PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bashaad Al Hammad (ranked 20448 p4p, 131 weight class) and Karin Olegav (ranked 20342 p4p, 129 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Al Hammad
vs
Olegav

179 cm
34
160 lbs
12 - 20 - 0

186 cm
34
194 lbs
11 - 16 - 1

Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 12 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bashaad Al Hammad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Karin Olegav!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olegav moves out of range of the body kick from Al Hammad.
Olegav looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Al Hammad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al Hammad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olegav looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Olegav closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Al Hammad throws a leg kick but Olegav moved away.
Al Hammad slips a jab and a cross from Olegav.
Al Hammad misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Al Hammad misses its intended target.
Al Hammad throws a series of punches but Olegav moves out of range.
Olegav steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad throws out a loose jab but Olegav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olegav avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Al Hammad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al Hammad 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.
Al Hammad throws a looping overhand right but Olegav ducks down to avoid it.
Olegav ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Al Hammad misses with a hook. Olegav ducked under it nicely.
Olegav throws a right hand that Al Hammad ducks under and follows up with a left that Al Hammad also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Hammad swings for the body but Olegav moves out of range.
Al Hammad just misses with a punch to the body.
As Al Hammad backs off Olegav throws a huge counter combo but Al Hammad manages to avoid it all.
Olegav swinging wildly here.
Al Hammad misses with a looping right.
Al Hammad looks to score with a jab to the body but Olegav is just out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Hammad tries to score with a low kick but Olegav moves his leg out of the way.
Al Hammad looks to land a left hand but Olegav moved out of range nicely.
Al Hammad throws a body punch but Olegav moves out of range.
Al Hammad will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Al Hammad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Al Hammad misses.
Olegav scores with a one two! Al Hammad had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Al Hammad attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
As Al Hammad backs off Olegav throws a huge counter combo but Al Hammad manages to avoid it all.
Olegav steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad misses with a hook.
Olegav uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Al Hammad.
Olegav slips a jab and a cross from Al Hammad.
A slow jab from Al Hammad misses its intended target.
Al Hammad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Olegav uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Al Hammad.
Olegav fails to land with a series of punches.
Al Hammad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olegav ducks under a wild hook from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad loads up on a big right hand but Olegav slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olegav checks the leg kick.
Al Hammad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Al Hammad is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad misses with a hook. Olegav ducked under it nicely.
Al Hammad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Al Hammad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Al Hammad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Al Hammad throws out a loose jab but Olegav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Hammad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Olegav moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Olegav uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Al Hammad.
Olegav looks to land a combination. Al Hammad sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Olegav bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Al Hammad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al Hammad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Al Hammad misses with a body shot.
Al Hammad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Hammad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Hammad throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Al Hammad is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Olegav's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Al Hammad misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Al Hammad is looking to chop away at Olegav's legs.
Al Hammad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Olegav.
Olegav uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Al Hammad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olegav misses with the combination.
Al Hammad misses with a series of wild punches.
Al Hammad motions for Olegav to come forward. Al Hammad throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Al Hammad throws a shot from downtown. Olegav moves away and avoids it.
Al Hammad throws a right and a left that Olegav avoids nicely.
Al Hammad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Hammad misses with a wild body shot.
Olegav ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Olegav misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Al Hammad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Olegav slips a jab from Al Hammad.
A combination from Al Hammad does no damage.
Al Hammad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Al Hammad throws a body punch but Olegav moves out of range.
Olegav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Al Hammad lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olegav circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olegav circles away quickly and effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Hammad misses with a low kick as Olegav jumps back.
Olegav checks a leg kick.
Olegav bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Al Hammad throws a big shot that misses.
Al Hammad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Olegav staying out of range there.
Al Hammad misses with a body kick.
Al Hammad swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Al Hammad.
Olegav defending well as Al Hammad loads up on a big left hand.
Al Hammad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olegav moves away.
Olegav wants to counter the offense by Al Hammad and move into the clinch position.
Olegav's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Olegav duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olegav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Hammad.
Olegav lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Al Hammad attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Al Hammad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bashaad Al Hammad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bashaad Al Hammad's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Olegav avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters circling - Al Hammad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Al Hammad throws a leg kick but Olegav sees it coming and moves out of range.
