forwards but O Neil connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ornias takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
O Neil misses with a left hand
and Ornias counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Neil throws a right hand that misses
and Ornias counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Neil shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A slapping leg kick lands for O Neil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ornias misses with a body shot
and O Neil counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ornias's knee momentarily.
Ornias looks gassed!
O Neil throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Neil throws a body punch but Ornias moves out of range.
O Neil jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Neil is looking to slow Ornias down with leg kicks.
O Neil explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ornias dodges the punch combination from O Neil.
O Neil with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
O Neil works the jab nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Neil swings and misses with a hook to the body.

O Neil instigates a clinch.
O Neil lands a body shot.
O Neil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

O Neil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from O Neil.
O Neil works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
O Neil wants to clinch
and Ornias counters with a right hand to the body.
Ornias moves to clinch but O Neil breaks away
and O Neil counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil lands with a right hand.
Ornias swings widly with a right hand
and O Neil counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ornias's knee momentarily.
O Neil misses with a straight right.
O Neil looks to land a left hand but Ornias moved out of range nicely.
Ornias moves forwards but O Neil connects with a nice, crisp jab.
O Neil throws a predictable looking body shot

and Ornias counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ornias misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ornias working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from O Neil.

O Neil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Neil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ornias was well out of range. Poor timing from O Neil.
Ariel Ornias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Ornias.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ornias's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ornias takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
O Neil slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
O Neil throws a looping overhand right but Ornias ducks down to avoid it.
Ornias walks into a straight right hand from O Neil.
Ornias thows a leg kick but O Neil checks it
and O Neil counters with a straight that turns Ornias's legs to rubber! O Neil pushes forward with more strikes and Ornias goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey O Neil!