PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miles O Brien (ranked 1548 p4p, 3630 weight class) and AdmiralGeneral Aladeen (ranked 143 p4p, 290 weight class). Aladeen has chosen Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

O Brien
vs
Aladeen

172 cm
30
152
16 - 12 - 0

183 cm
25
152
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miles O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, AdmiralGeneral Aladeen!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aladeen throws a series of punches but O Brien avoids them all with ease.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aladeen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As O Brien backs off Aladeen throws a huge counter combo but O Brien manages to avoid it all.
Aladeen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and O Brien counters with a nice uppercut.
O Brien ducks under a wild hook from Aladeen.
O Brien wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aladeen! But no joy.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch but Aladeen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aladeen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aladeen was well out of range. Poor timing from O Brien.
O Brien tries to clinch up but Aladeen circles away and keeps his distance.
Aladeen throws out a loose jab but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aladeen throws a big shot that misses.
Aladeen lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice shot by Aladeen.
Aladeen throws out a loose jab but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aladeen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aladeen misses with a hook. O Brien ducked under it nicely.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aladeen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Brien throws a hook but Aladeen blocks it.
O Brien is looking to clinch.
Aladeen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brien.
O Brien tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aladeen misses with a looping right.
Aladeen dives in and grabs O Brien's left leg, looking for a takedown. O Brien pushes down on Aladeen's head and hops out.
O Brien scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Aladeen slips under a jab.
Aladeen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Brien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch but Aladeen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aladeen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Brien darts in trying to clinch
and Aladeen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

O Brien has Aladeen up against the cage in a clinch.
Aladeen misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Brien prevents a body shot from Aladeen.
Aladeen blocks an uppercut.
O Brien misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Aladeen.
O Brien scores with a nice hook to the head.

O Brien breaks the clinch.
O Brien is looking to clinch but Aladeen is avoiding it.
Aladeen throws a right hand that misses
and O Brien counters with a nice uppercut.
O Brien tries to clinch up.
Aladeen steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from O Brien.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aladeen scores with a nice head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Brien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aladeen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aladeen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A left lands for Aladeen.
O Brien on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Aladeen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
O Brien is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

O Brien clinches up with Aladeen and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Brien tries to pull guard but Aladeen holds him up against the cage and eventually O Brien drops back down to his feet.
O Brien lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

AdmiralGeneral Aladeen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Aladeen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aladeen swats away the attempt to clinch by O Brien.
Nice jab there from Aladeen.
Aladeen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
O Brien is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aladeen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Brien wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien tries to clinch there but Aladeen circles away.
Aladeen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
O Brien on the wrong end of a nice hook.
O Brien scores with a crisp jab that stopped Aladeen in his tracks.
O Brien uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aladeen.
O Brien tries to clinch up but Aladeen circles away and keeps his distance.
Aladeen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Aladeen fails in his attempt to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from O Brien.
Aladeen misses with a left hand
and O Brien counters with a stiff right hand.
O Brien wants to clinch up but Aladeen keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to clinch up
and Aladeen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aladeen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Brien gets cracked there but stands up to it.
O Brien tries to clinch but Aladeen is having none of it.
O Brien tries to clinch but Aladeen moves out of range.
O Brien fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left lands for O Brien.
O Brien lands with a straight right. Aladeen didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien tries to clinch but Aladeen is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to clinch but Aladeen moves away
and Aladeen counters with a series of strikes. O Brien will be more careful next time no doubt.
O Brien tries to clinch but Aladeen moves away
enabling Aladeen to counter with a crisp jab.
Aladeen misses with a jab, cross combination.

O Brien moves into range and clinches up with Aladeen.
Aladeen misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Brien gets through Aladeen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aladeen lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aladeen.
Aladeen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Brien lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aladeen misses with a punch on the inside.
O Brien lands a shoulder strike.

Aladeen is rocked!
O Brien lands an uppercut.
Aladeen is still on wobbly legs! Can O Brien finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aladeen misses with some punches.
Aladeen takes a shot to the head.
Miles O Brien has scored more points in the clinch so far.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien pushes Aladeen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
O Brien scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aladeen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Brien lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

O Brien manages to break the clinch.
Aladeen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aladeen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slow jab from Aladeen misses its intended target.
O Brien is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Brien is looking to clinch.
O Brien bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Brien moves in looking to clinch but Aladeen pushes him off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Miles O Brien will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch but Aladeen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aladeen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aladeen seems to have recovered his senses.
O Brien tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Brien tries to clinch there but Aladeen circles away.
A big right from O Brien misses.
O Brien sets himself, and Aladeen steps forward looking for the clinch! O Brien avoids it this time.
O Brien fails with the takedown
and Aladeen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aladeen misses with a looping right.
Aladeen throws out a loose jab but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aladeen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien tries to clinch but Aladeen moves out of range.
It seemed like Aladeen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aladeen loads up on a big right hand but O Brien slips the punch.
Aladeen misses with a few strikes there.
As Aladeen looks to move away, O Brien throws a big counter combo but Aladeen just gets out of the way.
O Brien closes the distance looking to clinch
and Aladeen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

O Brien darts in and clinches Aladeen up against the cage.
Aladeen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Brien misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aladeen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aladeen misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from O Brien.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Brien.
O Brien tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
O Brien is trying to push Aladeen away but Aladeen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

O Brien's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aladeen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aladeen misses with a shot to the kidneys.

O Brien breaks from the clinch.
O Brien scores with a jab to the head.
O Brien scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aladeen connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aladeen.
O Brien tries to clinch there but Aladeen circles away.
O Brien pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aladeen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Brien was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aladeen misses with a wild combination.
O Brien moves to clinch but Aladeen breaks away
and Aladeen counters with a one-two to the body.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch but Aladeen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aladeen keeps the fight on the outside.
Aladeen throws out a counter right but O Brien avoids it with no problem.
Aladeen throws a big shot that misses.
O Brien connects with a crisp jab.
Aladeen blocks a jab.
O Brien misses with a looping right.
AdmiralGeneral Aladeen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
O Brien wants to clinch up but Aladeen keeps it at a distance.
O Brien scores with a nice strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O Brien moves in looking to clinch but Aladeen pushes him off.
Aladeen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but O Brien swivels and escapes.

O Brien fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aladeen, pushing him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to AdmiralGeneral Aladeen.
I think Aladeen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!