PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Ohbladi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Poulter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mikael Ohbladi's chin.

Ohbladi
vs
Poulter

190 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

189 cm
22
207 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikael Ohbladi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Ohbladi.
Poulter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ohbladi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Poulter scrambles back to his feet.
Ohbladi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paul Poulter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poulter takes one to the side of the head.
Poulter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ohbladi throws a hook but Poulter avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Ohbladi.
Poulter misses with a head kick.
Ohbladi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ohbladi lands with a shot to the body.
Poulter takes one on the button.
Poulter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ohbladi throws a series of punches but Poulter moves out of range.
Poulter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter throws a jab when Ohbladi was well out of range.
Poulter throws a leg kick which misses Ohbladi's front leg but catches the back leg as Ohbladi tries to avoid it.
Ohbladi blocks a low kick nicely.
Ohbladi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Poulter is looking to land body kicks.
Ohbladi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poulter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Poulter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Poulter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crunch! Poulter slams his shin into Ohbladi's torso.
Ohbladi is breathing heavily.
Poulter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ohbladi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ohbladi avoids the head kick by Poulter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohbladi throws a hook but Poulter blocks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Poulter.
Poulter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Poulter delivers a nice body kick.
Ohbladi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poulter moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ohbladi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Poulter. Poulter obviously looking to wear him down.
Ohbladi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Poulter. That one must have hurt.
Poulter lands a glancing blow to the side of Ohbladi's head.
Poulter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Poulter. That's going to slow Ohbladi down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Poulter.
Poulter scores with a nice body kick.
Poulter is looking to slow Ohbladi down with leg kicks.
Poulter throws a sloppy head kick and Ohbladi moves out of range easily.
Ohbladi swings for the body but Poulter moves out of range.
Poulter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Poulter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ohbladi. That did some damage!
Poulter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ohbladi blocks a head kick by Poulter.

Poulter lands a big head kick that sends Ohbladi tumbling to the mat! Poulter takes a step backwards and waves Ohbladi back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Ohbladi is rocked!

It looks like Mikael Ohbladi has been cut.
Poulter scores with a leg kick.
Oh Ohbladi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Poulter throws a sloppy head kick and Ohbladi moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohbladi slips under a jab.
Ohbladi seems to have got his legs back now.
Poulter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ohbladi's calf.
Ohbladi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ohbladi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Poulter.
Ohbladi avoids the head kick by Poulter.
Poulter scores with a push kick.
Ohbladi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Poulter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ohbladi's calf.
Poulter keeps Ohbladi at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poulter lands a high kick!
Ohbladi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Poulter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Poulter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Poulter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikael Ohbladi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Poulter throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A swing and a miss from Ohbladi.
Poulter scoring well with a low kick there.
Poulter lands with an uppercut that bounces Ohbladi off the cage and back into rage.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Poulter! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Paul Poulter! Paul Poulter retains his light heavyweight title!