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GDL 5: Ngo v Wang PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cullen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cullen throws a lazy uppercut
and O'Neil counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cullen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by O'Neil there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
O'Neil turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
O'Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cullen moves away.
O'Neil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cullen's head backwards.
O'Neil misses with a left hand
and Cullen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cullen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O'Neil. O'Neil obviously looking to wear him down.
O'Neil lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O'Neil tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and O'Neil takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cullen throws a jab but it's blocked by O'Neil.
O'Neil is looking to counter punch.
Cullen falls off balance throwing a combination
and O'Neil counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
O'Neil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cullen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O'Neil.
O'Neil misses with a body shot
and Cullen counters with a stiff right hand.
Cullen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cullen.
O'Neil lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cullen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
O'Neil cracks Cullen with a good jab.
O'Neil scores with a kick to the body.
O'Neil misses with a straight right.
O'Neil dips to his left and cracks Cullen with an uppercut!
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 ducks under a wild hook from Cullen.
O'Neil throws a hook to the side of Cullen's head but Cullen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cullen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
O'Neil throws a big shot that misses.
Cullen throws a combination. O'Neil tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cullen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as O'Neil backs up against the cage.
O'Neil is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen tries to move into range but O'Neil moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cullen throws a nice looking combination but O'Neil bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from O'Neil does no damage.
O'Neil throws a body punch but Cullen moves out of range.
Cullen falls off balance throwing a combination
and O'Neil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cullen's corner calls for a 1-2. Cullen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
O'Neil feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cullen's calf.
Cullen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O'Neil throws out the jab.
Cullen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between O'Neil's hands.
O'Neil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cullen.
O'Neil lands a head kick!
Cullen ducks under a wild hook from O'Neil.
Cullen throws a counter combo.
Cullen misses the jab.
O'Neil looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
O'Neil catches Cullen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Cullen does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from O'Neil misses the target.
O'Neil throws a shot from downtown. Cullen moves away and avoids it.
Cullen throws a counter combo.
Crunch! O'Neil slams his shin into Cullen's torso.
Cullen avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cullen! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from O'Neil. Cullen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cullen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cullen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cullen misses with a straight left.
Cullen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O'Neil.
Cullen thuds his right hand into O'Neil's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
O'Neil drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
O'Neil avoids the body shot from Cullen.
O'Neil cracks Cullen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cullen throws an off balance right hand
and O'Neil counters with a good low kick that Cullen was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen throws a lazy right hand but O'Neil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cullen blocks a head kick by O'Neil.
A little jabbing left from Cullen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cullen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
O'Neil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice shot by O'Neil.
O'Neil takes a swing at Cullen's ribcage but misses.
Cullen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O'Neil. O'Neil obviously looking to wear him down.
O'Neil ducks under a wild hook from Cullen.
O'Neil throws a nice outside leg kick.
O'Neil moves forwards but Cullen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The crowd cheers as Cullen lands an impressive looking overhand right. O'Neil doesn't seem phased though.
Cullen misses with a hook
and O'Neil counters with a nice body shot.
Cullen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O'Neil.
O'Neil lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cullen will feel that in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey O'Neil dominated that round.
That's time! O'Neil's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
O'Neil needs to keep his hands up - Cullen had a free shot at his head there.
O'Neil connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A punch lands to the side of O'Neil 's head but he takes it in his stride.
O'Neil scores with a nice head shot.
Cullen throws the left hand but O'Neil avoids the punch easily.
Cullen misses with a hook
and O'Neil connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from O'Neil misses.
Charles Cullen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O'Neil connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cullen's hands.
Cullen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and O'Neil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O'Neil fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by O'Neil.
O'Neil blocks a jab.
O'Neil uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cullen.
Cullen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from O'Neil.
Mickey O'Neil is winning the standup battle so far.
O'Neil throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O'Neil misses with an uppercut.
Cullen walks into a left hand.
Cullen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cullen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cullen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O'Neil feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cullen just misses with a punch to the body.
O'Neil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cullen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O'Neil scores with the left hand. Cullen knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice body kick there by O'Neil.
