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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Leigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 lbs
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
16 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Leigh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Leigh.
Leigh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
O Neil scores with a punch to the head.
Leigh slips a jab and a cross from O Neil.
O Neil misses with a right hand
and Leigh counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. O Neil is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Good leg kick by Leigh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
O Neil ducks under a wild hook from Leigh.
Leigh swings away with a leg kick that misses.
O Neil misses with a jab to the body
and Leigh counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick from Leigh.
A punch combination from O Neil misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Leigh darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leigh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Neil connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Leigh looks for the body kick but O Neil saw that one coming.
Leigh throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
O Neil checks the leg kick.
Leigh feints and then cracks O Neil's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Neil down.
O Neil throws an off balance right hand
and Leigh counters with a head kick.
Leigh moves out of range as O Neil strikes.
Leigh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leigh. O Neil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leigh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Neil.
Sloppy strikes from O Neil. Those never looked like landing.
Leigh throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leigh lands a front kick.
O Neil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Leigh counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leigh.
O Neil looks gassed!
Leigh feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits O Neils jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Mickey O Neil has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leigh fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and O Neil has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses.
Leigh chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Leigh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leigh chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leigh. That's going to slow O Neil down.
Leigh misses with a body shot.
Leigh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Leigh throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leigh lands a leg kick that knocks O Neil off balance momentarily.
Leigh throws a leg kick which misses O Neil's front leg but catches the back leg as O Neil tries to avoid it.
Leigh connects with an inside leg kick.
Leigh thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on O Neil if he has to take too many more of those.
O Neil's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
O Neil sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Leigh scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leigh, right into the meat.
O Neil chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Leigh can pounce on him.
Leigh plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Leigh feints and then cracks O Neil's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Neil down.
Leigh scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Leigh lands with a nice body kick.
Leigh fakes the leg kick and cracks O Neil in the body.
Good leg kick by Leigh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
O Neil misses with a jab to the body
and Leigh counters with an outside leg kick.
Leigh connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Leigh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Leigh punishes O Neil's body with a nice straight punch.
Leigh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Neil.
Leigh pushes O Neil away with a front kick.
Leigh drives through and clinches with O Neil against the cage.
Leigh trying to land knees to the body.
Leigh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leigh tries to stall but O Neil uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
O Neil is looking to break free of the clinch but Leigh has double underhooks.
Leigh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leigh throws a quick head kick that skims the top of O Neil's head.
Leigh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leigh thumps O Neil with a low kick.
Leigh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Neil throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leigh counters with a left to the body.
Leigh throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by O Neil.
O Neil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick from Leigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leigh throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leigh blocks a jab.
Crunch! Leigh slams his shin into O Neil's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Neil stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Leigh.
Leigh goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
O Neil on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leigh. Leigh obviously looking to wear him down.
Good leg kick by Leigh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
O Neil throws a lazy uppercut
and Leigh counters with a body kick that stops O Neil in his tracks momentarily.
Leigh lands with a thumping leg kick.
Leigh throws a front kick that sends O Neil stumbling back into the cage.
O Neil takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Leigh.
A big left from Leigh misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! O Neil crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Leigh - the referee stops the clock and O Neil gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Leigh. O Neil manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Leigh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey O Neil's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Leigh misses with a body kick.
A head kick from Leigh lands but O Neil takes it in his stride.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Leigh.
O Neil has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Leigh.
Leigh misses with an attempted mid kick.
O Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Leigh misses with a low kick.
Leigh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leigh doesn't manage to clinch there - O Neil circles away.
O Neil with a nice cross.
Leigh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Leigh.
Leigh throws a low kick but O Neil avoids it.
O Neil throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Neil connects with a jab.
Leigh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
O Neil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh throws a half hearted mid kick.
Leigh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leigh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leigh goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leigh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Donk. O Neil catches Leigh right on the button with a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as O Neil blocks the leg kick.
Leigh throws the kick towards the body but O Neil avoids it.
Leigh gets cracked there but stands up to it.
O Neil throws a lazy uppercut
and Leigh counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab lands there for O Neil.
O Neil throws a series of strikes that have Leigh backpedaling.
Leigh throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
O Neil throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
O Neil misses with a wild body shot.
O Neil on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leigh. Leigh obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leigh darts in trying to clinch
and O Neil counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
O Neil misses with a hook
and Leigh counters with a nice leg kick.
Leigh avoids the body shot from O Neil.
