PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dawn Keebals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Its Ono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawn Keebals has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Keebals
vs
Ono

200 cm
30
215 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

187 cm
22
212 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawn Keebals!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Its Ono!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ono fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ono moves in looking to clinch but Keebals pushes him off.
Keebals misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ono looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ono takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Keebals misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ono.
Keebals throws a hook but Ono avoids it easily.
Keebals has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Abobomination Training $700 13 LEGIT elite coaches in the buildup to the fight.
Ono is looking to clinch but Keebals is avoiding it.

Ono clinches with his opponent.
Ono misses with a body punch.
Ono swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Ono scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ono tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ono cracks Keebals with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Ono.
Ono lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ono tries a body shot but Keebals blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Ono scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keebals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ono lands a body shot.
Keebals wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Ono fails to land.
Keebals is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keebals.
Ono tries to work over Keebals's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Keebals pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keebals lands with an overhand left.
Ono pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Its Ono seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ono tries to score a power double leg takedown but Keebals sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ono somewhat.
Ono lands with a slapping head kick.
Keebals bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keebals digs a good hook to Ono's body.
Keebals throws out a loose jab but Ono uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ono shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Keebals as he avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ono looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ono misses with a head kick.

Ono has managed to clinch.
Ono doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keebals blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keebals blocking some punches.
Ono struggles to land a body shot inside as Keebals controls his hands.
Ono working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ono struggles to land a body shot inside as Keebals controls his hands.
Ono working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ono takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ono misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Keebals has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ono taking a breather.
Keebals blocks a body shot from Ono.
Keebals blocks a body shot from Ono.

Ono's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Keebals throws a body punch but Ono moves out of range.
Ono keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keebals.
Ono throws a sloppy head kick and Keebals moves out of range easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Keebals blocks a body shot from Ono.

Keebals manages to break the clinch.
Keebals misses with a body shot.
Keebals swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keebals lands a jab to Ono's midsection.
Keebals tests Ono's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ono showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keebals.
Keebals is looking to wear down Ono with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ono connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keebals ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ono moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keebals feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Onos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ono throws a right and a left that Keebals avoids nicely.
A swing and a miss from Keebals.
Ono tries to move into range but Keebals moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ono tries to close the distance and clinch but Keebals swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ono tries to clinch up.
Keebals misses with a few strikes there.
Keebals misses with a body shot.
Ono throws a head kick but Keebals moves out of range.
Ono tries to score with a low kick but Keebals moves his leg out of the way.
Ono connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ono dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Keebals. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ono lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dawn Keebals is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keebals throws a series of punches but Ono moves out of range.
Keebals is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ono.
Keebals cracks Ono with a good jab.
Ono bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Its Ono dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ono fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Keebals missing with a left hand there. Ono was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keebals keeps the fight on the outside.
Ono keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Keebals, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Ono has taken the fight to the clinch.
Keebals is trying to break the clinch but Ono is controlling him.
Ono lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ono misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ono tries to throw a body punch but Keebals avoids it by throwing Ono back against the cage.
Ono keeps control of Keebals as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Ono.
Ono throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Keebalss head.
Ono displaying some good clinch control by pressing Keebals up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ono has a couple of punches blocked by Keebals.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ono tries a body shot but Keebals blocks it.

Keebals escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Keebals.
Dawn Keebals is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ono tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Keebals defends well and Ono ends up having to push Keebals into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ono working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ono throws a head punch that misses.
Ono tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keebals's elbow.
Ono pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ono misses with a body punch.
Ono prevents Keebals from breaking the clinch.
Ono working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ono misses with a body punch.
Ono throws a punch but it's blocked by Keebals.
Ono is looking to control Keebals's arms but Keebals gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ono has his back to the cage.
Ono prevents Keebals from breaking the clinch.
Ono lands a shoulder strike.
Ono lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ono misses with the head strike.
Ono fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ono misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Ono on the inside.
Ono digs a right hand into Keebals's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Keebals's gas tank.
Ono tries a body shot but Keebals blocks it.
Ono misses with a punch on the inside.
Ono slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ono misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ono.

Ono breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ono scoring well with a low kick there.
Keebals blocks a head kick by Ono.
Ono slips a jab and a cross from Keebals.
Keebals is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Ono decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ono prevents Keebals from standing back up.
Ono throwing shots but Keebals is blocking nicely.
Ono missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Keebals avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ono.
Ono throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ono throwing shots but Keebals is blocking nicely.
Ono prevents Keebals from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ono missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ono with the ground and pound but Keebals uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ono has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ono working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ono throws an elbow that misses. Keebals uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ono's guard. Nice move by Keebals!
Ono manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Keebals is trying to stand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ono unloads with some shots from mount but Keebals bucks and avoids them well.
Ono with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Its Ono showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Keebals circles away from the clinch attempt
and Keebals counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ono thinking.
Keebals lands a jab to Ono's midsection.
Some wild striking there from Keebals.
Nice defenses there by Ono.
Keebals fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ono lands a nice shot to the body.
Keebals keeps the fight on the outside.
Keebals lands a nice shot that snaps Ono's head back.
Dawn Keebals is winning the standup battle so far.

Ono shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Keebals's guard.
Keebals keeping moving, preventing Ono from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keebals working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ono.
Ono keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Keebals's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ono throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ono trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ono postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Keebals utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Keebals is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ono trying to control but Keebals is working from the bottom.
Ono prevents Keebals from getting back to his feet.
Ono wants to control from the top but Keebals keeps moving.
Ono is looking to work some ground and pound but Keebals has wrist control.
Its Ono 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.
Ono prevents Keebals from getting back to his feet.
Ono throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Keebals works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ono throwing strikes but missing.
Ono with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ono postures up in Keebals's guard and throws a big left but Keebals blocks it.
Ono stops Keebals from standing up.
Ono throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ono cracks Keebals with a solid left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keebals keeping full guard, as Ono tries to pass.
Ono loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Keebals on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Keebals tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ono is in close to Keebals's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Keebals working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ono.
Ono throws a big elbow that misses.
Keebals is looking to stand up but Ono isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ono throwing strikes from guard but Keebals blocks nicely.
Keebals keeping moving, preventing Ono from controlling successfully.
Keebals avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ono throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Keebals works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dawn Keebals has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keebals wants to get back to his feet but Ono is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ono scoring with some ground and pound.
Keebals avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ono throwing strikes but missing.
Ono throws a big right hand that misses.
Ono trying to control the position from guard on top but Keebals is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ono throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Keebals works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ono throws an elbow that misses. Keebals uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ono's guard. Nice move by Keebals!

And that's the end of the fight!
Its Ono comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ono winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Its Ono!
During a confident post fight interview, Its Ono thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.