PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alen Skoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and abbas ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skoro comes to the cage accompanied by Volim Sarajevo. ali is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: fff. abbas ali is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Skoro
vs
ali

185 cm
24
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alen Skoro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, abbas ali!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ali misses with a double jab.

Skoro darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
ali flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Skoro is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Skoro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
ali wants to control but Skoro is keeping busy.

Skoro is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. ali doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Skoro.

Skoro looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skoro is keen to just control but ali is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Skoro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and ali defends it well.
Skoro passes to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Skoro tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Skoro has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Skoro tries for a kimura but ali is defending well.
ali is looking for a sweep.

Skoro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
You can see the frustration on ali's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Skoro is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, ali has escaped the position, nice work there.
ali is trying to get back to his feet.
Skoro advances to mount.
Skoro takes ali's back.

ali fending off the submission attempt from Skoro.
ali has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Skoro is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and ali taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Skoro.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alen Skoro!