PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Two Hearted (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Skaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Two Hearted had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Hearted
vs
Skaar

200 cm
26
265 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

195 cm
24
220 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Two Hearted!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Skaar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearted fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hearted is looking to clinch.
Hearted is looking to clinch.

Hearted moves into range and clinches up with Skaar.
Hearted keeps control of Skaar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hearted throws a head punch that misses.
Skaar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skaar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hearted has him pressed against the cage.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Skaar wants to get back to striking at distance but Hearted won't allow it.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Skaar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skaar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skaar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Two Hearted has been cut.
Hearted tries to close the distance and clinch up but Skaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Skaar throws a head kick that half lands.

Skaar looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Skaar seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Skaar escapes and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hearted tries to close the distance and clinch up but Skaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Skaar fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearted tries to clinch up
and Skaar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hearted fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hearted avoids the head kick by Skaar.
Skaar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Skaar plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Skaar circles away from the clinch attempt.

Hearted closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skaar.
Skaar tries to break free but Hearted pushes him back against the cage.
Hearted lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Skaar looks gassed!
Hearted keeps control of Skaar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hearted working aggressively here.
Hearted misses with the head strike.
Hearted lands an uppercut.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skaar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skaar is trying to break the clinch but Hearted has him pressed against the cage.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Skaar blocking some punches.
Hearted lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Skaar is trying to break the clinch but Hearted has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearted lands with a light punch inside.
Hearted lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted misses with the head strike.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skaars head.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Hearted.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hearted creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Skaar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Skaar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hearted lands with a light punch inside.
Hearted lands an uppercut.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearted lands a hook that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted gets through Skaar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hearted scores with a shot to the side of Skaar's head.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hearted misses with the head strike.
Hearted pushes Skaar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hearted.
Hearted lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hearted.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hearted softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearted lands with a light punch inside.
Skaar blocking some punches.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skaar.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skaar tries to circle away but Hearted has him pinned against the cage.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Hearted.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hearted.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hearted gets through Skaar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hearted scores with a shot to the side of Skaar's head.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted lands a hook that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Hearted scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Hearted scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hearted misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alex Skaar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Two Hearted's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hearted clinches up with Skaar and pushes him back against the cage.
Skaar tries to break free but Hearted pushes him back against the cage.
Skaar blocks an uppercut.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skaar is trying to break the clinch but Hearted has him pressed against the cage.
Skaar tries to break the clinch but Hearted is controlling the position.
Hearted pushes Skaar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hearted keeps control of Skaar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skaar.
Skaar is looking to break free of the clinch but Hearted has double underhooks.
Skaar drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hearted pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hearted avoids the body shot from Skaar.
Hearted fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hearted rushes Skaar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Skaar is trying to break free.
Skaar is breathing heavily.
Hearted makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted lands with a right to the head.
Hearted lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hearted has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hearted lands a shoulder strike.
Skaar with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted lands a left hand.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearted lands an uppercut.
Hearted throws a head punch that misses.
Skaar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hearted lands a hook that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hearted misses with the head strike.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Skaar is trying to break the clinch but Hearted has him pressed against the cage.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skaar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hearted lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Skaar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hearted has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hearted.
Hearted lands with a left to the head.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skaar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hearted.
Skaar wants to break free but Hearted has control.
Hearted throws a head punch that misses.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted lands a nice uppercut.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted misses with the head strike.
Skaar takes a shot to the head.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
A short right from Hearted on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Skaar blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skaar.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hearted.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted working aggressively here.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Hearted.
Skaar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hearted lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Skaar is trying to break the clinch but Hearted is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from Hearted.
Hearted throws a head punch that misses.
Hearted working aggressively here.
Skaar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hearted lands a left hand.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted lands a nice uppercut.
Skaar blocking some punches.
Hearted lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skaar.
Hearted pushes Skaar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hearted scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Skaar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Two Hearted has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A short left from Hearted.
Hearted prevents Skaar from breaking the clinch.
Skaar blocks an uppercut.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted pushes Skaar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted lands with a light punch inside.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Skaar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hearted lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skaar.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hearted working aggressively here.
Hearted scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skaar blocking some punches.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted gets through Skaar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Two Hearted dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Two Hearted's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hearted wants to clinch up but Skaar keeps it at a distance.
Skaar misses with a looping left.
Hearted tries to clinch up.
Skaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Skaar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hearted swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Two Hearted seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hearted tries to close the distance and clinch up but Skaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Skaar misses with a two punch combination.
Skaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Skaar keeps the fight on the outside.
Skaar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Skaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hearted tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Skaar paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hearted lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hearted misses with some punches.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Skaar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hearted throws a head punch that misses.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hearted lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
A short right from Hearted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar blocking some punches.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted lands a right hand.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
A nice left hand lands by Hearted.
A short right from Hearted on the inside.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
A short uppercut from Hearted.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hearted.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hearted creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Hearted.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearted working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hearted.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Skaar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skaar blocks an uppercut.
Skaar is trying to break the clinch but Hearted is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hearted.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted scores with a shot to the side of Skaar's head.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Skaar blocking some punches.
Skaar blocks an uppercut.
Hearted lands a hook that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Hearted.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearted lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skaar tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short uppercut from Hearted.
Hearted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Hearted softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearted lands an uppercut.
Hearted fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearted swings wildly with an uppercut but Skaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearted lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hearted lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted throws a head punch that misses.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted lands with a left to the head.
Hearted lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hearted scores with a shot to the side of Skaar's head.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skaar can't get the takedown.
Hearted throws a punch but it's blocked by Skaar.
Hearted working aggressively here.
Hearted has a couple of punches blocked by Skaar.
Hearted throws a head punch that misses.
Hearted lands an uppercut.
Hearted lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Hearted.

Skaar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hearted tries to clinch up.
Hearted tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hearted fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hearted wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hearted doesn't manage to clinch there - Skaar circles away.

Hearted has closed the distance and engaged Skaar in a clinch.
Hearted swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skaar blocking some punches.
Hearted lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skaar backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hearted fails to land.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hearted tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hearted misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearted working aggressively here.
Skaar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skaar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hearted working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Skaar is trying to break the clinch but Hearted has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hearted keeps control of Skaar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hearted misses with a punch on the inside.
Hearted misses with the head strike.
Hearted lands a nice uppercut.
Hearted working aggressively here.
Skaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Two Hearted showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hearted has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Two Hearted!