PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jens Neustadt (ranked 2110 p4p, 2191 weight class) and Oliver Schultz (ranked 124 p4p, 132 weight class). Neustadt comes to the cage accompanied by GZUZ - Warum. Oliver Schultz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Neustadt
vs
Schultz

165 cm
26
140
6 - 2 - 0

169 cm
26
140
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jens Neustadt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oliver Schultz!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neustadt misses with a hook to the body
letting Schultz counter with a right hand.

It looks like Jens Neustadt has been cut.

Schultz tries to keep at a distance but Neustadt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Neustadt blocking some punches.
Schultz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schultz is trying to break the clinch but Neustadt is controlling him.
Neustadt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Neustadt.
Neustadt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Schultz breaks from the clinch.

Neustadt closes the distance and pushes Schultz back into the cage.
Schultz lands with a short shot to the head.
Schultz takes a knee to the side of the body.

Schultz breaks from the clinch.
Jens Neustadt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Schultz gets tackled into the cage by Neustadt. Neustadt maintains the clinch.
Schultz misses with the head strike.
Schultz misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz is trying to break the clinch but Neustadt is controlling him.
Neustadt lands a good knee to the midsection. Schultz won't want to take too many of those.

Schultz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neustadt closes the distance and clinches.
Schultz tries to break the clinch but Neustadt is controlling the position.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Neustadt.
Schultz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Neustadt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Neustadt lands a nice knee to the body.
Neustadt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schultz is defending well for now.
Schultz is looking to break free of the clinch but Neustadt has double underhooks.
Schultz is trying to push Neustadt away but Neustadt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Neustadt misses with a knee strike.
Neustadt lands a good knee to the midsection. Schultz won't want to take too many of those.
Neustadt missing with knees to the body.
Neustadt has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Schultz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Neustadt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Neustadt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Neustadt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neustadt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Schultz's face.
Neustadt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schultz avoids it.
Neustadt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schultz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but Schultz blocks with his arms.
Schultz's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Schultz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neustadt lands a nice knee to the body.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schultz is trying to break free.
Neustadt looking to throw knees to the head but Schultz is blocking nicely.
Neustadt misses with a knee to the head.

Schultz breaks from the clinch.
Neustadt tries to clinch there but Schultz circles away.
Schultz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Neustadt rushes Schultz and presses him up against the cage.

Schultz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neustadt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schultz.
Neustadt tries to counter by clinching up but Schultz breaks away and moves out of range.

Schultz tries to keep at a distance but Neustadt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Neustadt connects with a knee to the head.
Neustadt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Neustadt tries to land knees in the clinch but Schultz avoids the damage to the body.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Neustadt uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schultz can't break the clinch.
Neustadt tries to land knees in the clinch but Schultz avoids the damage to the body.
Schultz throws a punch but it's blocked by Neustadt.
Neustadt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schultz tries to land knees in the clinch but Neustadt avoids the damage to the body.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schultz avoids it.
Schultz is trying to push Neustadt away but Neustadt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schultz avoids it.
Neustadt working Schultz over with knees to the body.
Neustadt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schultz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
Neustadt tries to land knees in the clinch but Schultz avoids the damage to the body.
Neustadt goes for a takedown attempt but Schultz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Schultz lands with an uppercut that bounces Neustadt off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schultz swats away the attempt to clinch by Neustadt.

Schultz gets tackled into the cage by Neustadt. Neustadt maintains the clinch.
Neustadt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schultz lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neustadt.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but Schultz blocks with his arms.
Neustadt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schultz.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Neustadt.

Schultz manages to break the clinch.
Neustadt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jens Neustadt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jens Neustadt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Neustadt closes the distance and pushes Schultz back into the cage.
Neustadt lands a knee to the body.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but Schultz blocks with his arms.
Neustadt lands a nice knee to the body.
Neustadt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schultz is defending well for now.
Neustadt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but Schultz blocks with his arms.
Schultz lands a hook that snaps the head of Neustadt backwards.

Schultz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Neustadt clinches up against the cage.
Schultz tries to break the clinch but Neustadt is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schultz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Neustadt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schultz's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Neustadt.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Neustadt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jens Neustadt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Neustadt landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neustadt ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Neustadt no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Schultz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Neustadt keeping moving, preventing Schultz from controlling successfully.
Schultz tries to free his leg and advance position but Neustadt is retaining full guard.
Schultz is still trying to improve position.
Neustadt pulls Schultz in close to his closed guard and prevents Schultz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Schultz wants to get up but he can't break Neustadt's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Neustadt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schultz can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Schultz wants to control from the top but Neustadt keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.

Neustadt working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Schultz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Schultz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Neustadt keeping moving, preventing Schultz from controlling successfully.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Neustadt tries to clinch but Schultz moves out of range.
Neustadt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Schultz.
Neustadt tries to counter by clinching up but Schultz breaks away and moves out of range.

Neustadt closes the distance and pushes Schultz back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schultz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schultz can't break the clinch.
Neustadt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Neustadt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neustadt.
Neustadt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schultz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Neustadt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schultz misses with a short punch on the inside.

Schultz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neustadt tries to clinch but Schultz moves away
and Schultz counters with a stiff right hand.
Neustadt fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Neustadt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Neustadt has closed the distance and engaged Schultz in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Neustadt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schultz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schultz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Neustadt has him pressed against the cage.
Neustadt 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.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Neustadt.
Neustadt stalling the fight.
Neustadt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schultz.
Schultz avoiding damage as Neustadt throws knees to the body.
Neustadt prevents Schultz from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Schultz.

Schultz breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schultz scores with a punch to the head.
Schultz missing with a left hand there. Neustadt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Schultz gets tackled into the cage by Neustadt. Neustadt maintains the clinch.
Neustadt with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jens Neustadt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jens Neustadt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Neustadt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schultz was well out of range. Poor timing from Neustadt.
Neustadt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schultz avoids the body shot from Neustadt.

Neustadt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Schultz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Schultz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Neustadt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schultz.
Neustadt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schultz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schultz avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Schultz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neustadt tries to move into range but Schultz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Neustadt is rocked!

Neustadt has Schultz up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Neustadt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Schultz avoiding damage as Neustadt throws knees to the body.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Neustadt seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neustadt looking to throw knees to the head but Schultz is blocking nicely.
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schultz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schultz has had enough of the clinch but Neustadt keeps him there for the moment.

Schultz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schultz scores with a decent looking hook.
Schultz slips a jab from Neustadt.
Schultz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Schultz dances in with a quick combination. Neustadt is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Schultz snaps Neustadt's head back. Neustadt stumbles backwards against the cage. Schultz steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Neustadt's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Neustadt just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Oliver Schultz!