PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Per Skinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skinn has chosen Decibollene - Ryggen Fri as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Do
vs
Skinn

178 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Per Skinn!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do moves out of range of the body kick from Skinn.
Do jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skinn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Do sprawls well. Do wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Skinn gets slowly back to his feet.
Skinn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Do.

Do closes the distance and pushes Skinn back into the cage.
Skinn lands with a right to the head.
Do taking a breather.
Skinn managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Do takes a shot to the head.
Skinn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Skinn misses with a body punch.
Do manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Skinn misses with a knee strike.
Skinn blocks an uppercut.
Skinn wants to take the fight to the mat but Do manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Do breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Skinn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Skinn throws a chopping leg kick but Do manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Skinn misses with a body kick.
No luck for Skinn with that takedown attempt.
Bruce Do has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Per Skinn.
Skinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Do plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Do.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Do lands a nice hook to Skinn's body. Skinn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Skinn looks gassed!
Do jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Do tries a head kick but it misses.
Do misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skinn.
Do misses with a double jab.
Do swings for the body but Skinn moves out of range.
Skinn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Skinn misses.
Skinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Skinn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Do misses with a head kick.

Do has managed to clinch.
Do blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Do pushes Skinn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Do pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Do misses with a wild body shot.
Do takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Do has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Skinn finds it's way round the side to connect with Do's head.
Skinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do is looking to wear down Skinn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Do keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skinn misses with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Skinn, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do throws a combination. Skinn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Do misses with a shot to the body
and Skinn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Do takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Skinn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Do misses with a hook. Skinn ducked under it nicely.
Do misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Skinn counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Do misses with a wild body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Skinn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Do has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Do and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Do throws a body punch but Skinn moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Skinn.
Skinn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Do jabs Skinn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Do connects with a looping right hand.
Bruce Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Skinn is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Do is defending well.

Do escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Do ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skinn moves away.
Do misses the shot to the body.
Skinn tries a low kick but Do avoids it.
Skinn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Do misses with a looping right.
Both fighters circling a little - Skinn finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Do takes a swing at Skinn's ribcage but misses.
Do fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skinn manages to avoid it.
Skinn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Do. That did some damage!
Do throws a lazy head kick
and Skinn counters with a body kick.
Skinn blocks a head kick by Do.
Do checks a leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do throws a jab when Skinn was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Do.
Do blocks the body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Skinn darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Do finds it's way through Skinn's defenses.
Skinn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Do sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Skinn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Do was well out of range. Poor timing from Skinn.
Skinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Do.
Skinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Do throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Skinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
Skinn tries to clinch up.
Do gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Skinn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skinn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skinn looks to land a body kick but Do moved away.
Do throws a sloppy body shot
and Skinn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Do's knee momentarily.
Skinn scoring well with a low kick there.
Do stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Do wants it to stay on the feet.
A leg kick checked by Do.
Do pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Skinn. That's going to slow Do down.
Skinn throws a leg kick but Do sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good shot there by Do.
Do throws a sloppy head kick and Skinn moves out of range easily.
No luck for Skinn with that takedown attempt.
Skinn throws out a leg kick but Do moves out of range and Skinn only half commits.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skinn manages to avoid it.
Skinn avoids the head kick by Do.
Skinn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Do is out of range.
Skinn throws a push kick but Do slaps the foot to one side.
Skinn throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big left from Skinn misses.
A head kick misses from Do.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skinn was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Skinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skinn missing with a left hand there. Do was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Do, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Skinn fails with a takedown attempt.
Skinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Skinn avoids the head kick by Do.

Skinn tries to keep at a distance but Do has taken the fight into the clinch.
Do scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skinn.
Skinn misses with a punch on the inside.
Skinn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Do avoids it.
Skinn lands a knee to the body.
Do is trying to maintain a safe position but Skinn gets an underhook and turns Do into the cage.
Skinn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do trying to control the position but instead, Skinn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Do into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Still in the clinch, Skinn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skinn is looking to break free of the clinch but Do has double underhooks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Do as Skinn tries to tie him up.
Do pushes off an throws an elbow but Skinn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Do stalling the fight.
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Skinn's face.
Do blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Skinn managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skinn.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Do.
Skinn is trying desperately to land a takedown but Do is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Skinn.
Skinn tries to land knees in the clinch but Do avoids the damage to the body.
Skinn gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Do.
Do blocks a body shot from Skinn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Skinn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Skinn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skinn missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Do dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Do scores with a three punch combo!
Skinn slips a straight right by Do.
A low kick from Skinn is predictable there

and Do counters with a shoot takedown. Skinn fights it but they end up in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Skinn wants to sweep but no luck.

