PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blair Oneill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blair Oneill has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Oneill
vs
Souza

213 cm
18
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
18
178 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blair Oneill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oneill tries a head kick but it misses.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Oneill sprawls well. Oneill wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Souza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oneill is looking to counter the offense by Souza and move into the clinch.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Blair Oneill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Souza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza tries to land a front kick but Oneill steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Souza gets a clinch.
Oneill has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Oneill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oneill.
Oneill thinks about countering with a head kick.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Souza shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Souza was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souza is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Oneill will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Oneill manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Oneill tries to get to full guard but Souza has control of the leg.

Oneill pushes Souza off and gets back to his feet.
Souza looks winded!
Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Oneill sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oneill is looking to counter the offense by Souza and move into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Oneill pinned against the cage. Oneill gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Oneill seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Oneill scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza wants to control but Oneill postures up.

Oneill is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Souza has escaped the position, nice work there.
Souza looks to move to half guard but instead Oneill has passed into mount! Damn!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneill lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Souza hang on?
Oneill lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Souza hang on?
Oneill landing strikes from the mount and Souza is in trouble!
Oneill will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Souza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Oneill controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to hold on but Oneill postures up.
Souza working to try and regain half guard.

Oneill working for a submission but Souza is keeping him at bay.
Souza tries to reverse the position but Oneill maintains control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oneill punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oneill lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blair Oneill dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Oneill goes for a double leg but Souza avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Souza continues to drive forward.
Souza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oneill throws a head kick that misses.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Oneill wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Blair Oneill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Souza.
Souza is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Oneill looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Well, if Oneill is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Oneill scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Oneill.
Souza is looking to escape.
Oneill wants to stand up but Souza has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Souza is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Oneill controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Oneill there.
Still in half guard, Oneill seems content to control.

Oneill looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ground and pound from Oneill.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneill working over Souza with some ground and pound. Souza looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Souza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Oneill scores with a couple of nice shots.
Oneill not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Oneill looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Oneill.
Oneill is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Souza taking some punishment here, with Oneill in his half guard.
Oneill lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blair Oneill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Souza tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Oneill seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oneill prevents Souza from improving his position.
Oneill controlling the action here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Oneill has closed the distance and engaged Souza in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blair 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Oneill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Souza shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Oneill but Oneill pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Souza drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Oneill wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza throws an elbow that misses. Oneill uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Souza's guard. Nice move by Oneill!

Oneill lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oneill sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneill content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oneill sitting in guard here, content to control.

Souza is looking for a triangle here but Oneill uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Oneill happy to just control the position for now.

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.
Oneill creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Oneill landing a few strikes.
Oneill is staying tight to Souza's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Souza tries to improve position but can't.
Oneill just content to control the position.
You can see the frustration on Souza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneill taking a breather here.
Oneill is putting a hurting on Souza here, landing some big shots from side control.
Oneill is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Souza's shoulder. That is not cool.
Souza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oneill connects with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a head kick that misses.

Oneill moves into the clinch successfully.
Oneill jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Oneill gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Oneill has managed to clinch.
Souza tries to pull guard but Oneill forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The referee calls for Oneill to work.

Oneill is fighting off a takedown attempt but Souza is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Oneill to the mat. Oneill regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Souza being controlled here momentarily.
Leo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blair Oneill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blair Oneill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oneill 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blair Oneill!