PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Skeeles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James LaBrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Skeeles
vs
LaBrie

183 cm
26
169 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

178 cm
33
178 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Skeeles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James LaBrie!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LaBrie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Skeeles misses with a combination
and LaBrie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Skeeles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and LaBrie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Skeeles swings and misses with a shot to the body
and LaBrie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Skeeles throws an off balance right hand
and LaBrie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Skeeles throws a right hand that misses
and LaBrie counters with a nice body shot.
Skeeles swings and misses with a shot to the body
and LaBrie counters with a straight right hand.
Skeeles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and LaBrie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Skeeles thinking.
Skeeles throws a poor cross that misses
and LaBrie counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LaBrie thuds a left hand into Skeeles's body.
Skeeles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and LaBrie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Skeeles thinking.
Skeeles throws a lazy uppercut
and LaBrie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skeeles misses with a left hand
and LaBrie counters with a nice body shot.
Skeeles swings and misses with a shot to the body
and LaBrie counters with a nice uppercut.
LaBrie with a nice cross.
Skeeles swings widly with a right hand
and LaBrie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Skeeles is rocked!
LaBrie lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Skeeles falls backwards - clearly groggy! LaBrie dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James LaBrie!
A relieved looking James LaBrie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.