PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hans Schultz (ranked 1172 p4p, 1614 weight class) and Arild Ringnes (ranked 72 p4p, 91 weight class). Schultz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Love Bites. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Schultz
vs
Ringnes

219 cm
31
287
20 - 5 - 0

202 cm
39
282
33 - 22 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Fantasy Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hans Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arild Ringnes !
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schultz misses with an uppercut.
Schultz backing away here, and Ringnes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Schultz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ringnes trying to land knees to the body.
Schultz misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've been informed that Ringnes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ringnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Schultz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Schultz misses with a body punch.
Ringnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ringnes .
Schultz lands a left hand.
Ringnes avoids a wild elbow strike from Schultz.
Schultz scores with a shot to the side of Ringnes 's head.
Ringnes blocks an uppercut.
Schultz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schultz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Arild Ringnes has been cut.
Ringnes blocks an elbow strike.
Schultz lands an elbow that stopped Ringnes in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz lands an elbow inside.
Schultz throws an elbow but it misses.
Schultz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Ringnes .
Schultz throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz misses with the head strike.
Schultz blocking some punches.
Ringnes blocks a body shot from Schultz.
Schultz throws an elbow but it misses.
Schultz digs a right hand into Ringnes 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ringnes 's gas tank.
Ringnes takes a shot to the head.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Ringnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schultz throws a punch but it's blocked by Ringnes .
Schultz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz cracks Ringnes with a nice body shot.
Ringnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schultz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Schultz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ringnes looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Schultz.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Ringnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schultz lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
Schultz lands a nice elbow.
Schultz pushes off an throws an elbow but Ringnes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Schultz misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ringnes .
A head punch on the inside from Schultz fails to land.
Schultz scores with a shoulder strike.
Schultz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Schultz lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schultz.

That has opened up Arild Ringnes 's cut even more.
Ringnes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schultz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ringnes backwards.
Nice elbow from Schultz.
Ringnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Schultz uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ringnes blocking some punches.
Schultz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Schultz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arild Ringnes 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Schultz defending well as Ringnes loads up on a big left hand.
Schultz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schultz misses the jab.
Schultz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ringnes 's head backwards.
Ringnes ducks under a wild hook from Schultz.

Schultz has Ringnes up against the ropes in a clinch.
Schultz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schultz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ringnes can do to turn this around?
Schultz throws a punch but it's blocked by Ringnes .
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schultz.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schultz.
Ringnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Schultz controls his hands.
Schultz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Arild Ringnes 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Schultz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schultz tries to throw a body punch but Ringnes avoids it by throwing Schultz back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Schultz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ringnes 's brow.
Schultz lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schultz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ringnes blocks an elbow strike from Schultz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ringnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
Schultz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schultz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ringnes 's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Ringnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Schultz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Schultz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ringnes misses with some punches.
Hans Schultz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schultz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ringnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Schultz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ringnes backwards.
A hook to the body from Schultz.
Ringnes is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Ringnes fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Schultz.
Schultz blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Schultz as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schultz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schultz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schultz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz tries to work over Ringnes 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schultz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ringnes blocks an elbow strike.
Schultz lands a shot to the body.
Schultz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Schultz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Schultz throws an elbow but misses.
Schultz lands a left hand.

Arild Ringnes 's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ringnes blocks an uppercut.
Schultz lands an elbow that stopped Ringnes in his tracks for a moment.
Schultz pushes off an throws an elbow but Ringnes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Schultz lands an elbow inside that Ringnes shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Arild Ringnes 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hans Schultz!
Hans Schultz decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.