PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roffe Skosula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake DeSalvo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Skosula
vs
DeSalvo

165 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

167 cm
19
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roffe Skosula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake DeSalvo!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeSalvo slips under a jab.
Skosula avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Skosula swats away the attempt to clinch by DeSalvo.

DeSalvo has Skosula up against the cage in a clinch.
DeSalvo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Skosula tries for a takedown. No joy.
DeSalvo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Skosula blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Skosula avoiding damage as DeSalvo throws knees to the body.
DeSalvo trying to land knees to the body.

Skosula gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Skosula avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Skosula throwing strikes but missing.
DeSalvo is trying to keep Skosula in close.
Skosula throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Skosula's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skosula throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as DeSalvo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
DeSalvo trying to strike off his back.
Skosula postures up and lands a big shot to DeSalvo's brow.
Skosula trying to control the position from guard on top but DeSalvo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Skosula.

Skosula looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
DeSalvo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Skosula 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.
Skosula works over DeSalvo with some ground and pound from guard.
Skosula works over DeSalvo with some ground and pound from guard.
DeSalvo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

DeSalvo working for a triangle but Skosula defends it easily.
Skosula's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as DeSalvo holds on and takes a little breather.
Skosula throws and elbow that misses. DeSalvo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Skosula's guard. Nice move by DeSalvo!
Skosula throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Skosula is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
DeSalvo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
DeSalvo won't allow Skosula to sweep him here.
DeSalvo trying to control but Skosula is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
DeSalvo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Skosula fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. DeSalvo sprawls well initially but Skosula persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Skosula is breathing heavily.
DeSalvo trying to control but Skosula postures up.
Skosula thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Skosula winds up and cracks DeSalvo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

DeSalvo looking for submissions off his back.
Skosula passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for DeSalvo!
DeSalvo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeSalvo taking shots to the head.
Skosula looking to control but DeSalvo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Skosula lands with some vicious ground and pound - can DeSalvo hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skosula with good strikes from the mount here!
DeSalvo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Skosula postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. DeSalvo looks a forlorn figure.
DeSalvo is bucking up trying to escape but Skosula cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Skosula pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
DeSalvo wants to hold on but Skosula pushes him away.
Skosula lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roffe Skosula dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

DeSalvo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Skosula shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with DeSalvo but DeSalvo pushes him off and we're back to square one.

DeSalvo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Skosula looks to move to half guard but instead DeSalvo has passed into mount! Damn!
Skosula tries to hold on but DeSalvo postures up.
Skosula swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Skosula is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Skosula tries to hold on but DeSalvo pushes him away.
DeSalvo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Skosula looks a forlorn figure.
DeSalvo looking to finish with strikes here!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeSalvo dominating with strikes here.
Skosula bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Skosula lands a couple of elbows.
DeSalvo has his hands on Skosula's head, controlling the position.

DeSalvo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Skosula can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
DeSalvo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Roffe Skosula overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Skosula's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

DeSalvo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Skosula doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Skosula manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
DeSalvo keeping moving, preventing Skosula from controlling successfully.
Skosula is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Skosula makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Skosula postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
DeSalvo looking to control.
DeSalvo has momentary wrist control but Skosula slips an elbow through the middle.

DeSalvo is looking for a triangle but Skosula pushes his legs off easily.
Skosula won't allow DeSalvo to sweep him here.
Skosula trying to control but DeSalvo is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skosula stands up over DeSalvo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Skosula working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of DeSalvo's head.
Skosula sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed DeSalvo's guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Skosula lands a nice short elbow.
Skosula is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
DeSalvo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Skosula scores with a couple of nice shots.
Skosula slips a nice elbow through DeSalvo's hands, connecting with DeSalvo's forehead.
Ground and pound from Skosula.
Skosula lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Skosula is trying to control. DeSalvo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skosula landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Skosula is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
DeSalvo missing with punches from the bottom.
DeSalvo wants to control but Skosula is keeping busy.
Skosula is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
DeSalvo wants to improve his position but Skosula is controlling well.

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

Skosula shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Skosula showed some decent athleticism there.
DeSalvo tries to get to full guard but Skosula has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roffe Skosula dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

DeSalvo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Skosula has his takedown stuffed

and DeSalvo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
DeSalvo throwing shots but Skosula is blocking nicely.
DeSalvo trying to control the pace.
DeSalvo uses his free foot to push down on Skosula's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Skosula.
Skosula is in all sorts of trouble here.
Skosula is working hard here to advance position.
Skosula throwing hammer fists to the chest of DeSalvo. What's that going to do exactly?
Skosula is wriggling around trying to escape.
Skosula throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeSalvo lands a heavy elbow.
Skosula is desperately trying to improve his position but DeSalvo has a good base and remains in mount.
DeSalvo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
DeSalvo lands a big elbow.
DeSalvo dominating with strikes here.
Skosula taking shots to the head.

DeSalvo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Skosula sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Skosula punching from the bottom.
Skosula missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skosula trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but DeSalvo manages to pass to mount!
Skosula flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
DeSalvo wants to control the pace but Skosula is squirming around nicely.
Skosula is looking to get to half guard.
DeSalvo blocks Skosula's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Skosula throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Skosula flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
DeSalvo blocks Skosula's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
BOOM! DeSalvo connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeSalvo trying to control but Skosula is having none of it.
Skosula on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Skosula tries to get out of the position.
Skosula tries to hold on but DeSalvo postures up.
Skosula regains half guard.
DeSalvo prevents Skosula from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
DeSalvo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
DeSalvo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Skosula punching from the bottom.
Skosula tries to get to full guard but DeSalvo has control of the leg.

Skosula looking for submissions off his back.
Roffe Skosula is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
DeSalvo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

DeSalvo gets a takedown into half guard.
Jake DeSalvo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
DeSalvo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Skosula's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake DeSalvo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Skosula has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roffe Skosula!