PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Skinnard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Skinnard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Free Bird. 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.

Skinnard
vs
Ferrari

189 cm
18
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big heart

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leonard Skinnard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dominic Ferrari!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferrari avoids the body shot from Skinnard.
Ferrari fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Skinnard checks it well.
Skinnard jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Skinnard closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ferrari seems a little lost for a moment, as Skinnard dominates the positioning.
Ferrari taking a bit of punishment here - Skinnard scoring with strikes.
Skinnard landing strikes.
Skinnard lands a few punches from side control.
Skinnard grinds an elbow into Ferrari's temple.
Skinnard working the ground and pound.
Skinnard working away.
Skinnard lands some shots froms side control.
Skinnard working away.
Skinnard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ferrari gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ferrari is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Skinnard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinnard is trying to control. Ferrari wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ferrari tries to roll over but Skinnard keeps him under control.
Skinnard seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Skinnard there.
Skinnard landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Skinnard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ferrari keeps working.
Ferrari is looking for a sweep. Skinnard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ferrari works his way to full guard. Good work.
Skinnard won't allow Ferrari to sweep him here.
Ferrari looking to control.
Skinnard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ferrari works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ferrari is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ferrari is trying to work for a kimura but Skinnard is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Skinnard defending well though.
Skinnard makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Skinnard.
Skinnard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ferrari's guard.
Skinnard trying to control but Ferrari is working from the bottom.
Skinnard postures up.

Ferrari has his foot on Skinnard's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Skinnard works his way back into a safe position though.

Skinnard avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ferrari looks gassed!

Ferrari escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Skinnard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Skinnard passes Ferrari's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard trying to control the pace.
Ferrari is trying to control but Skinnard passes into side control!
Ferrari regains half guard.

Ferrari looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Skinnard moves nicely into side control.
Skinnard controls the position.
Ferrari is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Skinnard is working Ferrari over with some ground and pound from side control.
Skinnard scoring with punches and elbows.
Ferrari tries to buck Skinnard off but Skinnard is having none of it.
Skinnard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skinnard trying to control the action but Ferrari is working from the bottom.
Ferrari throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ferrari is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Skinnard trying to control the position but Ferrari is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Skinnard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A slow jab from Ferrari misses its intended target.
Ferrari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Skinnard throws out the jab.
Ferrari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Skinnard misses the shot to the body.
Skinnard throws a hook but Ferrari blocks it.

Ferrari shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ferrari preventing the sweep.
Ferrari tries to free his leg and advance position but Skinnard is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skinnard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ferrari manages to get himself to full guard.
Skinnard won't allow Ferrari to sweep him here.
Ferrari trying to control the position.
Skinnard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Skinnard avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Skinnard pushes down on Ferrari's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ferrari trying to control here.
Skinnard content to control rather than advance.
Ferrari is not content to let Skinnard control the position.
Ferrari moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Skinnard trying to control the position from guard on top but Ferrari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

We're going to have a standup here because Leonard Skinnard wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skinnard. Ferrari does a little dance to reset his feet.

Skinnard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Skinnard dominating with strikes here.
Skinnard in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Skinnard in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Skinnard connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Skinnard dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ferrari looks a forlorn figure.
Skinnard with shots to the head and body - Ferrari looks very uncomfortable down there.
Skinnard landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ferrari tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ferrari takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ferrari keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Skinnard lands a big elbow.
Skinnard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ferrari hang on?
Skinnard avoids the attempt from Ferrari to control.
Ferrari is desperately trying to improve his position but Skinnard has a good base and remains in mount.
Skinnard landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari is trying desperately to improve position.
BOOM! Skinnard connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Skinnard could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ferrari is working to get back to half guard.
Ferrari is breathing heavily.
Skinnard fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Skinnard prevents Ferrari from getting the reversal.
Skinnard looking to finish Ferrari with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ferrari!
Skinnard in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ferrari is looking to get to half guard.
Skinnard breaks from Ferrari's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skinnard trying to control but Ferrari is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skinnard prevents Ferrari from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Skinnard 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!

A jab from Skinnard misses.
Ferrari shoots in looking for a takedown. Skinnard tries to sprawl out of it but Ferrari keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Skinnard manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Skinnard dips to his left and cracks Ferrari with an uppercut!
Skinnard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skinnard swings for the body but Ferrari moves out of range.
Skinnard throws a body punch but Ferrari moves out of range.

Skinnard looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Skinnard perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Skinnard is thwarting Ferrari's attempts to control the position.
Skinnard is nestled in close to Ferrari, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinnard trying to control the action but Ferrari is working from the bottom.
Skinnard uses his free foot to push down on Ferrari's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ferrari.
The referee warns Ferrari that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ferrari tries to reverse the position but Skinnard maintains control.
Skinnard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ferrari is trying to escape the mount.
Skinnard landing strikes from the mount.
Skinnard wants to control the pace but Ferrari is squirming around nicely.
Skinnard working Ferrari over with strikes here.
Skinnard scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard looking to control but Ferrari is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Skinnard is landing with some decent strikes but Ferrari is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ferrari is squirming around, avoiding Skinnard's attempts to control the action.
Ferrari working to try and regain half guard.
Skinnard raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ferrari is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ferrari is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ferrari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Skinnard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Skinnard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ferrari can do to turn this around?
Ferrari tries to reverse the position but Skinnard maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Skinnard wants to control the pace but Ferrari is squirming around nicely.
Skinnard putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ferrari is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Skinnard controlling his opponent.
Skinnard raining down shots from the mount!
Skinnard landing strikes from the mount.
Skinnard looking to control but Ferrari is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ferrari tries to roll over but Skinnard keeps him under control.
Leonard Skinnard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Skinnard seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ferrari is looking for a sweep. Skinnard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ferrari slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Skinnard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dominic Ferrari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ferrari keeping moving, preventing Skinnard from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonard Skinnard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Skinnard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonard Skinnard!