PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Abarai (ranked 1921 p4p, 2370 weight class) and Igor Skoromniy (ranked 284 p4p, 337 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Abarai
vs
Skoromniy

190 cm
26
215
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
210
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conquer

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Abarai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Skoromniy!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abarai avoids the body shot from Skoromniy.
Abarai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abarai seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Skoromniy misses with a body shot.
Abarai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Skoromniy counters with a straight right hand.
Skoromniy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Abarai.
Hans Abarai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abarai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Skoromniy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abarai works the jab nicely.
Abarai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Skoromniy throws the left hand but Abarai avoids the punch easily.
Abarai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abarai swings widly with a right hand
and Skoromniy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abarai lands a body shot.
Skoromniy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abarai.
Abarai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Skoromniy throws out the jab.
Skoromniy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Abarai has Skoromniy up against the cage in a clinch.
Skoromniy misses with a punch to the body.
Abarai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abarai lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Igor Skoromniy has been cut.
Abarai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Skoromniy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Abarai lands an elbow that stopped Skoromniy in his tracks for a moment.
Abarai scores with a hook to the body.
Abarai swings wildly with an uppercut but Skoromniy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skoromniy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Abarai.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Abarai.
Abarai blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Abarai fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skoromniy can't find room to land a body shot as Abarai controls the action.
Skoromniy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Abarai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Skoromniy can turn it around.
Abarai misses with a body punch.
Abarai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abarai stalling in the clinch but Skoromniy improves position.
Skoromniy avoiding damage.
Abarai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abarai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Skoromniy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Skoromniy digs a right hand underneath Abarai's ribcage. Abarai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Abarai throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skoromniys head.
Abarai lands an elbow that stopped Skoromniy in his tracks for a moment.
Abarai struggles to land a body shot inside as Skoromniy controls his hands.
Abarai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abarai lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Skoromniy or not.
Skoromniy throws a head punch that misses.
Skoromniy swings wildly with an uppercut but Abarai uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skoromniy tries to circle away but Abarai has him pinned against the cage.
Skoromniy pushes Abarai back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Skoromniy blocks an uppercut.
Abarai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Abarai.

That has opened up Igor Skoromniy's cut even more.
Abarai stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abarai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abarai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abarai.
Skoromniy takes an elbow to the temple.
Skoromniy can't break the clinch.
Skoromniy throws a punch but it's blocked by Abarai.
Skoromniy just leaning against Abarai, taking a breather.
Skoromniy takes an elbow to the temple.
Abarai lands an elbow just above Skoromniy 's eye.
Skoromniy lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skoromniy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Skoromniy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abarai lands a nice elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Skoromniy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Abarai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Skoromniy lands a right hand.
Skoromniy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Skoromniy misses with the head strike.
Skoromniy slows down the pace here.
Stalling in the clinch from Skoromniy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Abarai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Skoromniy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Abarai takes the fight into the clinch.
Skoromniy looking to slow down the pace here.
Abarai misses with a punch to the body.
Skoromniy trying to control the position but instead, Abarai has worked for underhooks and has pushed Skoromniy into the cage.
Skoromniy dodges an elbow strike from Abarai.
A shot in the inside from Abarai.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Igor Skoromniy.
Abarai slips a jab from Skoromniy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skoromniy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Abarai is looking to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Skoromniy misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Skoromniy avoids the elbow strike from Abarai, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Abarai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Skoromniy's brow.
Skoromniy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Skoromniy.
Skoromniy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Abarai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abarai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skoromniy can do to turn this around?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Skoromniy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abarai throws an elbow but it misses.
Skoromniy is trying to break the clinch but Abarai has him pressed against the cage.
Abarai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skoromniy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abarai lands a body shot.
Abarai letting Skoromniy take a breather here.
Abarai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Abarai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skoromniy tries to break free but Abarai pushes him back against the cage.
Abarai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skoromniy backwards.
Abarai looking to stall.
Skoromniy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Abarai tries to throw a body punch but Skoromniy avoids it by throwing Abarai back against the cage.
Abarai lands an elbow just above Skoromniy 's eye.

The cut above Igor Skoromniy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Abarai lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abarai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abarai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Igor Skoromniy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A head punch on the inside from Abarai fails to land.
Skoromniy blocking some punches.
Skoromniy wants to get back to striking at distance but Abarai won't allow it.
Abarai blocks a body shot from Skoromniy.
A short left from Abarai.
Skoromniy misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abarai lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Igor Skoromniy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hans Abarai!
Hans Abarai got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'