PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bubz Phatz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Schulz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Phatz
vs
Schulz

175 cm
20
163 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

180 cm
20
167 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

CageFrog
New Age Warriors

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bubz Phatz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Schulz!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schulz with a nice cross.
Phatz misses with a body shot.
Schulz takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Schulz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Phatz moves into the clinch successfully.
Phatz tries to land knees in the clinch but Schulz avoids the damage to the body.
Schulz managing to block the knees to the body from Phatz.
Schulz is trying to break free.
Phatz tries to land knees in the clinch but Schulz avoids the damage to the body.
Schulz goes for a takedown attempt but Phatz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Schulz missing with a left hand there. Phatz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Schulz lands a really nice looking cross but Phatz seems unphased.
Phatz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schulz is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulz looks for a takedown but Phatz sprawls well.
Phatz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Schulz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Schulz keeps the fight on the outside.
Phatz drops his hands momentarily and Schulz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Phatz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Phatz is looking to clinch but Schulz is avoiding it.
Phatz connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Phatz.
Schulz misses with a low kick.
Phatz is looking to clinch but Schulz is avoiding it.
Phatz tries to clinch but Schulz moves out of range.
Schulz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phatz sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Schulz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut lands for Phatz. That snapped Schulz's head back.
Schulz throws a lazy right hand but Phatz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phatz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Schulz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Schulz moves out of range of the body kick from Phatz.
Phatz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Phatz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Schulz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Phatz scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phatz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Schulz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Schulz catches Phatz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Schulz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phatz tries to clinch but Schulz is having none of it.
Phatz scoring well with a low kick there.
Schulz looks gassed!
Phatz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schulz moves away.
Phatz tries to clinch but Schulz moves out of range.
Phatz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schulz at a distance.
Schulz jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Phatz drives through and clinches with Schulz against the cage.
Schulz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Phatz missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Phatz.
Phatz lands a good knee to the midsection. Schulz won't want to take too many of those.
Phatz scores a nice knee to the body.
Phatz scores with a knee to the head.
Phatz lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phatz tries to land knees in the clinch but Schulz avoids the damage to the body.
Phatz landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schulz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Phatz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phatz crunches a lovely knee into Schulz's ribcage.
Phatz scores a nice knee to the body.
Phatz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Phatz scores a nice knee to the body.
Phatz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schulz blocks it with crossed arms.
Phatz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schulz tries to work over Phatz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phatz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Phatz working Schulz over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubz Phatz 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.

Phatz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schulz.
Schulz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Phatz defending well as Schulz loads up on a big left hand.
Phatz looks to score with a jab to the body but Schulz is just out of range.
Phatz is looking to wear down Schulz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Phatz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phatz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Schulz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Schulz misses with a body shot.
Schulz dives in and grabs Phatz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Phatz pushes down on Schulz's head and hops out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schulz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Phatz clinches up against the cage.
Phatz scores a nice knee to the body.
Phatz landing knees to the head.
Schulz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Phatz obliges.
Phatz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Phatz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schulz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Phatz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schulz is defending well for now.
Phatz tries to land a knee to the head but Schulz blocks with his arms.
Schulz managing to block the knees to the body from Phatz.
Phatz crunches a lovely knee into Schulz's ribcage.
Phatz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schulz is defending well for now.
Phatz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schulz misses with the head strike.
Schulz managing to block the knees to the body from Phatz.
Phatz tries a knee to the head but Schulz blocks it.

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.
Phatz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Phatz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schulz.
Phatz landing knees to the body.
Phatz lands a good knee to the midsection. Schulz won't want to take too many of those.
Phatz landing knees to the head.
Phatz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Phatz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phatz looking to throw knees to the head but Schulz is blocking nicely.
Phatz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Phatz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schulz blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Phatz obliges.
Phatz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schulz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phatz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Phatz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Phatz blocks an uppercut.
Schulz managing to block the knees to the body from Phatz.
Phatz working Schulz over with knees to the body.
Phatz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Phatz tries a knee to the head but Schulz blocks it.
Schulz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phatz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schulz.
Schulz misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Phatz.
Phatz missing with knees to the body.

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.
Phatz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schulz blocks it with crossed arms.
Schulz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phatz misses with a knee strike.
Phatz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Phatz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schulz misses with a punch on the inside.
Phatz trying to land knees to the body.
Phatz tries to land a knee to the head but Schulz blocks with his arms.
Phatz prevents the takedown attempt.
Phatz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schulz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phatz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schulz.
Phatz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schulz.
Phatz lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubz Phatz dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Phatz avoids the body shot from Schulz.
Schulz might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A swing and a miss from Schulz.
Phatz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Schulz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schulz throws a sloppy body shot
and Phatz counters with a head kick. That will keep Schulz thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Schulz throws a series of punches but Phatz avoids them all with ease.
Schulz looks to score with a jab to the body but Phatz is just out of range.
Schulz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phatz manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schulz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phatz.
Phatz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Schulz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulz misses with the combination.
Schulz moves out of range of the leg kick from Phatz.
A telegraphed right hand from Schulz misses the target.
Schulz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phatz.
Phatz tries to clinch up but Schulz circles away and keeps his distance.
Schulz swinging wildly here.
Phatz doesn't manage to clinch there - Schulz circles away.
Phatz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schulz's sensitive parts.
Phatz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Phatz tries to clinch up.
Bubz Phatz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Schulz slips a straight right by Phatz.
Phatz cracks the inside of Schulz's front leg.
Schulz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Phatz's waist but Phatz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Schulz off to one side.
Schulz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schulz misses with a body shot
and Phatz counters with a body kick that stops Schulz in his tracks momentarily.
Phatz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Schulz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phatz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Schulz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Phatz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Phatz scoring well with a low kick there.
Phatz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schulz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Phatz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Phatz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Schulz throws a hook but Phatz avoids it easily.
Phatz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Schulz backs up against the cage.
Schulz misses with a takedown

and Phatz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Phatz missing with knees to the body.
Schulz working hard to break the clinch.

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.
Schulz managing to block the knees to the body from Phatz.
John Schulz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phatz landing knees to the head.
Phatz missing with knees to the body.
Schulz working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Phatz missing with knees to the body.
Schulz struggles to land a body shot inside as Phatz controls his hands.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Phatz obliges.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bubz Phatz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Phatz 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bubz Phatz!