PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshimo Hiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Schulz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hiro might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My Hero. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Hiro
vs
Schulz

175 cm
28
183 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hiroshimo Hiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Schulz!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schulz throws a poor cross that misses
and Hiro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Schulz misses with a body punch
and Hiro counters with a nice uppercut.
Hiro with a nice cross.
Schulz misses with a leg kick
letting Hiro counter with a right hand.
Hiro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Schulz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hiro jabs Schulz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hiro thows a body shot but no joy.
Schulz throws a lazy uppercut

and Hiro counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hiro.
Hiro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schulz letting Hiro take a breather here.
Hiro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro slowing the pace effectively.
Hiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hiro is pushing Schulz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hiro digs a right hand into Schulz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Schulz's gas tank.
Hiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Schulz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hiro scores with a shot to the side of Schulz's head.
Hiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schulz's elbow.
Hiro content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hiro seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Hiro scores with a shot to the side of Schulz's head.
Still in the clinch, Hiro scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schulz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hiro gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hiro has a couple of punches blocked by Schulz.
Schulz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hiro working aggressively here.
Schulz blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Hiro.
Hiro stalling in the clinch.
Hiro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schulz blocks an uppercut.
The referee calls for Schulz to work.
Stalling in the clinch from Hiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulz tries for a takedown but Hiro manages to get underhooks.
Hiro lands a shoulder strike.
Schulz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hiro lands a left hand.
Hiro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hiro stalling against the cage.
Schulz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hiro looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Schulz blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiro misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Hiro.
Hiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hiro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hiro just leaning against Schulz, taking a breather.
Hiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Hiro fails to land.
Schulz taking a breather.
Schulz blocking some punches.
Hiro working aggressively here.
Hiro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hiro pushes Schulz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroshimo Hiro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Schulz scores with a hook.
Nice body punch from Hiro.
Hiro is looking to wear down Schulz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A telegraphed right hand from Schulz misses the target.
Hiroshimo Hiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hiro lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Hiro misses
letting Schulz counter with a right hand.
Hiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Schulz circles away.
Schulz misses with a takedown
letting Hiro counter with a right hand.
Schulz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Schulz throws a poor cross that misses
and Hiro counters with a three punch combo that has Schulz backing up. Schulz nods at Hiro to acknowledge the strikes.
Hiro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schulz.
Schulz misses with a body shot
enabling Hiro to counter with a crisp jab.
Schulz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hiro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A combination from Schulz does no damage.
Schulz is breathing heavily.
Schulz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hiro misses with a wild body shot.
Hiro moves out of range of the leg kick from Schulz.
Hiro lands a body shot.
Hiro works Schulz's body with a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Hiro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hiro!
Hiro thows a body shot but no joy.
Hiro digs a good body shot into Schulz's ribs.
Schulz swings widly with a right hand
and Hiro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Schulz thinking.
Hiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hiro. Schulz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hiro takes a swing at Schulz's ribcage but misses.
Hiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schulz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hiro pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Schulz back to the cage. Hiro follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Schulz enables Hiro to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Schulz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulz keeping moving, preventing Hiro from controlling successfully.
Hiro working some strikes from top position.

Schulz working for a triangle but Hiro defends it easily.
Schulz can't keep his opponent in guard - Hiro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hiro trying to mount his opponent but Schulz defends it.
Ground and pound from Hiro.
Schulz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiro works his way into side control.
Hiro is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Schulz's shoulder. That is not cool.
Schulz tries to buck Hiro off but Hiro is having none of it.
Hiro is working Schulz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hiro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schulz can do to turn this around?
Schulz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schulz taking a bit of punishment here - Hiro scoring with strikes.
Schulz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroshimo Hiro dominated that second round.
That's time! Hiro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hiro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hiro works over Schulz's head and body with a nice combination.
Schulz misses with a lunging right hand
and Schulz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A combination from Hiro does no damage.
Hiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hiroshimo Hiro is winning the standup battle so far.
Hiro lands a nice hook to Schulz's body. Schulz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hiro fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hiro misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hiro. Schulz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schulz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schulz misses with a takedown attempt
and Hiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schulz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schulz throws a right hand that misses
and Hiro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Schulz avoids the body shot from Hiro.
Schulz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hiro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hiro stuns Schulz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A combination from Hiro does no damage.
Nice straight punches there by Hiro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hiro.
A jab lands there for Schulz.
Schulz lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schulz gets a double leg takedown into Hiro's guard.
Schulz tries to free his leg and advance position but Hiro is retaining full guard.
Hiro pulls Schulz in close to his closed guard and prevents Schulz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hiro looking for a sweep. Not yet Hiro, not yet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hiro holds on and takes a little breather.
Schulz throwing strikes but missing.
Hiro is pulling down on Schulz's head. It's preventing any offense from Schulz, at least for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hiroshimo Hiro.
Hiro throws a predictable looking body shot

and Schulz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hiro!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hiro is in a horrible position here. Schulz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hiro taking shots to the head.

Schulz swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hiro is now in Schulz's guard. A big mistake from Schulz there, giving up the dominant position!
Hiro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hiro throwing strikes from guard but Schulz blocks nicely.
Hiro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hiro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hiro trying to control but Schulz is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiro is really struggling to control Schulz but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Hiro is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
John Schulz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hiroshimo Hiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Schulz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hiro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hiro manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hiro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hiro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Schulz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schulz wants to sweep here but Hiro controlling him for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hiroshimo Hiro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hiro 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroshimo Hiro!