PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Ontario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ontario kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is VHB - Freedom Fighter. 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.

Ontario
vs
O Neil

192 cm
29
179 lbs
23 - 8 - 1

187 cm
33
177 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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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 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Erwin Ontario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Neil clinches up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by O Neil.
O Neil wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ontario.
O Neil is trying to push Ontario away but Ontario has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
O Neil keeps control of Ontario as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ontario looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Neil letting Ontario take a breather here.

Ontario breaks the clinch.
O Neil swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ontario.
O Neil throws a hook to the side of Ontario's head but Ontario sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Neil throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ontario misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Neil.
No joy there for Ontario, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ontario looks to land a combination but O Neil avoids it well.
O Neil throws a series of punches but Ontario moves out of range.
O Neil throws a shot from downtown. Ontario moves away and avoids it.
O Neil tries to clinch but Ontario is having none of it.
A leg kick checked by O Neil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from O Neil both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Erwin Ontario has been cut.
Ontario throws a head kick that half lands.
Ontario misses with a kick to the body.
O Neil throws a series of punches but Ontario moves out of range.
A lazy left from O Neil finds it's target.
O Neil takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ontario stuns O Neil with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ontario throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - O Neil coming out on top.
Ontario cracks O Neil with an open hand slap.
Ontario scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Ontario misses.
O Neil misses the jab.
O Neil scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ontario doesn't seem bothered though.
O Neil slips under a jab.
O Neil throws a looping overhand right but Ontario ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ontario misses with a body shot.
O Neil lands a body shot.
O Neil with a jab.
Ontario misses with a lunging right hand
enabling O Neil to counter with a crisp jab.
O Neil looks to throw the jab but Ontario is out of range.

O Neil moves into the clinch.
Ontario lands a shoulder strike.
O Neil scores with a shot to the side of Ontario's head.
Ontario working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Ontario breaks the clinch.
Ontario uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Neil.
O Neil throws an overhand right that lands on Ontario's shoulder, as Ontario tries to avoid the shot.
Ontario keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Neil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Neil scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ontario doesn't seem bothered though.
Ontario jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ontario circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil just misses with a punch to the body.
O Neil lands a nice shot to the body.
Ontario uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ontario misses with a wild body shot.
A left lands for Ontario.
O Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ontario lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
O Neil moves out of range of the strikes.
O Neil takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
O Neil checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ontario connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ontario tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Neil dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
O Neil throws a hook to the side of Ontario's head but Ontario sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ontario ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Neil moves away.
O Neil throws an overhand right that lands on Ontario's shoulder, as Ontario tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil lands a jab to Ontario's midsection.
Ontario slips under a jab from O Neil.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ontario fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt O Neil.
O Neil connects with a jab.
Ontario lands with an uppercut that bounces O Neil off the cage and back into range.
Ontario scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Neil doesn't seem bothered though.
Donk. Ontario catches O Neil right on the button with a cross.
Ontario tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ontario lands a nice looking body shot.
O Neil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Neil thuds his right hand into Ontario's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ontario throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Neil lands a really nice looking cross but Ontario seems unphased.
O Neil throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
O Neil throws a lazy right hand but Ontario sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ontario misses with a low kick.
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 Erwin Ontario's cut.
That's time! Ontario's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ontario looks to score with a jab to the body but O Neil is just out of range.
Ontario tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Neil was well out of range. Poor timing from Ontario.
O Neil tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ontario swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Neil lands with an uppercut that bounces Ontario off the cage and back into range.
Ontario attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ontario throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O Neil stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Neil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ontario counters with a nice body shot.
O Neil lands a nice hook to Ontario's body. Ontario takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Neil tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ontario paws at him with a jab and circles away.

O Neil has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ontario throws an elbow but misses.
Ontario working hard to break the clinch.

