PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Refugio Farmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francesco Skrarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francesco Skrarez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Refugio Farmer's chin.

Farmer
vs
Skrarez

205 cm
19
161 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

165 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Refugio Farmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francesco Skrarez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Skrarez closes the distance and clinches.
Skrarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Farmer controls his hands.

Skrarez has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Farmer uses from the top position.
Skrarez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Farmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Skrarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Farmer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Skrarez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Skrarez has Farmer pulled in close to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Skrarez kicks Farmer off and gets to his feet.

Skrarez dives in and scores a takedown into Farmer's guard.
Skrarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Skrarez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skrarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Farmer is rocked!
Skrarez postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Farmer covers up, he's hurt! Skrarez keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Skrarez and the ref steps in to end the fight! Skrarez can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francesco Skrarez!
After winning the bout, Francesco Skrarez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.