PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus Ohoulihan (ranked 1692 p4p, 1502 weight class) and Marcellus Legionarius (ranked 224 p4p, 202 weight class). Ohoulihan comes to the cage accompanied by Bill Conti - Going The Distance. On his way into the cage it seems that Seamus Ohoulihan has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Seamus Ohoulihan seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Ohoulihan
vs
Legionarius

189 cm
23
210
10 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
210
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Conquer

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seamus Ohoulihan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcellus Legionarius!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ohoulihan.
Legionarius wants to clinch up but Ohoulihan keeps it at a distance.
Ohoulihan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Legionarius defends well and Ohoulihan ends up having to push Legionarius into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Legionarius.
Ohoulihan tries to work over Legionarius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Ohoulihan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ohoulihan darts in looking for a takedown but Legionarius gets double underhooks and turns Ohoulihan into the cage.
Ohoulihan throws a punch but it's blocked by Legionarius.
Legionarius struggles to land a body shot inside as Ohoulihan controls his hands.
Ohoulihan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seamus Ohoulihan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ohoulihan pulls guard successfully.
Legionarius is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Legionarius stopping the sweep attempt from Ohoulihan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ohoulihan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Legionarius defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legionarius preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Ohoulihan has an active guard here but Legionarius has managed to pass into half guard.
Ohoulihan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Legionarius's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Legionarius's back!
Ohoulihan has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Legionarius is trying to stand back up.

Ohoulihan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Legionarius defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Ohoulihan cracks Legionarius with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Legionarius from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Legionarius trying to get back to his feet but Ohoulihan is in full control for now.
Ohoulihan lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Ohoulihan.
Ohoulihan 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Legionarius to escape the position.
Legionarius is trying to get back to his feet but Ohoulihan has full control of the position and if anything, Legionarius has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Legionarius grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Legionarius is trying to get back to his feet but Ohoulihan has full control of the position and if anything, Legionarius has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Legionarius showing good submission defense here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ohoulihan looking for the choke from the back.
Legionarius is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ohoulihan scores with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Ohoulihan.
Ohoulihan lands strikes to the head.
Legionarius wants to get back to his feet.
Legionarius has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Legionarius covering up well under a barage of strikes.

Legionarius is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Ohoulihan gets his way!
Ohoulihan struggling to keep hold of the position.
Ohoulihan throwing damaging strikes from the back! Legionarius could be in trouble here!
Legionarius wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Ohoulihan trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Ohoulihan has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Legionarius.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohoulihan connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Legionarius to escape the position.
Ohoulihan lands with a hammerfist to the side of Legionarius's head.
Ohoulihan throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Legionarius is trying to get back to his feet but Ohoulihan has full control of the position and if anything, Legionarius has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Ohoulihan scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Legionarius is looking for a way out.
Legionarius covering up well and avoiding damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus Ohoulihan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Danga de danga de dang - Legionarius scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Seamus Ohoulihan has been cut.

Ohoulihan closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Legionarius's guard.
Ohoulihan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ohoulihan looking to pass the guard.
Ohoulihan won't allow Legionarius to get back to his feet.
Ohoulihan stands up over Legionarius, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ohoulihan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Legionarius keeping moving, preventing Ohoulihan from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohoulihan landing some decent shots from guard.
Legionarius is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohoulihan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ohoulihan throwing strikes but missing.
Legionarius wants to stand but Ohoulihan is controlling the position.
Legionarius utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ohoulihan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legionarius can do to turn this around?
Ohoulihan landing with the ground and pound.
Ohoulihan throwing strikes but missing.
Ohoulihan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ohoulihan throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan is working Legionarius over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ohoulihan scoring with some ground and pound.
Ohoulihan wants to control from the top but Legionarius keeps moving.
Ohoulihan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ohoulihan throws an elbow that misses. Legionarius uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ohoulihan's guard. Nice move by Legionarius!

Legionarius controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Seamus Ohoulihan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ohoulihan working a defensive guard but Legionarius manages to pass into side control anyway.
Ohoulihan tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Legionarius presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius manages to capitalize on a mistake by Ohoulihan to take his back!
Ohoulihan can't escape the position.
Legionarius is riding his opponent, not letting Ohoulihan buck him off.
Legionarius not allowing Ohoulihan to control his hands.
Ohoulihan is really stuck here.
Legionarius doesn't have the hooks in and Ohoulihan manages to turn into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan tries to free his leg and advance position but Legionarius is retaining full guard.
Legionarius wants to stand and escape but Ohoulihan is having none of it.
Legionarius has momentary wrist control but Ohoulihan slips an elbow through the middle.
Ohoulihan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Legionarius wants to stand up but Ohoulihan is controlling him.
Ohoulihan pushes down on Legionarius's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Ohoulihan seems to be looking for submissions.
Legionarius looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus Ohoulihan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Seamus Ohoulihan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ohoulihan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Legionarius's waist but Legionarius gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ohoulihan off to one side.
Legionarius throws a counter combo.

Ohoulihan clinches with his opponent.

Ohoulihan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ohoulihan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Legionarius avoids it really well and circles away.
As Ohoulihan backs off Legionarius throws a huge counter combo but Ohoulihan manages to avoid it all.
Legionarius shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ohoulihan eats them both and turns towards Legionarius to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Legionarius avoids the head kick by Ohoulihan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Legionarius.
Legionarius looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Legionarius closes the distance and clinches.
Ohoulihan jumps guard but Legionarius turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seamus Ohoulihan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legionarius gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ohoulihan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius leaning against his opponent.
Legionarius prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Legionarius.
Legionarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Ohoulihan is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Legionarius scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Ohoulihan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Legionarius is leaning against Ohoulihan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Legionarius blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legionarius displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ohoulihan up against the cage.
Ohoulihan tries to pull guard but Legionarius forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ohoulihan seems to have got his legs back now.
Legionarius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Legionarius leaning his opponent against the cage.
Legionarius lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ohoulihan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Legionarius stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan tries to break free but Legionarius pushes him back against the cage.
Legionarius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ohoulihan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ohoulihan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Legionarius after a bit of a struggle.
Ohoulihan prevents a body shot from Legionarius.
Legionarius dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Legionarius digs a right hand into Ohoulihan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ohoulihan's gas tank.
Ohoulihan tries to break the clinch but Legionarius is controlling the position.
Ohoulihan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ohoulihan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Legionarius just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marcellus Legionarius seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Legionarius is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ohoulihan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Legionarius to keep the fight standing.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Legionarius.
Legionarius scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Legionarius.
Legionarius lands a hook to the side of the head.
Legionarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Legionarius lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ohoulihan to his knees! Legionarius keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcellus Legionarius!
Marcellus Legionarius decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.