PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey ONiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ismael Cetinkaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

ONiel
vs
Cetinkaya

182 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

TITAN
TITAN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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 ONiel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ismael Cetinkaya!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ONiel lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Ismael Cetinkaya has been cut.

Oooooh!!! ONiel has knocked Cetinkaya down with a huge combo! ONiel steps away and waves a wobbly Cetinkaya back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Cetinkaya is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cetinkaya throws a leg kick
and ONiel counters with a good low kick that Cetinkaya was not able to check.
Cetinkaya is still on wobbly legs! Can ONiel finish him?
Cetinkaya looks gassed!
ONiel cracks Cetinkaya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

ONiel decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cetinkaya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ONiel thows a huge punch but Cetinkaya dodges it nicely.
ONiel is trying to control. Cetinkaya wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
ONiel is taking a breather. Cetinkaya says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

ONiel seems to be looking for submissions.
ONiel wants to pass to mount but Cetinkaya is defending the position.
Cetinkaya is refusing to be controlled, as ONiel sits in half guard.
Cetinkaya seems to have recovered his senses.
Still in half guard, ONiel seems content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ONiel working over Cetinkaya with some ground and pound. Cetinkaya looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
ONiel wants to control but Cetinkaya is keeping him busy.
ONiel working over Cetinkaya with some ground and pound. Cetinkaya looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
ONiel is trying to control the action in half guard but Cetinkaya is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
ONiel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
ONiel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
ONiel performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. ONiel lands a nice short elbow.
ONiel is controlling the pace.
Cetinkaya wants to control but ONiel is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cetinkaya is trying to defend against the ground and pound but ONiel scores with a couple of nice shots.
ONiel wants to control but Cetinkaya is keeping him busy.
ONiel working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
ONiel moves nicely into side control.
Cetinkaya is trying to control ONiel's posture but ONiel avoids it.
ONiel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cetinkaya keeps working.
ONiel tries to move to mount but Cetinkaya blocks the move with his legs.
ONiel is working Cetinkaya over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONiel trying to control the position but Cetinkaya is working away.
ONiel scoring with punches and elbows.
Cetinkaya taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cetinkaya takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
ONiel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cetinkaya on the ground.
Cetinkaya is working to avoid the ground and pound but ONiel connects with a decent elbow.
Cetinkaya takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cetinkaya is not content to let ONiel control the position.
ONiel working the head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cetinkaya is looking to reverse the position.
Cetinkaya takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
ONiel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cetinkaya to see if he's OK.
A big shot lands for ONiel! That's hurt Cetinkaya! Will he recover? ONiel fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey ONiel!