PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Skilt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caine Blight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Skilt
vs
Blight

200 cm
23
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Skilt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caine Blight!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Skilt.
Blight tries to score a power double leg takedown but Skilt sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Blight somewhat.
Skilt looks to land a combination but Blight avoids it well.
Skilt fails to land with a series of punches.
Skilt throws a right hand that Blight ducks under and follows up with a left that Blight also avoids with ease.
A combination from Skilt does no damage.

Blight shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Blight trying to control the position from guard on top but Skilt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blight would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Blight stands up from Skilt's guard - Blight perhaps looking for a knockout.
Blight will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blight shoots in but Skilt avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mike Skilt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caine Blight.
Skilt throws a series of punches but Blight moves out of range.
Skilt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blight on the side of the head.
Skilt looks to land a combination but Blight avoids it well.
Blight shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Skilt as he avoids it easily.
Skilt cracks Blight with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Skilt looks to land a combination. Blight sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Skilt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Skilt tries to bum rush Blight with a series of wild strikes but Blight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Skilt misses with the combination.
Skilt is breathing heavily.
Skilt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Skilt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blight throws a leg kick which misses Skilt's front leg but catches the back leg as Skilt tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skilt slaps away a takedown attempt from Blight, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Blight shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Blight was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Skilt squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Blight lands with some strikes.
Blight looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blight cracks Skilt with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Blight landing punches.
BOOM! Blight connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Blight controlling his opponent.
Let's hope that Blight has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Skilt is squirming around, avoiding Blight's attempts to control the action.
Blight with the ground and pound from mount.
Skilt on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Skilt tries to get out of the position.

Blight has isolated one of Skilt's arms. Skilt looking to fight him off but Blight twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Caine Blight!