PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wes Uplo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Neil comes to the cage accompanied by The Stranglers - Golden Brown. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

O Neil
vs
Uplo

180 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey O Neil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wes Uplo!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from O Neil misses.
Uplo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
O Neil lands with an overhand left.
O Neil looks to throw the jab but Uplo is out of range.
O Neil misses with a looping left.
Uplo looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
O Neil throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Uplo on the side of the head.
Uplo dodges the punch combination from O Neil.
O Neil sets himself, and Uplo steps forward looking for the clinch! O Neil avoids it this time.
O Neil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Uplo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neil throws a hook to the side of Uplo's head but Uplo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice side step and Uplo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
O Neil throws a nice looking combination but Uplo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
O Neil missing with a left hand there. Uplo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Uplo wants to counter the offense by O Neil and move into the clinch position.
O Neil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Uplo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from O Neil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil lands with a right hand.
O Neil throws a big shot that misses.
Uplo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Uplo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
O Neil misses with a looping right.
Uplo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Uplo ducks under a wild hook from O Neil.
Uplo staying out of range there.
O Neil throws a big shot that misses.
Uplo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
O Neil punishes Uplo's body with a nice straight punch.
O Neil throws a shot from downtown. Uplo moves away and avoids it.
And Uplo tries to counter it with a takedown but O Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
O Neil scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
O Neil lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Uplo backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
O Neil misses with a wild body shot.
Despite the aggression on Uplo's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
O Neil connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
O Neil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Uplo circles away quickly and effectively.
Uplo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but O Neil defends it well.
O Neil misses with a series of wild punches.
And Uplo tries to counter it with a takedown but O Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
O Neil uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Uplo has time to react.
O Neil scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice defenses there by Uplo.
Uplo with the counter takedown but O Neil avoids it easily.
Uplo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Neil.
Uplo throws out a counter right but O Neil avoids it with no problem.
Uplo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Uplo thinks about the counter body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by O Neil there.
O Neil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Uplo.
O Neil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Uplo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The crowd cheers as O Neil lands an impressive looking overhand right. Uplo doesn't seem phased though.
O Neil swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Neil lands a head shot.
O Neil loads up on a big right hand but Uplo slips the punch.
And Uplo tries to counter it with a takedown but O Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
O Neil throws a looping overhand right but Uplo ducks down to avoid it.
O Neil misses with a series of wild punches.
O Neil misses with an uppercut. Uplo saw that one coming.
Uplo looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Neil throws a hook but Uplo blocks it.
O Neil uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Uplo has time to react.
O Neil throws a jab when Uplo was well out of range.
A jab from O Neil misses.
O Neil sets himself, and Uplo steps forward looking for the clinch! O Neil avoids it this time.
O Neil misses with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Neil connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Uplo's hands.
O Neil is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Neil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Uplo.
O Neil takes a swing at Uplo's ribcage but misses.
O Neil is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
O Neil missing with a left hand there. Uplo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Uplo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Uplo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.
Uplo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from O Neil.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

O Neil throws a hook to the side of Uplo's head but Uplo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Uplo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
O Neil looks to land a left hand but Uplo moved out of range nicely.
O Neil thows a left - swing and a miss!
A cross from O Neil lands.
Uplo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Uplo moves out of range of the strikes.
O Neil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Neil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Uplo manages to avoid it.
Uplo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neil lands a glancing blow to the side of Uplo's head.
O Neil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Neil misses the jab.
Uplo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uplo defending well as O Neil loads up on a big left hand.
Uplo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
O Neil throws a body punch but Uplo moves out of range.
O Neil loads up on a big right hand but Uplo slips the punch.
Uplo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
O Neil throws a lazy right hand but Uplo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Neil stalks Uplo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Uplo's face. Uplo staggers backwards, shaken.
O Neil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Uplo circles away quickly and effectively.
And Uplo tries to counter it with a takedown but O Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A big left from O Neil misses.
O Neil sets himself, and Uplo steps forward looking for the clinch! O Neil avoids it this time.
O Neil connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Uplo defending well as O Neil loads up on a big left hand.
Uplo is trying desperately to land a takedown but O Neil is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Uplo.
O Neil throws a body punch but Uplo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uplo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.
Uplo wants to counter the offense by O Neil and move into the clinch position.
Uplo slips a straight right by O Neil.
Uplo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Neil.
Uplo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
O Neil connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mickey O Neil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from O Neil does it's job there.

