PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mickey O Neil (ranked 1497 p4p, 2261 weight class) and Teodors Ozolinsh (ranked 192 p4p, 262 weight class). O Neil comes to the cage accompanied by The Stranglers - Golden Brown. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

O Neil
vs
Ozolinsh

179 cm
30
161
16 - 7 - 1

178 cm
43
159
40 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Offseason nutrition & LAUNDRY (115$-160Q)
Voodoo Nutrition

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 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mickey O Neil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Teodors Ozolinsh!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozolinsh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ozolinsh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Neil on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ozolinsh lands with an uppercut that bounces O Neil off the cage and back into range.
Ozolinsh stuns O Neil with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ozolinsh misses with a body shot.
O Neil takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for O Neil.
O Neil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ozolinsh.
O Neil thinks about countering with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Neil.
O Neil comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Neil misses with a body kick.
Ozolinsh takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ozolinsh catches O Neil with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil throws a leg kick
and Ozolinsh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ozolinsh punishes O Neil's body with a nice straight punch.

O Neil has Ozolinsh up against the cage in a clinch.
Ozolinsh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Neil avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, O Neil just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ozolinsh's brow.
O Neil tries a body shot but Ozolinsh blocks it.
Ozolinsh dodges an elbow strike from O Neil.
Ozolinsh misses with a body punch.
Ozolinsh takes a shot to the head.
Ozolinsh lands with a right to the head.
O Neil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ozolinsh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Neil tries to work over Ozolinsh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Neil misses with the head strike.
O Neil scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Neil lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Neil throws an elbow that misses.
O Neil works on Ozolinsh's body with a couple of short punches.
Ozolinsh misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Neil creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ozolinsh's defenses.
Ozolinsh taking a breather.
O Neil misses with a punch on the inside.
Ozolinsh lands with a left to the head.
Ozolinsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ozolinsh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Neil is defending well for now.
A hook to the body from O Neil.
Ozolinsh blocks an elbow strike.
Ozolinsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ozolinsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ozolinsh misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Neil lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil can't find room to land a body shot as Ozolinsh controls the action.
Ozolinsh tries to land knees in the clinch but O Neil avoids the damage to the body.
O Neil gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Teodors Ozolinsh has been cut.
O Neil lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ozolinsh backwards.
Nice body punch from O Neil - that landed with a thud.
O Neil tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from O Neil.
Ozolinsh presses O Neil against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by O Neil as Ozolinsh tries to tie him up.
O Neil throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ozolinshs head.
O Neil pushes off an throws an elbow but Ozolinsh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Neil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ozolinsh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Neil is defending well for now.
O Neil throws an elbow that misses.
Ozolinsh tries a body shot but O Neil blocks it.
Ozolinsh dodges an elbow strike from O Neil.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil lands a nice uppercut.
O Neil tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from O Neil.
Ozolinsh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Ozolinsh fails to land.
O Neil gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ozolinsh can't find room to land a body shot as O Neil controls the action.
O Neil lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ozolinsh backwards.
O Neil digs a right hand underneath Ozolinsh's ribcage. Ozolinsh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ozolinsh looks winded!
O Neil lands a damaging elbow.
O Neil looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Neil throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
O Neil comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from O Neil.
Ozolinsh misses with a body punch.
O Neil lands a right hand.
Ozolinsh missing with knees to the body.
O Neil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey O Neil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Teodors Ozolinsh's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ozolinsh moves out of range of the body kick.
Ozolinsh lands a really nice looking cross but O Neil seems unphased.
O Neil chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ozolinsh checks a leg kick.
Ozolinsh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Neil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ozolinsh can do to turn this around?
O Neil misses with a right hand
and Ozolinsh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Neil scores with a kick to the body.
Teodors Ozolinsh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick there by O Neil.
Ozolinsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Neil seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neil scores with a decent looking hook.
Ozolinsh takes a jab right on the kisser.

Ozolinsh is rocked!
O Neil closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Ozolinsh out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mickey O Neil!
A very excited looking Mickey O Neil made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.