O'Neil takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cullen scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cullen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O'Neil throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cullen misses with the combination.
Cullen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O'Neil moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cullen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
O'Neil scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
O'Neil slips under a jab.
Cullen lands with an uppercut that bounces O'Neil off the cage and back into range.
Cullen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cullen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cullen misses with a looping left.
It looks like O'Neil has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Cullen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O'Neil.
Cullen throws a left and a right that both miss
and O'Neil counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cullen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
O'Neil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice shot lands for O'Neil.
Cullen throws an overhand right that lands on O'Neil's shoulder, as O'Neil tries to avoid the shot.
O'Neil misses with a body shot.
Cullen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cullen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O'Neil.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O'Neil throws the left hand but Cullen avoids the punch easily.
O'Neil takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
O'Neil paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
O'Neil feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cullen's calf.
O'Neil uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cullen.
Some wild striking there from Cullen.
O'Neil scores with the left hand. Cullen knows he should have avoided that one.
Cullen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
O'Neil takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cullen scores with a crisp jab that stopped O'Neil in his tracks.
O'Neil staying out of range there.
Cullen moves away from the strike by O'Neil.
Cullen throws out a counter right but O'Neil avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O'Neil avoids a punch combination nicely.
O'Neil lands a high kick!
O'Neil getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A combination from Cullen does no damage.
O'Neil looks to throw the jab but Cullen is out of range.
Cullen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O'Neil throws a predictable looking body shot
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
enabling Cullen to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - O'Neil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cullen loads up on a big right hand but O'Neil slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O'Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Cullen.
Cullen takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mickey O'Neil will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
O'Neil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cullen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O'Neil connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
O'Neil slips under a jab from Cullen.
Cullen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from O'Neil.
Cullen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cullen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice leg kick lands there from O'Neil.
Cullen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by O'Neil.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cullen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
O'Neil scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - O'Neil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cullen defending well as O'Neil loads up on a big left hand.
Cullen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
O'Neil defending well as Cullen loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O'Neil throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cullen's head.
Cullen loads up on a big right hand but O'Neil slips the punch.
Cullen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but O'Neil moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cullen throws a shot from downtown. O'Neil moves away and avoids it.
Cullen lands a slapping body shot.
O'Neil throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cullen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O'Neil throws a hook but Cullen avoids it easily.
Cullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O'Neil.
Cullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cullen throws an off balance right hand
and Cullen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O'Neil misses with an uppercut. Cullen saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Cullen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O'Neil lands a right hook to the body.
Cullen connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O'Neil scores with a sloppy right hand. Cullen should have avoided that one.
O'Neil just misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
O'Neil tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cullen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O'Neil doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O'Neil just misses with a punch to the body.
O'Neil lands with a nice body kick.
O'Neil scores with a push kick.
O'Neil feints and then cracks Cullen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cullen down.
Cullen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
O'Neil with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Danga de danga de dang - Cullen scores with a four punch combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O'Neil throws a leg kick which misses Cullen's front leg but catches the back leg as Cullen tries to avoid it.
O'Neil lands a nice looking body kick.
O'Neil throws a head kick but Cullen moves out of range.
O'Neil is looking to slow Cullen down with leg kicks.
O'Neil tries a head kick but it misses.
Good shot there by Cullen.
Cullen throws a looping overhand right but O'Neil ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from O'Neil on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
O'Neil throws a hook to the side of Cullen's head but Cullen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cullen throws a right and a left that O'Neil avoids nicely.
O'Neil throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cullen.
O'Neil takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
O'Neil takes one on the chin but seems OK.
O'Neil throws a looping overhand right but Cullen ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cullen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
O'Neil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cullen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cullen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
O'Neil throws a looping overhand right but Cullen ducks down to avoid it.
Cullen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from O'Neil.
O'Neil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cullen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
O'Neil takes the fight into the clinch.
O'Neil breaks the clinch.
O'Neil takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O'Neil scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cullen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Charles Cullen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O'Neil keeps Cullen at a distance using the push kick.
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 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey O'Neil!
Mickey O'Neil seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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