PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hazan Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lemieux
vs
Ali

180 cm
30
172 lbs
35 - 13 - 0

183 cm
30
183 lbs
32 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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CEC Nutrition Q160

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 35 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Lemieux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hazan Ali!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemieux cracks Ali with a good jab.
Lemieux fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ali lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ali scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lemieux.
Lemieux swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ali throws a wild body kick that Lemieux sees coming a mile off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ali stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lemieux.
Lemieux looks to land a right hand but Ali moved out of range.
Lemieux misses the shot to the body.
Ali misses with a two punch combination.
Lemieux ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lemieux darts in trying to clinch
and Ali counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux misses with a leg kick.
Lemieux fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ali manages to avoid it.

Lemieux closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Lemieux scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ali blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux prevents Ali from breaking the clinch.
Lemieux pushes Ali back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lemieux scores with a shot to the side of Ali's head.
Lemieux lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lemieux lands with a short shot to the head.
Lemieux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Lemieux as the two fighters clinch.
Lemieux gets through Ali's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lemieux missing with knees to the body.
Lemieux lands a hook that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Lemieux tries to work over Ali's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemieux throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ali is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ali fails to pull guard.
Lemieux is leaning against Ali and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali.
Lemieux works on Ali's body with a couple of short punches.
Ali blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux is leaning against Ali and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lemieux tries a body shot but Ali blocks it.
Ali is trying to maintain a safe position but Lemieux gets an underhook and turns Ali into the cage.
Nice body punch from Ali - that landed with a thud.
Ali trying to stall but Lemieux improves his position.
Ali dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A hook to the body from Lemieux.
Ali is looking to control Lemieux's arms but Lemieux gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ali has his back to the cage.

Ali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lemieux moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lemieux fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lemieux clinches up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lemieux as Ali tries to tie him up.
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Ali controls the action.
Ali lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ali wants to break free but Lemieux has control.
Lemieux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lemieux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ali is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lemieux tries to work over Ali's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemieux misses with a body punch.
Lemieux throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alis head.
Lemieux lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Lemieux.

Ali manages to break the clinch.
Lemieux works Ali's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good exchange - Lemieux coming out on top.

Ali is rocked!
Lemieux throws a looping overhand right but Ali ducks down to avoid it.
Ali is still on wobbly legs! Can Lemieux finish him?
Lemieux throws a hook to the side of Ali's head but Ali sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ali seems to have recovered his senses.
Lemieux ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lemieux 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.
Ali takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lemieux tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ali paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ali lunges at Lemieux with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lemieux's hand.
Lemieux bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ali's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lemieux closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lemieux presses Ali against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ali trying to control the position but instead, Lemieux has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ali into the cage.
Ali has had enough of the clinch but Lemieux keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Lemieux dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Lemieux. Ali does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ali walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lemieux scores with a kick to the midsection.

Lemieux pushes Ali up against the cage in a clinch.
Lemieux is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lemieux softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lemieux swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ali doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Lemieux.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lemieux misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Ali controls the action.
Ali blocking some punches.
Ali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ali blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ali's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ali lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Ali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lemieux moves in looking to clinch but Ali pushes him off.
Lemieux throws a sloppy body shot

and Ali counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Lemieux!
Lemieux is not content to let Ali control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lemieux tries to control but Ali manages to take his back.
Ali throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Lemieux is trying to break free.
Lemieux trying to control but not successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ali looking for the choke from the back.

Ali has got one arm under Lemieux's chin. This could be trouble... Lemieux trying to control the other hand but Ali gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Lemieux has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hazan Ali!
A less than humble Hazan Ali misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.