PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Conor McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Oubaali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oubaali has chosen Belsunce Breakdown as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

McGregor
vs
Oubaali

179 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

182 cm
20
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Conor McGregor !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ali Oubaali!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oubaali ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Oubaali forces McGregor back against the ropes and clinches.
Oubaali tries a body shot but McGregor blocks it.
Oubaali scores with a shoulder strike.
Oubaali lands a left hand.
McGregor misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGregor tries a body shot but Oubaali blocks it.
Oubaali lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oubaali misses with a body punch.
McGregor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Oubaali scores with a nice short uppercut.
McGregor misses with some punches.
Oubaali lands a body punch.
McGregor throws a head punch that misses.
Oubaali lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.

It looks like Conor McGregor has been cut.

Oubaali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

McGregor moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oubaali lands a nice uppercut.
McGregor gets through Oubaali's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor tries to throw a body punch but Oubaali avoids it by throwing McGregor back against the ropes.
Oubaali working aggressively here.
Oubaali pushes McGregor back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oubaali tries to throw a body punch but McGregor avoids it by throwing Oubaali back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGregor .
McGregor swings wildly with an uppercut but Oubaali uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGregor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oubaali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGregor 's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Oubaali.
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 blocking some punches.
Oubaali blocks an uppercut.
McGregor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Oubaali scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oubaali lands a hook that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.
Oubaali scores with an uppercut up the middle.

McGregor is rocked!
McGregor working aggressively here.
Oh McGregor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oubaali lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.
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!
Oubaali creates a bit of distance and cracks McGregor with a big uppercut! McGregor goes down! The referee pushes Oubaali away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will McGregor make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Oubaali takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ali Oubaali!
A very excited looking Ali Oubaali made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.