PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean O Neil (ranked 2757 p4p, 5765 weight class) and Silver Briscoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean O Neil could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Silver Briscoe's chin.

O Neil
vs
Briscoe

175 cm
25
165
4 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
164
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean O Neil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Silver Briscoe!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briscoe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Briscoe throws a right and a left that O Neil avoids nicely.
O Neil shoots in for a takedown but Briscoe shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
O Neil fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
O Neil drops his hands momentarily and Briscoe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Sean O Neil has been cut.
O Neil fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean O Neil. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Briscoe leaves O Neil with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Briscoe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between O Neil's hands.
Briscoe drops O Neil with a straight left! Oh this is bad for O Neil! Briscoe dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Silver Briscoe!
After winning the bout, Silver Briscoe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.