PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Schauberger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jermaine Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Schauberger
vs
Williams

187 cm
21
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Schauberger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jermaine Williams!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schauberger missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Williams tries to stall but Schauberger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schauberger stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Williams tries to pull guard but Schauberger won't allow it.

Williams has picked Schauberger up - he's going for a ride! Williams dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Schauberger is looking to get back to full guard here but Williams has managed to pass to side control instead.
Schauberger sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Williams moves nicely into side control.
Schauberger is not content to let Williams control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schauberger isn't going anywhere.
Williams wants to stand but Schauberger is controlling his arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schauberger controls the position for a moment.
Schauberger is trying to get back to half guard.
Schauberger wants to control but Williams postures up.
Schauberger defending against the ground and pound.
Schauberger is trying to control Williams's posture but Williams avoids it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Williams darts in and clinches Schauberger up against the cage.

Schauberger is trying to trip Williams. He has hold of a leg but Williams is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Schauberger persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Schauberger with a flurry of punches that miss.
Williams can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Schauberger controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams working a defensive guard here.
Schauberger looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Williams throws a couple of heel strikes.
Williams trying to keep a closed guard but Schauberger is proving a slippery customer.
Schauberger is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Schauberger throws a big right hand that misses.
Schauberger stays in close to Williams's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schauberger looking to pass the guard.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Schauberger slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Williams wants to sweep but no luck.
Schauberger not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Viktor Schauberger just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Williams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williams there as he acknowledges the shot.
Williams tries to clinch but Schauberger is having none of it.
Schauberger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Williams misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Schauberger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schauberger throws out the jab.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Schauberger as he avoids it easily.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Schauberger pushes him off.
Williams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Schauberger circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Schauberger dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Schauberger looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
Schauberger circles away from the clinch attempt.

Schauberger has closed the distance and engaged Williams in a clinch.
Williams can't break the clinch.

Schauberger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schauberger misses with a straight left.
Williams shoots in but Schauberger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Schauberger tries a head kick but it misses.
Jermaine Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Schauberger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Schauberger throws a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. Schauberger tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Schauberger manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Viktor Schauberger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jermaine Williams.
Schauberger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williams is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Schauberger.
Schauberger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schauberger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Schauberger misses with a hook.
Williams needs to keep his hands up - Schauberger had a free shot at his head there.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.

Williams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Williams can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Schauberger controls the pace.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schauberger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Williams can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Schauberger controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schauberger in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Schauberger is in close to Williams's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Schauberger stays in close to Williams's body and controls the position.

Williams looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Schauberger's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Schauberger advances position into side control!
The referee asks Schauberger politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Schauberger prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schauberger has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Schauberger seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Williams for as long as he can get away with.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Viktor Schauberger just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Williams has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schauberger finds it's way round the side to connect with Williams's head.
Schauberger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.

Williams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Williams wants to stand up but Schauberger is controlling him.
Schauberger is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schauberger landing some decent shots from guard.
Schauberger content to stall in guard here.
Schauberger with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Schauberger dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Schauberger with a hook.
Williams fails with the takedown
letting Schauberger counter with a right hand.
Williams drops his hands momentarily and Schauberger takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Schauberger waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Williams.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schauberger.

Schauberger scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Schauberger grinds an elbow into Williams's temple.
Williams is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Schauberger grinds an elbow into Williams's temple.
Schauberger working away.
Schauberger working the head and body with strikes.
Schauberger remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Williams tries to improve position but can't.
Schauberger has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams trying to remain calm as Schauberger controls from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Schauberger prevents Williams from escaping the position.

Schauberger wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Williams, who protects the arm well.
Williams takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Schauberger controlling the position from side mount.
Schauberger's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Williams prevents Schauberger from improving position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to get to half guard.
Schauberger landing shots from mount.
Schauberger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Schauberger scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Schauberger lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Schauberger looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Schauberger tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Schauberger scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Williams?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schauberger controlling the pace for now.
Schauberger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Schauberger lands a big shot there that rocks Williams but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Schauberger prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Schauberger landing shots from mount.
Viktor Schauberger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schauberger looking to finish Williams with some ground and pound. This is bad for Williams!

Schauberger looking for a guillotine from mount but Williams is having none of it.
Jermaine Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Viktor Schauberger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schauberger in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Schauberger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Schauberger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Schauberger!