PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Sklyar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Christian
vs
Sklyar

192 cm
20
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 St Petersburg, Robert Christian!
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, Ivan Sklyar!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christian shoots for a takedown but Sklyar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sklyar misses with a combination
and Christian counters with an inside leg kick.
Sklyar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Sklyar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sklyar showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sklyar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Christian defending well though.
Sklyar has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sklyar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sklyar wants to control the pace but Christian is squirming around nicely.
Christian gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sklyar has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sklyar landing strikes from the mount.

It looks like Robert Christian has been cut.
Sklyar loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Christian scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sklyar land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sklyar stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Sklyar!