PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Skrarski (ranked 3289 p4p, 110 weight class) and Steve King (ranked 3640 p4p, 120 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Skrarski
vs
King

198 cm
21
300 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

203 cm
28
285 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Vikai Gear
Mockstar Energy Drinks 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabriel Skrarski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve King!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King slaps away a takedown attempt from Skrarski, before circling back to the center of the mat.

King clinches.
King gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Skrarski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
King is trying to push Skrarski away but Skrarski has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Skrarski goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
King wants to clinch up but Skrarski keeps it at a distance.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
King misses with a double jab.
Steve King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King throws the kick towards the body but Skrarski avoids it.
Skrarski steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from King. That one must have hurt.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skrarski fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Skrarski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King scores with a one two! Skrarski had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Skrarski shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. King manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Skrarski working some strikes from top position.
Skrarski won't allow King to sweep him here.
King striking off his back but it's not causing Skrarski any problems.
Skrarski trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
King not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Skrarski throws a big right hand that misses.

King has his foot on Skrarski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Skrarski works his way back into a safe position though.
Skrarski throws a big elbow that misses.
Skrarski lands a couple of digs.
Skrarski throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skrarski advances to half guard.
Skrarski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Skrarski working King over with strikes.
King is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Skrarski scores with a couple of nice shots.

King is rocked!
Skrarski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Skrarski lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt King quite badly. King pulls Skrarski in close trying to recover. Skrarski postures up and lands two really hard shots that put King on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but King doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Skrarski!
Gabriel Skrarski gave a mention to Vikai Gear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).