PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christiano Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tony skins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastos comes to the cage accompanied by Young mooney ft.loyd-bed rock. Christiano Bastos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bastos
vs
skins

189 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Christiano Bastos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, tony skins!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
skins throws a nice looking combination but Bastos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bastos tries to close the distance and clinch up but skins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bastos tries to close the distance and clinch up but skins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
tony skins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
skins shoots in and drives through. Bastos sprawls well.

skins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

skins stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Bastos to get to his feet.
Bastos tries to clinch up.
skins dives in and grabs Bastos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bastos pushes down on skins's head and hops out.

Bastos moves into range and clinches up with skins.
Bastos stops a takedown attempt from skins.
Christiano Bastos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of tony skins.

Bastos breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skins wants to clinch but Bastos slips to the side

and Bastos moves into the clinch.
skins holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bastos prevents a takedown attempt there.

skins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

skins scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bastos is trying to control but can't.
skins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bastos keeps working.
skins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
skins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
skins with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Let's hope that skins has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
skins looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
skins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

skins is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
skins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
skins stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
skins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
skins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bastos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
skins slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bastos working a defensive guard but skins passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tony skins dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

skins clinches with his opponent.

skins manages to break the clinch.
skins shoots and misses
and Bastos counters with a lovely straight right hand!

skins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bastos is pressed up against the cage. skins has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bastos down to the mat. Bastos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bastos shoots and misses

and skins counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from skins.

skins is working for a kimura here but Bastos manages to reverse the position and he's now in skins's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
skins controls Bastos momentarily but Bastos frees himself.

skins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
skins is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
skins keeping moving, preventing Bastos from controlling successfully.
Bastos looking to sit in guard and control but skins gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bastos trying to keep a closed guard but skins is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bastos looking to hit a scissor sweep but skins is one step ahead there.
skins not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
skins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
skins stands and throws Bastos's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

skins thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bastos tries to improve position but can't.
skins is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Bastos will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

skins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no skins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bastos is letting skins control him for a moment.

skins stands up and beckons Bastos to his feet.
skins fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tony skins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

skins scores with a head kick.

skins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
skins sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bastos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bastos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst skins is controlling him.
skins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skins is working Bastos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
skins is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
skins throws a big right hand that misses.

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.
Bastos keeping full guard, as skins tries to pass.
skins not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Bastos is working an open guard so skins takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Bastos wants to clinch

and skins holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

skins manages to pull guard.
tony skins has got the better of the ground game so far.
skins pulls Bastos in close to his closed guard and prevents Bastos from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bastos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bastos stopping the sweep attempt from skins.
Bastos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Christiano Bastos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
skins is pulling down on Bastos's head to control his posture.
tony skins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
skins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

And that's the end of the fight!
tony skins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well skins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... tony skins!