PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Quizz Al Fazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulysses Rabelais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quizz Al Fazz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Al Fazz
vs
Rabelais

190 cm
22
180 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

177 cm
22
173 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quizz Al Fazz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ulysses Rabelais!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabelais ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fazz moves away.
Fazz 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.
Fazz avoids a kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Fazz.
A punch combination from Fazz misses.
Fazz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rabelais misses with a head kick.
Rabelais lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fazz at a distance.
Fazz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fazz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rabelais can pounce on him.
Rabelais misses with a head kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fazz. Rabelais shrugs it off though.
Fazz throws a leg kick
and Rabelais counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fazz tried to score with a low kick but Rabelais checks it.
Fazz is looking to slow Rabelais down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fazz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fazz throws a leg kick

and Rabelais holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rabelais trying to control the position but instead, Fazz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rabelais into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fazz throws an elbow that misses.
Fazz lands a hook that snaps the head of Rabelais backwards.
Fazz is trying to stall.
Rabelais blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fazz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rabelais misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fazz.
Fazz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rabelais.
Rabelais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabelais throws an elbow but misses.
Fazz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fazz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fazz throws an elbow but it misses.
Rabelais missing with knees to the body.
Rabelais blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fazz trying to stall but Rabelais improves his position.
Fazz managing to block the knees to the body from Rabelais.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rabelais.
Fazz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fazz managing to block the knees to the body from Rabelais.
Fazz stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fazz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Ulysses Rabelais has been cut.
Fazz misses with an elbow over the top.
Rabelais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rabelais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rabelais is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fazz is defending well for now.
Fazz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rabelais using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fazz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rabelais is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fazz is defending well for now.
Rabelais is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fazz is defending well for now.
Fazz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rabelais lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rabelais looks gassed!
Fazz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rabelais scores a nice knee to the body.
Rabelais tries to land knees in the clinch but Fazz avoids the damage to the body.
Fazz lands an elbow that stopped Rabelais in his tracks for a moment.
Fazz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rabelais is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fazz is defending well for now.
Rabelais tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fazz avoids it.
Rabelais misses with a knee to the head.
Fazz dodges an elbow strike from Rabelais.
Rabelais dodges an elbow strike from Fazz.
A head punch on the inside from Fazz fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fazz stalls.
Rabelais throws an elbow that misses.
Fazz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rabelais dodges an elbow strike from Fazz.
Fazz pushes off an throws an elbow but Rabelais leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rabelais missing with knees to the body.
Fazz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fazz misses with an elbow over the top.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fazz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rabelais's defenses.
Rabelais misses with an elbow strike.
Fazz trying to control the position but instead, Rabelais has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fazz into the cage.
Rabelais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fazz blocks it with crossed arms.
Fazz working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rabelais with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Fazz breaks the clinch.
Rabelais on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rabelais misses the jab.
Rabelais misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fazz looks to land a body kick but Rabelais moved away.
Rabelais avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fazz tries a head kick but it misses.
Rabelais throws a lazy head kick
and Fazz counters with a nice uppercut.
Fazz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rabelais throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fazz delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Rabelais blocks the leg kick.
Fazz works over Rabelais's head and body with a nice combination.
Fazz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rabelais checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quizz Al Fazz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ulysses Rabelais'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.

Rabelais takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fazz misses with a head kick.
Rabelais throws a leg kick
and Fazz counters with a huge head kick that drops Rabelais! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quizz Al Fazz!