PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Obelix De Gaul (ranked 97 p4p, 5 weight class) and Jucal Jabneel (ranked 253 p4p, 9 weight class). De Gaul comes to the cage accompanied by Asterix and Obelix. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

De Gaul
vs
Jabneel

193 cm
33
262 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

200 cm
32
328 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Obelix De Gaul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jucal Jabneel!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Gaul misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Gaul. Jabneel does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Gaul keeps the fight on the outside.
Jabneel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Gaul swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Gaul connects with a body shot that sends Jabneel's belly button to the back.
Jabneel scores with a nice body kick.
Jabneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Gaul moves away.
De Gaul throws a hook but Jabneel avoids it easily.
De Gaul throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jabneel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
De Gaul throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jabneel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
De Gaul misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jabneel.
Jabneel lands a really nice looking cross but De Gaul seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Gaul pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabneel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jabneel thuds a left hand into De Gaul's body.
Jabneel swings for the body but De Gaul moves out of range.
De Gaul looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Gaul just misses with a punch to the body.
De Gaul drops his hands momentarily and Jabneel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Gaul moves out of range of the body kick.
De Gaul is looking to land body kicks.
A shot to the liver by De Gaul. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jabneel. De Gaul does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Gaul slips under a jab.
A solid body kick from De Gaul.
Jabneel looks winded!
De Gaul doesn't manage to clinch there - Jabneel circles away.
De Gaul moves out of range as Jabneel strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from De Gaul misses its target.
Jabneel blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabneel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Gaul. De Gaul obviously looking to wear him down.
Jabneel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Gaul takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Gaul takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That kick from Jabneel tenderised De Gaul's leg. De Gaul is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jabneel avoids the body shot from De Gaul.
De Gaul throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Jucal Jabneel has been cut.
De Gaul throws a body punch but Jabneel moves out of range.
De Gaul takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Gaul misses with a body shot.
De Gaul dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jabneel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Gaul misses with a wild body shot.
Jabneel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

Jabneel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jabneel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

De Gaul throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Gaul takes a swing at Jabneel's ribcage but misses.
De Gaul moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Gaul changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Gaul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jabneel moves away.
Jabneel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obelix De Gaul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabneel misses with a body kick.
Jabneel throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Gaul throws a looping overhand right but Jabneel ducks down to avoid it.
De Gaul connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Gaul looks to land a right hand but Jabneel moved out of range.
De Gaul lands a nice looking body shot.
Jabneel needs to keep his hands up - De Gaul had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jabneel avoids a kick to the body.
Jabneel blocks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Gaul tries to clinch but Jabneel moves out of range.
De Gaul throws a lazy body kick

and Jabneel counters with a takedown into side control.
De Gaul is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Hey Steves Fight Shack, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
De Gaul is looking to reverse the position.
De Gaul has one of Jabneel's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jabneel lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Obelix De Gaul dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jucal Jabneel's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

De Gaul connects with a body shot.
Jabneel shoots in but no luck this time.
Obelix De Gaul is winning the standup battle so far.
De Gaul fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jabneel on the side of the head.
Jabneel bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jabneel blocks a head kick by De Gaul.
De Gaul tries to land a body kick

