PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Skaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Medeiros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skaar comes to the cage accompanied by Amon Amarth - "The Pursuit of Vikings". Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Skaar
vs
Medeiros

190 cm
22
285 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Skaar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fabio Medeiros!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skaar catches Medeiros with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Fabio Medeiros has been cut.

Medeiros closes the distance and clinches.
Medeiros looking to stall.
Medeiros is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Medeiros swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skaar working hard to break the clinch.

Skaar has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Medeiros regains guard immediately.
Skaar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Medeiros working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Skaar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Skaar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Medeiros has momentary wrist control but Skaar slips an elbow through the middle.
Skaar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Skaar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Skaar stopping the sweep attempt from Medeiros.
Skaar is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar landing with the ground and pound.
Skaar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Skaar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Skaar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Medeiros looks gassed!
Skaar is in close to Medeiros's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Skaar slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Skaar is working Medeiros over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Skaar lands a couple of elbows.
Skaar working some strikes from top position.
Medeiros wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Skaar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Skaar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Medeiros is rocked!
Skaar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Medeiros is still in real trouble! Can Skaar finish him?
Skaar postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Medeiros covers up, he's hurt! Skaar keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Skaar and the ref steps in to end the fight! Skaar can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Skaar!