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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Minglo SinGo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roffe Skosula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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170 cm
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150 lbs
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165 cm
22
155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Minglo SinGo! 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, Roffe Skosula! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Skosula. SinGo is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Skosula gets a takedown into half guard. Skosula wants to take a breather but SinGo is having none of it. SinGo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Skosula working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Skosula takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Skosula sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. SinGo defending well though. SinGo tries to roll over but Skosula keeps him under control. Skosula is looking for a kimura here.
SinGo trying to hold on to Skosula's head to control him but Skosula postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round. SinGo is trying to stand.
Skosula uses his free foot to push down on SinGo's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for SinGo. Skosula connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
SinGo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Skosula on the ground. Skosula fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Skosula has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of SinGo's face.
SinGo tries to hold on but Skosula pushes him away. Skosula lands with some strikes. SinGo taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Skosula working SinGo over with strikes here. SinGo wants to hold on but Skosula pushes him away. Skosula landing strikes, looking to finish! Skosula has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. SinGo tries to lock up and control but Skosula gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. SinGo is breathing heavily. Skosula landing punches. Skosula landing strikes from the mount. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Skosula scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Skosula trying to control but he's not successful this time. Skosula scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Skosula is in the full mount, landing strikes. Skosula with a couple of short strikes. Skosula wants to control the pace but SinGo is squirming around nicely. SinGo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if SinGo tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Skosula is landing with some decent strikes but SinGo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Skosula content just to control the position here. Skosula trying to control but he's not successful this time. SinGo is looking to get to half guard. Skosula connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
SinGo is trying desperately to improve position. Skosula in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Skosula trying to control but SinGo is having none of it. BOOM! Skosula connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Skosula lands a heavy elbow. SinGo is working to get back to half guard.
Skosula punishing his opponent with strikes. Skosula scoring with strikes but SinGo is staying in there. Skosula cracks SinGo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Skosula working away from the top, dropping strikes. Skosula working away from the top, dropping strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roffe Skosula dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Skosula fails miserably with a takedown attempt. SinGo tries to clinch up. Minglo SinGo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. SinGo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
SinGo drives through with a takedown into guard. Skosula pulls SinGo in close to prevent any damage. Skosula bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in SinGo's guard. Skosula advances position into side control! Roffe Skosula has got the better of the ground game so far. Skosula lands a decent elbow from side control. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. SinGo is trying to escape the position but Skosula is controlling the position. Skosula in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round. SinGo is trying to control Skosula's posture but Skosula avoids it. Skosula working the head and body with strikes. Check out the look on Skosula's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Skosula is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, SinGo has escaped the position, nice work there. SinGo on the wrong end of some ground and pound. Skosula is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, SinGo has escaped the position, nice work there. Skosula wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by SinGo, who protects the arm well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. SinGo is trying to improve his position. Skosula tries for a kimura but SinGo is defending well. Skosula scoring with punches from side control. Skosula tries for a kimura but SinGo is defending well. Skosula is working SinGo over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Skosula scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at SinGo to see if he's OK. Skosula working the ground and pound. Skosula is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, SinGo has escaped the position, nice work there. SinGo is looking to regain half guard here but Skosula keeps moving and retains side control. Skosula in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Skosula wants to control but SinGo is keeping him busy. Skosula lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Skosula landing a few strikes. Skosula cracks SinGo with an elbow. That is naaassty. SinGo is positioning himself to get back to half guard. SinGo is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Skosula swats away the attempt to clinch by SinGo. Skosula looks to throw the jab but SinGo is out of range. Skosula doesn't succeed with the takedown and SinGo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Skosula's guard. SinGo looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Skosula had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. SinGo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Skosula Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take SinGo's back instead. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Minglo SinGo will probably get the nod. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Skosula connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Skosula shoots in but no luck this time. SinGo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Skosula. Skosula looks for a takedown but SinGo sprawls well. SinGo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Skosula trying to control here.
SinGo moves nicely into side control. Skosula manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! SinGo trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Skosula thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed SinGo's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Skosula is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Skosula throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Skosula is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Skosula trying to control the pace. Skosula working over SinGo with some ground and pound. SinGo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. SinGo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. SinGo tries a head kick but it misses.
Skosula gets a takedown into half guard. Skosula trying to control from half guard but SinGo is working away. Skosula controlling the action here. SinGo wants to control but Skosula is keeping busy.
Skosula is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Skosula lands with some strikes. SinGo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Skosula landing strikes from the mount and SinGo is in trouble! SinGo working to try and regain half guard.
Skosula with shots to the head and body - SinGo looks very uncomfortable down there. A nice elbow there by Skosula. Skosula pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Skosula with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. A nice elbow there by Skosula. SinGo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Skosula punishing his opponent with strikes. SinGo swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. SinGo is desperately trying to improve his position but Skosula has a good base and remains in mount. SinGo tries to hold on but Skosula postures up. SinGo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. SinGo tries to hold on but Skosula postures up. Skosula breaks from SinGo's wrist control and lands an elbow. A nice elbow there by Skosula.
And that's the end of the fight! Roffe Skosula comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Skosula has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30 Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29 Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roffe Skosula!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
51% |
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