PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Carioni (ranked 2048 p4p, 2521 weight class) and Metbal Skabetti (ranked 295 p4p, 343 weight class). Metbal Skabetti has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Carioni
vs
Skabetti

188 cm
22
205
4 - 2 - 0

192 cm
22
209
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 Los Angeles, Rodrigo Carioni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Metbal Skabetti!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skabetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skabetti on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Carioni throws a hook but Skabetti avoids it easily.
Skabetti lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Carioni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Carioni has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Catch Wrestling L.A. in the buildup to the fight.
Skabetti ducks under a wild hook from Carioni.
Carioni looks to throw the jab but Skabetti is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Carioni.
A little jabbing left from Skabetti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Carioni rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Skabetti counter with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Carioni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carioni throws a right hand that misses
and Skabetti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Rodrigo Carioni has been cut.
Carioni lands a really nice looking cross but Skabetti seems unphased.
Carioni scores with a sloppy right hand. Skabetti should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skabetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skabetti ducks under a wild hook from Carioni.
Carioni lands with a good body shot.
Carioni moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big left from Skabetti misses.
A jab from Carioni does it's job there.
Carioni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carioni throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Skabetti.
Skabetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rodrigo Carioni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carioni moves into range and connects with a jab.
A good leg kick by Skabetti.
Carioni misses with a straight right.
Carioni just misses with a punch to the body.
Carioni looks to land a right hand but Skabetti moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Carioni misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carioni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skabetti.
Carioni throws a hook but Skabetti avoids it easily.
Carioni scores with a jab. Skabetti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Carioni swings for the body but Skabetti moves out of range.
Skabetti wants to slow Carioni down by chopping away at his legs.
Skabetti defending well as Carioni loads up on a big left hand.
Carioni throws a looping overhand right but Skabetti ducks down to avoid it.
Skabetti flicks out a counter leg kick but Carioni steps away.
Carioni just misses with a punch to the body.
Carioni connects with the punch.
Carioni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Skabetti.
Carioni was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A jab from Carioni does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti slips under a jab.
Carioni moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSkabetti.
Carioni throws a hook to the side of Skabetti's head but Skabetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carioni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Skabetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Skabetti! But no joy.
Skabetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Carioni looks to score with a jab to the body but Skabetti is just out of range.
Skabetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Skabetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carioni.
Carioni misses with a looping right.
Carioni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skabetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Carioni.
Skabetti counters with a body kick.
Carioni throws a lazy uppercut
and Skabetti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Skabetti throws a hook but Carioni blocks it.
Carioni lands with a shot to the body.
Carioni slips a jab from Skabetti.
Carioni misses with an uppercut. Skabetti saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Skabetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carioni throws out the jab.
Skabetti moves out of range as Carioni strikes.
Carioni backing away here, and Skabetti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Carioni throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Skabetti throws out a counter right but Carioni avoids it with no problem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carioni misses with a shot to the body
and Skabetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carioni misses with a looping right.
Carioni chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Skabetti can pounce on him.
Skabetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carioni.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Skabetti! But no joy.
Carioni throws a hook but Skabetti blocks it.
Skabetti steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Carioni throws a poor cross that misses
and Skabetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Carioni fails to land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Carioni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Carioni's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Carioni misses with a wild body shot.
Carioni moves forwards but Skabetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Skabetti takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Carioni throws a jab when Skabetti was well out of range.
Carioni misses with a right hand
enabling Skabetti to counter with a crisp jab.
Carioni fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Skabetti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Skabetti moves out of range as Carioni strikes.
Skabetti looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Carioni ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carioni misses with a body shot.
Carioni moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSkabetti.
Carioni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skabetti can do to turn this around?
Skabetti slips under a jab from Carioni.
Carioni looks to score with a jab to the body but Skabetti is just out of range.
Skabetti ducks right into an uppercut from Carioni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skabetti throws out a leg kick but Carioni moves out of range and Skabetti only half commits.
Carioni throws a body shot but no joy.
Carioni throws a hook but Skabetti blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Skabetti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Carioni moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Skabetti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rodrigo Carioni is winning the standup battle so far.
Carioni catches Skabetti with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Carioni throws a predictable looking body shot
and Skabetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Skabetti might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Carioni has got the better of the exchanges.
Skabetti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Skabetti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Carioni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skabetti.
Skabetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carioni sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carioni throws a looping overhand right but Skabetti ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carioni comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skabetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carioni.
Carioni lands with an uppercut that bounces Skabetti off the cage and back into range.
Carioni throws an off balance right hand
and Skabetti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Carioni misses.
The fighters circling - Carioni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skabetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Skabetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carioni.
Carioni lands with a good body shot.
Carioni misses with a jab to the body
and Skabetti counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Carioni.
Carioni looks to score with a jab to the body but Skabetti is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioni connects with a body shot that sends Skabetti's belly button to the back.
Carioni throws a body shot but no joy.
Carioni lands a body shot.
Carioni loads up on a big right hand but Skabetti slips the punch.
Skabetti throws out a counter right but Carioni avoids it with no problem.
Skabetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carioni throws out the jab.
Carioni backing away here, and Skabetti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Carioni misses with a straight left.
Carioni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skabetti.
Danga de danga de dang - Carioni scores with a four punch combination!
Carioni swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Skabetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Skabetti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carioni throws a shot from downtown. Skabetti moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Skabetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carioni with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carioni looks to score with a jab to the body but Skabetti is just out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Carioni. That snapped Skabetti's head back.
Skabetti avoids the body shot from Carioni.
Skabetti scores with a spinning back kick!
Skabetti slips under a jab.
Carioni swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Skabetti counter with a right hand.
Carioni misses with the combination.
Carioni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carioni throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Skabetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Rodrigo Carioni's cut is getting worse.

Skabetti lands a big uppercut and Carioni crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Carioni looks OK. Skabetti waves Carioni back to his feet!

Carioni is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Carioni dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Carioni's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Carioni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oh Carioni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carioni swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Skabetti counters with a right hand from hell and Carioni is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Metbal Skabetti!
During a confident post fight interview, Metbal Skabetti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.