O Neil scores with a three punch combo!
Leigh lets loose with a powerful body kick. O Neil will feel that in the morning.
O Neil throws a nice looking combination but Leigh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leigh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Neil was well out of range. Poor timing from Leigh.
O Neil ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
O Neil fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bryan Leigh is winning the standup battle so far.
Leigh slips a jab and a cross from O Neil.
O Neil misses with a right hand
and O Neil takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Neil misses with a hook to the body
and Leigh counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Neil lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh scores with a kick to the midsection.
Leigh dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on O Neil. That did some damage!
Leigh tries a head kick but it misses.
O Neil thows a body shot but no joy.
O Neil throws a hook but Leigh blocks it.
Leigh takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Leigh lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Leigh throws a front kick aimed at O Neil's knee but O Neil avoids it well.
Leigh avoids the body shot from O Neil.
O Neil on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leigh. Leigh obviously looking to wear him down.
O Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leigh has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Leigh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Neil.
Leigh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. O Neil looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Leigh.
O Neil's jab looks to have found its range, popping Leigh under the eye.
Leigh misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Leigh. O Neil shrugs it off though.
Leigh just misses with a punch to the body.
O Neil wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leigh fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Leigh misses with a kick to the body.
Leigh throws a low kick but O Neil moves out of range easily.
Mickey O Neil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Neil misses with a double jab.
Leigh throws a head kick that O Neil semi-blocks.
O Neil moves out of range of the strikes.
Leigh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
O Neil misses with a lunging right hand
and Leigh counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. O Neil is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Neil misses the shot to the body.
O Neil checks a leg kick.
Leigh defending well as O Neil loads up on a big left hand.
Leigh lands a leg kick that knocks O Neil off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Leigh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mickey O Neil's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
O Neil connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Leigh momentarily.
A slow jab from O Neil misses its intended target.
A big right from O Neil misses.
O Neil darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
O Neil avoids a kick to the body.
Leigh lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by O Neil.
Leigh throws a nice head kick!
O Neil throws a poor cross that misses
and Leigh counters with a nice body kick.
Leigh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Neil.
Leigh dips to his left and cracks O Neil with an uppercut!
Leigh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
O Neil throws a hook but Leigh avoids it easily.
Leigh throws a leg kick but O Neil checks it.
O Neil takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leigh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Neil lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses.
Leigh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leigh takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
An inside leg kick lands from Leigh.
Leigh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leigh walks into a straight right hand from O Neil.
O Neil swings widly with a right hand
and Leigh counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Leigh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Neil.
O Neil lands a really nice looking cross but Leigh seems unphased.
O Neil digs a good body shot into Leigh's ribs.
Leigh walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. O Neil checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Leigh walks into a jab.
O Neil lands with a cross.
Leigh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
O Neil swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mickey O Neil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leigh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Neil can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leigh tries to score with a low kick but O Neil moves his leg out of the way.
O Neil goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
O Neil takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
O Neil throws a shot from downtown. Leigh moves away and avoids it.
O Neil with a nice cross.
O Neil shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Leigh eats them both and turns towards O Neil to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Leigh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leigh.
O Neil thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leigh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leigh misses with a head kick.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses.
O Neil throws an off balance right hand
and Leigh counters with a head kick. That will keep O Neil thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Leigh.
O Neil connects with a body shot.
Leigh misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.
Leigh misses with a wild body shot.
Leigh moves out of range as O Neil strikes.
Leigh takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jab from O Neil.
O Neil drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Leigh gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Leigh is looking to clinch.
Leigh throws a body kick that misses.
Leigh moves out of range of the strikes.
O Neil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Leigh's head backwards.
O Neil swings for the body but Leigh moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leigh.
Leigh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Neil moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
O Neil misses with a hook. Leigh ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leigh walks into a straight right hand from O Neil.
O Neil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leigh manages to avoid it.
Leigh defending well as O Neil loads up on a big left hand.
Leigh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Neil.
Leigh throws a leg kick but O Neil sees it coming and moves out of range.
O Neil connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Leigh momentarily.
Leigh takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Leigh 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.
Leigh looks to throw the jab but O Neil is out of range.
Leigh misses the shot to the body.
A big left from O Neil misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Neil thuds his right hand into Leigh's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bryan Leigh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leigh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Leigh looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
O Neil throws a right hand that misses
and Leigh counters with a nice low kick that buckles O Neil's knee momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey O Neil comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Leigh has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Leigh!
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hype
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