PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blade Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Charles Skarbowsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Brown
vs
Charles Skarbowsky

190 cm
24
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

199 cm
20
199 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

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 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blade Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jean Charles Skarbowsky!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown tries to clinch but Skarbowsky moves away
and Skarbowsky counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Skarbowsky moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Brown looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Skarbowsky tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Brown moves into the clinch.
Skarbowsky looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown controlling the action here for a moment.
Skarbowsky scores with a hook to the body.
Skarbowsky managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown is struggling to control the position.
Brown drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Skarbowsky gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Skarbowsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skarbowsky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Skarbowsky trying to land knees to the body.
Skarbowsky looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brown looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Skarbowsky improves position.
Skarbowsky missing with knees to the body.
Brown stalls.
Skarbowsky lands an uppercut.
Skarbowsky lands with a short shot to the head.
Skarbowsky misses with an elbow over the top.
Skarbowsky lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Skarbowsky improves position.
Brown is working for takedown but Skarbowsky is calmly controlling the position for now.
Skarbowsky lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Skarbowsky throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Skarbowsky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Blade Brown has been cut.
Skarbowsky lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Skarbowsky looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky lands an elbow inside.
Skarbowsky lands with a right to the head.
Skarbowsky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Skarbowsky improves position.
Brown holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Blade Brown.
Skarbowsky looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky tries a head kick but it misses.
Skarbowsky does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice defenses there by Skarbowsky.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Skarbowsky throws a body kick the misses
and Brown counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Skarbowsky throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown tries to score with a low kick but Skarbowsky moves his leg out of the way.
Jean Charles Skarbowsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Skarbowsky moves into the clinch.
Brown looking to slow down the pace here.
Skarbowsky looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Skarbowsky avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Skarbowsky as Brown tries to tie him up.
Skarbowsky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Knees to the body from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Skarbowsky lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky lands an elbow that stopped Brown in his tracks for a moment.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky lands with a left to the head.

Brown is rocked!
Skarbowsky has Brown pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Brown is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Skarbowsky - that's hurt Brown badly! Oh, another knee lands and Brown is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Brown doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jean Charles Skarbowsky!