PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Voss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Skydny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voss comes to the cage accompanied by Here comes the boom!. Skydny has chosen infected mushrooms artillery as his entrance music. Anton Skydny is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Voss
vs
Skydny

180 cm
21
206 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 5 - 1

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Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Voss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Skydny!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skydny tries to clinch up.
Skydny throws a right hand that Voss ducks under and follows up with a left that Voss also avoids with ease.
Skydny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voss.
Voss shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Skydny defends it nicely.
Skydny shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Voss as he avoids it easily.
Voss takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Scott Voss has been cut.
Voss with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Skydny to score with a decent uppercut.
No joy there for Skydny, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Voss throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Skydny's waist but Skydny gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Voss off to one side.
Skydny throws a sloppy head kick and Voss moves out of range easily.

Skydny gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Voss turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Voss manages to end up in side control.
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!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Voss is trying to get an arm triangle but Skydny is defending well.

Voss is trying to get an arm triangle but Skydny is defending well.
Voss trying to control the position but Skydny is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skydny is trying to control Voss's posture but Voss avoids it.

Voss is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Skydny has escaped the position, nice work there.
Voss wants to lay and pray for a moment but Skydny keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Voss tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Voss has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Voss swings around for an armbar but Skydny sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Voss's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Skydny drops back, looking for a kneebar! Voss looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Voss looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Voss!
Skydny takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Voss looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skydny is not content to let Voss control the position.

Voss tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Voss looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voss fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Voss trying to control the action but Skydny is working from the bottom.

Voss is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Skydny is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Voss has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Skydny is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Voss yanks on the arm and Skydny is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Voss.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Scott Voss!
Scott Voss decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.