PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Oneill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoine Leroux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antoine Leroux has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Danny Oneill's chin.

Oneill
vs
Leroux

223 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Oneill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antoine Leroux!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leroux manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Oneill on his heels. He'll look to pass Oneill's guard now, I'm sure.
Leroux wants to control from the top but Oneill keeps moving.
Leroux is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Leroux throws a big elbow that misses.
Leroux is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Oneill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leroux is trying to get back to full guard.
Leroux tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Oneill has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroux is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oneill postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Leroux looks a forlorn figure.
Oneill landing strikes from the mount and Leroux is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroux is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oneill scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oneill thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Oneill looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Leroux is looking to get to half guard.
Oneill thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneill throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Leroux really wants to buck Oneill off and get back to his feet.
Oneill takes Leroux's back.
Leroux trying to get back to his feet but Oneill is in full control for now.
Leroux covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Oneill lands a shot to the head.
Leroux can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroux covers up after that shot from Oneill.
Oneill missing with strikes from the back.
Oneill throwing sloppy strikes.
Oneill misses with punches from the back.
Leroux trying to control but not successfully.
Leroux has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Oneill.
Leroux trying to get back to his feet but Oneill is in full control for now.
Oneill will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Oneill dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oneill fails with a takedown attempt.

Leroux shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Oneill manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Oneill working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leroux is fighting to break Oneill's control of his arms but Oneill is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Leroux avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oneill.
Leroux wants to get back to full guard.

Leroux looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Oneill pushes past his half guard into mount!
Leroux tries to reverse the position but Oneill maintains control.
Oneill has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Leroux is in a horrible position here. Oneill smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oneill lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Leroux is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oneill scoring with strikes but Leroux is staying in there.
Leroux is breathing heavily.
Leroux taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oneill has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Leroux's face.
Oneill throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Leroux throwing hammer fists to the chest of Oneill. What's that going to do exactly?
Oneill has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Leroux's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Leroux?
Oneill with good strikes from the mount here!
Oneill lands a big shot there that rocks Leroux but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Leroux is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Leroux in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oneill unloads with some shots from mount but Leroux bucks and avoids them well.
Oneill takes Leroux's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Leroux is in trouble.
Oneill missing with strikes from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Leroux right now.
Oneill lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Leroux hold on?!
Oneill is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Leroux. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oneill connects with a big shot to the side of Leroux's head.
Danny Oneill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oneill lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Leroux hold on?!
Oneill lands a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Oneill dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Oneill moves out of range of the body kick from Leroux.
Oneill changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Oneill tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Leroux defends well and Oneill ends up having to push Leroux into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Oneill gets caught flat footed, as Leroux shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Leroux must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Leroux wants to control from the top but Oneill keeps moving.
Oneill manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Leroux manages to get himself to full guard.

Leroux wants to sweep here but Oneill controlling him for the moment.
Leroux takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leroux is looking to sweep but instead, Oneill has passed into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneill working Leroux over with strikes.
Leroux is concentrating on defense, preventing Oneill from advancing position.
Oneill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Leroux can do to turn this around?
Oneill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Leroux's head.
Nice strikes from Oneill there.
Oneill not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Leroux trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Oneill manages to pass to mount!
Oneill breaks from Leroux's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroux has given up his back. Will we see Oneill going for some submissions?
Leroux really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oneill. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oneill throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Leroux wants to get back to his feet.
Oneill scores with punches to the body.
Oneill scores with punches to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneill lands a shot to the body.
Leroux is trying to break free.
Oneill scores with punches to the body.

Oneill working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Leroux is doing well to defend. Oneill seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Leroux is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Danny Oneill!