PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miles O Brien (ranked 3882 p4p, 3252 weight class) and Nikolai Tsavieva (ranked 458 p4p, 404 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

O Brien
vs
Tsavieva

172 cm
21
160
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
162
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 3 - 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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikolai Tsavieva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice takedown defense from O Brien. No joy for Tsavieva on that attempt.
O Brien lands with a hook. Tsavieva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice body punch from O Brien.
O Brien cracks Tsavieva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tsavieva misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for O Brien, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tsavieva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A telegraphed right hand from O Brien misses the target.
Tsavieva misses the shot to the body.
O Brien looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
O Brien's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tsavieva under the eye.
O Brien slips under a jab from Tsavieva.
Tsavieva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
O Brien tests Tsavieva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tsavieva misses with a takedown attempt - O Brien sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
O Brien throws a hook but Tsavieva blocks it.
Tsavieva misses with a takedown attempt - O Brien sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Miles O Brien has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikolai Tsavieva.
O Brien catches Tsavieva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
O Brien staying out of range there.
A jab lands there for O Brien.
O Brien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsavieva.
Tsavieva throws a right hand that misses
and O Brien counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
O Brien swings for the body but Tsavieva moves out of range.
O Brien thuds his right hand into Tsavieva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tsavieva throws a hook to the side of O Brien's head but O Brien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Brien defending well as Tsavieva loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsavieva was well out of range. Poor timing from O Brien.
O Brien scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Brien connects with a solid leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Tsavieva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
O Brien is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tsavieva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but O Brien circles away quickly and effectively.
A solid leg kick lands there for O Brien.
O Brien cracks Tsavieva with an open hand slap.
O Brien misses with a hook
and Tsavieva counters with a nice uppercut.
Tsavieva moves to clinch but O Brien breaks away
and O Brien counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Brien connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
O Brien lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tsavieva avoids the body shot from O Brien.
Tsavieva misses the shot to the body.
O Brien scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Tsavieva. That snapped O Brien's head back.
Tsavieva with a jab.
O Brien slips a jab from Tsavieva.
O Brien jabs Tsavieva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
O Brien throws a hook to the side of Tsavieva's head but Tsavieva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tsavieva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Brien.
Tsavieva lands with a good body shot.
O Brien throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Brien dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
O Brien throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsavieva tries to bum rush O Brien with a series of wild strikes but O Brien uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Brien throwing a counter right hand but Tsavieva manages to avoid it.

Tsavieva clinches with his opponent.

O Brien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tsavieva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsavieva loads up on a big right hand but O Brien slips the punch.
Tsavieva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Brien digs a good hook to Tsavieva's body.
Tsavieva looks to throw the jab but O Brien is out of range.
Tsavieva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tsavieva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tsavieva throws a jab but it's blocked by O Brien.
O Brien looks to land a left hand but Tsavieva moved out of range nicely.
O Brien jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tsavieva takes one to the chin there.
O Brien dodges the punch combination from Tsavieva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Brien connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tsavieva's hands.
Tsavieva looks to throw the jab but O Brien is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miles O Brien dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tsavieva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brien.
O Brien lands a lovely overhand right.
O Brien looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tsavieva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Brien throws the left hand but Tsavieva avoids the punch easily.
O Brien connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
O Brien scores with a shot to the body.
Tsavieva tries to clinch up.
Tsavieva connects with a body shot.
Tsavieva walks into a stiff left hand from O Brien.
O Brien throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
O Brien looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsavieva is just out of range.
O Brien works Tsavieva's body with a nice hook.
Tsavieva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Brien.
Tsavieva misses with a combination
and O Brien counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tsavieva thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsavieva misses with a hook
and O Brien counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tsavieva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Brien cracks a nice hook into Tsavieva's ribs.
Miles O Brien is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Brien tests Tsavieva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Brien takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tsavieva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and O Brien counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Brien lands a body shot.
O Brien moves out of range as Tsavieva strikes.
Miles O Brien is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Tsavieva misses.
O Brien displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsavieva throws out the jab.
Tsavieva walks into a jab.
O Brien misses with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsavieva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsavieva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and O Brien connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tsavieva scrambles back to his feet.
Tsavieva throws a hook to the side of O Brien's head but O Brien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Brien keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A quick step to the side and O Brien tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsavieva misses with a hook.
O Brien attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tsavieva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tsavieva blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsavieva. O Brien does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tsavieva looks to score with a jab to the body but O Brien is just out of range.
O Brien dips to his left and cracks Tsavieva with an uppercut!
O Brien lands a right hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from O Brien misses the target.
O Brien scores with a jab to the body.
O Brien lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsavieva misses with a straight left.
O Brien scores with a nice strike.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Brien.
O Brien cracks Tsavieva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tsavieva tries to bum rush O Brien with a series of wild strikes but O Brien uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Brien looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsavieva is just out of range.
Nikolai Tsavieva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Brien uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tsavieva.
O Brien is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tsavieva can do to turn this around?
O Brien staying out of range there.
O Brien lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tsavieva looks to land a left hand but O Brien moved out of range nicely.
Tsavieva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Brien.
O Brien throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Brien uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
O Brien throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tsavieva counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsavieva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Brien throws out the jab.
Tsavieva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsavieva throws a right and a left that both miss.
O Brien with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good shot there by Tsavieva.
A lazy left from O Brien finds it's target.
A big left from O Brien misses.
A jab from Tsavieva misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tsavieva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tsavieva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tsavieva misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Tsavieva.
O Brien has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Brien swings for the body but Tsavieva moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miles O Brien dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

