PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bosco o Neill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunningham's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Disturbed - Conflict . The crowd seem to be enjoying o Neill's choice of entrance music: bring out the gimp. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cunningham
vs
o Neill

187 cm
22
197 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

196 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Cunningham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bosco o Neill!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham closes the distance but o Neill moves to the side
and o Neill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick from o Neill misses.
A head kick misses from o Neill.
Cunningham tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and o Neill holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
o Neill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cunningham's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, o Neill throws an elbow but misses.
Cunningham using the Thai plumb to throw knees but o Neill has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and o Neill avoids it.
o Neill throws an elbow but it misses.
o Neill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
o Neill lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cunningham stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cunningham dodges an elbow strike from o Neill.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham blocks the elbow strike.
o Neill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
o Neill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cunningham dodges an elbow strike from o Neill.
o Neill is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cunningham tries to stall but o Neill uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cunningham cracks o Neill with a nice body shot.
o Neill lands an elbow inside that Cunningham shrugs off.
Cunningham takes an elbow to the temple.
Cunningham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but o Neill blocks it with crossed arms.
o Neill throws an elbow but it misses.
o Neill throws an elbow but it misses.
o Neill takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Bosco o Neill has been cut.
Cunningham connects with a knee to the head.
Cunningham misses with a knee strike.
Cunningham trying to stall but o Neill improves his position.
Cunningham swings wildly with an uppercut but o Neill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cunningham lands an elbow inside.
o Neill avoiding damage as Cunningham throws knees to the body.
o Neill lands an elbow just above Cunningham 's eye.
o Neill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cunningham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of o Neills head.
o Neill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cunningham lands a knee to the body.
o Neill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cunningham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but o Neill blocks it with crossed arms.
Cunningham misses with the head strike.
Cunningham avoids the elbow strike from o Neill, against the cage.
o Neill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cunningham's defenses.
o Neill avoiding damage as Cunningham throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
o Neill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
o Neill misses with an elbow strike.
Cunningham avoids a wild elbow strike from o Neill.
o Neill misses with an elbow strike.
o Neill avoiding damage as Cunningham throws knees to the body.
Cunningham avoids the elbow strike from o Neill, against the cage.
Cunningham will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning o Neill up against the cage.
Cunningham dodges an elbow strike from o Neill.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cunningham just misses with a elbow thrown towards o Neill's brow.
Cunningham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
o Neill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cunningham lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, o Neill throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, o Neill throws an elbow but misses.
Cunningham lands a nice elbow.
o Neill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
o Neill lands an elbow that stopped Cunningham in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Brad Cunningham has been cut.
Cunningham lands a hook that snaps the head of o Neill backwards.
Nice elbow from o Neill.
o Neill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cunningham misses with a knee to the head.
o Neill misses with an elbow strike.
Cunningham avoids a wild elbow strike from o Neill.
Cunningham avoids the elbow strike from o Neill, against the cage.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham avoids the elbow strike from o Neill, against the cage.
o Neill comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
o Neill misses with an elbow over the top.
Cunningham blocks an elbow strike.
Cunningham blocks an elbow strike.
o Neill gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
o Neill lands an elbow inside that Cunningham shrugs off.
Cunningham blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, o Neill throws an elbow but misses.
Cunningham avoids a wild elbow strike from o Neill.
o Neill misses with an elbow over the top.
o Neill throws an elbow but it misses.
o Neill throws an elbow but it misses.
o Neill lands a nice elbow.
Cunningham has o Neill pressed against the cage.
Cunningham avoids the elbow strike from o Neill, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cunningham.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cunningham takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cunningham crunches a lovely knee into o Neill's ribcage.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cunningham is breathing heavily.
o Neill throws an elbow that misses.
Cunningham avoids the elbow strike from o Neill, against the cage.
o Neill pushes off an throws an elbow but Cunningham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cunningham's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
o Neill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
o Neill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
o Neill comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, o Neill throws an elbow but misses.
Cunningham blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cunningham stalling the fight.
Cunningham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cunningham takes an elbow to the temple.
Cunningham tries to land knees in the clinch but o Neill avoids the damage to the body.
o Neill lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cunningham looking to slow down the pace here.
Cunningham blocks an elbow strike from o Neill.
Cunningham is trying to maintain a safe position but o Neill gets an underhook and turns Cunningham into the cage.
o Neill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cunningham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but o Neill is keeping busy.
Cunningham blocks an elbow strike.
Cunningham misses with an elbow strike.
Cunningham blocks an elbow strike.
Cunningham blocks the elbow strike.
Cunningham is pushing o Neill up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cunningham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brad Cunningham will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

o Neill throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cunningham closes the distance but o Neill moves to the side
and o Neill counters with a straight right hand.
o Neill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cunningham avoids the head kick by o Neill.
Cunningham tries to clinch but o Neill moves away

and o Neill counters with a head kick that drops Cunningham to the mat! Cunningham scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Cunningham is rocked!
Cunningham throws a head kick that o Neill semi-blocks.
Oh Cunningham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
o Neill connects with a nice looking jab.
Cunningham tries to clinch but fails miserably
and o Neill counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cunningham seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crack! A monster head kick from o Neill and Cunningham falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by o Neill!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bosco o Neill!