PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demetrius Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriy Skobolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skobolev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chok Dee kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Demetrius Hamilton is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hamilton
vs
Skobolev

198 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
243 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Demetrius Hamilton!
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, Grigoriy Skobolev!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skobolev connects with a leg kick. Hamilton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hamilton takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Skobolev is looking to slow Hamilton down with leg kicks.
Skobolev scores with a decent looking hook.

Demetrius Hamilton's cut is getting worse.
A good leg kick by Skobolev.
Hamilton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skobolev tries a head kick but it misses.
Skobolev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Skobolev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hamilton. That did some damage!
Hamilton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Skobolev.
Skobolev tries a head kick but it misses.
Skobolev connects with an inside leg kick.
Hamilton is breathing heavily.
Skobolev throws a sloppy head kick and Hamilton moves out of range easily.
Hamilton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Skobolev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Skobolev. Hamilton shrugs it off though.
Skobolev keeps Hamilton at a distance using the push kick.
Hamilton takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Skobolev connects with a body shot that sends Hamilton's belly button to the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamilton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Skobolev lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hamilton takes a step back to recover.
Skobolev lands a hook that stumbles Hamilton back into the cage. Skobolev follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Hamilton to the canvas! Skobolev pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Hamilton has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Grigoriy Skobolev!
In his post fight interview, Grigoriy Skobolev started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.