PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edgy Brah (ranked 15910 p4p, 3881 weight class) and Edmund Shklyarskiy (ranked 191 p4p, 83 weight class). 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.

Brah
vs
Shklyarskiy

181 cm
43
186
25 - 24 - 1

172 cm
30
135
16 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 25 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Edgy Brah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edmund Shklyarskiy!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shklyarskiy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brah lands a front kick.
Brah staying out of range there.
Brah tries to close the distance and clinch but Shklyarskiy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shklyarskiy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brah throws a sloppy head kick
and Brah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Edgy Brah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brah takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shklyarskiy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been hearing reports that Brah has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Brah shoots in looking for a takedown but Shklyarskiy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brah's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Brah misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shklyarskiy counters with a straight right hand.
Shklyarskiy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shklyarskiy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brah throws a right hand that misses
and Shklyarskiy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shklyarskiy lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shklyarskiy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shklyarskiy connects with a crisp jab.
Shklyarskiy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Shklyarskiy duly obliges.
Shklyarskiy moves away from the strike by Brah.
Shklyarskiy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Brah rushes Shklyarskiy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shklyarskiy is trying to break the clinch but Brah has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Shklyarskiy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Brah is predictable there
and Shklyarskiy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Shklyarskiy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shklyarskiy lands a slapping body shot.
Brah throws the left hand but Shklyarskiy avoids the punch easily.
Shklyarskiy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice cross by Shklyarskiy.
Shklyarskiy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brah stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shklyarskiy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Shklyarskiy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shklyarskiy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left and a right from Brah both land. Nice combination.
Brah looks to clinch
and Shklyarskiy counters with a straight right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Brah 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Shklyarskiy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shklyarskiy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brah throws a shot from downtown. Shklyarskiy moves away and avoids it.
Shklyarskiy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brah fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Brah backs off Shklyarskiy throws a huge counter combo but Brah manages to avoid it all.
Shklyarskiy staying out of range there.
Shklyarskiy lands a glancing blow to the side of Brah's head.
Brah throws a lazy right hand but Shklyarskiy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brah throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shklyarskiy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brah throws an off balance right hand
and Shklyarskiy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shklyarskiy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shklyarskiy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Brah had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Brah doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shklyarskiy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brah is breathing heavily.
Brah misses with a left hand
letting Shklyarskiy counter with a right hand.
Shklyarskiy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shklyarskiy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shklyarskiy scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shklyarskiy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Brah eats them both and turns towards Shklyarskiy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Brah misses with a kick to the body
and Shklyarskiy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A cross from Shklyarskiy lands.
Brah does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shklyarskiy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shklyarskiy lands a jab to the head.
Brah takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brah tries to clinch up but Shklyarskiy circles away and keeps his distance.
Shklyarskiy scores with a shot to the body.
Shklyarskiy connects with a right hand. Brah shakes it off.
Shklyarskiy jabs Brah right on the nose. Brah blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brah throws a jab when Shklyarskiy was well out of range.
Brah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shklyarskiy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shklyarskiy lands a jab to the head.
Shklyarskiy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Shklyarskiy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shklyarskiy digs a good hook to Brah's body.
Brah doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Shklyarskiy.
Some wild striking there from Shklyarskiy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shklyarskiy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brah wants to clinch up but Shklyarskiy keeps it at a distance.
Shklyarskiy lands a lovely overhand right.
Brah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shklyarskiy counters with a left to the body.
Brah changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shklyarskiy tries to avoid it but Brah manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shklyarskiy to the ground. Shklyarskiy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edgy Brah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shklyarskiy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shklyarskiy lands a jab-cross combination.
Shklyarskiy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice shot by Shklyarskiy.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Brah. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shklyarskiy throws a right hand that Brah ducks under and follows up with a left that Brah also avoids with ease.
Shklyarskiy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brah at a distance.
Shklyarskiy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brah.
Shklyarskiy scores with a three punch combo!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edmund Shklyarskiy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shklyarskiy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shklyarskiy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brah throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Shklyarskiy. Beautiful body shot.
Shklyarskiy lands with a right hand.
Brah throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shklyarskiy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brah throws a head kick but Shklyarskiy moves out of range.
Brah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shklyarskiy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Shklyarskiy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shklyarskiy throws out a powerful jab.
Brah throws a right hand that misses
and Shklyarskiy counters with a nice uppercut.
Shklyarskiy scores with a hook to the body. Brah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brah throws a leg kick
and Shklyarskiy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shklyarskiy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shklyarskiy lands a slapping body shot.
Brah takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shklyarskiy throws a right and a left that both miss.

