PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Boulami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and GungHo Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boulami's entrance music is The Rock - Mustapha Ibrahim. A fine choice. Jesus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Psychedelic Super Jesus. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Boulami
vs
Jesus

171 cm
20
177 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
175 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Boulami!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, GungHo Jesus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jesus lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jesus missing with a left hand there. Boulami was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jesus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boulami stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jesus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A low kick from Boulami misses

and Jesus counters by clinching up.
Jesus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boulami tries to break free but Jesus pushes him back against the cage.
Jesus misses with a knee to the head.
Jesus stalling in the clinch.
Jesus scores with a shot to the side of Boulami's head.
Jesus lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Jesus on the inside.
Boulami is trying to stall.
Boulami goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jesus trying to land knees to the body.
Jesus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boulami's elbow.
Jesus lands with a right to the head.
Jesus can't find room to land a body shot as Boulami controls the action.
Jesus avoids a wild elbow strike from Boulami.
Jesus misses with a punch on the inside.
Jesus lands with a short shot to the head.
Jesus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boulami blocks it with crossed arms.
Jesus swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Boulami breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boulami. Jesus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jesus takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Boulami misses its intended target.
Jesus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boulami gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Boulami connects with a leg kick. Jesus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jesus misses with a body kick.
Boulami looks to land a body kick but Jesus moved away.
Boulami scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
GungHo Jesus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jesus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boulami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jesus.
Boulami scores with a hook.
Boulami lands a slapping body shot.
Boulami fails with the takedown.
Jesus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jesus thows a body shot but no joy.
Boulami throws a leg kick but Jesus moved away.
Jesus doesn't manage to clinch there - Boulami circles away.
Boulami connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Jesus enables Boulami to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jesus manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jesus is on top in guard.
Boulami might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jesus throws a big elbow that misses.
Boulami not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jesus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jesus trying to control the position from guard on top but Boulami is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jesus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Boulami. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jesus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boulami is keeping the position for now.
Jesus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Boulami trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jesus is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boulami is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jesus throws a big elbow that misses.
Jesus must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Boulami avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boulami controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Boulami closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jesus's guard.
Jesus looking to control.
Boulami looking to pass the guard.
Jesus looking for a sweep. Not yet Jesus, not yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Boulami's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jesus wants to get back to his feet but Boulami is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Boulami looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but GungHo Jesus will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jesus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jesus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Boulami scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jesus won't allow Boulami to pass to mount.
Jesus is looking to improve his position.
Jesus keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Boulami lands with a punch from half guard.
Jesus is looking for a sweep. Boulami is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boulami wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jesus keeps working.
Jesus wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jesus taking some punishment here, with Boulami in his half guard.
Jesus is trying to get back to full guard.
Jesus is trying to control but can't.
Jesus is trying to stand up here but Boulami is controlling him well.
Jesus trying to hold on to Boulami's head to control him but Boulami postures up.
Boulami prevents Jesus from improving his position.
Jesus is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Omar Boulami overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boulami working Jesus over with strikes.
Jesus is looking to improve his position.
Boulami scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Boulami slips a nice elbow through Jesus's hands, connecting with Jesus's forehead.
Boulami is trying to control the action in half guard but Jesus is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Boulami slips a nice elbow through Jesus's hands, connecting with Jesus's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boulami looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Jesus is rocked!
Boulami lands a big elbow - Jesus is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Boulami!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omar Boulami!
Omar Boulami retains his welterweight title!
After the fight, Omar Boulami was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.