PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between JC Liberatore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Schietzelt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liberatore kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Notorious B.I.G - Kick In The Door. Schietzelt comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Almost Famous, Eminem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Liberatore
vs
Schietzelt

183 cm
21
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

TITAN
TITAN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, JC Liberatore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderlei Schietzelt!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liberatore fails to land the takedown.

Liberatore fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Schietzelt to the ground. Liberatore is now in Schietzelt's guard.

Schietzelt manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Liberatore throws a good cross that connects.

Liberatore clinches.
Liberatore stalling against the cage.

Schietzelt is fighting off a takedown attempt but Liberatore is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Schietzelt to the mat. Schietzelt regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liberatore stops Schietzelt from standing up.
Schietzelt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Schietzelt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Schietzelt keeping full guard, as Liberatore tries to pass.

Schietzelt is working an open guard so Liberatore takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liberatore throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Schietzelt's waist but Schietzelt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Liberatore off to one side.

Schietzelt closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Schietzelt lands in his opponent's guard.
Liberatore is looking to stand up but Schietzelt isn't so interested in that idea.
Schietzelt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liberatore swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Schietzelt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Liberatore is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schietzelt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Liberatore's head.
Liberatore is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schietzelt content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Schietzelt sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Liberatore's guard.
Schietzelt wants to control but Liberatore is keeping him busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liberatore wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liberatore is breathing heavily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Liberatore is refusing to be controlled, as Schietzelt sits in half guard.
Schietzelt moves into full mount! Liberatore won't be happy about that!
Schietzelt scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Liberatore?
Liberatore on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liberatore tries to get out of the position.
Schietzelt can't control as he wanted to and Liberatore manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Liberatore avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Schietzelt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schietzelt is looking to stall here but Liberatore recovers full guard.

Liberatore had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Schietzelt defends it easily.
Schietzelt looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liberatore manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that JC Liberatore will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Liberatore has Schietzelt up against the cage in a clinch.

Schietzelt gets control of Liberatore's arms and successfully pulls guard. Schietzelt will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Liberatore trying to control but Schietzelt is working from the bottom.
Liberatore scoring with some ground and pound.

Liberatore avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Liberatore stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Schietzelt swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liberatore trying to control but Schietzelt is working from the bottom.

Liberatore stands and steps away. Schietzelt gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Schietzelt is breathing heavily.

Liberatore feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Schietzelt keeping moving, preventing Liberatore from controlling successfully.
Liberatore makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Liberatore stands up over Schietzelt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liberatore passes Schietzelt's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Liberatore slips a nice elbow through Schietzelt's hands, connecting with Schietzelt's forehead.

Liberatore is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in half guard, Liberatore seems content to control.
Nice strikes from Liberatore there.
Liberatore sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Schietzelt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schietzelt is trying to stand up here but Liberatore is controlling him well.

Liberatore is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Liberatore prevents Schietzelt from standing back up.
Nice strikes from Liberatore there.

Liberatore decides to return to a standing position.
Schietzelt stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Schietzelt wants it to stay on the feet.

Liberatore rushes Schietzelt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liberatore turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Liberatore decides to stand back up. Liberatore steps back and let's Schietzelt get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Liberatore rushes Schietzelt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Liberatore has Schietzelt pushed against the cage.
Schietzelt is working for takedown but Liberatore is calmly controlling the position for now.
Liberatore prevents a body shot from Schietzelt.
Schietzelt has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Liberatore is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Liberatore turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Liberatore manages to end up in side control.
Check out the look on Liberatore's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schietzelt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Liberatore connects with a decent elbow.
Schietzelt is looking to regain half guard here but Liberatore keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Liberatore shoots in but Schietzelt avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Schietzelt clinches up against the cage.
Schietzelt looking for a takedown.
Schietzelt scores with a hook to the body.

Liberatore lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Liberatore.
Schietzelt regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Liberatore.
Liberatore postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Liberatore trying to control the position from guard on top but Schietzelt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liberatore tries to free his leg and advance position but Schietzelt is retaining full guard.
Liberatore controls from within his opponent's guard.
Liberatore has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Schietzelt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Liberatore.

Schietzelt had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Liberatore defends it easily.
Liberatore wants to control from the top but Schietzelt keeps moving.
Schietzelt looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liberatore wants to control from the top but Schietzelt keeps moving.

Schietzelt has his foot on Liberatore's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Liberatore works his way back into a safe position though.
Liberatore working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Schietzelt's head.
Liberatore slips nicely into half guard.
Schietzelt taking some punishment here, with Liberatore in his half guard.

Liberatore stands up from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liberatore throws a series of strikes that have Schietzelt backpedaling.
JC Liberatore is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Liberatore shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Liberatore was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Liberatore looking to control and managing it successfully.
Schietzelt is trying desperately to improve position.
Liberatore controlling from the full mount.
Schietzelt taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liberatore controlling from mount.
Liberatore raining down hammerfists from mount.
Liberatore controlling the position easily from mount.
Wanderlei Schietzelt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
JC Liberatore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liberatore 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JC Liberatore!
JC Liberatore gave a mention to TITAN in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).