PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodrick Skiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaahl Infernus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Infernus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Carving A Giant by Gorgoroth kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Skiter
vs
Infernus

188 cm
24
203 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

[JMFC] 160!

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrick Skiter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaahl Infernus!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Infernus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rodrick Skiter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skiter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Infernus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Skiter is looking to clinch.
Skiter is looking to clinch but Infernus is avoiding it.
Skiter tries to clinch up but Infernus circles away and keeps his distance.
Skiter tries to clinch up but Infernus circles away and keeps his distance.

Infernus rushes Skiter and presses him up against the cage.
Infernus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Rodrick Skiter has been cut.
Infernus landing knees to the body.
Infernus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Skiter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Skiter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Skiter tries to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling the position.
Skiter is trying to force a seperation but Infernus has the dominant position.

Skiter breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Infernus scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Infernus, right into the meat.
Skiter is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Infernus.
A nice leg kick lands there from Infernus.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Infernus gets a clinch.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling him.
Good body shot from Infernus.
Infernus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Skiter's defenses.
Infernus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Infernus.
Skiter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Skiter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Infernus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Infernus scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Infernus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Infernus lands a knee to the body.
Infernus lands a damaging elbow.
Infernus lands a knee to the body.

Infernus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Infernus.
Skiter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Skiter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Infernus feints and then cracks Skiter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Skiter down.
Skiter on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Infernus closes the distance and pushes Skiter back into the cage.
Skiter takes a shot to the head.
Infernus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Skiter's defenses.
Infernus trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Infernus.

Infernus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Infernus, right into the meat.
Infernus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Infernus counters with a good, hard body kick but Skiter shrugs it off.
Infernus connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Infernus. That's going to slow Skiter down.
Skiter closes the distance looking to clinch

and Infernus counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Infernus.
Infernus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Skiter managing to block the knees to the body from Infernus.
Infernus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Skiter managing to block the knees to the body from Infernus.
Infernus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Skiter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Infernus lands with a left to the head.
Infernus scores with a shot to the side of Skiter's head.
Infernus landing knees to the head.
Infernus trying to land knees to the body.
Infernus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Infernus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skiter.
A nice right hand lands inside from Infernus.
Infernus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skiter.
Infernus lands a knee to the head.
Infernus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skiter.

Infernus breaks from the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Infernus, right into the meat.
Skiter closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Infernus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Skiter tries to clinch up.
Skiter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Infernus fakes the leg kick and cracks Skiter in the body.
Infernus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Skiter tries to clinch
and Infernus counters with a nice kick to the body.
Infernus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Skiter.
Infernus thumps Skiter with a low kick.
Skiter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Skiter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Infernus. Infernus obviously looking to wear him down.
Infernus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Infernus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Skiter.

Infernus has Skiter up against the cage in a clinch.
Skiter is looking to break free of the clinch but Infernus has double underhooks.
Infernus lands with a left to the head.
Infernus lands with a left to the head.
Infernus trying to land knees to the body.
Infernus prevents Skiter from breaking the clinch.
Skiter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Infernus missing with knees to the body.

Skiter breaks from the clinch.
Infernus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Infernus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Infernus counters with an inside leg kick.
Skiter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Skiter closes the distance but Infernus moves to the side
and Infernus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Infernus moves into the clinch.
Infernus lands an elbow just above Skiter 's eye.

Infernus manages to break the clinch.
Skiter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Infernus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Skiter closes the distance looking to clinch
and Infernus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Infernus throws a leg kick which misses Skiter's front leg but catches the back leg as Skiter tries to avoid it.
Skiter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Infernus counters with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Infernus.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Infernus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Infernus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Infernus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Infernus has closed the distance and engaged Skiter in a clinch.
Good body shot from Infernus.
Infernus lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaahl Infernus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrick Skiter's cut.
That's time! Skiter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Infernus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skiter. That did some damage!
Infernus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Infernus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Skiter's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Infernus.
Infernus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Skiter tries to clinch
and Infernus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Skiter's knee momentarily.
Infernus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Infernus moves into the clinch.

Infernus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Infernus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Skiter, pushing him back against the cage.
Infernus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skiter.
Infernus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Skiter avoids it.
Infernus lands an elbow inside.

Skiter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skiter tries to clinch but Infernus moves away

and Infernus counters by clinching up.
Infernus prevents Skiter from breaking the clinch.

Infernus manages to break the clinch.
Infernus scores with a shot to the body.
Infernus lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Infernus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Infernus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Infernus lands a nice looking body shot.
Skiter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Infernus. Skiter shrugs it off though.
Gaahl Infernus seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Infernus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Infernus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Infernus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Infernus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Skiter.
Rodrick Skiter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Infernus moves into the clinch successfully.
Infernus lands a body shot in the clinch.

Infernus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Infernus gets a clinch.
Infernus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Skiter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Skiter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Infernus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Skiter tries to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling the position.
Skiter managing to block the knees to the body from Infernus.
Infernus tries to land a knee to the head but Skiter blocks with his arms.
Infernus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Infernus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Infernus missing with knees to the body.
Infernus missing with knees to the body.

Skiter breaks the clinch.
Infernus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Infernus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Skiter.
Infernus is looking to slow Skiter down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Infernus.
A solid body kick from Infernus.
Skiter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Infernus counters with a slapping leg kick.
Skiter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Infernus clinches.
Gaahl Infernus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Infernus.
Skiter is trying to break free.
Skiter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Infernus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Skiter avoids it.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus has him pressed against the cage.
Skiter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Skiter has had enough of the clinch but Infernus keeps him there for the moment.
Infernus lands a damaging elbow.
Infernus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Skiter's face.

