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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Price comes to the cage accompanied by Twisted Sister - The Price. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sean Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Price clinches up against the cage.
O Neil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Neil blocks the elbow strike.
Price misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Price tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Price working aggressively here.
Price just leaning against O Neil, taking a breather.
O Neil tries to break the clinch but Price is controlling the position.
Price lands a nice knee to the body.
Price pushes O Neil back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
O Neil working hard to break the clinch.
Price using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Neil has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price misses with the head strike.
Price holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Price trying to land knees to the body.
Price lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down O Neil.
Price misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Neil.
Price is pushing O Neil up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Price is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Price.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Price just misses with a elbow thrown towards O Neil's brow.
Price tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Neil's elbow.
O Neil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Price tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Price connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Mickey O Neil has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price is stalling here.
O Neil blocking some punches.
Price content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Price tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Price digs a right hand underneath O Neil's ribcage. O Neil let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Price lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Neil backwards.
Price leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Price.
Price throws an elbow but it misses.
Price tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Price misses with the head strike.
Price keeps control of O Neil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
O Neil takes a shot to the head.
Price stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Price prevents a body shot from O Neil.
Price lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Price tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil breaks the clinch.
O Neil takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Neil throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Price ducks under a wild hook from O Neil.
Price looks to land a body kick but O Neil moved away.
O Neil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Price scores with a push kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Price feints and then cracks O Neil's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Neil down.
Price throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Price dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey O Neil's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Price jabs O Neil right on the nose. O Neil blinks but takes it well.
O Neil keeps the fight on the outside.
Price lands a high kick!
Price throws a big shot that misses.
O Neil scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Price fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Price dips to his left and cracks O Neil with an uppercut!
Price swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Price tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from O Neil misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil stuns Price with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Price chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mickey O Neil is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Neil lunges at Price with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Price's hand.
Price scores with a head kick.
Price fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Price takes the fight into the clinch.
Price stalling against the cage.
Price lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil is trying to force a seperation but Price has the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Neil blocks the elbow strike.
Price using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Neil has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Price unloads a knee to the mid-section.
O Neil taking a breather.
The referee is keeping an eye on Price - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Still in the clinch, O Neil scores with a nice short uppercut.
O Neil is trying to force a seperation but Price has the dominant position.
Price is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but O Neil is keeping busy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Price obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Price to work.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Price.
O Neil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
O Neil blocks an uppercut.
Price lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Neil backwards.
Price tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Neil avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Price.
A body shot lands from Price.
O Neil is breathing heavily.
Price controlling the action here for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil avoiding damage as Price throws knees to the body.
O Neil is looking to break free of the clinch but Price has double underhooks.
Price tries to work over O Neil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Price misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Neil blocks an elbow strike from Price.
Price lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Price fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Neil wants to get back to striking at distance but Price won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Price tries to work over O Neil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Price lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Price dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mickey O Neil's cut.
That's time! Price's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
O Neil fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Price throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Price throws a body punch but O Neil moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by O Neil.
Price takes a swing at O Neil's ribcage but misses.
O Neil misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Price lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and O Neil has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from O Neil and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Price walks into a straight right hand from O Neil.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Price.
O Neil works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some bone on bone action there as O Neil checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
O Neil takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Price throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Price looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Price waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Neil.
O Neil slips under a jab.
Mickey O Neil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Price has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Price tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Price tried to score with a low kick but O Neil checks it.
O Neil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Price moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price thows a body shot but no joy.
Price throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Neil tests Price's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Price is rocked!
Price pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Oh Price is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a head kick.
Price seems to have got his legs back now.
O Neil swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Price 's head but he takes it in his stride.
O Neil keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Price lands a front kick.
Price swinging wildly here.
Price cracks O Neil with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Neil keeps the fight on the outside.
O Neil avoids the body shot from Price.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Neil.
Sean Price is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice defenses there by O Neil.
O Neil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Neil scores with a nice strike.
Price moves out of range as O Neil strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey O Neil comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Price has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Price!
Our winner, Sean Price, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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