Al Hammad misses with a body shot.
Despite the aggression on Olegav's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Karin Olegav is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Olegav throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Al Hammad throws a hook to the side of Olegav's head but Olegav sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Hammad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Al Hammad throws a nice looking combination but Olegav bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Al Hammad throws a body shot but no joy.
Al Hammad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olegav moves away.
Olegav ducks under a wild hook from Al Hammad.
Olegav slips a straight right by Al Hammad.
Olegav lands a two punch combo.
Al Hammad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olegav manages to avoid it.
Olegav is breathing heavily.
Al Hammad misses with an uppercut. Olegav saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Hammad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Olegav.
Al Hammad throws a chopping leg kick but Olegav manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bashaad Al Hammad is winning the standup battle so far.
Al Hammad throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Hammad. Olegav does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al Hammad throws a jab but it's blocked by Olegav.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olegav uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Al Hammad tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Olegav is able to avoid easily.
Olegav moves out of range of the strikes.
Al Hammad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olegav can do to turn this around?
Olegav throws a right hand that Al Hammad ducks under and follows up with a left that Al Hammad also avoids with ease.
Al Hammad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Hammad throws out a loose jab but Olegav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Hammad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olegav.
Al Hammad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Al Hammad throws a looping overhand right but Olegav ducks down to avoid it.
Olegav moves out of range as Al Hammad strikes.
Olegav slips a straight right by Al Hammad.
Olegav uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Al Hammad.
Olegav avoids a punch combination nicely.
Olegav moves away from the strike by Al Hammad.
Al Hammad misses with an uppercut.
Olegav is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Al Hammad throws a shot from downtown. Olegav moves away and avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Olegav's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Al Hammad misses with a low kick as Olegav jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad throws a hook but Olegav blocks it.
Al Hammad throws a hook but Olegav avoids it easily.
Al Hammad misses with a hook. Olegav ducked under it nicely.
Al Hammad misses with a body shot.
Olegav blocks the body kick.
Al Hammad misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olegav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Hammad.
Al Hammad will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Olegav misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Al Hammad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Olegav sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Al Hammad waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Olegav.
Olegav slips a jab from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olegav was well out of range. Poor timing from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad tries to score with a low kick but Olegav moves his leg out of the way.
Al Hammad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Al Hammad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olegav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olegav avoids the body shot from Al Hammad.
Olegav blocks a head kick by Al Hammad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Al Hammad throws a jab when Olegav was well out of range.
Olegav lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Al Hammad misses with a double jab.
Al Hammad swings for the body but Olegav moves out of range.
Al Hammad swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Al Hammad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Hammad throws a jab but it's blocked by Olegav.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Hammad. Olegav does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al Hammad throws a lazy right hand but Olegav sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Al Hammad throws a right and a left that Olegav avoids nicely.
Olegav is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Al Hammad just misses with a punch to the body.
Al Hammad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Al Hammad takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Al Hammad misses with an uppercut.
Olegav is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Good work by Olegav as he checks the leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olegav uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Al Hammad.
A combination from Olegav does no damage.
Al Hammad is looking to counter punch.
Al Hammad misses with an uppercut. Olegav saw that one coming.
Al Hammad 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Olegav staying out of range there.
Al Hammad is looking to land body kicks.
Olegav ducks under a wild hook from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad takes a swing at Olegav's ribcage but misses.
Al Hammad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olegav manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Al Hammad misses the target.
No joy there for Al Hammad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Olegav tries to counter with a clinch but Al Hammad shakes him off and moves away.
Al Hammad throws a right and a left that Olegav avoids nicely.
Olegav swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Al Hammad goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Al Hammad throws a chopping leg kick but Olegav manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Al Hammad looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Olegav staying out of range there.
Al Hammad misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Olegav, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Al Hammad throws a leg kick but Olegav sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Al Hammad swings for the body but Olegav moves out of range.
Olegav slips a jab and a cross from Al Hammad.
Olegav slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bashaad Al Hammad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bashaad Al Hammad's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Al Hammad throws a hook but Olegav blocks it.
Al Hammad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Olegav swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Al Hammad misses with a low kick as Olegav jumps back.
