PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Rabadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenard Skinnard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rabadi
vs
Skinnard

180 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 St Petersburg, Alan Rabadi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lenard Skinnard!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skinnard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Skinnard wants to clinch.
Skinnard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Skinnard throws out a powerful jab.
Rabadi shoots in but Skinnard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rabadi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rabadi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Skinnard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Skinnard rushes Rabadi and presses him up against the ropes.
Skinnard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rabadi tries to break free but Skinnard pushes him back against the ropes.
Rabadi is trying to maintain a safe position but Skinnard gets an underhook and turns Rabadi into the ropes.
Skinnard has a couple of punches blocked by Rabadi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabadi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rabadi wants a takedown.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Skinnard.
Skinnard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skinnard.
Skinnard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rabadi jumps guard but Skinnard turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Rabadi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Skinnard is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rabadi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Skinnard avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Skinnard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rabadi backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Skinnard.
Rabadi tries to pull guard but Skinnard forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Skinnard working aggressively here.
Skinnard prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rabadi is breathing heavily.
Skinnard controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Skinnard.
Rabadi misses with the head strike.
Skinnard lands with a right to the head.
Skinnard working aggressively here.
Skinnard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rabadi has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Skinnard after a bit of a struggle.
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!
Skinnard scores with a shoulder strike.
Skinnard lands with a left to the head.
Skinnard lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Skinnard.
Skinnard lands a nice uppercut.

Rabadi is rocked!
Skinnard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Oh Rabadi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard lands with a light punch inside.
Skinnard trying to control the position but instead, Rabadi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Skinnard into the ropes.
Rabadi seems to have got his legs back now.
A short uppercut from Skinnard.

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

Rabadi gets tackled into the ropes by Skinnard. Skinnard maintains the clinch.
A short right from Skinnard.
Rabadi has had enough of the clinch but Skinnard keeps him there for the moment.
Rabadi has had enough of the clinch but Skinnard keeps him there for the moment.
Skinnard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Skinnard lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skinnard throws a head punch that misses.
Rabadi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skinnards head.
Skinnard stalling the fight.
Rabadi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Skinnard avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rabadi jumps guard but Skinnard turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Skinnard effectively controlling the action here.
Skinnard is trying to stall.
Skinnard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rabadi can't get the takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skinnard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rabadi up against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Skinnard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lenard Skinnard dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Skinnard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rabadi swats away the attempt to clinch by Skinnard.
Skinnard's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Skinnard duly obliges.
Skinnard doesn't manage to clinch there - Rabadi circles away.
Rabadi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Skinnard.
Rabadi ducks right into an uppercut from Skinnard.

Skinnard moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skinnard.
Rabadi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Skinnard pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Skinnard lands with a short shot to the head.
Rabadi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Skinnard fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Skinnard fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabadi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Skinnard avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Rabadi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Skinnard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skinnard connects with a jab.
Rabadi throws a big shot that misses.
Rabadi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Skinnard misses with a double jab.
Skinnard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Skinnard scores with a punch to the head.
Rabadi walks into a straight right hand from Skinnard.

Skinnard moves into the clinch.
Skinnard lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skinnard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Skinnard.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rabadi is looking to take this one to the mat.
Skinnard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Skinnard on the inside.
Skinnard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Skinnard lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Rabadi to his knees! Skinnard keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lenard Skinnard!