PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaquille Oneal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Varg Veide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veide is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Taking Care of Business. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oneal
vs
Veide

213 cm
26
277 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

195 cm
22
255 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shaquille Oneal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Varg Veide!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oneal scores with a body shot.
Veide lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Shaquille Oneal has been cut.
Veide misses with a low kick.

Oneal gets a double leg takedown into Veide's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Oneal trying to control but Veide is working from the bottom.
Oneal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oneal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oneal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Veide has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Veide keeping moving, preventing Oneal from controlling successfully.
Oneal preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veide seems keen to control Oneal's posture.
Veide tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Varg Veide has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Oneal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Veide.
Oneal thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Veide misses.
Sloppy strikes from Oneal. Those never looked like landing.
Veide scores with the left hand. Oneal knows he should have avoided that one.
Oneal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veide.
Veide thows a body shot but no joy.
Veide uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oneal.
Veide explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Veide scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Veide. Oneal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oneal takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oneal shoots in for a takedown but Veide shows good takedown defense.
Veide looks to throw the jab but Oneal is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oneal.
We've been informed that Veide has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Veide lands a hook that stumbles Oneal back into the cage. Veide follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Oneal to the canvas! Veide pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Oneal has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Varg Veide!
Varg Veide decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.