PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Rabelais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey ONeill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ONeill is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "This Is England" by The Clash. The key to victory for Ulysses Rabelais has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Rabelais
vs
ONeill

177 cm
21
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

*S&M* Sweat Shop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulysses Rabelais!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mickey ONeill!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ONeill misses with a low kick as Rabelais jumps back.
Rabelais turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rabelais defends well against a solid takedown attempt from ONeill.
Nice body kick there by Rabelais.
ONeill throws a hook but Rabelais blocks it.
ONeill blocks a head kick by Rabelais.
ONeill throws a leg kick
and Rabelais finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
ONeill looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rabelais throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
ONeill changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rabelais tries to avoid it but ONeill manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rabelais to the ground. Rabelais escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rabelais connects with a high kick.

Rabelais lands a big head kick that sends ONeill tumbling to the mat! Rabelais takes a step backwards and waves ONeill back to his feet - he wants the finish!

ONeill is rocked!

Rabelais pushes ONeill up against the cage in a clinch.
ONeill is still on wobbly legs! Can Rabelais finish him?
ONeill wants to break free but Rabelais has control.
ONeill seems to have recovered his senses.
Rabelais with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rabelais manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rabelais unloads a knee to the mid-section. ONeill lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabelais unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rabelais trying to land knees to the body.
ONeill tries to score a body lock takedown but Rabelais shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ulysses Rabelais has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey ONeill.
Rabelais lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
ONeill takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rabelais controlling the action here for a moment.
ONeill has had enough of the clinch but Rabelais keeps him there for the moment.
Rabelais using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rabelais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rabelais utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Rabelais.
Rabelais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabelais utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rabelais working ONeill over with knees to the body.
ONeill avoiding damage as Rabelais throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rabelais obliges.
Rabelais scores a nice knee to the body.
ONeill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rabelais throws an elbow that misses.
Rabelais utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rabelais is stalling here.
Rabelais scores a nice knee to the body.
Rabelais connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rabelais obliges.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabelais throws an elbow but misses.
Rabelais unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabelais scores a nice knee to the body.
ONeill takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rabelais unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rabelais tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and ONeill avoids it.
ONeill tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rabelais smiles and moves away.
ONeill takes a kick to the side of the head.
ONeill circles away from the clinch attempt.
ONeill misses with a body kick.
Rabelais just misses with a punch to the body.
Rabelais fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rabelais lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabelais throws a sloppy head kick and ONeill moves out of range easily.
Rabelais lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
ONeill avoids a kick to the body.
Rabelais blocks a low kick nicely.
Rabelais displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from ONeill.
ONeill walks into a stiff left hand from Rabelais.
ONeill gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
ONeill misses with a double jab
letting Rabelais counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
ONeill throws a half hearted mid kick.

Rabelais moves into range and clinches up with ONeill.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulysses Rabelais dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rabelais wants to clinch.
Rabelais scores with a leg kick.
ONeill takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
ONeill misses with a takedown attempt
and Rabelais counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rabelais tries to clinch but ONeill is having none of it.
Rabelais scores with a head kick.
Rabelais lands with a slapping head kick.
ONeill avoids the head kick by Rabelais.
Ulysses Rabelais is winning the standup battle so far.
ONeill is breathing heavily.
ONeill walks into a straight right hand from Rabelais.
Rabelais fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops ONeill to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! ONeill looks to clinch but Rabelais throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! ONeill taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ulysses Rabelais!