PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josef Urrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owidiusz Sknerski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urrah comes into the arena with Johnny Cash - Oney blaring out of the sound system. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Urrah
vs
Sknerski

185 cm
25
171 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

183 cm
24
169 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Josef Urrah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Owidiusz Sknerski!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Urrah - just one landing.
Sknerski misses with a low kick.
Urrah looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sknerski is fending him off so far but Urrah persists. Nope, Sknerski circles away and we're back to standing.
Sknerski throws a leg kick

and Urrah counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sknerski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Urrah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sknerski controlling Urrah's posture.
Urrah throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sknerski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sknerski controls Urrah momentarily but Urrah frees himself.
Urrah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urrah is working hard here to advance position.
Urrah connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urrah throws a big elbow that misses.
Urrah throws a big right hand that misses.
Sknerski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Urrah tries to free his leg and advance position but Sknerski is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sknerski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Urrah missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sknerski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Urrah wants to control from the top but Sknerski keeps moving.
Urrah throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urrah working some strikes from top position.
Sknerski looking to control.
Sknerski keeping moving, preventing Urrah from controlling successfully.
Urrah looking to sit in guard and control but Sknerski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Urrah wants to sweep here but Sknerski controlling him for the moment.

Urrah is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sknerski defends well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sknerski stopping the sweep attempt from Urrah.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sknerski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sknerski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sknerski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sknerski won't allow Urrah to sweep him here.
Sknerski wants to control from the top but Urrah keeps moving.
Urrah tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sknerski passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sknerski wants to control but Urrah is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urrah tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sknerski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sknerski wants to stand but Urrah has his arm trapped.
Urrah wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Urrah gets back to half guard.
Urrah is trying to get back to full guard.
Urrah makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Urrah.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Urrah looking for a sweep. Not yet Urrah, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Urrah dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sknerski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Urrah staying out of range there.
Sknerski misses with a straight left.
Urrah steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sknerski.
Urrah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sknerski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sknerski 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 body punch from Urrah.
Owidiusz Sknerski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sknerski moves out of range of the body kick from Urrah.
Urrah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sknerski misses with a double jab.
Sknerski misses with a low kick.
Urrah jabs Sknerski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sknerski throws a jab when Urrah was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urrah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sknerski catches Urrah with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sknerski takes a swing at Urrah's ribcage but misses.
Sknerski throws a nice head kick!
The fighters circling - Urrah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Urrah takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sknerski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Urrah.
Sknerski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Urrah to score with a decent uppercut.
Sknerski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sknerski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Urrah checks a leg kick.
Urrah wants to land a leg kick but Sknerski is out of range.
A big right from Sknerski misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urrah scores with a decent looking hook.
Urrah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sknerski manages to avoid it.
Sknerski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Urrah misses with a double jab.
Sknerski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sknerski misses with a looping left.
Sknerski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Urrah throws out the jab.
Urrah looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sknerski is fending him off so far but Urrah persists. Nope, Sknerski circles away and we're back to standing.
Sknerski walks into a jab.
Urrah fails to land with a series of punches.
Urrah moves into range and connects with a jab.
Urrah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sknerski was well out of range. Poor timing from Urrah.
Sknerski lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urrah misses the jab.
Sknerski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urrah walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sknerski misses with a leg kick.
Urrah takes one on the button.
Urrah checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sknerski throws a leg kick that is checked

and Urrah counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Urrah is looking to take a break and control but Sknerski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Urrah takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Urrah lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urrah is nestled in close to Sknerski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urrah has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sknerski avoids a strike by Urrah and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Urrah's guard! Fantastic escape!
Sknerski trying to control but Urrah is working from the bottom.
Sknerski tries to stand but Urrah is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Urrah looking for a guillotine here but Sknerski defends easily.
Sknerski preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Urrah dominated that second round.
That's time! Urrah's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sknerski avoids the body shot from Urrah.
Sknerski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Urrah.
Sknerski connects with a leg kick. Urrah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sknerski takes a swing at Urrah's ribcage but misses.
Urrah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sknerski throws a head kick but Urrah moves out of range.
Sknerski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Urrah under the eye.
Sknerski misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Urrah. That's going to slow Sknerski down.
A cross from Sknerski lands.
Urrah misses with a straight right.
Sknerski slaps away a takedown attempt from Urrah, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Urrah looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urrah throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sknerski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Urrah.
Urrah won't allow Sknerski to sweep him here.
Urrah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sknerski wants to stand but Urrah is controlling the position.
Urrah looking to pass the guard.
Urrah looking to sit in guard and control but Sknerski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Urrah looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sknerski preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Urrah is on top in guard.
Urrah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Urrah throwing strikes but missing.
Urrah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Urrah trying to control but Sknerski is working from the bottom.
Urrah throws an elbow that misses. Sknerski uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Urrah's guard. Nice move by Sknerski!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sknerski trying to control but Urrah is working from the bottom.
Sknerski stopping the sweep attempt from Urrah.
Sknerski trying to control but Urrah is working from the bottom.
Sknerski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sknerski preventing the sweep.

Owidiusz Sknerski has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Sknerski 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.
Owidiusz Sknerski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Urrah closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Urrah lands in his opponent's guard.
Urrah postures up.
Urrah works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sknerski is looking for a sweep. Urrah is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Urrah throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Urrah is just content to waste time from the top position. Sknerski takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Urrah wants to control from the top but Sknerski keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josef Urrah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Urrah has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josef Urrah!
Josef Urrah took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Free Reza!'.