PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Necmettin Hoca (ranked 2442 p4p, 763 weight class) and Shug Skinner (ranked 296 p4p, 101 weight class). Shug Skinner acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hoca
vs
Skinner

175 cm
29
162
13 - 9 - 0

175 cm
29
153
9 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

SMESH Nutrition 160Q

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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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Necmettin Hoca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Shug Skinner!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Darius Henderson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skinner avoids the body shot from Hoca.
Skinner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skinner looks to throw the jab but Hoca is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Hoca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Skinner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skinner looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoca is just out of range.
Hoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Skinner is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Skinner has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hoca fails to land.
Skinner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hoca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoca is trying to break free.

Hoca breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinner ducks under a wild hook from Hoca.
Hoca lands with a good body shot.
The fighters circling - Hoca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skinner steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hoca.
Skinner tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hoca counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hoca misses with a few strikes there.
Skinner lands a head shot.
Skinner misses with a wild body shot.

Skinner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Skinner lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Necmettin Hoca has been cut.
Hoca has had enough of the clinch but Skinner keeps him there for the moment.
Skinner misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoca misses with a body punch.
Hoca blocks an elbow strike from Skinner.
Hoca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skinner's elbow.
Hoca misses with some punches.
Hoca misses with a body punch.

Hoca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skinner looks to land a combination. Hoca sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hoca throws a lazy right hand but Skinner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skinner looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoca is just out of range.
Skinner slips a jab and a cross from Hoca.
Skinner wants to counter with a clinch but Hoca pushes him away.
Hoca throws an overhand right that lands on Skinner's shoulder, as Skinner tries to avoid the shot.
Hoca with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Skinner to score with a decent uppercut.
Hoca takes a swing at Skinner's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hoca.
A jab from Hoca misses.

Skinner instigates a clinch.

Skinner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Hoca misses.
Skinner misses with an uppercut. Hoca saw that one coming.
Hoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Skinner misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hoca counters with a straight right hand.
Skinner lands with a straight right. Hoca didn't see that one coming.
Hoca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Skinner's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skinner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skinner wants to counter with a clinch but Hoca pushes him away.
Hoca keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoca loads up on a big right hand but Skinner slips the punch.

Skinner clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Skinner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hoca's brow.
Skinner lands an elbow that stopped Hoca in his tracks for a moment.

Hoca manages to break the clinch.
Skinner stuns Hoca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hoca looks to score with a jab to the body but Skinner is just out of range.
Hoca takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hoca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skinner.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shug Skinner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Necmettin Hoca's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Skinner.
Skinner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hoca, as that shot connected.

Skinner closes the distance and pushes Hoca back into the cage.
Hoca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Skinner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hoca's defenses.

Skinner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoca moves into range and connects with a jab.
Skinner is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hoca rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoca needs to keep his hands up - Skinner had a free shot at his head there.
Hoca keeps the fight on the outside.
Skinner thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Hoca wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Skinner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hoca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinner misses with a right hand
enabling Hoca to counter with a crisp jab.
Skinner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skinner swings widly with a right hand
and Hoca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoca throws a jab when Skinner was well out of range.
Hoca looks to score with a jab to the body but Skinner is just out of range.
Hoca misses with a hook. Skinner ducked under it nicely.
Hoca misses with an uppercut.
Hoca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skinner.
Skinner lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoca on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hoca misses with a body shot.
Skinner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hoca.
Skinner misses with a wild combination.
Skinner throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Hoca wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Skinner moves out of range as Hoca strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skinner lands a head shot.
Skinner scores with a jab. Hoca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hoca defending well as Skinner loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skinner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hoca's head.
Skinner moves away from the strike by Hoca.
Jab by Skinner.
Skinner lands the left hand.
Good exchange - Skinner coming out on top.

Skinner clinches up with Hoca and pushes him back against the cage.
Hoca is trying to break free.
Hoca lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Skinner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hoca blocks an elbow strike.
Skinner throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoca has a couple of punches blocked by Skinner.

Hoca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoca misses with an uppercut. Skinner saw that one coming.
Skinner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hoca on the side of the head.
Skinner throws a hook but Hoca blocks it.
Skinner takes a swing at Hoca's ribcage but misses.
Hoca was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hoca misses with a double jab.
Skinner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Skinner throws an off balance right hand
and Hoca counters with a nice body shot.
Skinner fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Hoca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Skinner has closed the distance and engaged Hoca in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shug Skinner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Necmettin Hoca's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Skinner misses with a few strikes there.
Skinner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hoca looks to throw the jab but Skinner is out of range.
Hoca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skinner moves away.
Hoca ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Skinner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hoca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Skinner clinches up with Hoca and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoca stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hoca tries to break free but Skinner pushes him back against the cage.
Skinner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Skinner throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hoca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Necmettin Hoca is winning the standup battle so far.
Skinner jabs Hoca right on the nose. Hoca blinks but takes it well.
Skinner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hoca in his tracks.
Skinner misses with an uppercut.
Skinner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Skinner.
Skinner slips under a jab.
Skinner lunges at Hoca with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hoca's hand.

Skinner closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinner lands a shoulder strike.

Skinner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skinner tries to clinch but Hoca moves out of range.
A left lands for Skinner.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoca misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Skinner as he connects with a hook.
Skinner throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Hoca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Skinner misses with an uppercut.
Skinner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hoca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Necmettin Hoca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Skinner darts in and clinches Hoca up against the cage.
Shug Skinner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoca dodges an elbow strike from Skinner.

Hoca manages to break the clinch.
Hoca just misses with a punch to the body.
Shug Skinner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A big left from Hoca misses.
Skinner tries to counter with a clinch but Hoca shakes him off and moves away.
Skinner stuns Hoca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hoca loads up on a big right hand but Skinner slips the punch.
A jab from Hoca does it's job there.
Hoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hoca looks to land a right hand but Skinner moved out of range.
Hoca throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Skinner.
Skinner tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoca moves forwards but Skinner connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Skinner there.

Skinner closes the distance and clinches.
Hoca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skinner's elbow.
Hoca struggles to land a body shot inside as Skinner controls his hands.
Skinner has Hoca pressed against the cage, preventing Hoca from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hoca misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoca.
Hoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hoca misses with the head strike.
Hoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hoca misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shug Skinner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Skinner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shug Skinner!
A victorious Shug Skinner thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.