Al Hammad throws the kick towards the body but Olegav avoids it.
Olegav is looking for the big counter here.
Al Hammad misses with a looping left.
Al Hammad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Olegav.
Olegav throws a counter combo.
Al Hammad misses with a straight right.
Al Hammad throws a hook but Olegav blocks it.
Olegav slips a straight right by Al Hammad.
Al Hammad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Al Hammad backs off Olegav throws a huge counter combo but Al Hammad manages to avoid it all.
Olegav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Al Hammad looks to land a left hand but Olegav moved out of range nicely.
Al Hammad misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Hammad just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Olegav.
Al Hammad sets himself, and Olegav steps forward looking for the clinch! Al Hammad avoids it this time.
Al Hammad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olegav was well out of range. Poor timing from Al Hammad.
Olegav blocks a head kick by Al Hammad.
An inside leg kick from Al Hammad misses.
A slow jab from Al Hammad misses its intended target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Hammad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Hammad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olegav.
Al Hammad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olegav moves away.
Al Hammad misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Hammad. Olegav does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al Hammad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olegav tries to bum rush Al Hammad with a series of wild strikes but Al Hammad uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Al Hammad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Olegav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Hammad.
Olegav slips under a jab from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olegav wants to counter the offense by Al Hammad and move into the clinch position.
Al Hammad misses with a hook. Olegav ducked under it nicely.
Al Hammad misses with a body shot.
Al Hammad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olegav moves away.
Olegav uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad misses with a few strikes there.
Al Hammad throws a hook to the side of Olegav's head but Olegav sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Olegav steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Al Hammad.
Despite the aggression on Olegav's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olegav tries to bum rush Al Hammad with a series of wild strikes but Al Hammad uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Al Hammad throws a body shot but no joy.
Olegav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Hammad.
Olegav checks a leg kick.
Al Hammad throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Al Hammad. Those never looked like landing.
Olegav misses with a wild combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olegav slips a jab and a cross from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Olegav is out of range.
Olegav misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Olegav ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Olegav avoids the body shot from Al Hammad.
Olegav throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Al Hammad.
Olegav blocks a leg kick.
Al Hammad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olegav was well out of range. Poor timing from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olegav manages to avoid it.
Al Hammad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Hammad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olegav.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad throws a body shot but no joy.
Al Hammad swinging wildly here.
Olegav ducks under a wild hook from Al Hammad.
Olegav steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Al Hammad.
Olegav blocks a low kick nicely.
Al Hammad throws a right and a left that both miss.
Olegav looks to land a combination but Al Hammad avoids it well.
Al Hammad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olegav manages to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Olegav's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Al Hammad misses with a looping right.
Al Hammad looks to land a left hand but Olegav moved out of range nicely.
Al Hammad misses with a hook.
Al Hammad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Olegav avoids the body shot from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad throws a head kick that misses.
Al Hammad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Olegav lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Al Hammad circles away quickly and effectively.
Some bone on bone action there as Olegav checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Olegav tries to counter by closing the distance.
Some wild striking there from Olegav.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olegav moves away from the strike by Al Hammad.
Despite the aggression on Olegav's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Olegav throws a right and a left that Al Hammad avoids nicely.
Olegav slips under a jab.
Al Hammad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Al Hammad misses the jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Al Hammad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Olegav.
Al Hammad swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Al Hammad misses with a double jab.
Olegav feints a jab promting Al Hammad to slip. Olegav then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Al Hammad slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Al Hammad throws a hook but Olegav avoids it easily.
Al Hammad throws a hook but Olegav avoids it easily.
Al Hammad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Olegav is looking for the big counter here.
Al Hammad throws a hook but Olegav blocks it.
Al Hammad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olegav manages to avoid it.
Olegav moves out of range as Al Hammad throws a body kick.
Al Hammad looks to land a body kick but Olegav moved away.
Karin Olegav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bashaad Al Hammad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A swing and a miss from Al Hammad.
Al Hammad tried to score with a low kick but Olegav checks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bashaad Al Hammad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Al Hammad has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bashaad Al Hammad!
Bashaad Al Hammad took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Strong Suplementos 159Q/$200 for their support in the buildup to the fight.