PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Oneil (ranked 5346 p4p, 4684 weight class) and Ken Aoiki (ranked 220 p4p, 210 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Oneil
vs
Aoiki

195 cm
25
135
0 - 1 - 0

164 cm
23
135
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Likes musicals

Fantasy Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Oneil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Aoiki!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aoiki pushes Oneil up against the cage in a clinch.

Aoiki works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oneil is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Aoiki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aoiki cracks Oneil with a solid left hand.

Oneil has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Aoiki can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Aoiki lands a couple of elbows.
Oneil wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoiki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oneil has momentary wrist control but Aoiki slips an elbow through the middle.
Aoiki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aoiki connects with a couple of short punches.
Oneil will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Aoiki showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Aoiki landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoiki connects with a couple of short punches.
Aoiki is working Oneil over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Aoiki passes Oneil's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Oneil has hold of Aoiki's hands but Aoiki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoiki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Aoiki winds up and cracks Oneil with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Aoiki lands with a punch from half guard.
Oneil wants to get back to his feet.
Aoiki lands with a punch from half guard.
Oneil tries to get to full guard but Aoiki has control of the leg.
Aoiki lands strikes from half guard.
Aoiki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oneil tries to get to full guard but Aoiki has control of the leg.
Aoiki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oneil with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Aoiki lands with a punch from half guard.
Oneil is trying to stand up here but Aoiki is controlling him well.
Oneil is looking to improve his position.
Aoiki slips a nice elbow through Oneil's hands, connecting with Oneil's forehead.
Aoiki slips a nice elbow through Oneil's hands, connecting with Oneil's forehead.
Aoiki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Still in half guard, Aoiki seems content to control.
Ground and pound from Aoiki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oneil is trying to stand back up but Aoiki is controlling him
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Oneil is breathing heavily.
Aoiki lands strikes from half guard.
Aoiki is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Oneil looks like he's trying to stand up.
Aoiki slips a nice elbow through Oneil's hands, connecting with Oneil's forehead.
Oneil taking some punishment here, with Aoiki in his half guard.
Aoiki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aoiki lands strikes from half guard.
Aoiki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Aoiki winds up and cracks Oneil with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Aoiki slips a nice elbow through Oneil's hands, connecting with Oneil's forehead.

Aoiki seems to be working for a kimura but Oneil defends the submission attempt.
Aoiki drops an elbow to the side of Oneil's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki working the head and body with strikes.
Aoiki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oneil really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Aoiki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oneil with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Aoiki there.
Aoiki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Aoiki lands a nice short elbow.

Aoiki 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.
Aoiki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Aoiki connects with a nice short shot to Oneil's temple.
Aoiki trying to control from half guard but Oneil is working away.
Aoiki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Aoiki prevents Oneil from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Aoiki working over Oneil with some ground and pound. Oneil looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Aoiki is working for a kimura but Oneil is defending it quite comfortably.
Aoiki is taking a breather. Oneil says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Aoiki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oneil is trying to stand.
Oneil on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Aoiki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aoiki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oneil wants to get back to his feet.
Oneil wants to improve his position but Aoiki is controlling well.

Aoiki is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Oneil doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Aoiki.
Aoiki working Oneil over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Aoiki dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Aoiki shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Oneil napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Aoiki in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Aoiki lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Aoiki lands a nice forearm strike.
Oneil is trying to improve his position.

Aoiki is trying to get an arm triangle but Oneil is defending well.
Aoiki is chipping away with strikes.
Aoiki scores with punches from side control.
Aoiki scoring with punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoiki is putting a hurting on Oneil here, landing some big shots from side control.
Oneil is working to avoid the ground and pound but Aoiki connects with a decent elbow.
Aoiki cracks Oneil with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Aoiki landing a few strikes.

Oneil is rocked!
Aoiki scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Oneil to see if he's OK.
Oh Oneil is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oneil on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oneil tries to get out of the position.
Aoiki working the ground and pound.
Aoiki scoring with punches and elbows.
Aoiki cracks Oneil with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoiki cracks Oneil with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Aoiki scores with punches from side control.
Aoiki working the head and body with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Oneil's face as Aoiki controls the position.
Oneil wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Aoiki lands a nice forearm strike.
Oneil is trying to escape the position but Aoiki is controlling the position.
Oneil seems to have got his legs back now.
Aoiki lands an elbow.
Oneil struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aoiki lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Oneil down.
Aoiki is putting a hurting on Oneil here, landing some big shots from side control.
Aoiki works to advance to full mount. Oneil defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Aoiki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Aoiki breaks from Oneil's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoiki working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki landing strikes from the mount.
Aoiki raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oneil knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Aoiki on the ground.
Oneil wants to hold on but Aoiki pushes him away.
Oneil is in a horrible position here. Aoiki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ken Aoiki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oooh a big shot lands for Aoiki! Oneil is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ken Aoiki!