PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shug Skinner (ranked 1230 p4p, 3834 weight class) and Necmettin Hoca (ranked 163 p4p, 415 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Skinner
vs
Hoca

175 cm
29
153
11 - 9 - 1

175 cm
29
162
13 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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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 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Shug Skinner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Necmettin Hoca!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Hoca misses.
Skinner tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Hoca manages to circle out of the way.
Hoca swings for the body but Skinner moves out of range.
Hoca takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Skinner tries to clinch
and Hoca counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoca misses with a straight right.
Hoca throws a jab when Skinner was well out of range.
A slow jab from Hoca misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skinner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hoca looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hoca throws a looping overhand right but Skinner ducks down to avoid it.
Skinner tries to counter by clinching up but Hoca breaks away and moves out of range.
Hoca missing with a left hand there. Skinner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hoca throws the left hand but Skinner avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinner avoids the body shot from Hoca.
Hoca misses with a body punch

and Skinner holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Hoca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skinner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Skinner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Skinner wants to clinch.
Hoca walks into a stiff left hand from Skinner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoca was well out of range. Poor timing from Skinner.
Hoca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skinner manages to avoid it.
Skinner tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Hoca manages to circle out of the way.
Skinner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hoca.
Skinner seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Skinner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hoca throws a hook but Skinner avoids it easily.
Skinner scores with a sloppy right hand. Hoca should have avoided that one.
Hoca takes a swing at Skinner's ribcage but misses.
Skinner is looking to clinch but Hoca is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hoca misses.
Skinner seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Hoca with a nice cross.
Skinner misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Hoca on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Skinner scores with a sloppy right hand. Hoca should have avoided that one.
Hoca throws a body shot but no joy.
Hoca moves away from the strike by Skinner.
Skinner misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Skinner misses its intended target.
Skinner misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoca throws a big shot that misses.
Hoca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Hoca misses.
Skinner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skinner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Skinner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hoca throws a hook but Skinner avoids it easily.
A cross from Skinner lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skinner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hoca connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Skinner scrambles back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Necmettin Hoca dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hoca misses with a straight left.
Hoca has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A slow jab from Skinner misses its intended target.
Skinner misses with a few strikes there.
Skinner misses with an uppercut
and Hoca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Skinner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoca.
Skinner is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hoca.
Skinner is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Skinner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hoca moves away.
Hoca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skinner.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoca misses with a body shot.
Skinner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skinner. Hoca does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinner lands a nice shot to the body.
Hoca throws an overhand right that lands on Skinner's shoulder, as Skinner tries to avoid the shot.
Skinner seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nice jab there from Skinner.
Hoca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skinner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Skinner tries to clinch but Hoca moves out of range.
Hoca appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hoca slips under a jab.
Hoca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skinner.
As Hoca tries to get set, Skinner tries to push him back and clinch up but Hoca manages to avoid the attempt.
Skinner tries to clinch up.
Hoca just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoca.
Skinner misses the jab.

Skinner moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Hoca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Necmettin Hoca seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Skinner moves away from the strike by Hoca.
The fighters circling - Skinner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hoca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skinner was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoca.
Hoca throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoca misses with the combination.
Hoca missing with a left hand there. Skinner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Hoca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hoca lands with an uppercut that bounces Skinner off the cage and back into range.
Hoca throws a jab when Skinner was well out of range.
Skinner tries to counter by clinching up but Hoca breaks away and moves out of range.
Hoca misses with an uppercut.
Hoca misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hoca!
Skinner moves in looking to clinch but Hoca pushes him off.
Hoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hoca scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Skinner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hoca circles away quickly and effectively.
As Skinner backs off Hoca throws a huge counter combo but Skinner manages to avoid it all.
Skinner avoids the body shot from Hoca.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Skinner rushes Hoca and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hoca manages to break the clinch.
Skinner misses with an uppercut. Hoca saw that one coming.
Skinner misses with a wild body shot.
Hoca looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Necmettin Hoca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hoca misses with a hook.
Skinner tries to close the distance and clinch but Hoca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hoca! But no joy.
Skinner moves out of range as Hoca strikes.
Skinner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skinner misses the shot to the body.
Hoca looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Skinner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hoca.
Skinner tries to clinch up but Hoca circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skinner ducks under a wild hook from Hoca.
Hoca takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A left lands for Hoca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hoca.
Hoca lands a nice shot that snaps Skinner's head back.
A big left from Hoca misses.
Skinner throws a big shot that misses.
Hoca throws a lazy right hand but Skinner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skinner slips a straight right by Hoca.
Hoca slips under a jab.
Skinner is looking to clinch but Hoca is avoiding it.
Skinner loads up on a big right hand but Hoca slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Skinner misses with a body punch
and Hoca counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hoca misses with a looping right.
Hoca keeps the fight on the outside.
A countering left hand to the body from Hoca misses.

Skinner gets a clinch.
Skinner pushes off an throws an elbow but Hoca leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Hoca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skinner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoca.
Necmettin Hoca is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Skinner lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoca drops his hands momentarily and Skinner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Skinner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hoca.
Skinner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Skinner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shug Skinner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hoca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Skinner throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Hoca releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Skinner swings widly with a right hand
and Hoca counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Skinner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skinner misses with a shot to the body
and Hoca counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Skinner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skinner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hoca counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Skinner moves out of range of the strikes.
Skinner defending well as Hoca loads up on a big left hand.
Skinner throws a looping overhand right but Hoca ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice uppercut lands for Hoca. That snapped Skinner's head back.
Nice defenses there by Hoca.

And that's the end of the fight!
Necmettin Hoca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hoca winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Necmettin Hoca!
Necmettin Hoca decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.