PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seymore Buttz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Neil comes to the cage accompanied by The Devil's Dance Floor. Buttz has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Neil
vs
Buttz

188 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
27
215 lbs
9 - 9 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 1 - 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 9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seymore Buttz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buttz tries to close the distance and clinch but O Neil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from O Neil.
Buttz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buttz needs to keep his hands up - O Neil had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Seymore Buttz has been cut.
Buttz tries to clinch but O Neil moves out of range.
O Neil does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neil throws a low kick but it's checked well by Buttz.
O Neil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mickey O Neil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and O Neil wants it to stay on the feet.
Buttz jabs at O Neil's body.
Seymore Buttz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buttz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
O Neil throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Buttz scores with a nice head shot.
Buttz is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buttz lands a nice shot to the body.
Buttz cracks O Neil with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Buttz misses with a straight right.
Buttz darts in trying to clinch
and O Neil counters with a straight right hand.
Buttz misses with a shot to the body
and O Neil counters with a head kick. That will keep Buttz thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buttz looks to land a right hand but O Neil moved out of range.
O Neil throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Buttz misses with an uppercut.
Buttz throws an off balance right hand
and O Neil counters with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Buttz.
That kick from O Neil tenderised Buttz's leg. Buttz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Buttz looks gassed!
Buttz misses with a right hand
and O Neil counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil is looking to chop away at Buttz's legs.
Buttz misses with a left hand
and O Neil counters with a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Buttz blocks the leg kick.
Buttz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Buttz blocks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Neil dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Buttz. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buttz throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey O Neil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seymore Buttz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

O Neil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Buttz blocks a head kick by O Neil.
Buttz misses with a takedown attempt - O Neil sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Buttz throws a shot from downtown. O Neil moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neil lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mickey O Neil is winning the standup battle so far.
Buttz is breathing heavily.
O Neil circles away from the clinch attempt
and O Neil makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Neil throws a body punch but Buttz moves out of range.
Buttz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
O Neil misses with a kick to the body.
O Neil slips under a jab from Buttz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil looks to land a right hand but Buttz moved out of range.
Buttz throws a right hand that misses
and O Neil counters with a leg kick.
O Neil throws a head kick but Buttz moves out of range.
Buttz wants to clinch
and O Neil counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buttz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Neil uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buttz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buttz tries to close the distance and clinch but O Neil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Buttz.
O Neil moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from O Neil.
Buttz misses with a left hand
and O Neil counters with a body kick that stops Buttz in his tracks momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
O Neil lands a leg kick that knocks Buttz off balance momentarily.
Buttz avoids the head kick by O Neil.
Buttz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from O Neil.
O Neil goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buttz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick 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.
The cut man is working on Seymore Buttz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

O Neil lands a high kick!
Buttz throws an overhand right that lands on O Neil's shoulder, as O Neil tries to avoid the shot.
O Neil lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Buttz looks to clinch
and O Neil finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buttz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
O Neil lands a big head kick that sends Buttz to the canvas! O Neil follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey O Neil!