PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Its Ono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urano Liberte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liberte has chosen Bad To The Bone as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ono
vs
Liberte

187 cm
26
215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

193 cm
30
211 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Its Ono!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Urano Liberte!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ono tries a low kick but Liberte avoids it.
Liberte scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Liberte lands a lovely overhand right.
Ono scores with a kick to the body.
Ono throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Liberte to counter with a crisp jab.

Ono moves into the clinch successfully.
Liberte missing with knees to the body.
Liberte misses with an elbow strike.
Ono fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Liberte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ono dodges an elbow strike from Liberte.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Liberte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ono is defending well for now.
Ono misses with some punches.
Ono blocks an elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liberte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ono digs a right hand into Liberte's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liberte's gas tank.
Ono tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liberte's elbow.
Liberte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liberte misses with a knee to the head.
Liberte trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ono dodges an elbow strike from Liberte.
Liberte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ono.
Ono blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liberte lands an elbow inside that Ono shrugs off.
Ono lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Liberte backwards.
Ono on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ono makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Ono on the inside.
Liberte missing with knees to the body.
Liberte unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ono lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ono goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ono trying to stall but Liberte improves his position.
Liberte throws an elbow that misses.
Ono avoids a wild elbow strike from Liberte.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right from Ono.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liberte looking to throw knees to the head but Ono is blocking nicely.
Ono takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liberte tries to land knees in the clinch but Ono avoids the damage to the body.
Liberte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ono has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Liberte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ono misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ono misses with a punch on the inside.
Liberte pushes off an throws an elbow but Ono leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ono lands a hook that snaps the head of Liberte backwards.
Ono softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ono lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Liberte backwards.

It looks like Urano Liberte has been cut.
Ono avoiding damage as Liberte throws knees to the body.
Liberte blocks a body shot from Ono.
Liberte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ono avoids it.
Ono lands a body punch.
Ono misses with a body punch.
Ono slows down the pace here.
A short left from Ono.
Ono tries a body shot but Liberte blocks it.
Ono swings wildly with an uppercut but Liberte uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liberte lands an elbow inside that Ono shrugs off.
Ono prevents a body shot from Liberte.
Ono blocks the elbow strike.
Liberte has a couple of punches blocked by Ono.
Ono misses with a body punch.
Ono misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ono fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ono on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ono lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ono.
Liberte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ono is defending well for now.
Ono lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Liberte misses with a punch to the body.
Ono softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ono lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Liberte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ono is defending well for now.
Liberte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ono is keeping busy.
Ono stalling in the clinch but Liberte improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ono lands a shot to the body.
Ono is working Liberte over against the cage.
Liberte looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Ono on the inside.
Liberte working Ono over with knees to the body.
Ono will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Liberte up against the cage.
Ono trying to control the position but instead, Liberte has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ono into the cage.
Liberte prevents a takedown attempt there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ono lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ono takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Liberte throws an elbow but misses.
Liberte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ono misses with a punch to the body.
Liberte missing with knees to the body.
Liberte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Its Ono will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Urano Liberte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ono checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ono tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liberte swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ono is looking to counter with head kicks.
Liberte takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liberte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ono chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liberte takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ono tries to clinch there but Liberte circles away.
Liberte throws a lazy body kick

and Ono counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Liberte wants to control but Ono is keeping busy.
Ono trying to control from half guard but Liberte is working away.
Ono throws a strike but Liberte avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Ono stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liberte swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ono is working hard here to advance position.
Ono missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Liberte not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ono looking to sit in guard and control but Liberte gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Liberte showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ono is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ono is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Liberte prevents Ono from getting back to his feet.
Liberte slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ono is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ono sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Liberte defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ono trying to control the pace.
Ono working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ono working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ono seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Liberte does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ono takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ono seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Liberte does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ono throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ono throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Ono looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Liberte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liberte feints a counter leg kick.
Liberte throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ono's head.
Liberte throws a head kick that misses
and Ono counters with a two punch combo.
Liberte tries a low kick but Ono avoids it.
Ono swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ono throws a body punch but Liberte moves out of range.
Liberte on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Liberte scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Liberte. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Liberte.
Liberte scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ono is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Liberte can do to turn this around?
Liberte defending well as Ono loads up on a big left hand.
Liberte throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Its Ono is winning the standup battle so far.
Ono misses with a looping right.
Ono tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Liberte is able to avoid easily.

Ono dives in and scores a takedown into Liberte's guard.
Ono is looking to work some ground and pound but Liberte has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Its Ono dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Urano Liberte's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Liberte throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ono keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Urano Liberte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ono tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liberte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liberte throws a head kick that misses.
Ono thinks about countering with a head kick.

Ono closes the distance and clinches.

Ono has clasped his hands together around Liberte's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Ono throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ono throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ono throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ono in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Liberte is not content to let Ono control the position.
Ono takes a little break here. Liberte wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Liberte's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ono landing strikes.
Ono trying to control the action but Liberte is working from the bottom.
Ono in side control, throwing shots but Liberte defends.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ono working the ground and pound.
Ono landing a few strikes.
Ono looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Liberte is avoiding damage well.
Its Ono overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ono throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Liberte works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ono lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ono throwing shots but Liberte is blocking nicely.
Urano Liberte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ono missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Liberte is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ono's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ono's back!
Ono can't escape the position.
Ono is trying to get back to his feet but Liberte has full control of the position and if anything, Ono has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Ono is really stuck here.
Our spies down at at Team Finland inform us that Liberte has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liberte missing with punches from the back.
Liberte is trying to stick to Ono's back but Ono is turning into Liberte. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Liberte's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Ono.
Ono working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ono postures up in Liberte's guard and throws a big left but Liberte blocks it.
Ono looking to pass the guard.
Ono connects with a couple of short punches.
Ono postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ono trying to control but Liberte is working from the bottom.
Ono is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Liberte is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ono pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liberte is keeping the position for now.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

And that's the end of the fight!
Its Ono showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ono has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Its Ono!
Its Ono seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.