PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Guerra Salsido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerra Salsido comes to the cage accompanied by Cuba Anthem. O Neil comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Golden Brown kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mickey O Neil has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Guerra Salsido
vs
O Neil

188 cm
26
219 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

188 cm
30
217 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

Brute

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Guerra Salsido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mickey O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Neil has managed to clinch.
O Neil lands a body shot.
Good body shot from O Neil.
O Neil misses with some punches.
Guerra Salsido trying to stall but O Neil improves his position.
O Neil throws a head punch that misses.
O Neil swings wildly with an uppercut but Guerra Salsido uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guerra Salsido jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as O Neil walks away with a smile on his face. Guerra Salsido gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
O Neil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guerra Salsido throws a lazy head kick
and O Neil counters with a head kick. That will keep Guerra Salsido thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
O Neil misses with the combination.
Guerra Salsido throws the left hand but O Neil avoids the punch easily.
Guerra Salsido throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for O Neil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Guerra Salsido throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Neil slips a jab from Guerra Salsido.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido checks the leg kick nicely there.
O Neil uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guerra Salsido.
Guerra Salsido chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Neil can pounce on him.
Guerra Salsido fails to land with a series of punches.
O Neil misses the shot to the body.
O Neil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Guerra Salsido moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Mickey O Neil has been cut.
Guerra Salsido looks to clinch
and O Neil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Guerra Salsido scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guerra Salsido scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
O Neil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Guerra Salsido's head backwards.
O Neil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guerra Salsido.
Guerra Salsido scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Neil moves away from the strike by Guerra Salsido.
Nice straight punches there by O Neil. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of O Neil.
O Neil bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guerra Salsido's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by O Neil.
Guerra Salsido circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Neil on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Guerra Salsido throws a left and a right that both miss
and O Neil counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
O Neil's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and O Neil duly obliges.

Guerra Salsido is rocked!
Guerra Salsido fails to land with a series of punches.

O Neil lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Guerra Salsido sprawling to the canvas. O Neil follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Guerra Salsido hang on?
Oh Guerra Salsido is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
O Neil lands strikes from half guard.
Guerra Salsido is looking for a sweep. O Neil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
O Neil thows a huge punch but Guerra Salsido dodges it nicely.
Guerra Salsido is looking to control O Neil's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Guerra Salsido avoid being mounted?
Guerra Salsido seems to have got his legs back now.
Guerra Salsido wants to improve his position but O Neil is controlling well.
O Neil missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido blocking the ground and pound attempt from O Neil.
Guerra Salsido is looking to control O Neil's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Guerra Salsido avoid being mounted?
O Neil scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
O Neil tries to pass the half guard into mount. Guerra Salsido knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Guerra Salsido is looking for a sweep. O Neil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
O Neil is thwarting Guerra Salsido's attempts to control the position.
O Neil trying to control the action but Guerra Salsido is working from the bottom.
Guerra Salsido wants to get back to full guard.
O Neil missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Guerra Salsido gets back to full guard.
O Neil must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Guerra Salsido trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido keeping moving, preventing O Neil from controlling successfully.

Guerra Salsido has his foot on O Neil's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. O Neil works his way back into a safe position though.
O Neil landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

O Neil avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Guerra Salsido not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Neil passes Guerra Salsido's left leg - he's now in half guard.
O Neil throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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 Mickey O Neil's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

O Neil staying out of range there.
O Neil scores with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Guerra Salsido.
Guerra Salsido throws a hook to the side of O Neil's head but O Neil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guerra Salsido takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mickey O Neil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Guerra Salsido uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Neil.
Guerra Salsido throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Guerra Salsido misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guerra Salsido takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Guerra Salsido looks to land a left hand but O Neil moved out of range nicely.
O Neil throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Guerra Salsido circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leonid Guerra Salsido is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Guerra Salsido misses with a straight right.
O Neil goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Guerra Salsido takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guerra Salsido cracks O Neil with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Guerra Salsido. That did some damage!

O Neil throws a left that rocks Guerra Salsido and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! O Neil dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Guerra Salsido regain composure!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guerra Salsido taking punishment in the form of punches.
O Neil advances to mount.
O Neil unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Guerra Salsido wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! O Neil celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey O Neil!
Mickey O Neil really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Broken Halo Pride Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.