PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Oneil (ranked 696 p4p, 678 weight class) and Léo Saint-Clair (ranked 87 p4p, 83 weight class). Oneil's entrance music is Metallica - Spit Out The Bone. A fine choice. Saint-Clair comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Seine Saint-Denis Style - Suprême NTM kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Léo Saint-Clair acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Oneil
vs
Saint-Clair

190 cm
23
250
8 - 0 - 1

194 cm
23
266
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conquer

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Oneil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Léo Saint-Clair!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint-Clair misses with a straight left.
Saint-Clair bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like David Oneil has been cut.
Saint-Clair throws a looping overhand right but Oneil ducks down to avoid it.
Saint-Clair throws a right hand that misses

and Oneil counters with a nice double leg into side control. Saint-Clair won't be happy with that.
Oneil lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Saint-Clair takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Oneil working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Oneil trying to control the position but Saint-Clair is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Oneil goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Saint-Clair rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Oneil's guard! Nice work there by Saint-Clair!
Oneil 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Oneil looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Saint-Clair passes into side control.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneil is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Saint-Clair thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Oneil is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Oneil has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Saint-Clair. Oh but Oneil has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Saint-Clair goes limp - he's gone! Oneil jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). David Oneil!
A very excited looking David Oneil made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.