PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Boulami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bentley Downer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boulami's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Rock - Mustapha Ibrahim. Omar Boulami could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bentley Downer's chin.

Boulami
vs
Downer

171 cm
23
177 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

190 cm
31
181 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR
GREEN!160

VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR

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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Omar Boulami!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bentley Downer!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Downer closes the distance and clinches.
Downer misses with a knee strike.
Boulami lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Boulami scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boulami scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Downer missing with knees to the body.
Boulami lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boulami tries to break free but Downer pushes him back against the cage.
Boulami avoids the elbow strike from Downer, against the cage.
Boulami is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Downer is keeping busy.
Boulami avoids a wild elbow strike from Downer.
A frustrated look appears on Boulami's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Boulami scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boulami tries a body shot but Downer blocks it.

Boulami manages to pull guard.
Boulami has a closed guard, preventing Downer from standing up.
Boulami is trying to keep Downer in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer wants to get up but he can't break Boulami's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Boulami working for a triangle but Downer defends it easily.
Boulami looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Downer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Downer is looking to stand up but Boulami won't let him.
Downer has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Camelot's Court. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Boulami looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Downer is looking to stand up but Boulami won't let him.

Downer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Boulami has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Downer has managed to get both his arms back between Boulami's legs - danger averted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boulami trying to keep a closed guard but Downer is proving a slippery customer.
Downer is looking to stand up but Boulami won't let him.
Downer postures up.
Downer wants to stand and escape but instead Boulami has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Boulami is looking to work some ground and pound but Downer has wrist control.
Boulami postures up in Downer's guard and throws a big left but Downer blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Downer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boulami.
Downer 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.
Downer keeping moving, preventing Boulami from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Downer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boulami accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boulami has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Downer throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Boulami throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Downer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Downer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Boulami throws a strike but Downer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boulami is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Downer wants to get up but he can't break Boulami's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Downer stopping the sweep attempt from Boulami.
Boulami is controlling Downer's posture.
Boulami looking to hit a scissor sweep but Downer is one step ahead there.

Boulami looking for a guillotine here but Downer defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boulami looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Boulami 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.

Downer misses with a hook.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boulami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Downer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Downer moves in looking to clinch but Boulami pushes him off.
Boulami keeps the fight on the outside.
Downer throws a body punch but Boulami moves out of range.
Downer looks to land a right hand but Boulami moved out of range.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boulami swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Boulami tries to keep at a distance but Downer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Downer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Downer trying to land knees to the body.
Downer missing with knees to the body.
Boulami misses with some punches.
Downer prevents a body shot from Boulami.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Downer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boulami's brow.
Boulami misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boulami pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boulami avoids a wild elbow strike from Downer.
Downer gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Boulami.
Boulami throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Downers head.
Boulami throws a head punch that misses.
Boulami is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Downer tries to land a knee to the head but Boulami blocks with his arms.
Downer throws an elbow but it misses.

Boulami's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Downer throws a head kick that misses.

Boulami gets a takedown into half guard.
Downer is controlling Boulami's trapped leg to prevent Boulami from advancing to side control.
Omar Boulami overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer is trying to maintain the position but Boulami is very close to passing his half guard.
Boulami moves nicely into side control.
Downer tries to buck Boulami off but Boulami is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Downer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sloppy strikes there by Boulami.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
What's Downer going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Boulami wants to lay and pray for a moment but Downer keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Downer is looking for a sweep.
Boulami looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Downer is avoiding damage well.
Boulami cracks Downer with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Boulami wants to lay and pray for a moment but Downer keeps working.
Boulami throws an elbow but Downer slips to the side and avoids it well.
Boulami throws a strike aimed at the side of Downer's head but Downer avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boulami tries to advance to mount but Downer denies him.
Boulami working the ground and pound.
Boulami wants to lay and pray for a moment but Downer keeps working.
Downer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Downer manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boulami has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Boulami looking to finish Downer with some ground and pound. This is bad for Downer!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Boulami dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Boulami misses with an uppercut.
Boulami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch but Boulami swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Boulami misses.
Downer digs a good hook to Boulami's body.
Bentley Downer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Downer is looking to slow Boulami down with leg kicks.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch but Boulami swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Downer throws a head kick but Boulami moves out of range.
Boulami stalks Downer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Downer's face. Downer staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Bentley Downer has been cut.
Downer just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Boulami. Those never looked like landing.
Boulami fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fight stays on the outside here - Downer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Downer misses the shot to the body.
Boulami throws the kick towards the body but Downer avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer moves to clinch but Boulami breaks away

and Boulami decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Downer's guard.
Boulami wants to control from the top but Downer keeps moving.
Boulami sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Boulami postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boulami throwing strikes but missing.
Boulami working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Downer's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boulami.
Boulami controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Boulami postures up and lands a big shot to Downer's brow.

Downer is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boulami working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Downer is still in real trouble! Can Boulami finish him?
Boulami is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Boulami is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boulami throws a big right hand that misses.
Boulami loads up on a big left hand. Downer felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Boulami looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Downer can't hide his disappointment, as Boulami celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omar Boulami!
Omar Boulami retains his welterweight title!
Omar Boulami thanked the fans post fight for their support.