Infernus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Infernus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Infernus counters with a slapping leg kick.
Skiter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Infernus counters with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Infernus.
Infernus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skiter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Infernus.
Skiter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Infernus counters with a leg kick.
Skiter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Infernus can pounce on him.
Skiter wants to clinch

and Infernus moves into the clinch.
Skiter will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Infernus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Infernus misses with a knee to the head.
Infernus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Skiter wants to break free but Infernus has control.
Infernus with a knee to the head.
Infernus lands a damaging elbow.
Skiter working hard to break the clinch.
Infernus misses with an elbow strike.
Infernus lands an elbow just above Skiter 's eye.
Infernus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Infernus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Infernus prevents a body shot from Skiter.
Infernus digs a right hand underneath Skiter's ribcage. Skiter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Infernus prevents Skiter from breaking the clinch.
Infernus lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Infernus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Skiter's face.
Infernus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Infernus trying to land knees to the body.
Infernus keeps control of Skiter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling him.
Infernus scores with a knee to the head.
Skiter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Skiter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Infernus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Skiter is defending well for now.
Infernus tries to land a knee to the head but Skiter blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Infernus.
Infernus prevents Skiter from breaking the clinch.
Skiter working hard to break the clinch.
Skiter blocks the elbow strike.
Infernus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Skiter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Skiter manages to break the clinch.

Infernus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Infernus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Skiter is defending well for now.
Skiter wants to break free but Infernus has control.
Skiter prevents a body shot from Infernus.
Skiter tries to break free but Infernus pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Infernus.

Skiter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaahl Infernus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rodrick Skiter's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Infernus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Infernus counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Infernus has closed the distance and engaged Skiter in a clinch.

Infernus breaks the clinch.
Infernus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Skiter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Skiter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Skiter tries to close the distance and clinch but Infernus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Infernus lands a glancing blow to the side of Skiter's head.
Skiter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Infernus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Infernus counters with a nice body kick.
Skiter tries to clinch up

and Infernus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Infernus.
Infernus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Skiter's defenses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skiter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling him.
Infernus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Infernus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Skiter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skiter tries to break free but Infernus pushes him back against the cage.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling him.
Infernus misses with some punches.
Infernus crunches a lovely knee into Skiter's ribcage.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling him.
Infernus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Skiter is looking to break free of the clinch but Infernus has double underhooks.
Infernus lands an elbow inside.
Infernus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Infernus lands an elbow inside.
Infernus looking to throw knees to the head but Skiter is blocking nicely.
Infernus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Skiter is trying to force a seperation but Infernus has the dominant position.
Skiter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Infernus lands an elbow inside that Skiter shrugs off.
Infernus lands an elbow just above Skiter 's eye.

Infernus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Infernus lands with a thumping leg kick.

Infernus closes the distance and pushes Skiter back into the cage.
Infernus lands a nice elbow.
Infernus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Infernus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodrick Skiter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Infernus clinches up with Skiter and pushes him back against the cage.
Skiter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Skiter tries to break free but Infernus pushes him back against the cage.
Infernus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Skiter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Infernus lands a nice elbow.
Infernus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Skiter's defenses.
Infernus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Infernus.
Infernus lands a good knee to the midsection. Skiter won't want to take too many of those.
Infernus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skiter.
Infernus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Skiter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Skiter wants to get back to striking at distance but Infernus won't allow it.
Skiter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Skiter misses with a punch to the body.
Skiter managing to block the knees to the body from Infernus.

Infernus manages to break the clinch.
Skiter darts in trying to clinch

and Infernus holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Infernus missing with knees to the body.

Skiter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skiter tries to clinch up
and Infernus counters with a nice leg kick.
Skiter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Skiter tries to keep at a distance but Infernus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Infernus prevents Skiter from breaking the clinch.
Infernus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Infernus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Infernus lands a nice elbow.

Infernus breaks the clinch.
Skiter doesn't manage to clinch there - Infernus circles away.
Infernus throws a wild body kick that Skiter sees coming a mile off.
Infernus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Skiter tries to clinch up.
Skiter wants to clinch
and Infernus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Skiter tries to clinch but Infernus moves away
and Infernus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Skiter's knee momentarily.
Skiter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Infernus throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skiter tries to clinch

and Infernus moves into the clinch.
Skiter wants to get back to striking at distance but Infernus won't allow it.

Infernus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skiter wants to clinch but Infernus slips to the side
and Infernus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Skiter's knee momentarily.
A lazy left from Infernus finds it's target.

Infernus clinches up against the cage.
Skiter wants to break free but Infernus has control.
Infernus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Infernus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skiter tries to break free but Infernus pushes him back against the cage.
Skiter managing to block the knees to the body from Infernus.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus has him pressed against the cage.
Infernus lands an elbow inside.
Infernus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Skiter's efforts to push away.
Skiter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Infernus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Skiter's efforts to push away.
Skiter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skiter is trying to break the clinch but Infernus is controlling him.
Infernus lands an elbow inside that Skiter shrugs off.
Infernus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Skiter working aggressively here.
Skiter tries a body shot but Infernus blocks it.
Nice elbow from Infernus.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gaahl Infernus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Infernus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaahl Infernus!