PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Schmuckatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Hyabusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmuckatelli comes to the cage accompanied by Stay Here by SWANS. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Schmuckatelli
vs
Hyabusa

200 cm
28
267 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
272 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Schmuckatelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryu Hyabusa!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmuckatelli goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Schmuckatelli slips a jab from Hyabusa.
Schmuckatelli getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Schmuckatelli connects with a single shot there.
Hyabusa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
Schmuckatelli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hyabusa lands a nice looking body kick.
Joe Schmuckatelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schmuckatelli circles away quickly and effectively.
Hyabusa misses with a body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Schmuckatelli, as that shot connected.
Hyabusa throws a looping overhand right but Schmuckatelli ducks down to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Hyabusa as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Joe Schmuckatelli has been cut.
Schmuckatelli scores with a sloppy right hand. Hyabusa should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Hyabusa misses its intended target.
Schmuckatelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hyabusa.
Schmuckatelli slips a jab and a cross from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa looks to land a combination but Schmuckatelli avoids it well.
Hyabusa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Schmuckatelli in his tracks.
Hyabusa misses with the combination.
Schmuckatelli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Hyabusa counter with a right hand.
Schmuckatelli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schmuckatelli throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hyabusa looks gassed!

Schmuckatelli forces Hyabusa back against the cage and clinches.
Hyabusa wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmuckatelli won't allow it.
Schmuckatelli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyabusa blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmuckatelli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schmuckatelli works on Hyabusa's body with a couple of short punches.
Schmuckatelli missing with knees to the body.
Hyabusa stops a takedown attempt from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schmuckatelli misses with a knee to the head.
Hyabusa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hyabusa is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmuckatelli has double underhooks.
Schmuckatelli misses with a knee strike.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.
Schmuckatelli lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schmuckatelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli looking to throw knees to the head but Hyabusa is blocking nicely.
Schmuckatelli working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Schmuckatelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schmuckatelli has him pressed against the cage.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Schmuckatelli has him pressed against the cage.
Hyabusa is trying to force a seperation but Schmuckatelli has the dominant position.
Schmuckatelli lands a body punch.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks with his arms.
Schmuckatelli gets through Hyabusa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schmuckatelli prevents Hyabusa from breaking the clinch.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyabusa avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schmuckatelli.
Hyabusa is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmuckatelli has double underhooks.
A hook to the body from Schmuckatelli.
A body shot lands from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli scores with a knee to the head.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schmuckatelli throws an elbow but misses.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the head.
Schmuckatelli lands an elbow inside that Hyabusa shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Schmuckatelli lands a body shot.
Schmuckatelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schmuckatelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hyabusa is defending well for now.
Schmuckatelli scores with a knee to the head.
Schmuckatelli misses with an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Schmuckatelli.
Hyabusa tries to circle away but Schmuckatelli has him pinned against the cage.
Hyabusa takes an elbow to the temple.
Hyabusa is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmuckatelli has double underhooks.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right handed body shot lands from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
Schmuckatelli prevents Hyabusa from breaking the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Schmuckatelli.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Schmuckatelli - that landed with a thud.
Hyabusa is pressed up against the cage. Schmuckatelli has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hyabusa down to the mat. Hyabusa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Schmuckatelli lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Schmuckatelli.
Nice body kick there by Schmuckatelli.
Hyabusa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schmuckatelli.
Hyabusa takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Schmuckatelli slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Schmuckatelli lands a jab.
Schmuckatelli cracks Hyabusa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Schmuckatelli looks to land a combination. Hyabusa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Schmuckatelli rushes Hyabusa and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hyabusa takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ryu Hyabusa has been cut.
Schmuckatelli is leaning against Hyabusa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Schmuckatelli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Schmuckatelli dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Schmuckatelli forces Hyabusa back against the cage and clinches.
Hyabusa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schmuckatelli has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schmuckatelli as Hyabusa tries to tie him up.
Hyabusa is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmuckatelli has double underhooks.
Hyabusa wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmuckatelli won't allow it.
Schmuckatelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyabusa.
Schmuckatelli lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hyabusa avoids the elbow strike from Schmuckatelli, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli 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.
Schmuckatelli lands a knee to the head.
Schmuckatelli working Hyabusa over with knees to the body.
Hyabusa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Schmuckatelli lands with a light punch inside.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schmuckatelli misses with an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Joe Schmuckatelli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schmuckatelli lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyabusa blocks an elbow strike from Schmuckatelli.
A right handed body shot lands from Schmuckatelli.
A short uppercut from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hyabusa's defenses.
Schmuckatelli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hyabusa can do to turn this around?
Hyabusa takes an elbow to the temple.
Schmuckatelli looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli lands an elbow just above Hyabusa 's eye.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Schmuckatelli.
A hook to the body from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Schmuckatelli working Hyabusa over with knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli presses Hyabusa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Schmuckatelli is controlling him.
Hyabusa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli working Hyabusa over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks with his arms.
Schmuckatelli unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schmuckatelli lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyabusa won't want to take too many of those.
Schmuckatelli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyabusa blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmuckatelli pushes off an throws an elbow but Hyabusa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Schmuckatelli looking to throw knees to the head but Hyabusa is blocking nicely.
Hyabusa working hard to break the clinch.
Schmuckatelli digs a right hand underneath Hyabusa's ribcage. Hyabusa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hyabusa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyabusa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schmuckatelli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schmuckatelli lands with a light punch inside.
Schmuckatelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa tries to break the clinch but Schmuckatelli is controlling the position.
Schmuckatelli lands with a left to the head.
Schmuckatelli lands with a left to the head.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyabusa avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli lands an elbow inside that Hyabusa shrugs off.
Hyabusa wants to break free but Schmuckatelli has control.

