PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dempsey ONeill (ranked 1379 p4p, 1427 weight class) and Drax Bautista (ranked 207 p4p, 218 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

ONeill
vs
Bautista

189 cm
31
204
21 - 13 - 0

190 cm
33
209
21 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dempsey ONeill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drax Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista fakes a jab and throws a low kick but ONeill checks it well.

ONeill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
ONeill is working Bautista over against the cage.

Bautista manages to break the clinch.
Bautista is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by ONeill.
Bautista throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista lands a nice shot to the body.
Bautista ducks under a wild hook from ONeill.
ONeill throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from ONeill misses its intended target.
Bautista throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bautista takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
ONeill 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.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bautista.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Bautista misses its intended target.
Bautista misses with a looping left.
Good work by ONeill as he checks the leg kick.
Bautista misses with the body kick
enabling ONeill to counter with a crisp jab.
ONeill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drax Bautista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bautista throws a hook to the side of ONeill's head but ONeill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista misses with a right hand
and ONeill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bautista looks to land a body kick but ONeill moved away.
A lazy left from ONeill finds it's target.
Bautista throws a body punch but ONeill moves out of range.
ONeill lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bautista throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting ONeill counter with a right hand.
ONeill looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
ONeill avoids the body shot from Bautista.
ONeill swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bautista throws an overhand right that lands on ONeill's shoulder, as ONeill tries to avoid the shot.
ONeill with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bautista ducks under a wild hook from ONeill.
Bautista thows a body kick. ONeill tries to catch it but that hurt him.
ONeill scores with a decent looking hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bautista.
Bautista misses with a body shot
and Bautista takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
ONeill is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
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!
ONeill punishes Bautista's body with a nice straight punch.
ONeill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bautista.
Bautista swats away the attempt to clinch by ONeill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ONeill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bautista swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bautista misses with the body kick
enabling ONeill to counter with a crisp jab.
Bautista looks to throw a body kick
and ONeill counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
ONeill connects with an inside leg kick.
Bautista lunges at ONeill with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by ONeill's hand.
ONeill walks into a stiff left hand from Bautista.
Bautista throws the kick towards the body but ONeill avoids it.
ONeill uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bautista.
ONeill is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
ONeill scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bautista doesn't seem bothered though.
Bautista wants to land a leg kick but ONeill is out of range.
Bautista swings widly with a right hand
and ONeill counters with a lovely straight right hand!

ONeill forces Bautista back against the cage and clinches.
Bautista throws a punch but it's blocked by ONeill.
Bautista lands with a light punch inside.
Bautista throws a punch but it's blocked by ONeill.
Bautista swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bautista struggles to land a body shot inside as ONeill controls his hands.
ONeill misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista blocks a body shot from ONeill.
ONeill scores with a shot to the side of Bautista's head.
Bautista working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bautista fails to land.
ONeill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bautista swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bautista tries to circle away but ONeill has him pinned against the cage.
ONeill tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bautista presses ONeill against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
ONeill has a couple of punches blocked by Bautista.
ONeill misses with a body punch.
Bautista gets through ONeill's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
ONeill working aggressively here.
ONeill tries a body shot but Bautista blocks it.
ONeill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from ONeill.
Bautista misses with a hook from the clinch.
ONeill tries to break the clinch but Bautista is controlling the position.
Bautista prevents a body shot from ONeill.
Bautista lands a right hand.
Bautista blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista blocking some punches.