Shklyarskiy tries to keep at a distance but Brah has taken the fight into the clinch.

Shklyarskiy breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shklyarskiy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brah's hands.
Shklyarskiy connects with a single shot there.
Brah takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Shklyarskiy scores with a jab.
Brah throws a right hand that misses
letting Shklyarskiy counter with a right hand.
A punch combination from Shklyarskiy misses.
Shklyarskiy misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch lands to the side of Brah 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Shklyarskiy tries to keep at a distance but Brah has taken the fight into the clinch.

Shklyarskiy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brah tries to clinch up but Shklyarskiy circles away and keeps his distance.
Brah closes the distance but Shklyarskiy moves to the side
and Shklyarskiy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brah walks into a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brah. Shklyarskiy does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Shklyarskiy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shklyarskiy connects with a body shot that sends Brah's belly button to the back.
Shklyarskiy lands a jab to the nose.
Shklyarskiy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A combination from Shklyarskiy does no damage.
Edmund Shklyarskiy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Shklyarskiy does no damage.
Brah moves out of range of the strikes.
Brah fails to land with a series of punches.
Brah's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shklyarskiy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brah scrambles back to his feet.
Shklyarskiy lands an overhand right.
Brah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brah looks to land a left hand but Shklyarskiy moved out of range nicely.
Shklyarskiy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shklyarskiy moves away from the strike by Brah.
Shklyarskiy scores with a jab to the body.
Brah throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Shklyarskiy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shklyarskiy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shklyarskiy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab lands there for Shklyarskiy.
Brah misses with a looping left.
Shklyarskiy cracks Brah with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brah looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab lands there for Shklyarskiy.
Shklyarskiy's corner calls for a 1-2. Shklyarskiy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brah looks to throw the jab but Shklyarskiy is out of range.
Shklyarskiy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brah swings widly with a right hand
and Shklyarskiy counters with a right hand to the body.
Shklyarskiy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shklyarskiy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shklyarskiy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brah's head backwards.
Edmund Shklyarskiy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brah takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Brah has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shklyarskiy finds it's way round the side to connect with Brah's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shklyarskiy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Brah is rocked!
Shklyarskiy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shklyarskiy looks to land a combination but Brah avoids it well.
Shklyarskiy lands a jab to Brah's midsection.
Danga de danga de dang - Shklyarskiy scores with a four punch combination!
Brah gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oh Brah is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brah takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brah seems to have got his legs back now.
Shklyarskiy scores with a jab to the head.
Brah is looking to clinch.
Shklyarskiy thuds his right hand into Brah's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brah on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brah tries to clinch

and Shklyarskiy counters with a left and a right that hurts Brah! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Shklyarskiy jumps into full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shklyarskiy wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Shklyarskiy wants to stand but Brah is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Brah can't escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edmund Shklyarskiy 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Shklyarskiy lands a jab.
Brah connects with a jab.
Brah takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brah throws the left hand but Shklyarskiy avoids the punch easily.
Shklyarskiy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brah doesn't seem bothered though.
Brah has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brah there as he acknowledges the shot.
Brah walks into a left hand.
Brah lands with a kick to the temple. Shklyarskiy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Brah throws a hook but Shklyarskiy blocks it.
Shklyarskiy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Shklyarskiy stuns Brah with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shklyarskiy keeps the fight on the outside.
Shklyarskiy lands with a hook. Brah tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shklyarskiy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Shklyarskiy as he connects with a hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shklyarskiy is out of range.
Shklyarskiy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shklyarskiy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brah is looking to clinch.
Shklyarskiy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Brah on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Shklyarskiy circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Shklyarskiy does it's job there.
A left and a right from Shklyarskiy both land. Nice combination.
Brah misses with an uppercut. Shklyarskiy saw that one coming.
Shklyarskiy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shklyarskiy with a hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Shklyarskiy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Shklyarskiy connects with a crisp jab.
Shklyarskiy throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brah seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Shklyarskiy shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Brah is backing up but Shklyarskiy catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Brah covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Shklyarskiy Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edmund Shklyarskiy!
Post fight, Edmund Shklyarskiy took to the microphone: 'Fuck inbred alt right'.