PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefano Skubini (ranked 5246 p4p, 625 weight class) and Harry Hole (ranked 5335 p4p, 631 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Skubini
vs
Hole

193 cm
20
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
21
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefano Skubini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Hole!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skubini is looking to clinch.
Skubini tries to clinch but Hole moves away
and Hole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Skubini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skubini avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skubini moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
No joy there for Skubini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hole avoids the head kick by Skubini.
Hole keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hole lands with a kick to the ribs.
Skubini looks to throw a body kick
and Hole counters with a nice uppercut.
Hole throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Hole sends Skubini crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Hole is motioning to the referee to let Skubini up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Skubini is rocked!
Hole loads up on a big right hand but Skubini slips the punch.
Skubini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hole avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skubini throws a right and a left that Hole avoids nicely.
Skubini steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hole.
Skubini chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hole can pounce on him.
Skubini blocks a jab.
Skubini tries to clinch up.
Skubini misses with a series of wild punches.
Skubini misses with a wild combination.
Hole was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hole throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hole scores with a nice right hand.
Hole lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skubini tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Skubini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Skubini is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Skubini scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Skubini seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hole checks a leg kick.
Skubini keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hole has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Skubini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skubini moves out of range of the leg kick from Hole.
Hole drops his hands momentarily and Skubini takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stefano Skubini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hole takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Skubini tries to clinch but Hole is having none of it.
Skubini with a hook.
Hole misses the shot to the body.
Skubini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice side step and Hole releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skubini misses with the combination.
Skubini bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hole's head backwards.
Skubini moves in looking to clinch but Hole pushes him off.
Skubini fails with an attempt to clinch.
Skubini tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hole manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hole lands a jab to the head.
Skubini takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hole keeps the fight on the outside.
Skubini throws a right and a left that both miss.
Skubini is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hole keeps the fight on the outside.
And Hole responds with a good body kick, but Skubini manages to step out the way in time.
Hole scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Skubini tries to clinch but Hole is having none of it.
Skubini looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hole swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
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!
Skubini moves in looking to clinch but Hole pushes him off.
Hole tries a quick counter leg kick but Skubini is wise to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Skubini looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Skubini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Skubini misses with a left hand
and Hole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skubini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skubini takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Hole rushes Skubini and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Hole dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Skubini fails with an attempt to clinch.
Skubini tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hole swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Skubini closes the distance and pushes Hole back into the cage.
Our sources have told us that Skubini has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Skubini misses with a body punch.
Hole has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hole lands a body punch.
Hole throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skubinis head.
Hole scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hole lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hole scores with a hook to the body.
Hole is working Skubini over against the cage.
Hole lands with a right to the head.
Hole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Hole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skubini was well out of range. Poor timing from Hole.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hole moves out of range as Skubini throws a body kick.
Hole jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skubini tries to close the distance and clinch but Hole swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hole wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Skubini tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hole manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Skubini scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Skubini throws the left hand but Hole avoids the punch easily.
Hole let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Skubini on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hole misses with an uppercut. Skubini saw that one coming.
Skubini moves to clinch but Hole breaks away
and Skubini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Hole sends Skubini crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Hole is motioning to the referee to let Skubini up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Skubini is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A good leg kick by Hole.
Oh Skubini is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Some wild striking there from Skubini.
Skubini seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skubini throws a combination that misses
and Hole counters with a crisp right that sends Skubini to the canvas! Hole follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Hole!
Harry Hole was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.