PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin O Neill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Neill has chosen Sing for the moment - Eminem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Corleone
vs
O Neill

189 cm
29
210 lbs
19 - 2 - 0

180 cm
30
195 lbs
18 - 13 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Legion of Pain Nutrition
Empire Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sonny Corleone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Martin O Neill!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Neill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Neill looks to score with a jab to the body but Corleone is just out of range.

Corleone rushes O Neill and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Corleone makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Corleone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Corleone keeps control of O Neill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Corleone tries to throw a body punch but O Neill avoids it by throwing Corleone back against the cage.
Corleone is leaning against O Neill and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Corleone lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corleone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Neill's defenses.
Corleone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
O Neill looks winded!
Corleone unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Corleone lands a left hand.
Corleone can't find room to land a body shot as O Neill controls the action.
Corleone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Neill is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone lands a hook that snaps the head of O Neill backwards.
Corleone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Corleone creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Neill.
Corleone lands an uppercut.
Corleone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Corleone on the inside.
Corleone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Corleone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Neill.
Knees in the clinch landing for Corleone.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Neill prevents a body shot from Corleone.
O Neill is trying to break the clinch but Corleone has him pressed against the cage.
Corleone lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down O Neill.
Corleone lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone scores with a shot to the side of O Neill's head.
Corleone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Martin O Neill has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Corleone.
Corleone misses with some punches.
Corleone works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Corleone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Corleone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Corleone misses with a knee to the head.
O Neill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Corleone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Corleone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Corleone misses with a punch to the body.
Corleone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Neill.
O Neill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Corleone lands a shot to the body.
Corleone tries to throw a body punch but O Neill avoids it by throwing Corleone back against the cage.
O Neill tries to pull guard but Corleone won't allow it.
Corleone displaying some good clinch control by pressing O Neill up against the cage.
Corleone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Corleone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corleone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Corleone lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down O Neill.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone struggles to land a body shot inside as O Neill controls his hands.
O Neill prevents a body shot from Corleone.
Corleone misses with a punch to the body.
Corleone tries to work over O Neill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Corleone.
Corleone stalls.
O Neill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corleone struggles to land a body shot inside as O Neill controls his hands.
O Neill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Corleone leaning against his opponent.
Corleone misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Corleone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martin O Neill's cut.
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.

Corleone sizes up O Neill with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Martin O Neill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corleone fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and O Neill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corleone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Neill.
That kick from Corleone tenderised O Neill's leg. O Neill is trying to keep his angry face on.

Corleone moves into range and clinches up with O Neill.
O Neill wants to break the clinch but can't.
Corleone tries a body shot but O Neill blocks it.
O Neill is trying to push Corleone away but Corleone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Corleone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Neill can do to turn this around?
Corleone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has O Neill in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corleone lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Neill backwards.
O Neill is breathing heavily.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Corleone lands a good knee to the midsection. O Neill won't want to take too many of those.
Corleone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone with a knee to the head.
Corleone scores with a nice hook to the head.
A knee to the head by Corleone.
Corleone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Corleone pressing his opponent against the cage.
Corleone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of O Neill backwards.
O Neill managing to block the knees to the body from Corleone.
A knee to the head by Corleone.
O Neill tries to circle away but Corleone has him pinned against the cage.
Corleone struggles to land a body shot inside as O Neill controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Neill backwards.
O Neill takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corleone lands with a light punch inside.
Corleone misses with a body punch.
Corleone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Neill is working for takedown but Corleone is calmly controlling the position for now.
Corleone misses with a punch to the body.
Corleone misses with a punch to the body.
Corleone digs a right hand underneath O Neill's ribcage. O Neill let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Corleone lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down O Neill.
Corleone throws a blind hook that connects with the side of O Neills head.
Corleone leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone scores with a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Corleone tries to land knees in the clinch but O Neill avoids the damage to the body.
Corleone lands an uppercut.
Corleone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Corleone.
A right hook to the body lands for Corleone.
Corleone misses with a knee strike.
Corleone lands an elbow inside.
O Neill blocks a body shot from Corleone.
O Neill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Corleone.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone misses with a punch on the inside.
Corleone throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Corleone lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Corleone.
A left hand lands to the body for Corleone.
Corleone pushes O Neill back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Corleone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Corleone makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Corleone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Corleone tries a body shot but O Neill blocks it.
Corleone scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Corleone.
O Neill prevents a body shot from Corleone.
Corleone is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Corleone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martin O Neill's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

O Neill misses with a body shot.
O Neill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corleone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Neill with a poor takedown
and Corleone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
O Neill misses with a takedown
and Corleone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Corleone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Neill has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Corleone.
O Neill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Corleone drives through and clinches with O Neill against the cage.
Corleone lands a right hand.
Corleone can't find room to land a body shot as O Neill controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone lands a damaging elbow.
Corleone tries to throw a body punch but O Neill avoids it by throwing Corleone back against the cage.
Corleone lands with a short shot to the head.
Corleone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Neill is defending well for now.
Corleone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Neill.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

O Neill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Neill misses with a lunging right hand
and Corleone counters with a nice leg kick.
O Neill tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
O Neill misses with a hook to the body

and Corleone counters by moving into the clinch.
Martin O Neill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neill being controlled against the cage.
Corleone working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sonny Corleone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Corleone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Neill is defending well for now.
O Neill wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Corleone has him pressed against the cage.
Corleone stops a takedown attempt from O Neill.
Sonny Corleone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin O Neill.
Corleone tries to throw a body punch but O Neill avoids it by throwing Corleone back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
O Neill tries to circle away but Corleone has him pinned against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone stalls.
Sonny Corleone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Corleone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Neill blocks it with crossed arms.

O Neill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Neill shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Corleone but Corleone pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Corleone wants to clinch.
A big left from O Neill misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Neill closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Corleone quickly recovers to half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
O Neill is looking to advance position but Corleone won't allow it.
Corleone gets full guard.
O Neill trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Corleone avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Corleone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Corleone trying to keep a closed guard but O Neill is proving a slippery customer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sonny Corleone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Corleone, 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:25
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:25

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