PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ohil Bahaly (ranked 6287 p4p, 116 weight class) and Alex Cowboy (ranked 24553 p4p, 209 weight class). Bahaly has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bahaly
vs
Cowboy

180 cm
23
162 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

150 cm
26
300 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

Great elbows
Very strong

Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ohil Bahaly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Cowboy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cowboy closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bahaly controlling the action here for a moment.
Cowboy letting Bahaly take a breather here.
Cowboy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bahaly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Cowboy trying to control the position but instead, Bahaly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cowboy into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowboy taking a breather.
Cowboy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowboy has had enough of the clinch but Bahaly keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cowboy is trying to force a seperation but Bahaly has the dominant position.
Cowboy avoids a wild elbow strike from Bahaly.
Cowboy wants to break free but Bahaly has control.
Cowboy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bahaly is keeping busy.
Bahaly lands an elbow that stopped Cowboy in his tracks for a moment.
Cowboy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cowboy wants to break free but Bahaly has control.
Cowboy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Bahaly prevents Cowboy from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bahaly has Cowboy pressed against the ropes, preventing Cowboy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cowboy pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Cowboy stalling in the clinch but Bahaly improves position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cowboy as Bahaly tries to tie him up.
Bahaly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bahaly blocks a body shot from Cowboy.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Cowboy trying to land knees to the body.
Cowboy tries to break free but Bahaly pushes him back against the ropes.
Cowboy trying to stall but Bahaly improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cowboy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bahaly's brow.
Cowboy is looking to break free of the clinch but Bahaly has double underhooks.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Alex Cowboy's cut even more.
Cowboy avoids the elbow strike from Bahaly, against the ropes.
Cowboy has had enough of the clinch but Bahaly keeps him there for the moment.
Bahaly lands a damaging elbow.
Bahaly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cowboy avoids it.
Bahaly is looking to control Cowboy's arms but Cowboy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bahaly has his back to the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bahaly throws an elbow but misses.
Bahaly slowing the pace effectively.
Bahaly is breathing heavily.
Bahaly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cowboy wants to get back to striking at distance but Bahaly won't allow it.
Bahaly lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowboy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bahaly is keeping busy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bahaly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cowboy trying to stall but Bahaly improves his position.
Cowboy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cowboy is looking to break free of the clinch but Bahaly has double underhooks.
Bahaly is trying to maintain a safe position but Cowboy gets an underhook and turns Bahaly into the ropes.
Bahaly trying to control the position but instead, Cowboy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bahaly into the ropes.
Cowboy tries to stall but Bahaly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cowboy tries to break free but Bahaly pushes him back against the ropes.
Bahaly blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ohil Bahaly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Cowboy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cowboy connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Ohil Bahaly has been cut.
Cowboy throws a body kick that misses.

Bahaly rushes Cowboy and presses him up against the ropes.
Cowboy misses with a knee strike.
Bahaly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cowboy can do to turn this around?
Bahaly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cowboy taking a breather.
Cowboy is trying to break free.
Bahaly lands an elbow that stopped Cowboy in his tracks for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bahaly misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow.
Bahaly misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bahaly stalling in the clinch but Cowboy improves position.
Bahaly throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bahaly is struggling to control the position.
Cowboy has had enough of the clinch but Bahaly keeps him there for the moment.
Bahaly managing to block the knees to the body from Cowboy.
Cowboy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cowboy is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bahaly has Cowboy pressed against the ropes, preventing Cowboy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bahaly is trying to stall.
Bahaly is trying to maintain a safe position but Cowboy gets an underhook and turns Bahaly into the ropes.
Cowboy avoids the elbow strike from Bahaly, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cowboy dodges an elbow strike from Bahaly.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bahaly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cowboy's efforts to push away.
Cowboy taking a breather.
Cowboy is trying to force a seperation but Bahaly has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Bahaly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bahaly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bahaly taking a breather.
Maybe Bahaly would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ohil Bahaly.
Bahaly throws a head kick but Cowboy moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowboy misses with a head kick.
Cowboy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bahaly throws a lazy body kick
and Cowboy counters with a three punch combo that has Bahaly backing up. Bahaly nods at Cowboy to acknowledge the strikes.
Cowboy throws a sloppy head kick and Bahaly moves out of range easily.

Cowboy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cowboy is looking to break free of the clinch but Bahaly has double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ohil Bahaly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bahaly keeps control of Cowboy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cowboy is trying to maintain a safe position but Bahaly gets an underhook and turns Cowboy into the ropes.
Cowboy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bahaly pushes off an throws an elbow but Cowboy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bahaly pushes off an throws an elbow but Cowboy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bahaly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cowboy avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowboy can't break the clinch.
Cowboy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Cowboy looking to slow down the pace here.
Bahaly tries to stall but Cowboy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cowboy throws a head punch that misses.
Cowboy has Bahaly pressed against the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bahaly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bahaly stalls.
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 Ohil Bahaly will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Bahaly moves into the clinch.
Cowboy has had enough of the clinch but Bahaly keeps him there for the moment.
Cowboy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cowboy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bahaly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cowboy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bahaly keeps control of Cowboy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cowboy tries to break the clinch but Bahaly is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowboy tries to circle away but Bahaly has him pinned against the ropes.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cowboy effectively controlling the action here.
Cowboy wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowboy wants to get back to striking at distance but Bahaly won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Bahaly.
Bahaly blocks a body shot from Cowboy.
Cowboy is trying to maintain a safe position but Bahaly gets an underhook and turns Cowboy into the ropes.
Nice elbow from Bahaly.
Cowboy trying to land knees to the body.
Cowboy is trying to break the clinch but Bahaly has him pressed against the ropes.
Cowboy has had enough of the clinch but Bahaly keeps him there for the moment.
Bahaly lands an elbow that stopped Cowboy in his tracks for a moment.
Bahaly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Bahaly tries to stall but Cowboy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowboy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bahaly is trying to maintain a safe position but Cowboy gets an underhook and turns Bahaly into the ropes.
Bahaly avoids a wild elbow strike from Cowboy.
Cowboy tries to break the clinch but Bahaly is controlling the position.
Bahaly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow.
Cowboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Bahaly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bahaly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Cowboy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cowboy misses with a low kick.
Cowboy lands a nice hook to Bahaly's body. Bahaly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cowboy clinches up with Bahaly and pushes him back against the ropes.
Bahaly lands an elbow that stopped Cowboy in his tracks for a moment.
Cowboy is trying to break the clinch but Bahaly is controlling him.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cowboy has Bahaly pressed against the ropes.
Cowboy tries to land knees in the clinch but Bahaly avoids the damage to the body.
Cowboy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bahaly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Cowboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Bahaly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cowboy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowboy trying to land knees to the body.
Cowboy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bahaly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Bahaly wants to stall.
Cowboy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cowboy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cowboy is trying to force a seperation but Bahaly has the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cowboy blocks an elbow strike.
Bahaly tries to stall but Cowboy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Alex Cowboy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ohil Bahaly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cowboy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ohil Bahaly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bahaly, 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ohil Bahaly!