PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miles O Brien (ranked 894 p4p, 116 weight class) and Shay O Donnelly (ranked 582 p4p, 74 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

O Brien
vs
O Donnelly

180 cm
19
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

179 cm
26
162 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miles O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shay O Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Donnelly misses the jab.
O Donnelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Brien misses with a straight left.
O Donnelly throws a big shot that misses.
O Brien swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Brien throws a big shot that misses.
O Brien thuds his right hand into O Donnelly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
O Brien walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shay O Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Donnelly misses with a straight right.
O Donnelly misses with an uppercut. O Brien saw that one coming.
O Donnelly throws a one two combo.

It looks like Miles O Brien has been cut.
O Brien waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Donnelly.
O Donnelly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
O Brien looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
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 Donnelly cracks O Brien with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
O Donnelly throws a jab when O Brien was well out of range.
O Brien is looking to counter the offense by O Donnelly and move into the clinch.
O Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends O Brien's belly button to the back.
O Brien lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
O Donnelly cracks O Brien with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
O Donnelly looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! O Donnelly has knocked O Brien down with a huge combo! O Donnelly steps away and waves a wobbly O Brien back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

O Brien is rocked!
O Donnelly misses with a straight left.
Oh O Brien is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right from O Brien misses.
O Donnelly throws out a counter right but O Brien avoids it with no problem.
O Brien doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O Brien misses with an uppercut.
A little jabbing left from O Donnelly on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
O Donnelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Brien seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Brien.
O Donnelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Good shot there by O Donnelly.
O Brien bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Brien throws a hook to the side of O Donnelly's head but O Donnelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Brien is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from O Donnelly.

O Brien takes the fight into the clinch.
O Brien has O Donnelly pressed against the cage.
O Brien misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien working aggressively here.
O Brien misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Donnelly is trying to force a seperation but O Brien has the dominant position.
O Brien lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Brien tries to throw a body punch but O Donnelly avoids it by throwing O Brien back against the cage.
O Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
O Donnelly wants to break free but O Brien has control.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
O Brien content to slow the pace in the clinch.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
O Donnelly tries to stall but O Brien uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws a punch but it's blocked by O Donnelly.
O Brien lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
A nice left hand lands by O Brien.
O Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but O Brien has him pressed against the cage.
O Brien lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Brien misses with some punches.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Donnelly's elbow.
O Donnelly is trying to push O Brien away but O Brien has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
O Brien working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Donnelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
O Brien lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by O Brien.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from O Brien.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien lands a left hand.
O Brien working aggressively here.
O Brien stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
O Brien tries a body shot but O Donnelly blocks it.
O Donnelly is pushing O Brien up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
O Brien is stalling here.
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 Miles O Brien will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Miles O Brien's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Donnelly throws a hook but O Brien avoids it easily.

O Brien has taken the fight to the clinch.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
O Brien lands a nice uppercut.
O Brien just leaning against O Donnelly, taking a breather.
O Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but O Brien is controlling him.
O Brien is leaning against O Donnelly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
O Brien has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
O Brien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Brien working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Brien lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
O Brien lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from O Brien.
O Brien struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnelly controls his hands.
O Brien lands a hook that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien lands with a short head shot on the inside.
O Brien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miles O Brien has scored more points in the clinch so far.
O Brien swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from O Brien.
O Brien scores with an uppercut up the middle.
O Brien lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Donnelly.
O Brien doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Donnelly throws a punch but it's blocked by O Brien.
O Brien lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Brien throws a punch but it's blocked by O Donnelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly is looking to break free of the clinch but O Brien has double underhooks.
O Brien lands a left hand.
O Brien throws a punch but it's blocked by O Donnelly.
Nice body punch from O Brien.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as O Brien takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
O Brien throws a blind hook that connects with the side of O Donnellys head.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien digs a right hand into O Donnelly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on O Donnelly's gas tank.
O Brien swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Donnelly is trying to force a seperation but O Brien has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Donnelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Donnelly lands a nice uppercut.
O Brien stalling in the clinch.
O Brien works on O Donnelly's body with a couple of short punches.
O Brien lands with a left to the head.
O Brien is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Donnelly can do to turn this around?
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien misses with some punches.
O Donnelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien misses with a body punch.
O Brien lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Donnelly or not.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from O Brien.
O Donnelly blocking some punches.
O Brien lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the head.
O Donnelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
O Brien lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
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 Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien is pushing O Donnelly up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
O Brien keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Donnelly's efforts to push away.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miles O Brien dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miles O Brien's cut.
That's time! O Brien's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

O Brien defending well as O Donnelly loads up on a big left hand.
O Brien is looking to counter the offense by O Donnelly and move into the clinch.
O Brien swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Brien takes a swing at O Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
O Brien ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Donnelly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
O Brien takes a swing at O Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
O Donnelly lands with a cross.
O Brien slips under a jab from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
O Brien wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
O Brien ducks under a wild hook from O Donnelly.
As O Donnelly tries to get set, O Brien tries to push him back and clinch up but O Donnelly manages to avoid the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Donnelly missing with a left hand there. O Brien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As O Donnelly tries to get set, O Brien tries to push him back and clinch up but O Donnelly manages to avoid the attempt.
O Donnelly throws a big shot that misses.
O Brien tries to counter by moving into the clinch but O Donnelly manages to circle out of the way.
O Brien keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Donnelly.
O Brien slips a jab from O Donnelly.
O Brien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Donnelly manages to avoid it.
O Donnelly throws out a counter right but O Brien avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Donnelly lands with an overhand left.
O Brien tries to clinch there but O Donnelly circles away.
O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Donnelly lands a lovely overhand right.
O Donnelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Brien is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from O Donnelly.
O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Brien tries to clinch up.
O Donnelly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O Donnelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Brien.
O Donnelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Donnelly, as that shot connected.
O Donnelly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice shot by O Brien.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
O Brien loads up on a big right hand but O Donnelly slips the punch.
O Donnelly looks to land a left hand but O Brien moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tests O Donnelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shay O Donnelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
O Brien throws a jab when O Donnelly was well out of range.
O Donnelly sizes up O Brien with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Good shot there by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Brien.
O Donnelly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
O Donnelly throws a lazy uppercut

and O Brien counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by O Brien.
O Brien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from O Brien.
O Brien lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Donnelly backwards.
O Brien lands a hook to the side of the head.
O Donnelly being controlled against the cage.
O Brien lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien lands a right hand.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien lands on the inside with an uppercut.
O Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but O Brien has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on O Donnelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
O Brien tries to work over O Donnelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Donnelly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Miles O Brien is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Donnelly struggles to land a body shot inside as O Brien controls his hands.
O Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but O Brien is controlling him.
O Donnelly displaying some good clinch control by pressing O Brien up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from O Brien as the two fighters clinch.
Shay O Donnelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Brien makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
O Donnelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Donnelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
O Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but O Brien has him pressed against the cage.
O Donnelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shay O Donnelly.
I think O Brien has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Shay O Donnelly!
Shay O Donnelly very nearly forgot to thank Urban Fighter amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.