Uplo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Neil misses with a looping right.
Uplo is trying to counter with his kicks.
Uplo is still on wobbly legs! Can O Neil finish him?
O Neil lands a jab to Uplo's midsection.
Uplo seems to have recovered his senses.
Uplo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O Neil scores with a jab to the body.
O Neil lands a really nice looking cross but Uplo seems unphased.
Uplo blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Neil. Uplo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uplo wants to counter the offense by O Neil and move into the clinch position.
Uplo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Neil.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
O Neil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Uplo was well out of range. Poor timing from O Neil.
Uplo avoids a punch combination nicely.
O Neil jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Neil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Uplo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
O Neil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mickey O Neil is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from O Neil misses.
O Neil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Uplo tries to counter it with a takedown but O Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
O Neil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Uplo can do to turn this around?
O Neil looks to land a right hand but Uplo moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Uplo! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws a big shot that misses.
O Neil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Uplo tries to counter it with a takedown but O Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Uplo ducks under a wild hook from O Neil.
The fighters circling - O Neil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
O Neil throws an overhand right that lands on Uplo's shoulder, as Uplo tries to avoid the shot.
O Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Uplo moves away.
O Neil takes a swing at Uplo's ribcage but misses.
Uplo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from O Neil. Those never looked like landing.
O Neil lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from O Neil misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey O Neil dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

O Neil scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
O Neil lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Uplo might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, O Neil has got the better of the exchanges.
O Neil digs a good hook to Uplo's body.
O Neil misses with a wild body shot.
O Neil connects with a body shot that sends Uplo's belly button to the back.
A swing and a miss from O Neil.
O Neil throws out a loose jab but Uplo uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Neil sets himself, and Uplo steps forward looking for the clinch! O Neil avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neil connects with a single shot there.
Uplo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.
O Neil fails to land with a series of punches.
O Neil misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uplo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Neil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Uplo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Uplo ducks under a wild hook from O Neil.
O Neil scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
O Neil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Uplo tries to counter it with a takedown but O Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
O Neil tests Uplo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Neil fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Uplo on the side of the head.
Uplo ducks under a wild hook from O Neil.
Uplo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from O Neil.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil fails to land with a series of punches.
Uplo feints the counter takedown.
Uplo walks into a jab.
Nice jab there from O Neil.
O Neil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Uplo circles away quickly and effectively.
It seemed like Uplo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
O Neil lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Neil throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Uplo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but O Neil defends it well.
O Neil throws a jab but it's blocked by Uplo.
O Neil fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Neil throws an overhand right that lands on Uplo's shoulder, as Uplo tries to avoid the shot.
Uplo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Uplo! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uplo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Neil.
Uplo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
O Neil jabs at Uplo's body.
Uplo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Uplo unleashes a big counter combination but O Neil bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
O Neil misses with an uppercut. Uplo saw that one coming.
Uplo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Uplo slips under a jab.
Uplo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
O Neil looks to throw the jab but Uplo is out of range.
O Neil swings widly with a right hand
and Uplo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. O Neil is lucky that one didn't land flush.
O Neil misses with an uppercut. Uplo saw that one coming.
Uplo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Uplo slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil throws a body punch but Uplo moves out of range.
Uplo is looking for the big counter here.
Uplo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.
Uplo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but O Neil defends it well.
Uplo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Neil.
O Neil throws an overhand right that lands on Uplo's shoulder, as Uplo tries to avoid the shot.
Uplo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from O Neil.
Mickey O Neil is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Neil throws a nice looking combination but Uplo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
O Neil lands a nice looking body shot.
O Neil throws a body shot but no joy.
O Neil just misses with a punch to the body.
Uplo moves out of range as O Neil strikes.
Uplo throws a fast counter high kick but O Neil manages to duck under it in time.
Wes Uplo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Uplo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Neil throws out the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey O Neil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well O Neil 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey O Neil!
An out of breath Mickey O Neil thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

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