PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Psiho Borec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JohnAmund Skaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borec comes into the arena with Carl orff - o fortuna blaring out of the sound system. Skaar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Number of the Beast. Psiho Borec has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Borec
vs
Skaar

188 cm
23
228 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
285 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Psiho Borec!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, JohnAmund Skaar!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Skaar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Borec manages to work his way to half guard, despite Skaar's best efforts.
Borec regains full guard. Nicely done.
Skaar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Borec wants to sweep here but Skaar controlling him for the moment.

Borec looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Skaar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Borec has his foot on Skaar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Skaar works his way back into a safe position though.
Borec not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Skaar trying to control but Borec is working from the bottom.
Skaar thows a big elbow that misses.
Skaar works over Borec with some ground and pound from guard.
Skaar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Borec swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Borec escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Skaar gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Borec keeping moving, preventing Skaar from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Borec is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Borec utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Borec looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Skaar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Borec punching from the bottom.
Borec throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Borec looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Borec keeping full guard, as Skaar tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skaar trying to control the position from guard on top but Borec is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Borec is looking for a triangle but Skaar pushes his legs off easily.
Skaar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Skaar wants to pass the guard but Borec is keeping the position.
Skaar throwing strikes but missing.

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

Borec has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Skaar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Borec is breathing heavily.

Borec is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Skaar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skaar lands a couple of digs.
Skaar scoring with some ground and pound.
Borec is looking to sweep but instead, Skaar has passed into half guard.
Ground and pound from Skaar.
Borec has hold of Skaar's hands but Skaar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Borec trying to control but Skaar postures up.
Borec wants to get back to full guard.
Skaar is keen to just control but Borec is a slippery customer.
Skaar wants to pass the guard but Borec is defending well.
Borec slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Borec looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Borec keeping moving, preventing Skaar from controlling successfully.
Borec looking to control.
Skaar throws and elbow that misses. Borec uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Skaar's guard. Nice move by Borec!
Skaar wants to sweep here but Borec controlling him for the moment.
Skaar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borec trying to control but Skaar is working from the bottom.
Borec trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Skaar gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but JohnAmund Skaar will probably get the nod.
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.

Borec pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Borec circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borec staying out of range there.
Skaar avoids the head kick by Borec.
Skaar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borec swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borec throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Skaar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Skaar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Skaar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Borec. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Skaar blocks Borec's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Borec tries to get back to half guard but can't.
JohnAmund Skaar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Borec sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Borec tries to get to full guard but Skaar has control of the leg.
Skaar not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar trying to control the pace.
Skaar is thwarting Borec's attempts to control the position.
Borec blocking the ground and pound attempt from Skaar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Borec is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Skaar pulls his head out easily.
Borec is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Borec trying to hold on to Skaar's head to control him but Skaar postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Borec throws a leg kick but Skaar sees it coming and moves out of range.

Borec gets the takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borec scores with punches from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Borec looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Borec working the ground and pound.
Skaar gets back to half guard.
Skaar is trying to maintain the position but Borec is very close to passing his half guard.
Skaar wants to improve his position but Borec is controlling well.
Skaar wants to control but Borec is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Skaar punching from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Borec lands a nice short elbow.
Skaar wants to control but Borec is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borec missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Borec wants to pass to mount but Skaar is defending the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Borec closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Borec scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Skaar striking from the bottom.
Skaar is refusing to be controlled, as Borec sits in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Borec connects with a nice short shot to Skaar's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Borec lands a nice short elbow.

Borec seems to be working for a kimura but Skaar defends the submission attempt.
Skaar wants to control but Borec is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Skaar might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Borec kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Skaar can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skaar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Borec.
Skaar wants to get back to full guard but Borec has passed into side control.
Borec is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Skaar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Borec fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Borec goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Skaar turns into him and now he's in Borec's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borec not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skaar passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Skaar tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Borec avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Skaar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Psiho Borec dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Skaar takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Borec gets caught flat footed, as Skaar shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Skaar trying to control but Borec is working from the bottom.

Borec is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Skaar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Skaar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Borec throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Borec is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Skaar passes Borec's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borec tries to roll over but Skaar keeps him under control.
Borec gets back to full guard.
Skaar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Skaar trying to control but Borec is working from the bottom.

Borec is looking for a triangle but Skaar pushes his legs off easily.

Borec looking for a guillotine here but Skaar defends easily.
Skaar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skaar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Borec's head.

Borec looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Skaar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Borec swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Skaar advances to half guard.
Borec is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Borec gets back to full guard.

Skaar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Skaar works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Skaar connects with a nice short shot to Borec's temple.

Borec is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Skaar pulls his head out easily.
Borec on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Skaar there.
Borec trying to control from the bottom.
Skaar takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Skaar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Borec keeps working.
Skaar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Skaar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Borec trying to control from the bottom.
Skaar stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borec is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Skaar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Skaar's back!
Borec scores with punches from the back.

Borec is looking for the choke from the back position but Skaar is controlling his hands well.

Borec working for the choke.
Skaar rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are battling for position here. Skaar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Skaar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Skaar keeping moving, preventing Borec from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Psiho Borec showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Borec 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Psiho Borec!