Ontario manages to break the clinch.
O Neil fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ontario is looking to wear down O Neil with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A swing and a miss from Ontario.
Nice defenses there by Ontario.
O Neil just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by O Neil. Beautiful body shot.
Ontario throws a hook but O Neil blocks it.
O Neil takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
O Neil throws a lazy right hand but Ontario sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ontario throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ontario slips under a jab from O Neil.
O Neil is looking to clinch but Ontario is avoiding it.
O Neil lands a right hook to the body.
O Neil lands with an uppercut that bounces Ontario off the cage and back into range.
Ontario misses with a low kick.
Mickey O Neil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ontario throws a jab when O Neil was well out of range.
O Neil ducks under a wild hook from Ontario.
Ontario looks to land a left hand but O Neil moved out of range nicely.
O Neil looks to land a combination but Ontario avoids it well.
Ontario keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Neil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ontario.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ontario throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Neil tries to clinch up but Ontario circles away and keeps his distance.
Ontario misses with a body shot.
Ontario throws a head kick but O Neil moves out of range.
Nice body punch from O Neil.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Neil swinging wildly here.
Ontario's hands are dropping dangerously low here and O Neil connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ontario scrambles back to his feet.
Ontario turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ontario scores with a nice right hand.
Ontario takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
O Neil closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ontario lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big right from O Neil misses.
Ontario throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck O Neil on the side of the head.
Ontario throws a leg kick but O Neil moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ontario circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ontario moves out of range as O Neil strikes.

O Neil takes the fight into the clinch.
Ontario blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Neil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Neil stalling against the cage.
Ontario swings wildly with an uppercut but O Neil uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Neil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

O Neil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! O Neil crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ontario - the referee stops the clock and O Neil gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ontario. O Neil manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A big left from Ontario misses.
Ontario lands a right hook to the body.
O Neil wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ontario motions for O Neil to come forward. Ontario throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ontario throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
O Neil thows a body shot but no joy.
Ontario throws a solid leg kick but O Neil takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ontario.
Ontario misses with a kick to the body.
Ontario ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ontario takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ontario motions for O Neil to come forward. Ontario throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Neil tries to clinch but Ontario moves out of range.
O Neil tries to close the distance and clinch but Ontario swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Neil catches Ontario with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
O Neil fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ontario swats away the attempt to clinch by O Neil.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey O Neil showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Erwin Ontario's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ontario scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ontario throws a nice head kick!
O Neil lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ontario throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from O Neil.
Ontario 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.
No joy there for O Neil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ontario fakes a jab and throws a low kick but O Neil checks it well.
Ontario 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 swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ontario uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Neil.
O Neil throws a jab but it's blocked by Ontario.
O Neil misses with a straight left.
O Neil wants to clinch.
That kick from Ontario tenderised O Neil's leg. O Neil is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ontario looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice straight punches there by Ontario. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ontario.
Ontario takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ontario uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Neil.
O Neil keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ontario throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ontario is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Neil.
O Neil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Neil fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
O Neil swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A shot to the body from Ontario misses
and O Neil counters with a left to the body.
O Neil tries to clinch but Ontario moves out of range.
Ontario lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mickey O Neil is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ontario manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Ontario tries to keep at a distance but O Neil has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ontario.

It looks like Mickey O Neil has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ontario manages to break the clinch.
Ontario gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ontario moves out of range of the strikes.
Ontario swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Neil avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ontario bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from O Neil finds it's way through Ontario's defenses.
O Neil lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
O Neil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ontario.
Ontario ducks under a wild hook from O Neil.
A big left from O Neil misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
O Neil fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Neil throws out a powerful jab.
Ontario just misses with a punch to the body.
O Neil tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ontario paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Neil swings widly with a right hand
and Ontario counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ontario scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Neil doesn't seem bothered though.
O Neil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ontario.
Ontario misses with a body shot.
Ontario works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ontario ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Neil moves away.
Ontario ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Neil moves away.
O Neil throws a looping overhand right but Ontario ducks down to avoid it.
Ontario looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ontario tries to move into range but O Neil moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ontario avoids the body shot from O Neil.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ontario lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ontario keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Ontario misses.
Ontario misses the jab.
Ontario throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
O Neil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Neil slips a jab from Ontario.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ontario.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Neil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ontario.
Erwin Ontario has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Neil fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Neil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ontario manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Neil tries to clinch
and Ontario counters with a stiff right hand.
O Neil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ontario.
Ontario misses with a body shot.
Ontario wants to slow O Neil down by chopping away at his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mickey O Neil.
Well O Neil has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey O Neil!
Our winner, Mickey O Neil, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.