Skinn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Do is aware though and is defending well.

Skinn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Do defends it easily.
Skinn can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Do controls the pace.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Skinn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Do's guard.
Skinn is breathing heavily.
Skinn wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinn trying to move into half guard but instead Do has managed to sweep!
Do sitting in guard here, content to control.
Skinn keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.

Skinn has his foot on Do's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Do works his way back into a safe position though.
Do trying to control but Skinn is working from the bottom.
Do sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Bruce Do wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Skinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Do.
Skinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Do misses with a jab, cross combination.
Skinn thows a body kick. Do tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Do throws a body punch but Skinn moves out of range.
Do takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Do blocks a head kick by Skinn.
No joy there for Do, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skinn throws a lazy right hand but Do sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Do throws a head kick that misses.
Do is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Do lands a nice hook to Skinn's body. Skinn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Do has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Skinn.
Do thows a body shot but no joy.
Do misses with a wild body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Skinn.
Skinn connects with a leg kick. Do looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Do has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Skinn.
Skinn cracks Do with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Skinn scores with a jab to the head.
Do's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Skinn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Do scrambles back to his feet.
Do ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skinn moves away.
Do thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Skinn or perhaps it was just good defense by Do which made him look bad.
Do throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Do takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A combination from Do does no damage.
Skinn lands a slapping body shot.
Do misses with a straight right.
Skinn throws a sloppy head kick and Do moves out of range easily.
Do fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skinn manages to avoid it.
Skinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skinn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Do is fending him off so far but Skinn persists. Nope, Do circles away and we're back to standing.
Skinn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Skinn lands a head kick. Do smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Skinn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Skinn takes a swing at Do's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do. Skinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Do looks to score with a jab to the body but Skinn is just out of range.
Do scores with a hook to the body. Skinn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Skinn shoots in but no luck this time.
Bruce Do has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Per Skinn.
Do takes a swing at Skinn's ribcage but misses.
Do shoots in and drives through. Skinn sprawls well.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
Do throws a sloppy head kick and Skinn moves out of range easily.
Skinn connects with a solid leg kick.
Do gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Skinn connects with a solid leg kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Do misses.
A solid body kick from Skinn.
Nice defenses there by Do.
Skinn wants to clinch up but Do keeps it at a distance.
Skinn looks to land a body kick but Do moved away.
Do avoids the body shot from Skinn.
Do thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skinn checks a leg kick.
Do missing with a left hand there. Skinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Do uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Skinn.
Do throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do slips a jab from Skinn.
Do misses with a hook. Skinn ducked under it nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do tries a head kick but it misses.
Do defending well as Skinn loads up on a big left hand.
Skinn thumps Do with a low kick.
Skinn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Do throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Do tries for a takedown but Skinn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Skinn swings for the body but Do moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Skinn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Skinn.
Do takes a kick to the side of the head.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do. Skinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Do will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Do looks to score with a jab to the body but Skinn is just out of range.
Do misses with a hook. Skinn ducked under it nicely.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Skinn lands with a kick to the temple. Do shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Skinn throws a hook but Do avoids it easily.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skinn was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Skinn throws a hook to the side of Do's head but Do sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Do misses with a wild body shot.
Do misses with a wild body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Skinn - that will leave a mark!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Do misses its intended target.
Skinn throws out a leg kick but Do moves out of range and Skinn only half commits.
Nice straight punches there by Skinn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Skinn.
Skinn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Do throws a sloppy head kick and Skinn moves out of range easily.
Do throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Skinn.
Skinn shoots in but Do avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Skinn.
Skinn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruce Do is winning the standup battle so far.
Skinn connects with a solid leg kick.
Do pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skinn throws a solid leg kick but Do takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Skinn.
Skinn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Skinn scores with a nice right hand.
Do misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skinn misses with an uppercut. Do saw that one coming.
A big left from Do misses.
Skinn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Do throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Per Skinn.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Bruce Do!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Bruce Do!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Bruce Do!

Bruce Do wins by unanimous decision!
Bruce Do decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.