PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lawrence might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Overture. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lawrence
vs
O Neil

177 cm
36
182 lbs
22 - 25 - 0

187 cm
36
177 lbs
26 - 20 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's All 160

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 22 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Neil lands a nice hook to Lawrence's body. Lawrence takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lawrence slips a straight right by O Neil.
O Neil moves into range and connects with a jab.
O Neil thuds his right hand into Lawrence's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lawrence looks to score with a jab to the body but O Neil is just out of range.
Lawrence tries to clinch but O Neil is having none of it.
Lawrence gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lawrence looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Neil tests Lawrence's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Neil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lawrence manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Lawrence.
Lawrence tries to clinch but O Neil moves out of range.
Lawrence looks to score with a jab to the body but O Neil is just out of range.
O Neil lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lawrence closes the distance and clinches.
Lawrence blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil has had enough of the clinch but Lawrence keeps him there for the moment.
O Neil misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Neil misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Neil tries to stall but Lawrence uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
O Neil working aggressively here.
O Neil wants to get back to striking at distance but Lawrence won't allow it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lawrence as O Neil tries to tie him up.
O Neil wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lawrence is trying to force a seperation but O Neil has the dominant position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Lawrence breaks the clinch.
O Neil displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lawrence is looking to clinch but O Neil is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lawrence looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Neil scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Lawrence.
O Neil connects with a body shot.
O Neil's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and O Neil duly obliges.
Lawrence on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
O Neil cracks Lawrence with a right hand to the side of the head.

Lawrence is rocked!
Lawrence is looking to clinch but O Neil is avoiding it.
Oh Lawrence is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Neil closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Lawrence! O Neil dives in looking to finish! Lawrence is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). 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.