PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Easterly (ranked 23390 p4p, 1602 weight class) and Anni Skystalker (ranked 304 p4p, 80 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Easterly
vs
Skystalker

190 cm
28
192
0 - 1 - 0

165 cm
33
145
17 - 11 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Holden Easterly !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Anni Skystalker!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skystalker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Skystalker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Easterly doesn't manage to clinch there - Skystalker circles away.
Skystalker raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Easterly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Skystalker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Skystalker looks to land a combination but Easterly avoids it well.
Skystalker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Easterly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Skystalker.

Easterly takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Skystalker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skystalker has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
Easterly tries to break free but Skystalker pushes him back against the cage.
Skystalker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Easterly misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Skystalker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skystalker keeps the fight on the outside.
Easterly throws a head kick but Skystalker moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Easterly - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Easterly instigates a clinch.

Easterly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Easterly misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skystalker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good shot there by Easterly .
Skystalker misses with a body shot.
Skystalker slips under a jab from Easterly .
Easterly tries a head kick but it misses.
Easterly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Easterly instigates a clinch.
Easterly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Easterly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Easterly is trying to push Skystalker away but Skystalker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Skystalker on the inside.
Skystalker works on Easterly 's body with a couple of short punches.
Skystalker misses with a punch to the body.

Skystalker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skystalker scores with a nice right hand.
Skystalker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Skystalker does no damage.
Skystalker lands a glancing blow to the side of Easterly 's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Easterly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Skystalker! But no joy.
Easterly throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Skystalker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Easterly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gumburcules Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Easterly fails in his attempt to clinch.

Easterly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Easterly struggles to land a body shot inside as Skystalker controls his hands.
Easterly lands a nice uppercut.
Skystalker keeps control of Easterly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Skystalker lands a nice uppercut.
Easterly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skystalker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Easterly .
Skystalker has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.

Easterly manages to break the clinch.

Skystalker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Skystalker lands with a right to the head.

Easterly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Easterly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Skystalker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Easterly looks to score with a jab to the body but Skystalker is just out of range.
Skystalker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Easterly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Easterly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anni Skystalker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Skystalker 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 10:9
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 9:10
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Anni Skystalker!
Anni Skystalker spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.