PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Damien The Omen (ranked 1514 p4p, 185 weight class) and Didier Misalooba (ranked 1441 p4p, 179 weight class). The Omen comes to the cage accompanied by Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden. Misalooba has chosen Beyond the Black as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Omen
vs
Misalooba

177 cm
23
171 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

183 cm
25
183 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Damien The Omen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Didier Misalooba!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Misalooba.
Misalooba takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The Omen jabs at Misalooba's body.
The Omen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Misalooba wants to clinch up but The Omen keeps it at a distance.

The Omen moves into the clinch.
Misalooba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Omen is defending well for now.
The Omen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Misalooba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Omen.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from The Omen.
The Omen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Omen works on Misalooba's body with a couple of short punches.
The Omen misses with a punch to the body.
The Omen tries to throw a body punch but Misalooba avoids it by throwing The Omen back against the cage.

Misalooba manages to pull guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misalooba utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Omen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Misalooba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Omen postures up in Misalooba's guard and throws a big left but Misalooba blocks it.
Misalooba keeping moving, preventing The Omen from controlling successfully.
The Omen throws a big right hand that misses.
The Omen throws a strike but Misalooba rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The Omen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The Omen wants to sweep here but Misalooba controlling him for the moment.
Misalooba wants to control from the top but The Omen keeps moving.
The Omen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Misalooba is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba trying to control but The Omen is working from the bottom.
The Omen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Misalooba manages to get himself to full guard.

The Omen throws a strike but Misalooba rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

My spies in Private Training Center inform me that Misalooba has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Misalooba lands a couple of digs.
The Omen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Misalooba is controlling him.
The Omen trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Omen keeping moving, preventing Misalooba from controlling successfully.
Misalooba postures up in The Omen's guard and throws a big left but The Omen blocks it.
Misalooba with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Omen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Misalooba puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Misalooba is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The Omen flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The Omen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Misalooba.
Misalooba has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Misalooba takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The Omen wants to get back to full guard.
The Omen wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Omen is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba thows a huge punch but The Omen dodges it nicely.
The Omen is trying to control but can't.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The Omen wants to get back to full guard.
Misalooba not doing much here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Misalooba tries to keep at a distance but The Omen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from The Omen.
The Omen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Omen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misalooba working aggressively here.

Misalooba breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Damien The Omen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from The Omen. Misalooba does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Omen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Misalooba.
The Omen misses with a left hand
and Misalooba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Misalooba misses with an uppercut.
The Omen jabs at Misalooba's body.
The Omen lands a nice looking body kick.
The Omen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Damien The Omen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Omen tries to close the distance and clinch but Misalooba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Misalooba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Omen jabs Misalooba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The Omen throws a body shot but no joy.
The Omen lands a jab to Misalooba's midsection.
Misalooba misses with an uppercut.
The Omen slips a jab and a cross from Misalooba.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misalooba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Misalooba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Omen.
Misalooba doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Omen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

The Omen clinches with his opponent.
The Omen lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Omen.
The Omen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misalooba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Omen blocks it with crossed arms.
Misalooba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Omen avoids a wild elbow strike from Misalooba.
The Omen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Omen lands with a right to the head.
Misalooba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Omen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A hook to the body from The Omen.
Misalooba lands with a short shot to the head.
The Omen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba swings wildly with an uppercut but The Omen uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Omen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Misalooba can do to turn this around?
The Omen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Omen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
Damien The Omen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Misalooba is trying to pull guard but The Omen has him pressed against the cage.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Misalooba tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Omen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab by Misalooba.
Misalooba takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Omen scores with a jab to the body.
The Omen lands a nice hook to Misalooba's body. Misalooba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Omen misses with a wild body shot.
Misalooba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Damien The Omen is winning the standup battle so far.
The Omen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The Omen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Misalooba misses.
Misalooba lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by The Omen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Omen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Misalooba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and The Omen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Omen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The Omen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Omen sizes up Misalooba with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Omen tries to clinch but Misalooba is having none of it.
Misalooba works over The Omen's head and body with a nice combination.
The Omen is looking to wear down Misalooba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Misalooba clobbers The Omen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Omen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Omen lands with a good body shot.
The Omen doesn't manage to clinch there - Misalooba circles away.
The Omen slips under a jab from Misalooba.
The Omen throws a looping overhand right but Misalooba ducks down to avoid it.
Misalooba looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the body from The Omen misses
and Misalooba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The Omen clinches.
The Omen blocks a body shot from Misalooba.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Omen lands a hook that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.
The Omen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Omen tries a body shot but Misalooba blocks it.
Misalooba displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Omen up against the cage.
The Omen working aggressively here.
The Omen lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Omen throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
The Omen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Misaloobas head.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Misalooba misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Omen misses with the head strike.
The Omen tries a body shot but Misalooba blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien The Omen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Misalooba avoids the body shot from The Omen.
The Omen moves away from the strike by Misalooba.
The Omen throwing a counter right hand but Misalooba manages to avoid it.
The Omen fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big left from Misalooba misses.
Misalooba might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The Omen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Misalooba misses with a series of wild punches.
The Omen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Misalooba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Omen cracks a nice hook into Misalooba's ribs.
The Omen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Misalooba staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Omen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Omen takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Omen lands a head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misalooba misses with a double jab
and The Omen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Omen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Misalooba, pushing him back against the cage.
The Omen lands with a right to the head.
Misalooba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Misalooba prevents a body shot from The Omen.
A short right from The Omen on the inside.
The Omen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Misalooba.
The Omen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Misalooba.
The Omen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Omen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Omen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Omen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Misalooba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Misalooba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Misalooba throws a head kick but The Omen moves out of range.

The Omen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Omen misses with some punches.
Misalooba trying to control the position but instead, The Omen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Misalooba into the cage.
The Omen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misalooba is trying to break free.
The Omen lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The Omen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Misalooba tries a head kick but it misses.
The Omen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The Omen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Misalooba throws a hook to the side of The Omen's head but The Omen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Misalooba throws a jab when The Omen was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Omen moves to clinch but Misalooba breaks away
and Misalooba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Misalooba slips under a jab.
The Omen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Didier Misalooba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Misalooba is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Omen.
The Omen is looking to counter punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Omen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Misalooba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Damien The Omen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Misalooba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Omen.
Misalooba tries to clinch but The Omen is having none of it.
A counter left hand to the body from The Omen misses its target.
The Omen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Misalooba's sensitive parts.
The Omen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Omen lands a really nice looking cross but Misalooba seems unphased.
Misalooba is looking to clinch.
Misalooba throws a hook but The Omen blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from The Omen misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Omen.
Nice shot by Misalooba.
Misalooba thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from The Omen does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Misalooba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

The Omen moves into the clinch successfully.
A bit of stalling here from Misalooba.
Misalooba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Omen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Omen struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
The Omen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Omen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Misalooba wants to stall.
The Omen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien The Omen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Omen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien The Omen!
A victorious Damien The Omen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.