PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benedict Oneal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Oneal
vs
Rourke

207 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sun-Tzu

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 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Benedict Oneal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Rourke!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oneal tries to move into range but Rourke moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Benedict Oneal has been cut.

Rourke forces Oneal back against the cage and clinches.
Oneal tries to throw a body punch but Rourke avoids it by throwing Oneal back against the cage.
Oneal is looking to take this one to the mat.

Rourke has hold of one of Oneal's legs. Oneal is fighting the takedown attempt but Rourke gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Oneal scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Rourke decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oneal looks like he's trying to stand up.
Oneal wants to improve his position but Rourke is controlling well.
Oneal really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rourke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Oneal defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oneal controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Oneal is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rourke's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rourke's back!
Rourke trying to control but not successfully.
Rourke is keeping busy.
Rourke is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Rourke covering up well under a series of strikes from Oneal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rourke is trying to get back to his feet but Oneal has full control of the position and if anything, Rourke has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Rourke trying to control but not successfully.
Rourke wants to escape the position.
Rourke is still trying to improve position.
Oneal misses with punches from the back.
Oneal controlling well, preventing Rourke from escaping the position.
Oneal scores with punches to the body.
Rourke is trying to get back to his feet but Oneal has full control of the position and if anything, Rourke has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneal somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Rourke covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Rourke is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Oneal missing with strikes.
Oneal keeps control of the position as Rourke tries to break free.
Rourke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rourke is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Rourke rolls, trying to escape but Oneal keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oneal is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Oneal gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Oneal gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Oneal apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Rourke shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Oneal eats them both and turns towards Rourke to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rourke looks winded!

Rourke fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Oneal to the ground. Rourke is now in Oneal's guard.

Oneal is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Rourke presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rourke is trying to break free.

Rourke has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Oneal clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Oneal is trying to shake Rourke off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Rourke won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.
Oneal avoids the body shot from Rourke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benedict Oneal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benedict Oneal's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Rourke.

Oneal throws Rourke to one side and escapes!

Rourke has managed to clinch.

Rourke has hold of one of Oneal's legs. Oneal is fighting the takedown attempt but Rourke gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Oneal has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Rourke has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rourke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oneal's efforts to push away.

Oneal turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rourke can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Oneal seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Oneal in side control, throwing shots but Rourke defends.
Oneal prevents Rourke from escaping the position.
Oneal gets to mount! Rourke was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Rourke takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oneal prevents Rourke from getting the reversal.
Oneal landing strikes from the mount.
Rourke really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oneal in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oneal lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rourke really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oneal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oneal lands a nice shot to the head.
Rourke is looking to improve his position but Oneal isn't that keen on the idea.
Rourke is breathing heavily.
Oneal landing strikes from the mount and Rourke is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rourke is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rourke doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneal lands a nice shot to the head.
Rourke tries to lock up and control but Oneal gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Oneal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rourke is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rourke is desperately trying to improve his position but Oneal has a good base and remains in mount.
Oneal 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.
Oneal tries to control but Rourke wriggling away.
Oneal avoids the attempt from Rourke to control.
Rourke flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oneal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rourke?
Rourke tries to hold on but Oneal pushes him away.
Oneal connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oneal postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rourke looks a forlorn figure.
Rourke is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rourke holds on for dear life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benedict Oneal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benedict Oneal's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.

Rourke throws a lazy uppercut

and Oneal moves into the clinch.
Oneal has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rourke is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Rourke wants the takedown. Oneal is fighting it off but Rourke persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Oneal's guard against the cage.

Oneal manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rourke pulls Oneal into guard.
Oneal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneal working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rourke's head.
Rourke looking for a sweep. Not yet Rourke, not yet.
Rourke lands an upkick as Oneal stands over him.
Rourke trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rourke pushes Oneal off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rourke throws a lazy uppercut
and Oneal counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Rourke gets a clinch.
Oneal keeps control of Rourke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Rourke has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Oneal clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Oneal is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Rourke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oneal shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rourke as he jumps to the side.

Oneal gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Oneal manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Oneal prevents Rourke from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oneal has Rourke pressed against the cage.

Oneal pulls guard effortlessly.
Oneal bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rourke's guard.

Rourke trying to control the position here.
Rourke wants to hit a switch here but Oneal passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Rourke there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oneal takes Rourke's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Rourke is in trouble.
Oneal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rourke can do to turn this around?
Rourke is trying to break free.
Oneal struggling to land strikes to the head as Rourke covers up.
Oneal cracks Rourke with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Rourke from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Rourke surviving as best he can, preventing damage.
Mickey Rourke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benedict Oneal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oneal controlling well, preventing Rourke from escaping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benedict Oneal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oneal, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benedict Oneal!