PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ohil Bahaly (ranked 5895 p4p, 123 weight class) and Fred Antunes (ranked 6311 p4p, 126 weight class). Bahaly has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Fred Antunes will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bahaly
vs
Antunes

180 cm
23
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ohil Bahaly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fred Antunes!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bahaly rushes Antunes and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Antunes misses with the head strike.
Bahaly pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Antunes trying to stall but Bahaly improves his position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bahaly.
Bahaly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bahaly taking a breather.
Antunes looking to slow down the pace here.
Bahaly blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antunes avoids the elbow strike from Bahaly, against the ropes.
Antunes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Antunes leaning his opponent against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bahaly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bahaly has Antunes pushed against the ropes.
Bahaly lands an elbow just above Antunes 's eye.

It looks like Fred Antunes has been cut.
Bahaly lands an elbow inside.
Antunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bahaly is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Antunes is keeping busy.
Antunes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Antunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Antunes working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bahaly.
Antunes is trying to maintain a safe position but Bahaly gets an underhook and turns Antunes into the ropes.
Antunes swings wildly with an uppercut but Bahaly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antunes is looking to control Bahaly's arms but Bahaly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Antunes has his back to the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Antunes.
Bahaly blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Antunes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Antunes looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fred Antunes.

Bahaly rushes Antunes and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Antunes holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Antunes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bahaly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antunes avoids the elbow strike from Bahaly, against the ropes.
Antunes tries to throw a body punch but Bahaly avoids it by throwing Antunes back against the ropes.
Antunes trying to control the position but instead, Bahaly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Antunes into the ropes.
Bahaly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Antunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bahaly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Antunes misses with some punches.
Antunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bahaly's elbow.
Antunes managing to block the knees to the body from Bahaly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antunes blocks an elbow strike from Bahaly.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bahaly.
Antunes stalling against the ropes.
Antunes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Antunes looking to stall.
Antunes avoids the elbow strike from Bahaly, against the ropes.
Bahaly misses with an elbow strike.
Antunes takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Antunes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bahaly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Antunes working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Antunes fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ohil Bahaly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Antunes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bahaly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bahaly tries to stall but Antunes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bahaly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bahaly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Antunes can do to turn this around?
Antunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Antunes has had enough of the clinch but Bahaly keeps him there for the moment.
Antunes being controlled against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bahaly as Antunes tries to tie him up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Antunes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bahaly lands an elbow inside.
Antunes pushes Bahaly back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ohil Bahaly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bahaly effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bahaly lands an elbow that stopped Antunes in his tracks for a moment.
Antunes working aggressively here.
Antunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antunes blocks an elbow strike.
Antunes is trying to stall.
Antunes tries to stall but Bahaly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Antunes taking a breather.
Bahaly lands a damaging elbow.
Antunes is trying to maintain a safe position but Bahaly gets an underhook and turns Antunes into the ropes.
Antunes takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short left from Antunes.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bahaly stalling.
Bahaly blocking some punches.
The referee calls for Bahaly to work.
Bahaly prevents a body shot from Antunes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Antunes misses with some punches.
Antunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antunes tries to work over Bahaly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bahaly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Antunes misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bahaly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice elbow from Bahaly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antunes working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bahaly.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bahaly lands an elbow inside.
Bahaly blocks an uppercut.
Bahaly missing with knees to the body.
Bahaly leaning against his opponent.
Bahaly letting Antunes take a breather here.
Antunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Antunes tries to break free but Bahaly pushes him back against the ropes.
Antunes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bahaly wants to stall.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bahaly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Antunes's defenses.
Antunes trying to stall but Bahaly improves his position.
Bahaly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Antunes tries to circle away but Bahaly has him pinned against the ropes.
Antunes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Antunes is trying to stall.
Antunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Antunes trying to stall but Bahaly improves his position.
Antunes lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ohil Bahaly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fred Antunes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Antunes cracks Bahaly with an open hand slap.
Ohil Bahaly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antunes cracks Bahaly with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Antunes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bahaly on the side of the head.

Bahaly has closed the distance and engaged Antunes in a clinch.
Antunes misses with the head strike.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bahaly letting Antunes take a breather here.
Antunes blocks an elbow strike.
Antunes lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Antunes misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Bahaly.
Nice elbow from Bahaly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bahaly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Antunes tries a body shot but Bahaly blocks it.
Antunes scores with a shot to the side of Bahaly's head.
Antunes working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Antunes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Antunes stalling in the clinch but Bahaly improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antunes.
Antunes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Antunes stalling against the ropes.
The referee is keeping an eye on Antunes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bahaly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Antunes's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bahaly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Antunes's defenses.
Antunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Antunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bahaly lands a damaging elbow.
Bahaly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Antunes throws a head punch that misses.
Bahaly wants to stall.
Antunes tries to throw a body punch but Bahaly avoids it by throwing Antunes back against the ropes.
Antunes lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bahaly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Antunes takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Fred Antunes's cut even more.
Bahaly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antunes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Bahaly.
Bahaly is trying to maintain a safe position but Antunes gets an underhook and turns Bahaly into the ropes.
Bahaly looking to slow down the pace here.
Bahaly can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Bahaly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antunes misses with a punch on the inside.
Antunes working aggressively here.
Bahaly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Antunes.
Antunes throws a head punch that misses.
Antunes is looking to control Bahaly's arms but Bahaly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Antunes has his back to the ropes.
Antunes throws a punch but it's blocked by Bahaly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bahaly.
Antunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bahaly tries to stall but Antunes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Antunes misses with some punches.
Antunes working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bahaly throws an elbow but misses.
Antunes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Antunes blocks the elbow strike.
Bahaly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antunes blocks the elbow strike.
Fred Antunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ohil Bahaly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antunes.
Antunes has a couple of punches blocked by Bahaly.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ohil Bahaly.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bahaly, 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ohil Bahaly!