Bautista breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bautista misses with a lunging right hand
and ONeill counters with a slapping leg kick.
ONeill takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bautista scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bautista delivers a nice body kick.
ONeill takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bautista punishes ONeill's body with a nice straight punch.
ONeill moves out of range of the strikes.
ONeill dodges the punch combination from Bautista.
ONeill is looking to counter punch.
Bautista looking to land some kicks to the body here.
ONeill with the inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ONeill ducks under a wild hook from Bautista.
ONeill tried to counter with a leg kick but Bautista avoided it.
ONeill throws the left hand but Bautista avoids the punch easily.
ONeill throws out a loose jab but Bautista uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bautista misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dempsey ONeill will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bautista keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bautista rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and ONeill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
ONeill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bautista.
ONeill throws a quick inside leg kick.
ONeill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Bautista was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
ONeill takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bautista misses with a kick to the body.
ONeill avoids the body shot from Bautista.
Bautista throws a hook but ONeill blocks it.
Bautista throws a combination that misses
and ONeill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bautista throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bautista loads up on a big right hand but ONeill slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bautista slips under a jab from ONeill.
ONeill fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bautista.
Bautista bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps ONeill's head backwards.
Bautista swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ONeill lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bautista throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and ONeill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bautista shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bautista moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from ONeill misses the target.
Bautista throws an overhand right that lands on ONeill's shoulder, as ONeill tries to avoid the shot.
ONeill feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Bautista.
ONeill moves out of range of the body kick from Bautista.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bautista.
Bautista misses with a left hand
and ONeill makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bautista throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bautista jabbing away but nothing is landing.
ONeill checks a leg kick nicely.
Bautista takes one to the chin there.
ONeill moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
ONeill misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
ONeill throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bautista throws a leg kick but ONeill moved away.
Bautista is looking to slow ONeill down with leg kicks.
Bautista takes one to the side of the head.
Bautista throws a chopping leg kick but ONeill manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
ONeill misses the jab.
ONeill uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bautista.
A low kick lands for ONeill.
Bautista throws a hook but ONeill avoids it easily.
Bautista fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt ONeill.
ONeill getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
ONeill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bautista.
ONeill looks to land a right hand but Bautista moved out of range.
Bautista misses with a straight left.
ONeill throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bautista.
It seemed like Bautista was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from ONeill misses its intended target.
ONeill walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bautista.
Dempsey ONeill is winning the standup battle so far.
Bautista misses with a body kick.
Bautista misses the body punch
and ONeill counters with a lovely shot to the body.
ONeill checks a low kick from Bautista.
ONeill lands a glancing blow to the side of Bautista's head.
Bautista misses with a body shot
and ONeill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bautista throws a lazy uppercut
and Bautista takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bautista throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
ONeill slips a jab from Bautista.
A bone on bone clash there as ONeill blocks the leg kick.
Bautista tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but ONeill was well out of range. Poor timing from Bautista.
Jab from ONeill.
Bautista tries to land a body kick
and ONeill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
ONeill throws out a loose jab but Bautista uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bautista misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Bautista misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from ONeill.
Bautista moves out of range of the leg kick from ONeill.
Bautista throws a leg kick but ONeill checks it.
ONeill feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bautista looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bautista swings widly with a right hand
and ONeill counters with a stiff right hand.
Bautista swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by ONeill.
ONeill misses with an uppercut.
Bautista has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
ONeill misses with a two punch combination.
Bautista ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ONeill moves away.
Bautista swings widly with a right hand
and ONeill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
ONeill connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bautista's hands.
Bautista missing with a left hand there. ONeill was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bautista misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Bautista misses the target.
ONeill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bautista.
ONeill avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dempsey ONeill will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bautista throws a lazy uppercut
and ONeill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for Bautista.
ONeill uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bautista.
Bautista throws the kick towards the body but ONeill avoids it.
Bautista misses with a kick to the body
and ONeill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

ONeill rushes Bautista and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

ONeill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bautista misses with a hook.

ONeill moves into the clinch successfully.

Bautista breaks from the clinch.
ONeill scores with a hook to the body. Bautista takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
ONeill ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bautista lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bautista jabs ONeill right on the nose. ONeill blinks but takes it well.
ONeill takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bautista throws a leg kick but ONeill sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bautista misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bautista swats away the attempt to clinch by ONeill.
Bautista misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
ONeill throws a solid leg kick but Bautista takes the impact on his shin and smiles at ONeill.
ONeill looks to land a left hand but Bautista moved out of range nicely.
Bautista throws a push kick but ONeill slaps the foot to one side.
ONeill pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bautista throws a lazy right hand but ONeill sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bautista tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but ONeill was well out of range. Poor timing from Bautista.
ONeill lands a slapping body shot.
Bautista misses with a body shot
letting ONeill counter with a right hand.
ONeill scores with a nice right hand.
Bautista throws a hook to the side of ONeill's head but ONeill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bautista misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ONeill.
Bautista lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drax Bautista has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista lands a jab to the nose.
Bautista lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
ONeill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bautista.
ONeill lands a right hook to the body.
Bautista drops his hands momentarily and ONeill takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bautista throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
ONeill dodges the punch combination from Bautista.
ONeill tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bautista moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bautista misses with an uppercut
and ONeill counters with a left to the body.
Bautista lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Bautista gets tackled into the cage by ONeill. ONeill maintains the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from ONeill.
Bautista lands a nice shot to the body.
Bautista blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
ONeill throws a head punch that misses.
Bautista throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bautista lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of ONeill backwards.

ONeill breaks the clinch.
Bautista motions for ONeill to come forward. Bautista throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
ONeill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bautista.
Bautista takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
ONeill slips under a jab.
ONeill fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bautista just manages to avoid it.
Bautista throws a lazy right hand but ONeill sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
ONeill catches Bautista with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good exchange - ONeill coming out on top.
ONeill scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bautista misses with a kick to the body
and ONeill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bautista throws a poor cross that misses
and ONeill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bautista throws a right hand that misses
and ONeill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista misses with a kick to the body
and ONeill counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
ONeill digs a good hook to Bautista's body.
ONeill throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bautista on the side of the head.
Bautista misses with a double jab
and ONeill counters with a nice uppercut.
Bautista swings widly with a right hand
and ONeill counters with a low kick, right behind Bautista 's knee.
ONeill connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

ONeill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Bautista breaks the clinch.
ONeill connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bautista. Bautista circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
ONeill throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bautista throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ONeill lands with a nice body punch.
ONeill lands a jab.
Bautista throws an ugly left hook that misses
and ONeill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bautista.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dempsey ONeill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well ONeill has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dempsey ONeill!
A victorious Dempsey ONeill thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.