PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfons Schnackselhuber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and johnboy hape (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.

Schnackselhuber
vs
hape

182 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

CHAINSAW SHACK - all 4 SALE!
CHAINSAW SHACK - all 4 SALE!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alfons Schnackselhuber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, johnboy hape!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schnackselhuber wants to clinch.

Schnackselhuber scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Schnackselhuber trying to control the action but hape is working from the bottom.
hape keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Schnackselhuber missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Schnackselhuber is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, hape has managed to free his arm - good work.
hape is looking for a sweep. Schnackselhuber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Schnackselhuber is looking for a kimura but hape is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Schnackselhuber to get the leverage.
Schnackselhuber wants to free his trapped foot but hape is holding on for dear life with his legs.
hape wants to improve his position but Schnackselhuber is controlling well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
hape shoots and misses

and Schnackselhuber counters with a nice double leg into side control. hape won't be happy with that.
hape trying to remain calm as Schnackselhuber controls from the top position.
Schnackselhuber has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
hape really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schnackselhuber. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hape is trying to control Schnackselhuber's posture but Schnackselhuber avoids it.
hape regains half guard, as Schnackselhuber was trying to land strikes.
Schnackselhuber frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schnackselhuber throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Schnackselhuber.
hape wants to control but Schnackselhuber is having none of it.
Schnackselhuber 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.
Schnackselhuber trying to control but he's not successful this time.
hape looks gassed!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

hape defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Schnackselhuber.
Schnackselhuber wants to control the pace but hape is squirming around nicely.
Schnackselhuber landing strikes, looking to finish!

Schnackselhuber looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfons Schnackselhuber 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.

Schnackselhuber takes the fight into the clinch.
hape tries to pull guard but Schnackselhuber won't allow it.
Schnackselhuber trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schnackselhuber manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
hape drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Schnackselhuber gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Schnackselhuber has hape pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Schnackselhuber pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending hape tumbling to the mat - Schnackselhuber dives into hape's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schnackselhuber tries to free his leg and advance position but hape is retaining full guard.
hape can't keep his opponent in guard - Schnackselhuber advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
hape is breathing heavily.
hape is looking to improve his position.
Schnackselhuber is trying to control the action in half guard but hape is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two 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.
hape keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
hape is refusing to be controlled, as Schnackselhuber sits in half guard.
Schnackselhuber throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

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

and Schnackselhuber counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Alfons Schnackselhuber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of johnboy hape.
Schnackselhuber looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks hape with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schnackselhuber passes the guard and advances to mount!
Schnackselhuber is landing with some decent strikes but hape is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
hape is squirming around, avoiding Schnackselhuber's attempts to control the action.
Schnackselhuber content just to control the position here.
Schnackselhuber punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schnackselhuber looking to control but hape is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Schnackselhuber looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns hape that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Schnackselhuber lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Schnackselhuber can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as hape is looking to escape.
Schnackselhuber looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfons Schnackselhuber dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

hape misses with a takedown attempt

and Schnackselhuber counters with a shoot takedown. hape fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schnackselhuber trying to control but hape is working from the bottom.
Schnackselhuber showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Alfons Schnackselhuber.
Schnackselhuber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
hape takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Schnackselhuber shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. hape manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schnackselhuber trying to control but hape is working from the bottom.
Schnackselhuber throwing strikes but missing.
Schnackselhuber looking to pass the guard.
hape keeping moving, preventing Schnackselhuber from controlling successfully.
Schnackselhuber controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Schnackselhuber trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Schnackselhuber distracts hape with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Schnackselhuber with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schnackselhuber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. hape is keeping the position for now.
Schnackselhuber throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schnackselhuber showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Schnackselhuber with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schnackselhuber is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Schnackselhuber working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of hape's head.
Schnackselhuber scoring with some ground and pound.
Schnackselhuber trying to control the position from guard on top but hape is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schnackselhuber is looking to work some ground and pound but hape has wrist control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schnackselhuber wants to control from the top but hape keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfons Schnackselhuber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Schnackselhuber 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfons Schnackselhuber!