PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonis Skayias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ksawery Koltun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonis Skayias has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Skayias
vs
Koltun

182 cm
31
171 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

170 cm
33
143 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonis Skayias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Ksawery Koltun!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koltun connects with a good right hand that stumbles Skayias. Skayias circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Koltun misses with a lunging right hand
and Skayias counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koltun throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Koltun moves into range and clinches up with Skayias.
Koltun misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skayias.
Skayias wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Koltun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skayias wants to stall.
Skayias lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Skayias lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koltun backwards.
A short left from Skayias.
Koltun gets through Skayias's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Koltun decides to pull guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Koltun throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Koltun avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Skayias will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Koltun lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koltun working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Skayias's head.

Skayias is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Skayias looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Koltun prevents Skayias from getting back to his feet.
Skayias is trying to keep Koltun in close.
Koltun throwing strikes from guard but Skayias blocks nicely.
Koltun trying to control but Skayias is working from the bottom.
Koltun showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Koltun postures up in Skayias's guard and throws a big left but Skayias blocks it.
Skayias wants to stand up but Koltun is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Skayias bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Koltun's guard.

Skayias avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Skayias wants to stand but Koltun is controlling his posture from full guard.
Skayias preventing the sweep.
Skayias wants to control from the top but Koltun keeps moving.
Skayias engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Koltun wants to sweep here but Skayias controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Koltun wants to improve his position here. There's a bit of a scramble and Skayias has taken Koltun's back! He's locked on a rear naked choke here and Koltun has been forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Antonis Skayias!
A relieved looking Antonis Skayias thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.