so Jabneel counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jucal Jabneel has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jabneel chips away with some ground and pound.
De Gaul keeping moving, preventing Jabneel from controlling successfully.
De Gaul is pulling down on Jabneel's head. It's preventing any offense from Jabneel, at least for the moment.
Jabneel trying to control but De Gaul is working from the bottom.
De Gaul looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Gaul is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jabneel sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jabneel works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jabneel lands strikes from half guard.
Jabneel is trying to control the action in half guard but De Gaul is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Gaul avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jabneel.
Jabneel is nestled in close to De Gaul, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jabneel in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Gaul trying to control but Jabneel postures up.
Jabneel drops an elbow to the side of De Gaul's head.
Ground and pound from Jabneel.
De Gaul is looking to escape.
Jabneel seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
De Gaul has his hands clasped together around Jabneel's back. He's all about the action.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jabneel 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Gaul misses with a body shot.
Jabneel avoids the body shot from De Gaul.
Jabneel misses with a head kick.
Jabneel moves out of range of the body kick from De Gaul.
De Gaul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting De Gaul here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
De Gaul looks to score with a jab to the body but Jabneel is just out of range.
Jabneel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
De Gaul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jabneel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
De Gaul lands the left hand.
Obelix De Gaul is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jabneel is looking to clinch.
Jabneel misses with a body shot.
De Gaul throwing a counter right hand but Jabneel manages to avoid it.
Jabneel tries to score with a low kick but De Gaul moves his leg out of the way.
Jabneel scores with a spinning back kick!
Jabneel slips a jab from De Gaul.
Jabneel misses with a body shot.
De Gaul thinks about countering with a head kick.
De Gaul is looking to wear down Jabneel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabneel lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Gaul takes a step back to recover.
A left lands for De Gaul.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Gaul.
Jabneel tries to work over De Gaul's front leg with a kick but De Gaul checks it.
Jabneel throws a head kick that misses.
De Gaul delivers a nice body kick.
Jabneel is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jabneel scores with a jab. De Gaul acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Gaul throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jabneel.
Jabneel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Gaul looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jabneel keeps the fight on the outside.
De Gaul misses with a head kick.
Jabneel shoots in for a takedown but De Gaul shows good takedown defense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Obelix De Gaul will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jucal Jabneel'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. This is the final round!

Jabneel lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Jabneel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De Gaul throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Gaul misses with an uppercut.
Jabneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jabneel moves out of range as De Gaul throws a body kick.
De Gaul takes a swing at Jabneel's ribcage but misses.
De Gaul throws a push kick but Jabneel slaps the foot to one side.
De Gaul throws a push kick but Jabneel slaps the foot to one side.
De Gaul keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabneel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jabneel misses with a body kick.
Jabneel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jabneel fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Gaul misses with a straight right.

De Gaul gets caught napping as Jabneel dives in and scores a takedown. De Gaul manages to retain guard.

De Gaul kicks Jabneel off and gets to his feet.
Jabneel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Both fighters circling a little - De Gaul finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De Gaul looks to land a right hand but Jabneel moved out of range.
De Gaul lands a right hook to the body.
De Gaul connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jabneel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jabneel slips a jab from De Gaul.
Jabneel takes one on the button.
De Gaul is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jabneel can do to turn this around?
De Gaul takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jabneel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Gaul scores with a body shot.
De Gaul throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jucal Jabneel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Gaul cracks Jabneel with an open hand slap.
De Gaul scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice cross by De Gaul.
De Gaul scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jabneel in his tracks.
De Gaul is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Gaul throws a push kick but Jabneel slaps the foot to one side.
Jabneel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obelix De Gaul is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Gaul's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and De Gaul duly obliges.
Jabneel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Gaul.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Gaul.
De Gaul steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jabneel. That one must have hurt.
Jabneel moves away from the strike by De Gaul.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Gaul throws a hook but Jabneel blocks it.
Decent striking displayed by De Gaul there.
Jabneel thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Gaul keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jabneel wants to clinch.
A low kick from Jabneel misses
and De Gaul counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jabneel fails with the takedown
and De Gaul counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jabneel misses the shot to the body.
De Gaul cracks Jabneel with an open hand slap.
De Gaul stuns Jabneel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jabneel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabneel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Gaul.
Jabneel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jabneel is looking to land body kicks.
Jabneel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Gaul checks a leg kick.
Jabneel throws a wild body kick that De Gaul sees coming a mile off.
Jabneel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jabneel with the counter takedown but De Gaul avoids it easily.
De Gaul lands a nice shot that snaps Jabneel's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jabneel misses with a wild body shot.
Jabneel misses with a body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from De Gaul misses its target.
De Gaul moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jabneel misses the shot to the body.
De Gaul cracks a nice hook into Jabneel's ribs.
A lazy left from De Gaul finds it's target.
Jabneel throws a leg kick but De Gaul sees it coming and moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Obelix De Gaul showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Gaul, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Obelix De Gaul!
Our winner, Obelix De Gaul, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.