O Brien swings for the body but Tsavieva moves out of range.
Tsavieva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tsavieva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
O Brien looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slow jab from O Brien misses its intended target.
O Brien scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Brien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsavieva.
Tsavieva wants to counter the offense by O Brien and move into the clinch position.
O Brien throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsavieva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tsavieva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
O Brien tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsavieva was well out of range. Poor timing from O Brien.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsavieva moves away from the strike by O Brien.
A jab from O Brien misses.
O Brien throws a lazy right hand but Tsavieva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Brien lands a body shot.
O Brien throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien connects with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Tsavieva misses.
O Brien missing with a left hand there. Tsavieva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Brien is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tsavieva.
O Brien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsavieva.
O Brien throws a shot to the body.
O Brien lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
O Brien jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsavieva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
O Brien lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
O Brien displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsavieva throws out the jab.
Tsavieva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and O Brien connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
O Brien looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsavieva is just out of range.
Tsavieva misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien missing with a left hand there. Tsavieva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Brien throws a leg kick but Tsavieva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tsavieva throws out a counter right but O Brien avoids it with no problem.
Tsavieva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before O Brien has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Brien with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tsavieva throws a combination that misses
letting O Brien counter with a right hand.
Tsavieva darts in trying to clinch
and O Brien counters with a left to the body.
O Brien throws a jab but it's blocked by Tsavieva.
O Brien scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
No joy there for Tsavieva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Brien misses with a straight left.
Tsavieva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but O Brien avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for O Brien.
Tsavieva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tsavieva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Brien was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsavieva.
O Brien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miles O Brien is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Brien lands a body shot.
O Brien misses with a hook. Tsavieva ducked under it nicely.
O Brien just misses with a punch to the body.
O Brien scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tsavieva in his tracks.
O Brien throws an overhand right that lands on Tsavieva's shoulder, as Tsavieva tries to avoid the shot.
O Brien bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tsavieva's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsavieva misses with a body shot.
O Brien misses with a hook. Tsavieva ducked under it nicely.
O Brien lands a jab.
Tsavieva misses with an uppercut.
Tsavieva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tsavieva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A little feinted left hand from O Brien on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tsavieva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Tsavieva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
O Brien scores with a body shot.
A big left from O Brien misses.
O Brien connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tsavieva momentarily.
Tsavieva loads up on a big right hand but O Brien slips the punch.
O Brien bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and O Brien tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsavieva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but O Brien swivels and escapes.
Nikolai Tsavieva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tsavieva misses with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miles O Brien showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for O Brien, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miles O Brien!