PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus O Donnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Donnell's entrance music is Fields of Athenry. A fine choice. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Donnell
vs
Michael

191 cm
19
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
283 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Seamus O Donnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Michael!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michael fails with an attempt to clinch.
Michael moves out of range of the body kick from O Donnell.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Donnell throws a sloppy head kick and Michael moves out of range easily.
Michael wants to clinch.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell moves out of range.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell is having none of it.
Michael takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
O Donnell swats away the attempt to clinch by Michael.
Michael throws the left hand but O Donnell avoids the punch easily.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michael is looking to clinch.
O Donnell tries a head kick but it misses.
O Donnell misses with a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by O Donnell!
The fight stays on the outside here - Michael looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnell throws a nice head kick!
O Donnell misses with a body kick.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Donnell throws a quick inside leg kick.
O Donnell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Michael has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good leg kick by O Donnell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
O Donnell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Michael. That did some damage!
O Donnell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Donnell moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
O Donnell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
O Donnell circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Donnell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Donnell scores with a spinning back kick!
O Donnell scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Donnell scores with a kick to the midsection.
Michael closes the distance but O Donnell moves to the side
and O Donnell counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Michael is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell misses with an attempted mid kick.
O Donnell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Michael fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Donnell scores with a nice body kick.
Seamus O Donnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Donnell pushes Michael away with a front kick.
O Donnell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
O Donnell pushes Michael away with a front kick.
Michael doesn't manage to clinch there - O Donnell circles away.
Michael throws a hook but O Donnell blocks it.
O Donnell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
O Donnell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell is having none of it.
Michael throws a leg kick
and O Donnell finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Michael gets a clinch.
Michael prevents O Donnell from breaking the clinch.
Michael has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from O Donnell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael pushes O Donnell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Michael is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Michael misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michael prevents O Donnell from breaking the clinch.

O Donnell breaks the clinch.
Michael sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
O Donnell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
O Donnell throws a sloppy head kick and Michael moves out of range easily.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell moves out of range.
O Donnell connects with a solid leg kick.

Michael has O Donnell up against the cage in a clinch.

O Donnell manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Michael. That did some damage!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from O Donnell.
Michael blocks the body kick.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell is having none of it.
Michael misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Donnell.
Michael wants to clinch up but O Donnell keeps it at a distance.
O Donnell lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Donnell scores with a head kick. Michael tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
O Donnell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michael tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Donnell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Michael moves into range and clinches up with O Donnell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus O Donnell dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Michael tries to clinch up
and O Donnell counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Michael is lucky that one didn't land flush.
O Donnell has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
O Donnell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michael cracks O Donnell with a good jab.
O Donnell lands a nice looking body kick.
Michael is looking to clinch but O Donnell is avoiding it.
O Donnell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
George Michael is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from O Donnell, right into the meat.
Michael on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Michael tries to clinch up.
Michael misses with a body kick.
Michael will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Seamus O Donnell is winning the standup battle so far.
Michael tries to clinch up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Michael crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from O Donnell - the referee stops the clock and Michael gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says O Donnell. Michael manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
O Donnell lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael avoids the head kick by O Donnell.
That kick from O Donnell tenderised Michael's leg. Michael is trying to keep his angry face on.
Michael waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Donnell.
A decent looking body kick lands there for O Donnell.
Michael on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
O Donnell throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Donnell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from O Donnell.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Donnell thumps Michael with a low kick.
O Donnell circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Donnell throws a wild body kick that Michael sees coming a mile off.
Michael tries to clinch but fails miserably
and O Donnell counters with a nice body kick.

Michael closes the distance and clinches.
Michael misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael lands with a left to the head.
Michael doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Donnell prevents a body shot from Michael.
Michael's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
O Donnell blocks a punch to the side of the head.

O Donnell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michael looks to clinch
and O Donnell counters with a slapping leg kick.
O Donnell connects with a solid leg kick.
Michael blocks a head kick by O Donnell.
O Donnell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Michael wants to clinch up but O Donnell keeps it at a distance.
Michael wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Michael looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael misses with a two punch combination.
O Donnell misses with a head kick.
Michael throws a one two combo.
O Donnell thumps Michael with a low kick.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Michael drives through and clinches with O Donnell against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Donnell.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Michael wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but O Donnell has him pressed against the cage.
O Donnell wants to break free but Michael has control.
O Donnell is trying to push Michael away but Michael has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell blocks a body shot from Michael.
O Donnell blocking some punches.

O Donnell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A decent looking body kick lands there for O Donnell.
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!
That kick from O Donnell tenderised Michael's leg. Michael is trying to keep his angry face on.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell is having none of it.
A good leg kick by O Donnell.

Michael has managed to clinch.
A hook to the body from Michael.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michael stalls.
O Donnell takes a shot to the head.
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 Seamus O Donnell will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Michael takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
O Donnell circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Donnell lands a nice looking body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Donnell.
O Donnell thows a body kick. Michael tries to catch it but that hurt him.
O Donnell thumps Michael with a low kick.
A head kick from O Donnell lands but Michael takes it in his stride.
Michael tries to clinch up but O Donnell circles away and keeps his distance.
O Donnell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Michael. That did some damage!
O Donnell circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Donnell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michael fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michael dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Michael looks to clinch
and O Donnell counters with a body kick that stops Michael in his tracks momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michael avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Michael on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from O Donnell - that will leave a mark!
O Donnell throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Michael's head.
Michael lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Donnell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Donnell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Michael throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Donnell throws a body kick that misses.
Michael tries to clinch up.
O Donnell scores with a head kick.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Donnell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from O Donnell. Michael shrugs it off though.
Michael misses with a wild combination.

Michael has managed to clinch.
Seamus O Donnell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michael throws a head punch that misses.

O Donnell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michael tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michael takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell moves out of range.
O Donnell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Michael tries to clinch but O Donnell moves out of range.
O Donnell scores with a push kick.
O Donnell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Donnell throws a front kick that sends Michael stumbling back into the cage.
O Donnell throws a sloppy head kick and Michael moves out of range easily.
O Donnell misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by O Donnell!
O Donnell throws a sloppy head kick and Michael moves out of range easily.
Michael fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Donnell misses with a body kick.

Michael clinches up with O Donnell and pushes him back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
George Michael has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michael tries to break free but O Donnell pushes him back against the cage.
Michael misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Michael misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michael tries to break free but O Donnell pushes him back against the cage.

O Donnell breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Michael.
Michael wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
O Donnell misses with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Donnell connects with a solid leg kick.

Michael has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michael wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Seamus O Donnell.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for O Donnell, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seamus O Donnell!
An out of breath Seamus O Donnell thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.