PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ali Oubaali (ranked 2935 p4p, 358 weight class) and Sigurd Ragnarsson (ranked 3778 p4p, 430 weight class). Oubaali comes to the ring accompanied by Belsunce Breakdown. Ragnarsson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wardruna-Blood Eagle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sigurd Ragnarsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oubaali
vs
Ragnarsson

182 cm
29
175 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

191 cm
33
182 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

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 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ali Oubaali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sigurd Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oubaali tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ragnarsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ragnarsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ragnarsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oubaali takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A swing and a miss from Ragnarsson.

Oubaali moves into the clinch successfully.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Oubaali.
Ragnarsson misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oubaali has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Oubaali breaks from the clinch.
Oubaali has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ragnarsson.
Oubaali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ragnarsson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Oubaali's head.
Ragnarsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Oubaali looks to clinch
and Ragnarsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Oubaali wants to clinch up but Ragnarsson keeps it at a distance.
Ragnarsson scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oubaali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ragnarsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ragnarsson! But no joy.

Oubaali instigates a clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a knee strike.

Oubaali breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oubaali tries to clinch but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Ragnarsson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Oubaali pushes Ragnarsson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Oubaali lands a nice uppercut.
Oubaali doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oubaali fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oubaali misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Oubaali.
Ragnarsson lands a shoulder strike.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Oubaali lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Oubaali misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oubaali tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Oubaali.
Oubaali blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oubaali presses Ragnarsson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ragnarsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oubaali lands a hook that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Oubaali blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oubaali fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson tries a knee to the head but Oubaali blocks it.
Oubaali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ragnarsson's elbow.
Oubaali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oubaali blocks an uppercut.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Oubaali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oubaali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oubaali misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a knee to the head.
Oubaali lands a nice shot to the body.
Ragnarsson landing knees to the head.
Oubaali works on Ragnarsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Oubaali lands a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson with a knee to the head.
Oubaali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oubaali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oubaali can't find room to land a body shot as Ragnarsson controls the action.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Oubaali takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurd Ragnarsson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ragnarsson misses with a head kick.
Ragnarsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oubaali looks to land a combination but Ragnarsson avoids it well.
Ragnarsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ragnarsson.
Oubaali moves in looking to clinch but Ragnarsson pushes him off.
Ragnarsson lands a lovely overhand right.
Oubaali closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Ragnarsson counter with a right hand.
Oubaali clobbers Ragnarsson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oubaali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Ragnarsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oubaali takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson misses with a lunging right hand
and Oubaali counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oubaali keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ragnarsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oubaali wants to clinch.
Oubaali looks to clinch
and Ragnarsson counters with a big head kick but Oubaali shrugs it off.
Ragnarsson connects with a leg kick. Oubaali looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ali Oubaali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ragnarsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ragnarsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Oubaali.
Oubaali tries to clinch up.
Oubaali uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oubaali on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ragnarsson, as that shot connected.
A jab lands there for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oubaali has time to react.

Oubaali moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Oubaali.
Oubaali lands with a light punch inside.
Ragnarsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oubaali swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oubaali misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oubaali lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ragnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oubaali throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson tries a knee to the head but Oubaali blocks it.
Ragnarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oubaali lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oubaali throws a punch but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
Oubaali's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oubaali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ragnarsson's elbow.
Ragnarsson connects with a knee to the head.
Ragnarsson blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurd Ragnarsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Oubaali lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ragnarsson backs up against the ropes.
Decent striking displayed by Ragnarsson there.
Oubaali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Oubaali closes the distance and pushes Ragnarsson back into the ropes.

Oubaali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oubaali with a nice cross.

Oubaali clinches up with Ragnarsson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Oubaali swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Oubaali working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Oubaali.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oubaali blocks it with crossed arms.
Ragnarsson misses with a knee to the head.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Oubaali.
Ragnarsson looking to throw knees to the head but Oubaali is blocking nicely.
Oubaali lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Oubaali misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson tries a knee to the head but Oubaali blocks it.
Oubaali misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsson.
Oubaali lands a shoulder strike.
Oubaali working aggressively here.
A short right from Oubaali on the inside.
Oubaali swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oubaali.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oubaali.

Oubaali breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oubaali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ragnarsson misses with a looping left.
Oubaali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oubaali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Ragnarsson misses.
Oubaali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ragnarsson throws a head kick but Oubaali moves out of range.
Oubaali moves in looking to clinch but Ragnarsson pushes him off.

Oubaali drives through and clinches with Ragnarsson against the ropes.
Ragnarsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oubaali makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oubaali misses with a body punch.
Ali Oubaali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oubaali lands with a right to the head.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Oubaali.
Oubaali misses with some punches.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson misses with a knee strike.
Ragnarsson misses with a knee to the head.
Oubaali misses with a short punch on the inside.

Oubaali breaks the clinch.
Oubaali on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ali Oubaali showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ragnarsson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sigurd Ragnarsson!
Ali Oubaali spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank'.