PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Sklemin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Winston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Harry Winston was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sklemin
vs
Winston

187 cm
21
200 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
200 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

M.O. Fight Wear

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Sklemin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Winston!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sklemin tries to avoid it but Winston manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sklemin to the ground. Sklemin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Winston misses with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Sklemin there.
Sklemin punishes Winston's body with a nice straight punch.
We've been informed that Winston has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Winston ducks under a wild hook from Sklemin.
Sklemin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Winston throws out the jab.
Winston with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sklemin to score with a decent uppercut.
Sklemin leaves Winston with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Winston throws a big shot that misses.
Winston changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sklemin tries to avoid it but Winston manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sklemin to the ground. Sklemin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sergey Sklemin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Winston.
Sklemin misses with a looping left.
Winston just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Sklemin misses.
Sklemin cracks Winston with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sklemin scores with the left hand. Winston knows he should have avoided that one.
Sklemin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sklemin throws a jab but it's blocked by Winston.
Winston throws a sloppy body shot
and Sklemin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Sklemin finds it's way through Winston's defenses.

Winston is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sklemin rushes Winston with punches - Winston moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Winston goes down! Sklemin follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergey Sklemin!
During a confident post fight interview, Sergey Sklemin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.