PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charles Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Charles Skarbowsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skarbowsky has chosen Lux Aeterna as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Oliveira
vs
Charles Skarbowsky

179 cm
26
157 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Valhalla 160
Valhalla 160

O'Brannigan's Fightwear
O'Brannigan's Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jean Charles Skarbowsky!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Skarbowsky fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oliveira, pushing him back against the cage.
Oliveira tries to pull guard but Skarbowsky forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Skarbowsky looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.

Skarbowsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira looks to land a left hand but Skarbowsky moved out of range nicely.
Oliveira misses with the combination.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Skarbowsky throws a one two combo.
Skarbowsky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oliveira was well out of range. Poor timing from Skarbowsky.
Oliveira misses the shot to the body.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Skarbowsky counters with a nice low kick that buckles Oliveira's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands with a shot to the body.
Skarbowsky takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skarbowsky moves away.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Skarbowsky.
Oliveira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Skarbowsky.
Oliveira misses with a few strikes there.
Oliveira takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skarbowsky lands a leg kick that knocks Oliveira off balance momentarily.
Skarbowsky fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Skarbowsky rushes Oliveira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Skarbowsky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Skarbowsky stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Skarbowsky obliges.
Skarbowsky tries a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks it.
Skarbowsky prevents Oliveira from breaking the clinch.
Oliveira avoiding damage as Skarbowsky throws knees to the body.
Skarbowsky misses with a knee strike.
Skarbowsky tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.

Skarbowsky breaks from the clinch.
Charles Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Skarbowsky. Skarbowsky obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skarbowsky stuffs the takedown attempt from Oliveira. Oliveira gets slowly back to his feet.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Skarbowsky counters with a thumping low kick.

Skarbowsky clinches.
Skarbowsky landing knees to the head.
Skarbowsky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliveira.
Oliveira jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Skarbowsky walks away with a smile on his face. Oliveira gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Skarbowsky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Skarbowsky landing knees to the body.
Skarbowsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oliveira's face.

Skarbowsky breaks from the clinch.
Jean Charles Skarbowsky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Skarbowsky!
Oliveira on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Skarbowsky. Skarbowsky obviously looking to wear him down.

Skarbowsky takes the fight into the clinch.
Oliveira takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oliveira is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Skarbowsky landing knees to the head.
Skarbowsky misses with a knee strike.
Skarbowsky scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Skarbowsky tries a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks it.

Skarbowsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Charles Skarbowsky dominated that round.
That's time! Oliveira's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Oliveira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oliveira throws a right and a left that Skarbowsky avoids nicely.
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliveira jabs at Skarbowsky's body.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Oliveira stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky connects with a leg kick. Oliveira looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Skarbowsky turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Skarbowsky scores with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Skarbowsky ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Skarbowsky closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira takes a knee right on the jaw!
Skarbowsky is struggling to control the position.
Skarbowsky tries a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks it.
Skarbowsky tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Skarbowsky looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.

Skarbowsky breaks from the clinch.
Skarbowsky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Skarbowsky takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.
Skarbowsky fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Skarbowsky cracks the inside of Oliveira's front leg.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Skarbowsky turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky throws a nice outside leg kick.
Charles Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky scores with a jab to the body.
Skarbowsky is looking to slow Oliveira down with leg kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Skarbowsky.

Skarbowsky closes the distance and pushes Oliveira back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oliveira takes a knee right on the jaw!
Skarbowsky tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.

Skarbowsky manages to break the clinch.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Skarbowsky as he avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Skarbowsky. That's going to slow Oliveira down.
Skarbowsky scores with a leg kick.

Oliveira gets tackled into the cage by Skarbowsky. Skarbowsky maintains the clinch.
Skarbowsky tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Skarbowsky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliveira.

Skarbowsky breaks the clinch.
Oliveira throws a head kick that misses
and Skarbowsky counters with a good, hard body kick but Oliveira shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skarbowsky cracks the inside of Oliveira's front leg.

Skarbowsky takes the fight into the clinch.
Skarbowsky scores with a knee to the head.

Skarbowsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliveira on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Skarbowsky. Skarbowsky obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Charles Skarbowsky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Skarbowsky instigates a clinch.
Skarbowsky is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Oliveira jumps guard and drags Skarbowsky to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Skarbowsky gets to his feet - Oliveira follows without any prompting.
Sloppy strikes from Oliveira. Those never looked like landing.
Jean Charles Skarbowsky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky scoring well with a low kick there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skarbowsky throws a sloppy head kick and Oliveira moves out of range easily.
Skarbowsky misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skarbowsky moves away.
Oliveira misses with a series of wild punches.
Skarbowsky moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Skarbowsky pushes Oliveira up against the cage in a clinch.
Jean Charles Skarbowsky seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Skarbowsky avoiding damage.
Skarbowsky tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Skarbowsky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Skarbowsky working Oliveira over with knees to the body.
Charles Oliveira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky scores with a knee to the head.
Oliveira avoiding damage as Skarbowsky throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Skarbowsky.
Oliveira is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Skarbowsky to keep the fight standing.

Skarbowsky pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Skarbowsky.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira closes the distance looking to clinch
and Skarbowsky makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Oliveira really felt that one!
Oliveira is looking to wear down Skarbowsky with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Skarbowsky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oliveira throws a hook but Skarbowsky avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skarbowsky ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.

Skarbowsky gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky misses with a knee to the head.
Skarbowsky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oliveira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Skarbowsky scores with a knee to the head.
Skarbowsky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Skarbowsky breaks from the clinch.
Skarbowsky takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Skarbowsky circles away quickly and effectively.
Skarbowsky blocks a jab.
No joy there for Oliveira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Skarbowsky cracks the inside of Oliveira's front leg.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Skarbowsky.
Skarbowsky throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oliveira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Skarbowsky looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skarbowsky lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Skarbowsky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Skarbowsky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Charles Skarbowsky comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Skarbowsky 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Charles Skarbowsky!
A very excited looking Jean Charles Skarbowsky made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.