PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Charles Skarbowsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Charles Skarbowsky
vs
Rogers

199 cm
23
199 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

193 cm
26
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carl Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Skarbowsky has Rogers up against the cage in a clinch.
Rogers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Skarbowsky crunches a lovely knee into Rogers's ribcage.
Rogers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rogers misses with a knee strike.
Skarbowsky scores with a hook to the body.
Rogers trying to land knees to the body.
Rogers is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Skarbowsky lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Rogers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Skarbowsky avoids it.
Skarbowsky lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Skarbowsky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rogers's defenses.

It looks like Carl Rogers has been cut.
Rogers misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rogers missing with knees to the body.
Skarbowsky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Skarbowsky.
Rogers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skarbowsky.
Rogers misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skarbowsky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rogers looks gassed!
Rogers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skarbowsky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rogers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Skarbowsky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Skarbowsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Rogers won't want to take too many of those.
Skarbowsky lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Carl Rogers's cut even more.
Skarbowsky lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skarbowsky lands an elbow inside that Rogers shrugs off.
Rogers takes an elbow to the temple.
Skarbowsky lands a knee to the body.
Skarbowsky lands an elbow inside that Rogers shrugs off.
Skarbowsky lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Skarbowsky.

The cut above Carl Rogers's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short right from Skarbowsky on the inside.
Skarbowsky lands an elbow inside that Rogers shrugs off.
Rogers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skarbowsky connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Carl Rogers's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rogers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Skarbowsky is keeping busy.
Skarbowsky lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carl Rogers's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jean Charles Skarbowsky!
Jean Charles Skarbowsky seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.