PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas O Farrelly (ranked 4814 p4p, 4803 weight class) and Frankie O Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

O Farrelly
vs
O Sullivan

188 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas O Farrelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie O Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Sullivan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
O Sullivan throws a lazy uppercut
and O Farrelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
O Farrelly lands a really nice looking cross but O Sullivan seems unphased.
O Farrelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Sullivan.
O Sullivan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
O Sullivan with a hook.
O Farrelly ducks right into an uppercut from O Sullivan.
O Farrelly throws a hook but O Sullivan blocks it.
O Sullivan looks to throw the jab but O Farrelly is out of range.
O Sullivan swings for the body but O Farrelly moves out of range.
O Farrelly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Farrelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like O Sullivan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jab by O Farrelly.
O Sullivan misses with a jab to the body
and O Farrelly counters with a left to the body.
O Farrelly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Farrelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Sullivan connects with a body shot.
O Farrelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Sullivan swings widly with a right hand
and O Farrelly counters with a three punch combo that has O Sullivan backing up. O Sullivan nods at O Farrelly to acknowledge the strikes.
O Sullivan misses with a body shot
and O Farrelly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
O Farrelly connects with the punch.
O Farrelly misses with a wild body shot.
O Sullivan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Sullivan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down O Farrelly rather than just go for the knockout.
O Farrelly misses with a body shot.
O Sullivan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from O Sullivan.
It looked like O Farrelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
O Sullivan works O Farrelly's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Sullivan takes a swing at O Farrelly's ribcage but misses.
O Sullivan throws the left hand but O Farrelly avoids the punch easily.
O Farrelly cracks O Sullivan with a good jab.
O Farrelly thuds his right hand into O Sullivan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
O Sullivan catches O Farrelly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
O Farrelly lands an overhand right.
O Sullivan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Farrelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Sullivan.
O Sullivan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Sullivan misses the jab.
O Sullivan throws a hook but O Farrelly avoids it easily.
O Farrelly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
O Farrelly swings widly with a right hand
and O Sullivan counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Farrelly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for O Farrelly.
O Farrelly walks into a left hand.
O Sullivan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Farrelly.
O Sullivan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
O Sullivan swings away with a body shot that misses
and O Farrelly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Sullivan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Sullivan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
O Farrelly scores with a hook.
O Sullivan lands a nice hook to O Farrelly's body. O Farrelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Farrelly is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Sullivan takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Farrelly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
O Sullivan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Farrelly.
O Farrelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Farrelly stalks O Sullivan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into O Sullivan's face. O Sullivan staggers backwards, shaken.
O Sullivan misses with a wild body shot.
O Farrelly is looking for a counter combo.
O Sullivan moves out of range as O Farrelly strikes.
O Sullivan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Farrelly manages to avoid it.
O Sullivan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Farrelly doesn't seem bothered though.
O Farrelly throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Sullivan lands a nice hook to O Farrelly's body. O Farrelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Farrelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
O Farrelly is breathing heavily.
O Sullivan misses with a body shot
and O Farrelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frankie O Sullivan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

O Farrelly works the jab nicely.
O Farrelly cracks O Sullivan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
O Sullivan just misses with a punch to the body.
O Sullivan throws a jab when O Farrelly was well out of range.
O Farrelly fails to land with a series of punches.
O Sullivan throws out a counter right but O Farrelly avoids it with no problem.
O Sullivan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
O Sullivan slips a jab from O Farrelly.
O Sullivan throws a lazy right hand but O Farrelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Sullivan thuds a left hand into O Farrelly's body.
A right-left combo lands from O Farrelly.

It looks like Frankie O Sullivan has been cut.
Thomas O Farrelly is winning the standup battle so far.
O Farrelly lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Sullivan moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Sullivan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Farrelly.
O Sullivan lands with a cross.
O Sullivan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Sullivan gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! O Sullivan tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but O Farrelly is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and O Sullivan buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves O Sullivan!! O Sullivan is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. O Farrelly throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas O Farrelly!