PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Schulz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oitink Itch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itch has chosen Canon in D Major as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Schulz
vs
Itch

180 cm
25
194 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

177 cm
28
184 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

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 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, John Schulz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oitink Itch!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Itch just misses with a punch to the body.
Schulz throws a body punch but Itch moves out of range.
John Schulz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Itch throws a jab but it's blocked by Schulz.
Schulz throws a hook to the side of Itch's head but Itch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Itch.
Schulz misses the shot to the body.
Itch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schulz misses the shot to the body.
Schulz looks to throw the jab but Itch is out of range.
Schulz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from Schulz misses.
Itch lunges at Schulz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Schulz's hand.
Itch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schulz moves away.
Itch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Itch looks to land a body kick but Schulz moved away.
Schulz misses with a wild body shot.
Schulz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Itch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Itch moves away.
A jab lands there for Itch.
Schulz lands an overhand right.
Schulz thows a body shot but no joy.
Schulz looks to throw the jab but Itch is out of range.
Itch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schulz shoots in but Itch avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Schulz throws out a loose jab but Itch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Itch cracks Schulz with a good jab.
Schulz is looking to wear down Itch with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Itch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Itch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schulz was well out of range. Poor timing from Itch.
Schulz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Itch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schulz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schulz avoids the body shot from Itch.
Schulz throws a jab but it's blocked by Itch.
Schulz misses with a hook.
Schulz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schulz scores with a nice strike.
Itch misses with a wild body shot.
Schulz just misses with a punch to the body.
Itch scores with a jab. Schulz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Schulz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Itch manages to avoid it.
Schulz wants to clinch up but Itch keeps it at a distance.
Schulz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Itch.
Schulz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Itch misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Itch misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Itch.
Schulz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Itch was well out of range. Poor timing from Schulz.
Schulz moves out of range as Itch throws a body kick.
Schulz swings for the body but Itch moves out of range.
Schulz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Schulz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Itch lands a glancing blow to the side of Schulz's head.
Itch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schulz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Schulz connects with a body shot.
Itch scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Itch swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Itch gets a double leg takedown into Schulz's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Schulz keeping moving, preventing Itch from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schulz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Itch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Schulz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Schulz pulls Itch in close to prevent any damage.
Itch 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Itch preventing the sweep.
Itch tries to free his leg and advance position but Schulz is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oitink Itch dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Itch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Itch throws a big shot that misses.

Schulz dives in and scores a takedown into Itch's guard.
Schulz wants to control from the top but Itch keeps moving.
Schulz stays in close to Itch's body and controls the position.
Schulz throws a big right hand that misses.
Schulz trying to control but Itch is working from the bottom.
Itch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Schulz is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Itch works his way into full mount!
Schulz wants to control but Itch is having none of it.
Schulz is squirming around, avoiding Itch's attempts to control the action.
Itch might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Schulz kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Schulz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Schulz tries to hold on but Itch pushes him away.
Itch wants to control the pace but Schulz is squirming around nicely.
Schulz tries to hold on but Itch pushes him away.

Itch is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Schulz is surviving well by controlling Itch's body position as best he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schulz is working to get back to half guard.
Itch controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Schulz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Schulz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Itch postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Schulz looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schulz is squirming around, avoiding Itch's attempts to control the action.
Schulz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Itch wants to control but Schulz is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulz tries to roll over but Itch keeps him under control.
Oitink Itch has got the better of the ground game so far.

Itch is working for a submission of some sort.
Schulz is trying to get back to full guard.
Schulz trying to hold on to Itch's head to control him but Itch postures up.
Schulz is refusing to be controlled, as Itch sits in half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Itch is trying for a kimura here. Schulz looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Itch wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Oitink Itch!
A very excited looking Oitink Itch made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.