PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jean Charles Skarbowsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Charles Skarbowsky
vs
Caine

174 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jean Charles Skarbowsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Caine!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caine is trying hard to land a takedown here. Skarbowsky sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Skarbowsky throws a solid leg kick but Caine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky 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.
Skarbowsky fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Caine.
Skarbowsky tries to clinch up but Caine circles away and keeps his distance.
Skarbowsky wants to clinch up but Caine keeps it at a distance.
Skarbowsky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jean Charles Skarbowsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skarbowsky moves in looking to clinch but Caine pushes him off.
Caine looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skarbowsky misses with a low kick.
Skarbowsky throws a series of punches but Caine avoids them all with ease.
Skarbowsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Skarbowsky throws a series of punches but Caine avoids them all with ease.
Skarbowsky misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Caine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Skarbowsky scores with a crisp jab that stopped Caine in his tracks.

Caine gets the takedown into side control.
Caine misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Caine trying to control the action but Skarbowsky is working from the bottom.
Caine working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Skarbowsky on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Skarbowsky tries to get out of the position.
Caine tries to score with some ground and pound. Skarbowsky controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Caine grinds an elbow into Skarbowsky's temple.
Skarbowsky knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Caine on the ground.
Skarbowsky parries the strikes from Caine easily there. Caine is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Skarbowsky to escape.
Caine throws a strike aimed at the side of Skarbowsky's head but Skarbowsky avoids it well.
Caine passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Skarbowsky!
Caine is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Skarbowsky can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Caine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Caine throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Skarbowsky is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Caine breaks from Skarbowsky's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Caine throws some wild stikes that Skarbowsky manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky is bucking up trying to escape but Caine cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Caine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Skarbowsky because Caine loaded up on that one.
Caine in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Skarbowsky holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Caine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Caine looking to ground and pound but Skarbowsky is blocking nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Caine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Caine is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Skarbowsky can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Caine dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Caine dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Caine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caine looks for a takedown but Skarbowsky sprawls well.
Caine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Skarbowsky.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skarbowsky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caine.
Skarbowsky looks for the body kick but Caine saw that one coming.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skarbowsky cracks the inside of Caine's front leg.

Caine shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Skarbowsky's guard.
Caine trying to control the position from guard on top but Skarbowsky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Skarbowsky wants to stand and escape but Caine is having none of it.
Caine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Caine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Caine wants to control from the top but Skarbowsky keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky wants to stand up but Caine is controlling him.

Skarbowsky is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Skarbowsky prevents a takedown attempt there.

Skarbowsky pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Caine is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Skarbowsky's half guard.
Skarbowsky is trying to stand back up but Caine is controlling him
Caine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Caine wants to take a breather but Skarbowsky is having none of it.
Skarbowsky avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Caine.
Caine thows a huge punch but Skarbowsky dodges it nicely.
Caine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Caine throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Skarbowsky was covering up waiting for the punch and Caine finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Skarbowsky utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Skarbowsky working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Caine.
Caine postures up in Skarbowsky's guard and throws a big left but Skarbowsky blocks it.
Caine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Skarbowsky is keeping the position for now.
Caine thows a big elbow that misses.
Caine throws a big right hand that misses.
Caine is pushing down on Skarbowsky's leg trying to pass to half guard. Skarbowsky is fighting to maintain full guard but Caine has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gabriel Caine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Caine fails to land the takedown.

Caine closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Skarbowsky did well to prevent Caine getting side control.
Caine keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Caine prevents Skarbowsky from standing back up.
Caine is trying to control the action in half guard but Skarbowsky is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Caine is stalling here. Skarbowsky is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Caine seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Skarbowsky has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Caine is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caine wants to control but Skarbowsky postures up.
Caine gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Skarbowsky tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Caine wants to get back to full guard.
Jean Charles Skarbowsky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Caine scores with a takedown into Skarbowsky's guard.
Caine trying to control the position from guard on top but Skarbowsky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Caine looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine throwing strikes but missing.
Caine advances position into side control!
Caine looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Skarbowsky is avoiding damage well.
Caine creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Skarbowsky sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Caine is looking to take a break and control but Skarbowsky is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Caine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Caine throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Skarbowsky works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Gabriel Caine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Skarbowsky is trying to stand.
Caine trying to control the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Caine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Caine winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Caine!