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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by Heroes. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
51 - 16 - 0 |
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
51 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ice Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man gets cracked with a nice right hand there by O Neil.
A combination from O Neil does no damage.
A quick step to the side and Man tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Neil throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
O Neil throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Neil connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
O Neil misses with a lunging right hand
and Man makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
O Neil lands a jab to the head.
O Neil connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Man throws a one two combo.
It looks like Mickey O Neil has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Neil displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Man misses with a wild combination.
O Neil throws the left hand but Man avoids the punch easily.
Man seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
O Neil throws a right hand that Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Man also avoids with ease.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Neil was well out of range. Poor timing from Man.
O Neil bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Man's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on O Neil's shoulder, as O Neil tries to avoid the shot.
O Neil lands a nice shot that snaps Man's head back.
Man avoids the head kick by O Neil.
O Neil lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Ice Man has been cut.
O Neil fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Neil lands a nice shot to the body.
O Neil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
O Neil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
No joy there for Man, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
O Neil has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Man throws a combination. O Neil tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man cracks O Neil with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Man cracks O Neil with a right hand to the side of the head.
Man is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
O Neil lands with an overhand left.
Mickey O Neil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man on the wrong end of a nice jab.
O Neil slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Man connects with a single shot there.
Man ducks under a wild hook from O Neil.
Man takes a shot right to the bread basket.
O Neil's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and O Neil duly obliges.
O Neil throws a hook but Man blocks it.
Man seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Man takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
O Neil throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
O Neil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Neil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Man seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Man throws a one two combo.
O Neil throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
O Neil stalks Man and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Man's face. Man staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Neil has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Man finds it's way round the side to connect with O Neil's head.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Neil misses with a wild body shot.
O Neil connects with a body shot.
Man bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Man moves out of range as O Neil strikes.
O Neil wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Man takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Man blocks a jab.
O Neil throws a big shot that misses.
O Neil misses the shot to the body.
O Neil misses with a straight left.
O Neil lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Man slips under a jab from O Neil.
Man was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Neil throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
It looked like Man wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
O Neil throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
O Neil tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Man is able to avoid easily.
O Neil takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Man scores with a nice head shot.
O Neil loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
O Neil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Man throwing a counter right hand but O Neil manages to avoid it.
Man takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Neil.
O Neil is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Man had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
O Neil works over Man's head and body with a nice combination.
Man moves out of range as O Neil throws a body kick.
Man misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey O Neil dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Man listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Man lands an overhand right.
Man misses with a looping left.
O Neil has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Neil jabs Man right on the nose. Man blinks but takes it well.
O Neil scores with a nice head shot.
Man misses with a looping left.
O Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Neil misses with a lunging right hand
and Man counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Man might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Man tries to bum rush O Neil with a series of wild strikes but O Neil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Neil looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Man lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Man throws a shot from downtown. O Neil moves away and avoids it.
Mickey O Neil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Neil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Man moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
O Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Neil.
Man swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Man misses with a shot to the body
and O Neil counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Man throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck O Neil on the side of the head.
O Neil swings away with a body shot that misses
and O Neil takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That has opened up Mickey O Neil's cut even more.
O Neil staying out of range there.
O Neil has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Man finds it's way round the side to connect with O Neil's head.
Man throws a shot from downtown. O Neil moves away and avoids it.
O Neil swings widly with a right hand
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
O Neil throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from O Neil misses.
Sloppy strikes from Man. Those never looked like landing.
O Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Neil misses the body punch
and Man counters with a left to the body.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Man sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Man misses its target.
O Neil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Man moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man throwing a counter right hand but O Neil manages to avoid it.
Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little jabbing left from O Neil on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Neil lands with a shot to the body.
Man missing with a left hand there. O Neil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Neil throws a sloppy body shot
and Man counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Man throws a series of punches but O Neil avoids them all with ease.
O Neil goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Man moves away from the strike by O Neil.
Man appears to be looking for a big counter.
Man thuds a left hand into O Neil's body.
O Neil lands a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil moves out of range of the strikes.
O Neil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Neil misses with a left hand
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
O Neil scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jab from O Neil.
O Neil throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
O Neil throws an off balance right hand
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Neil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Man circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like Man wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
O Neil throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. O Neil does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Neil slips a straight right by Man.
Man thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Neil throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
O Neil throws a lazy uppercut
and Man counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
O Neil jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man slips a straight right by O Neil.
O Neil moves away from the strike by Man.
O Neil cracks a nice hook into Man's ribs.
O Neil has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O Neil ducks under a wild hook from Man.
O Neil misses with a wild body shot.
Man appears to be looking for a big counter.
O Neil is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Man slips a straight right by O Neil.
Man misses with a looping left.
O Neil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from O Neil.
Man was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Neil lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Neil.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ice Man will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Man scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Man blocks a jab.
No joy there for O Neil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man looks to throw the jab but O Neil is out of range.
Man throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
O Neil is rocked!
Man drops O Neil with a naaaaasty hook - O Neil is in real trouble here! Man dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ice Man!
A very excited looking Ice Man made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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