PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Janawat Narropol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Preston Schmidli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmidli is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Piano Man from Billy Joel. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Narropol
vs
Schmidli

175 cm
20
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Danger Fightwear
Ka-POW Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Janawat Narropol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Preston Schmidli!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schmidli closes the distance and clinches.
Schmidli is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Schmidli has Narropol pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Narropol manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Schmidli blocks an elbow strike from Narropol.
Narropol comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Preston Schmidli has been cut.
Schmidli wants to break free but Narropol has control.
Narropol lands an elbow inside.

Schmidli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Schmidli closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Narropol lands an elbow that stopped Schmidli in his tracks for a moment.
Schmidli takes an elbow to the forehead.
Narropol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schmidli.
Schmidli has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schmidli takes a knee to the side of the body.
The referee calls for Narropol to work.

Schmidli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Narropol wants to clinch up but Schmidli keeps it at a distance.
Narropol shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Schmidli defends it nicely.
Schmidli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Narropol clinches but Schmidli breaks the clinch

and Schmidli counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schmidli prevents the takedown attempt.
Narropol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schmidli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Narropol tightens his grip and picks Schmidli up, before dumping him to the ground. Schmidli manages to land in guard.
Narropol wants to control from the top but Schmidli keeps moving.
Narropol prevents Schmidli from getting back to his feet.
Schmidli keeping moving, preventing Narropol from controlling successfully.
Schmidli can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Narropol controls the pace.
Narropol wants to control from the top but Schmidli keeps moving.
Schmidli wants to get back to his feet but Narropol is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Schmidli looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Schmidli decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Narropol, up you get!
Schmidli swings for the body but Narropol moves out of range.
Narropol fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janawat Narropol. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Schmidli clinches up with Narropol and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narropol has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Schmidli is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Narropol is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Narropol obliges.
Schmidli gets underhooks to prevent Narropol's takedown attempt.
Narropol looking to stall.
Narropol throws an elbow but it misses.
Narropol wants a takedown but no success here.
Schmidli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Narropol throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Schmidli tightens his grip and picks Narropol up, before dumping him to the ground. Narropol manages to land in guard.
Schmidli stays in close to Narropol's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schmidli wants to stand but Narropol has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmidli is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Schmidli wants to control from the top but Narropol keeps moving.
Narropol is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Schmidli really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Narropol. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Narropol had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Schmidli defends it easily.

Schmidli stands and steps away. Narropol gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Schmidli closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Preston Schmidli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Preston Schmidli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Schmidli throws a right hand that Narropol ducks under and follows up with a left that Narropol also avoids with ease.
Narropol tries to clinch up.
Schmidli tries for a takedown but Narropol circles away easily

and Narropol counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Schmidli's guard now.
Schmidli is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Narropol is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Narropol stops Schmidli from standing up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Schmidli can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidli keeping moving, preventing Narropol from controlling successfully.
Narropol looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Schmidli is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Narropol is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Schmidli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schmidli cracks Narropol with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schmidli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Schmidli thows a body shot but no joy.
Narropol shoots in looking for a takedown. Schmidli tries to sprawl out of it but Narropol keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Schmidli manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Narropol shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Schmidli sprawls well. Schmidli wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Narropol gets slowly back to his feet.

Schmidli scores with a takedown into Narropol's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narropol working a defensive guard here.
Schmidli controlling from the top position.
Narropol wants to sweep here but Schmidli controlling him for the moment.
Schmidli tries to stand but Narropol is controlling from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schmidli's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Schmidli scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Schmidli would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Schmidli pushes Narropol up against the cage in a clinch.

Schmidli lands a takedown into guard.

Schmidli avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Narropol working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Schmidli doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Schmidli manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Schmidli wants to control from the top but Narropol keeps moving.
Schmidli is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Preston Schmidli will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Preston Schmidli's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Narropol shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Schmidli defends it nicely.
Preston Schmidli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narropol is looking to clinch.
Schmidli scores with a nice head shot.

Schmidli fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Narropol sprawls well initially but Schmidli persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Narropol is looking to improve his position.
Schmidli works his way into full mount!
Narropol tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidli putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Narropol is trying to escape the mount.

Schmidli goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Narropol turns into him and now he's in Schmidli's guard.

Schmidli kicks Narropol off and gets to his feet.

Schmidli looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Narropol!
Narropol is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Narropol really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidli looking to control and managing it successfully.
Narropol is trying to escape the mount.
BOOM! Schmidli connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Schmidli looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Schmidli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Schmidli trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Narropol tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmidli controlling his opponent.
Schmidli looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Schmidli in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Schmidli looking to control but Narropol is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Narropol tries to lock up and control but Schmidli gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Narropol tries to reverse the position but Schmidli maintains control.

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.
Schmidli scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Narropol?

Schmidli is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Narropol can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Preston Schmidli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Narropol tries to reverse the position but Schmidli maintains control.
Janawat Narropol has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Narropol is working hard here to advance position.
Schmidli controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Preston Schmidli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Schmidli 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Preston Schmidli!