PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Sklemin (ranked 1489 p4p, 200 weight class) and Bob Suf (ranked 1067 p4p, 143 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sklemin
vs
Suf

187 cm
31
200 lbs
20 - 17 - 0

179 cm
30
188 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Sklemin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Suf!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sklemin misses the shot to the body.
Suf takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sklemin moves in looking to clinch but Suf pushes him off.
Sklemin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sergey Sklemin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sklemin blocks a jab.
Suf avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sklemin looks to land a right hand but Suf moved out of range.
Sklemin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sklemin misses with a looping right.
Suf lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Suf throws a hook but Sklemin blocks it.
Suf defending well as Sklemin loads up on a big left hand.

Sklemin clinches up with Suf and pushes him back against the cage.
Suf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sklemin lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sklemin lands with a short shot to the head.
Sklemin lands a nice uppercut.
Suf doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suf tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suf lands an uppercut.
Suf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sklemin's elbow.
Suf struggles to land a body shot inside as Sklemin controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suf avoids the elbow strike from Sklemin, against the cage.
Suf avoids a wild elbow strike from Sklemin.
Sklemin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sklemin lands with a right to the head.
Suf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sklemin's elbow.
Suf misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Suf.
Sklemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suf lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Suf works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Sklemin.
Sklemin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Suf tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sklemin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sklemin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Suf looks winded!
Sklemin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sklemin tries to land a knee to the head but Suf blocks with his arms.
Sklemin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suf.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sklemin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Suf's face.
Suf avoids the elbow strike from Sklemin, against the cage.
Suf lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sklemin lands an elbow just above Suf 's eye.
Sklemin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Suf misses with a body punch.
Sklemin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice right hand lands inside from Suf.
Sklemin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Suf.
Suf misses with some punches.
Suf lands a nice uppercut.
Suf blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suf.
Sklemin stalling in the clinch but Suf improves position.
Sklemin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Suf backwards.
Suf lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suf.
Sklemin prevents a body shot from Suf.
Suf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suf tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sklemin's elbow.
Sklemin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Suf backwards.
Sklemin looking to throw knees to the head but Suf is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sklemin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Suf.
A short right from Suf on the inside.
Suf tries to throw a body punch but Sklemin avoids it by throwing Suf back against the cage.
Sklemin has a couple of punches blocked by Suf.
Sklemin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sklemin lands with a left to the head.
Suf misses with a punch to the body.
Sklemin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Suf backwards.
Suf lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sklemin or not.
Suf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sklemin's elbow.
Sklemin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sklemin lands a right hand.
A short right from Suf on the inside.
Sklemin blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Suf scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suf tries a body shot but Sklemin blocks it.
Sklemin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suf is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sklemin tries a body shot but Suf blocks it.
Suf makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suf tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suf working aggressively here.
Suf lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sklemin.
Sklemin misses with a knee to the head.
Sklemin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suf can't find room to land a body shot as Sklemin controls the action.
Sklemin blocks an uppercut.
Sklemin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sklemin.
Suf doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sklemin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sklemin tries a knee to the head but Suf blocks it.
Suf gets through Sklemin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Suf working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sklemin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sklemin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Suf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sklemin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sklemin effectively controlling the action here.
Suf has a couple of punches blocked by Sklemin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Sklemin dominated that round.
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.

Suf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sklemin.
Sklemin lands a right hook to the body.
Sklemin connects with a nice looking jab.
Sklemin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sklemin tries to close the distance and clinch but Suf swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suf thumps Sklemin with a low kick.
Suf turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Suf.
Suf throws a hook to the side of Sklemin's head but Sklemin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Suf blocks a jab.
Sklemin throws a hook to the side of Suf's head but Suf sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Suf will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Suf misses with a low kick as Sklemin jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sklemin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Suf is able to avoid easily.
A cross from Suf lands.
Suf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sklemin throws out the jab.
Sklemin tries to clinch but Suf is having none of it.
Suf now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice defenses there by Sklemin.
Suf lunges at Sklemin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sklemin's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suf throws a head kick but Sklemin moves out of range.
Sklemin throwing a counter right hand but Suf manages to avoid it.
Sklemin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slow jab from Suf misses its intended target.
Suf uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sklemin.
Sklemin misses with a body shot.
Sklemin tries to clinch but Suf moves away
and Suf cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sklemin misses with a straight right.
Sklemin swings widly with a right hand
and Suf cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sklemin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sklemin throws a leg kick but Suf checks it.
Sklemin tries to clinch there but Suf circles away.
Suf throws a lazy right hand but Sklemin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suf scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sergey Sklemin is winning the standup battle so far.
Sklemin throws a big shot that misses.
Sklemin misses with a looping left.
Suf cracks Sklemin with a good jab.

Sklemin is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Sklemin. That snapped Suf's head back.
Oh Sklemin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Suf looks to land a left hand but Sklemin moved out of range nicely.

Sklemin clinches with his opponent.
Suf lands a hook that snaps the head of Sklemin backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suf tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Suf.
Sergey Sklemin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Suf scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sklemin misses with a knee strike.
Sklemin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suf throws a head punch that misses.
Suf lands a right hand.
Suf lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Suf blocks an elbow strike from Sklemin.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Suf misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sklemin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short left from Sklemin.
Sklemin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sklemin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sklemin seems to have got his legs back now.
Sklemin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Suf backwards.
Suf lands with a left to the head.
Sklemin working aggressively here.
Suf blocks the elbow strike.
Sklemin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Suf in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Suf.
Suf lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Suf.
Suf tries to throw a body punch but Sklemin avoids it by throwing Suf back against the cage.
Suf throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Suf.
Suf lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sklemin to his knees! Suf keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Suf!
Bob Suf thanked the fans post fight for their support.