PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wahoo Hofstder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Sklemin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hofstder
vs
Sklemin

186 cm
25
217 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wahoo Hofstder!
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, Sergey Sklemin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sklemin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hofstder counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sklemin looks to score with a jab to the body but Hofstder is just out of range.
Sklemin tests Hofstder's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hofstder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sklemin.
Hofstder lands with a hook. Sklemin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sklemin jabs at Hofstder's body.
Sklemin avoids the body shot from Hofstder.
Sklemin throws a right and a left that Hofstder avoids nicely.
Sklemin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sklemin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sklemin dips to his left and cracks Hofstder with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hofstder wants to clinch.
Hofstder misses with a wild body shot.
Sklemin cracks Hofstder with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hofstder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sklemin was well out of range. Poor timing from Hofstder.
Hofstder lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sklemin cracks Hofstder with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sklemin keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice cross by Sklemin.
Sklemin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hofstder at a distance.
Sklemin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hofstder.
Sklemin misses with a two punch combination.
Hofstder tries to clinch up but Sklemin circles away and keeps his distance.
Sklemin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Hofstder has Sklemin up against the cage in a clinch.
Hofstder tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sklemin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hofstder misses with a hook from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sklemin prevents a body shot from Hofstder.
Sklemin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hofstder has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hofstder working aggressively here.
Sklemin is trying to break the clinch but Hofstder is controlling him.
Hofstder works on Sklemin's body with a couple of short punches.
Sklemin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hofstder misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hofstder tries a body shot but Sklemin blocks it.

Sklemin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hofstder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sklemin staying out of range there.
Sklemin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A swing and a miss from Hofstder.
Sklemin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sklemin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hofstder.
Hofstder lands with a hook. Sklemin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sklemin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sklemin throws a right hand that Hofstder ducks under and follows up with a left that Hofstder also avoids with ease.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Sklemin! Hofstder is backing up but he can't get away as Sklemin lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Hofstder and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sergey Sklemin!
An out of breath Sergey Sklemin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.