PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Oubaali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Oubaali's choice of entrance music: Belsunce Breakdown. Royce Gracie looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Gracie
vs
Oubaali

178 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Versus

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ali Oubaali!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oubaali swinging wildly here.
A counter left hand to the body from Gracie misses its target.
Oubaali walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.

Gracie has closed the distance and engaged Oubaali in a clinch.
Gracie lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Gracie.
Oubaali looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oubaali's elbow.
Oubaali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oubaali struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oubaali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Gracie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oubaali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Gracie.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oubaali blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oubaali lands with a right to the head.
Oubaali tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oubaali working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie tries to work over Oubaali's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oubaali lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Oubaali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oubaali scores with a shoulder strike.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Oubaali avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the ropes.
Gracie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oubaali backwards.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oubaali's elbow.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Oubaali controls the action.
Oubaali prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Oubaali digs a right hand underneath Gracie's ribcage. Gracie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oubaali's coach down at Irish Collar & Elbow Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Oubaali's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Oubaali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oubaali misses with a punch on the inside.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.

Oubaali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oubaali looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Oubaali is out of range.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie swinging wildly here.
Oubaali uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Oubaali tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Oubaali throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Royce Gracie has been cut.
Oubaali connects with a stiff jab that staggers Gracie - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ali Oubaali!
After winning the bout, Ali Oubaali thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.