PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rupert Blasts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik Al-Khaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al-Khaldi has chosen Razihel - Legends (feat. TeamMate) (Trident Edit) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blasts
vs
Al-Khaldi

185 cm
25
195 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
188 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER

On Tap (160Q)
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rupert Blasts!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malik Al-Khaldi!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al-Khaldi throws a push kick but Blasts slaps the foot to one side.
Blasts looks to score with a jab to the body but Al-Khaldi is just out of range.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range of the body kick from Blasts.
Al-Khaldi lands with an uppercut that bounces Blasts off the cage and back into range.
Blasts lands with a right hand.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick which misses Blasts's front leg but catches the back leg as Blasts tries to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Al-Khaldi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blasts has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blasts and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Blasts throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Al-Khaldi cracks Blasts with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blasts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid it.
Blasts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blasts throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blasts throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blasts checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blasts. Al-Khaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blasts finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Blasts throws out a loose jab but Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blasts throws a solid leg kick but Al-Khaldi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blasts.
Al-Khaldi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi walks into a stiff left hand from Blasts.
Blasts stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Blasts looks to score with a jab to the body but Al-Khaldi is just out of range.
Blasts tries a low kick but Al-Khaldi avoids it.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Blasts.
Blasts checks a leg kick.
Al-Khaldi blocks the body kick.
Blasts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Al-Khaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice cross by Al-Khaldi.
Blasts dodges the punch combination from Al-Khaldi.
Rupert Blasts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blasts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Blasts pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blasts looks to throw a body kick
and Al-Khaldi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Blasts wants to clinch.
Nice cross by Al-Khaldi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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-Khaldi throws a front kick aimed at Blasts's knee but Blasts avoids it well.
Blasts is looking to wear down Al-Khaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blasts swings for the body but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.

Blasts takes the fight into the clinch.
Blasts blocking some punches.
Blasts is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blasts lands an uppercut.
Blasts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Blasts.
Blasts misses with a knee strike.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Blasts fails to land.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blasts backwards.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A knee to the head by Blasts.

It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Blasts throws a punch but it's blocked by Al-Khaldi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Al-Khaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blasts misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Al-Khaldi gets through Blasts's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Al-Khaldi lands an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi tries a body shot but Blasts blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Al-Khaldi as Blasts tries to tie him up.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Blasts fails to land.
Blasts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice shot to the body.
Blasts lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Al-Khaldi lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Al-Khaldi as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi pushes Blasts back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blasts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand.
Blasts trying to land knees to the body.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand.
Blasts blocks an uppercut.
Blasts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blasts misses with a knee strike.
Blasts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blasts misses with some punches.
Al-Khaldi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Al-Khaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Blasts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice body punch from Al-Khaldi.
Blasts missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blasts lands a body shot.
Blasts throws a shot to the body.
Al-Khaldi is looking to slow Blasts down with leg kicks.
Blasts throws a half hearted mid kick.
Al-Khaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Blasts off balance momentarily.
Blasts looks to score with a jab to the body but Al-Khaldi is just out of range.
Blasts cracks Al-Khaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Malik Al-Khaldi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Al-Khaldi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Al-Khaldi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Al-Khaldi missing with a left hand there. Blasts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Al-Khaldi avoids a kick to the body.
Al-Khaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Al-Khaldi is looking to chop away at Blasts's legs.
Al-Khaldi looks for the body kick but Blasts saw that one coming.
Blasts scoring well with a low kick there.
Blasts misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blasts, right into the meat.
Blasts looks for the body kick but Al-Khaldi saw that one coming.
Blasts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al-Khaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Blasts takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi throws a shot to the body.
Al-Khaldi takes a swing at Blasts's ribcage but misses.
Al-Khaldi misses with an uppercut. Blasts saw that one coming.
Al-Khaldi connects with a single shot there.
Al-Khaldi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Al-Khaldi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Al-Khaldi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Al-Khaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blasts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Al-Khaldi.
Sloppy strikes from Al-Khaldi. Those never looked like landing.
Al-Khaldi throws the kick towards the body but Blasts avoids it.
Blasts scoring well with a low kick there.
Blasts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've been told by Blasts's head coaches at Elite Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Al-Khaldi throws a jab when Blasts was well out of range.
Blasts takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blasts.
A nice side step and Al-Khaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Al-Khaldi misses with a low kick.
Blasts throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Al-Khaldi throws a lazy right hand but Blasts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Al-Khaldi cracks Blasts with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Al-Khaldi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A solid body kick from Al-Khaldi.
Blasts misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Al-Khaldi counters with a good low kick that Blasts was not able to check.
Blasts keeps Al-Khaldi at a distance using the push kick.
Al-Khaldi digs a good body shot into Blasts's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al-Khaldi. Blasts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blasts was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Al-Khaldi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Al-Khaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A good leg kick by Al-Khaldi.
Blasts throws a hook but Al-Khaldi blocks it.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range of the body kick.
Al-Khaldi steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Blasts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blasts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Blasts.
Al-Khaldi throws a body shot but no joy.
Blasts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al-Khaldi moves away.
A little jabbing left from Al-Khaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts misses with a wild body shot.
Blasts misses with a wild body shot.
Al-Khaldi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Al-Khaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blasts.
Al-Khaldi throws a looping overhand right but Blasts ducks down to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick which misses Blasts's front leg but catches the back leg as Blasts tries to avoid it.

Al-Khaldi cracks Blasts with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Blasts looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Al-Khaldi finish him?

Blasts is rocked!
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Blasts.
Oh Blasts is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Al-Khaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Blasts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blasts misses with a body kick.
Al-Khaldi feints a counter leg kick.
Blasts throws a sloppy body shot
and Al-Khaldi counters with a low kick, right behind Blasts 's knee.
Blasts ducks into an uppercut from Al-Khaldi and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Malik Al-Khaldi!
Malik Al-Khaldi is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Malik Al-Khaldi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.