PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between tony skins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Karlsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsen has chosen Home by BZ's as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

skins
vs
Karlsen

190 cm
22
176 lbs
7 - 16 - 0

183 cm
28
180 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 7 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, tony skins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kim Karlsen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Karlsen scores a takedown into full mount!
Karlsen avoids the attempt from skins to control.

Karlsen moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, skins has worked his arm free - good work by skins!
skins is trying to get back to his feet.
skins regains half guard.
Karlsen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for skins!

Karlsen working for a guillotine from mount but skins is in no mood to give up.
skins is looking to improve his position but Karlsen isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Karlsen landing punches.

Karlsen goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now skins is on top in guard.
skins trying to move into half guard but instead Karlsen has managed to sweep!

Karlsen drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but skins manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Karlsen has skins in his guard.

Karlsen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but skins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

skins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
skins trying to control but Karlsen is working from the bottom.

Karlsen working for a triangle but skins defends it easily.
Karlsen trying to control the position.
Karlsen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Karlsen is looking for a triangle but skins pushes his legs off easily.
skins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Karlsen's head.

skins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
skins is looking to work some ground and pound but Karlsen has wrist control.

Karlsen working for a triangle but skins defends it easily.
skins trying to control the position from guard on top but Karlsen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
skins engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Karlsen throws his legs up looking for a submission but skins uses it to pass to side control.
Karlsen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Karlsen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for skins!
Karlsen fails to take his opponent's back.
skins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karlsen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish skins?
skins has given up his back.
Karlsen connects with a big shot to the side of skins's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kim Karlsen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karlsen.
skins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Karlsen.
Karlsen shoots in looking for a takedown but skins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Karlsen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
tony skins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Karlsen.
skins delivers a nice body kick.

Karlsen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Karlsen stops skins from getting back to his feet.
skins wants to control but Karlsen is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Karlsen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and skins defends it well.

skins looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Karlsen is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karlsen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and skins defends it well.
skins is trying to control but can't.
skins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Karlsen won't allow skins to get back to his feet.
Karlsen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Karlsen distracts skins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
skins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kim Karlsen has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Karlsen wants to pass the guard but skins is keeping the position.
skins wants to sweep here but Karlsen controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karlsen trying to control the position from guard on top but skins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
skins looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Karlsen puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Karlsen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
skins tries to get to full guard but Karlsen has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Karlsen there.
Karlsen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. skins defending well though.
Karlsen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
skins trying to control but Karlsen postures up.
skins misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Karlsen is pressing down on skins's thigh, looking to free his foot. skins is holding on for now.
Karlsen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Karlsen winds up and cracks skins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Karlsen is trying to work for a kimura but skins is defending well.
Karlsen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for skins!
skins is desperately trying to improve his position but Karlsen has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Karlsen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Karlsen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Karlsen controlling from mount.
Karlsen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kim Karlsen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

skins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Karlsen as he avoids it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Karlsen landing knees to the body.
Karlsen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Karlsen jumps guard.

Karlsen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Karlsen has a closed guard, preventing skins from standing up.

skins is posturing up here but Karlsen has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! skins tries to roll out but it's too tight and skins has to tap! Slick submission there by Karlsen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kim Karlsen!