Hyabusa manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Hyabusa misses its intended target.
Schmuckatelli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Hyabusa misses.
Schmuckatelli throws a combination. Hyabusa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hyabusa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Schmuckatelli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schmuckatelli lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Schmuckatelli moves out of range as Hyabusa throws a body kick.

Schmuckatelli rushes Hyabusa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hyabusa avoids a wild elbow strike from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Hyabusa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hyabusa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schmuckatelli throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hyabusa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa missing with a left hand there. Schmuckatelli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hyabusa misses with a series of wild punches.
Schmuckatelli connects with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schmuckatelli.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Schmuckatelli lands an elbow that stopped Hyabusa in his tracks for a moment.
Schmuckatelli works on Hyabusa's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schmuckatelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
Schmuckatelli scores with a hook to the body.
Schmuckatelli looking to throw knees to the head but Hyabusa is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hyabusa avoids the elbow strike from Schmuckatelli, against the cage.
Hyabusa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Schmuckatelli lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hyabusa.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyabusa avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Schmuckatelli dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Schmuckatelli moves into the clinch.
Schmuckatelli has Hyabusa pressed against the cage, preventing Hyabusa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Schmuckatelli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hyabusa tries to circle away but Schmuckatelli has him pinned against the cage.
Schmuckatelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hyabusa is defending well for now.
Hyabusa takes an elbow to the temple.
Schmuckatelli works on Hyabusa's body with a couple of short punches.
Hyabusa tries to circle away but Schmuckatelli has him pinned against the cage.
Hyabusa takes an elbow to the forehead.
A bit of stalling here from Hyabusa.
Schmuckatelli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schmuckatelli misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmuckatelli lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hyabusa.
Hyabusa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schmuckatelli trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli trying to land knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli lands a shot to the body.
Schmuckatelli lands a hook that snaps the head of Hyabusa backwards.
Hyabusa misses with the head strike.
Schmuckatelli trying to land knees to the body.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch but Schmuckatelli keeps him there for the moment.
Schmuckatelli is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hyabusa is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmuckatelli has double underhooks.
Schmuckatelli lands with a right to the head.
Hyabusa taking a breather.
Schmuckatelli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hyabusa's defenses.
Schmuckatelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch but Schmuckatelli keeps him there for the moment.
Hyabusa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hyabusa blocks the elbow strike.
Hyabusa tries to throw a body punch but Schmuckatelli avoids it by throwing Hyabusa back against the cage.
Schmuckatelli missing with knees to the body.

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.
Hyabusa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schmuckatelli lands with a light punch inside.
Schmuckatelli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Schmuckatelli trying to land knees to the body.
Hyabusa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli crunches a lovely knee into Hyabusa's ribcage.
Schmuckatelli trying to land knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyabusa won't want to take too many of those.
Schmuckatelli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hyabusas head.
Schmuckatelli lands an elbow inside that Hyabusa shrugs off.
Schmuckatelli using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ryu Hyabusa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schmuckatelli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hyabusa wants to break free but Schmuckatelli has control.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schmuckatelli works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli digs a right hand into Hyabusa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hyabusa's gas tank.
Schmuckatelli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schmuckatelli lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schmuckatelli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hyabusa's brow.
Schmuckatelli lands a shot to the body.
Schmuckatelli comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hyabusa avoids the elbow strike from Schmuckatelli, against the cage.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.
Schmuckatelli keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hyabusa's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hyabusa.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli has Hyabusa pressed against the cage, preventing Hyabusa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli scores with a shoulder strike.
Schmuckatelli misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schmuckatelli has him pressed against the cage.
Hyabusa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hyabusa tries to break free but Schmuckatelli pushes him back against the cage.
Schmuckatelli working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schmuckatelli looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hyabusa taking a breather.
Schmuckatelli keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hyabusa's efforts to push away.
Hyabusa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hyabusa takes an elbow to the temple.
Hyabusa tries to circle away but Schmuckatelli has him pinned against the cage.
Hyabusa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schmuckatelli utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schmuckatelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hyabusa managing to block the knees to the body from Schmuckatelli.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Schmuckatelli showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Schmuckatelli 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Schmuckatelli!