PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Feta Kooli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byron Skiddles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kooli
vs
Skiddles

178 cm
19
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Feta Kooli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Byron Skiddles!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skiddles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kooli doesn't manage to clinch there - Skiddles circles away.
Kooli moves in looking to clinch but Skiddles pushes him off.
Skiddles throws a nice looking combination but Kooli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kooli moves in looking to clinch but Skiddles pushes him off.
Kooli throws the kick towards the body but Skiddles avoids it.
Kooli tries to clinch up but Skiddles circles away and keeps his distance.
Skiddles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skiddles misses with an uppercut.

Skiddles closes the distance and pushes Kooli back into the cage.
Kooli stalling.
Kooli lands a knee to the head.
Kooli landing knees to the body.
Kooli goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kooli misses with a knee strike.
Kooli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Skiddles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Skiddles wants to break free but Kooli has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kooli creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kooli prevents Skiddles from breaking the clinch.

Kooli has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Skiddles uses from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Kooli looking for a guillotine here but Skiddles defends easily.
Skiddles advances to half guard.
Skiddles tries to pass to full mount but Kooli defends it.
Kooli tries to get to full guard but Skiddles has control of the leg.
Skiddles wants to free his trapped foot but Kooli is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Skiddles is still trying to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kooli is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Skiddles pulls his head out easily.
Skiddles wants to control but Kooli is keeping him busy.
Skiddles takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Skiddles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kooli does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Skiddles tries to pass to full mount but Kooli defends it.
Kooli tries to roll over but Skiddles keeps him under control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kooli is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Skiddles pulls his head out easily.
Kooli slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skiddles wants to control from the top but Kooli keeps moving.
Kooli seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Skiddles looking to sit in guard and control but Kooli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kooli pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Skiddles is keeping the position for now.
Skiddles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kooli trying to control but Skiddles is working from the bottom.
Kooli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Skiddles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Skiddles controls Kooli momentarily but Kooli frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skiddles bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kooli's guard.
Skiddles advances position into side control!
Kooli tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Skiddles tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Skiddles has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kooli stops Skiddles from passing to mount.
Kooli regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kooli trying to hold on to Skiddles's head to control him but Skiddles postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kooli wants to improve his position but Skiddles is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Feta Kooli will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Skiddles lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Skiddles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kooli.
Skiddles closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kooli counters with a leg kick.
Kooli lands with a kick to the ribs.

Kooli drives through and clinches with Skiddles against the cage.

Kooli breaks from the clinch.
Kooli drops his hands momentarily and Skiddles takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Skiddles swinging wildly here.
Skiddles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kooli changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Skiddles tries to avoid it but Kooli manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Skiddles to the ground. Skiddles escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Skiddles ducks under a wild hook from Kooli.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kooli dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skiddles. That did some damage!
Skiddles fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kooli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Skiddles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Skiddles lands with a hook. Kooli tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kooli throws a poor cross that misses

and Skiddles counters with a takedown into side control.
Kooli sneaks back into half guard.
Kooli makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kooli.

Kooli is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skiddles trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Kooli manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Byron Skiddles has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kooli is sitting in close to Skiddles's body. Skiddles has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Kooli is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Kooli is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Skiddles.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Byron Skiddles! Byron Skiddles retains his lightweight title!