PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richtor Schkayle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schkayle comes to the cage accompanied by Fast Lane. Prime has chosen Metalingus by Alter Bridge as his entrance music. Richtor Schkayle has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Schkayle
vs
Prime

209 cm
26
280 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

191 cm
26
288 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richtor Schkayle!
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, Optimus Prime!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schkayle lands a head kick!
Prime takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schkayle tries to land a front kick but Prime steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Schkayle scores with a push kick.
Prime blocks a head kick by Schkayle.
Prime thuds his right hand into Schkayle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Schkayle tries to close the distance and clinch but Prime swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schkayle throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prime is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Schkayle misses with a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Schkayle.
A head kick misses from Schkayle.
Schkayle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Prime is out of range.
Schkayle misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schkayle throws a push kick but Prime slaps the foot to one side.
Schkayle misses with a leg kick
and Prime counters with a stiff right hand.
Schkayle throws a low kick, looking for Prime's leg but Prime calmly moves out of range.
Prime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Richtor Schkayle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schkayle avoids the body shot from Prime.
Schkayle slips a jab and a cross from Prime.
Schkayle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prime. That did some damage!
Schkayle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Prime checks it well.
Schkayle staying out of range there.
Schkayle thumps Prime with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Prime misses the target.
Schkayle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prime manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Schkayle scores with the left hand. Prime knows he should have avoided that one.
Richtor Schkayle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Prime looks to score with a jab to the body but Schkayle is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schkayle tried to score with a low kick but Prime checks it.
Prime on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schkayle throws a head kick but Prime moves out of range.
Schkayle throws the kick towards the body but Prime avoids it.
Schkayle is looking to clinch.
Schkayle misses with a straight left.
Schkayle cracks Prime with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Schkayle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Schkayle pushes Prime away with a front kick.
Schkayle tries to land a leg kick but Prime saw it coming and moves away.
Schkayle moves forwards but Prime connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Prime takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Prime is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schkayle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schkayle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Prime.
Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schkayle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Prime is able to avoid easily.
Prime throws out a loose jab but Schkayle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schkayle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Prime.
Schkayle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prime.
Schkayle lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Schkayle misses with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Prime. Beautiful body shot.
A good leg kick by Schkayle.
Schkayle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Prime is out of range.
Schkayle connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Prime momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime avoids the body shot from Schkayle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prime keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schkayle.
Schkayle takes a swing at Prime's ribcage but misses.
Prime walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Schkayle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Schkayle throws a leg kick which misses Prime's front leg but catches the back leg as Prime tries to avoid it.
Schkayle throws a head kick that Prime semi-blocks.
Schkayle cracks Prime with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Schkayle throws a head kick but Prime moves out of range.
Schkayle wants to clinch up but Prime keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Prime drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Prime are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richtor Schkayle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A low kick from Schkayle is predictable there
and Prime counters with a straight right hand.
Prime tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Prime shoots for a double leg takedown but Schkayle sprawls well. He's pushed Prime's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Prime moves out of range of the leg kick from Schkayle.
Schkayle blocks a low kick nicely.
Prime waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schkayle.
Schkayle tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Prime counters with a single leg into guard. Schkayle didn't expect that.
Prime in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prime loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Schkayle trying to keep a closed guard but Prime is proving a slippery customer.
Prime pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Schkayle is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime wants to control from the top but Schkayle keeps moving.
Prime throws a strike but Schkayle rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Prime controlling Schkayle's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Richtor Schkayle wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Prime takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Schkayle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prime misses with a looping right.
Schkayle scores with a shot to the body.
Schkayle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prime manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Prime slips under a jab from Schkayle.
Prime throws a big shot that misses.
Prime looks to land a combination but Schkayle avoids it well.
Good work by Prime as he checks the leg kick.
Schkayle doesn't manage to clinch there - Prime circles away.
Prime on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schkayle scores with a spinning back kick!
Prime is breathing heavily.
Schkayle misses with a wild body shot.
Schkayle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Prime.
Schkayle cracks Prime with a right hand to the side of the head.
Schkayle throws a head kick that Prime semi-blocks.
A swing and a miss from Prime.
A low kick from Schkayle is predictable there
and Prime counters with a straight right hand.
Schkayle fails with an attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schkayle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schkayle lands an overhand right.
Prime moves out of range of the body kick from Schkayle.
Prime checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime takes a swing at Schkayle's ribcage but misses.
Schkayle swings for the body but Prime moves out of range.
Schkayle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Prime scores with a crisp jab that stopped Schkayle in his tracks.
Richtor Schkayle is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy body kick from Schkayle
and Schkayle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Prime takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Schkayle works Prime's body with a nice hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Schkayle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Prime has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Prime and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Schkayle attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schkayle tries to land a front kick but Prime steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schkayle connects with a solid leg kick.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prime's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Schkayle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richtor Schkayle dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Schkayle takes a swing at Prime's ribcage but misses.
Schkayle tries to clinch there but Prime circles away.
Prime misses with a takedown attempt - Schkayle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice uppercut there from Prime.
Schkayle avoids the body shot from Prime.
Prime thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schkayle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schkayle throws a hook but Prime avoids it easily.
A big left from Prime misses.
Schkayle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Prime's calf.
Schkayle explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Left hook, right uppercut from Prime.
Prime takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schkayle throws a body punch but Prime moves out of range.
Schkayle throws a low kick but Prime avoids it.
Schkayle cracks a nice hook into Prime's ribs.
Schkayle lands a head shot.
Schkayle bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Prime takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Schkayle connects with a solid leg kick.
Schkayle throws a shot to the body.
Prime needs to keep his hands up - Schkayle had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Schkayle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Schkayle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Schkayle thumps Prime with a low kick.
Prime has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Schkayle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schkayle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Prime checks it well.
Schkayle throws a nice head kick!
Schkayle scores with a leg kick.
Schkayle works the jab nicely.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Schkayle closes the distance looking to clinch

so Prime counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Schkayle pulls Prime in close to prevent any damage.
Optimus Prime has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schkayle being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Prime won't allow Schkayle to sweep him here.
Schkayle is working hard here to advance position.
Prime sitting in guard here, content to control.
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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Richtor Schkayle.
Prime scores with a jab to the body.
Schkayle throws a head kick but Prime moves out of range.
Schkayle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Schkayle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Prime misses with an uppercut
and Schkayle counters with a good low kick that Prime was not able to check.
Schkayle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Richtor Schkayle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schkayle keeps Prime at a distance using the push kick.
Prime throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schkayle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Prime's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prime uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schkayle.
Schkayle scores with a head kick. Prime tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Prime takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richtor Schkayle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schkayle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richtor Schkayle!