PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jade Malikai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jens Schmidt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Malikai might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Big in Japan - Guano Apes. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Malikai
vs
Schmidt

184 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

188 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jade Malikai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jens Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmidt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Malikai throws a head kick but Schmidt moves out of range.
Malikai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Malikai misses with a head kick.

Malikai moves into the clinch successfully.
Malikai displaying some good clinch control by pressing Schmidt up against the cage.
Malikai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Jens Schmidt has been cut.
Malikai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmidt wants to get back to striking at distance but Malikai won't allow it.
Malikai tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Malikai jumps guard but Schmidt turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Schmidt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Malikai looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidt is blocking nicely.
Malikai misses with a knee strike.
Malikai tries to land knees in the clinch but Schmidt avoids the damage to the body.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malikai prevents Schmidt from breaking the clinch.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.

Schmidt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Schmidt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schmidt connects with a looping right hand.
Schmidt moves out of range of the body kick from Malikai.
Schmidt throws a combination that misses

and Malikai counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Malikai.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schmidt avoids a wild elbow strike from Malikai.
Schmidt drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Schmidt has had enough of the clinch but Malikai keeps him there for the moment.

Schmidt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malikai closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malikai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Schmidt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schmidt fails with the takedown.
Schmidt fails with an attempt to clinch.

Malikai has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schmidt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Malikai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Schmidt breaks the clinch.
Malikai checks a low kick from Schmidt.

Malikai knocks Schmidt to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Schmidt is rocked!

Malikai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Schmidt is still in real trouble! Can Malikai finish him?
Malikai has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malikai controlling his opponent.

Malikai working for a submission but Schmidt is keeping him at bay.
You get the feeling that Schmidt really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Schmidt seems to have recovered his senses.
Schmidt looks winded!
Malikai with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Malikai controlling from mount.
Malikai tries to control but Schmidt wriggling away.
Schmidt is trying desperately to improve position.
Schmidt is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malikai fails to advance to Schmidt's back.
Malikai mounts Schmidt! Really nice guard pass there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malikai controlling from the full mount.
Malikai trying to control but Schmidt is having none of it.
Schmidt is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Schmidt is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schmidt has given up his back here. Will Malikai look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Malikai is trying to control but Schmidt is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Malikai looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jade Malikai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jens Schmidt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schmidt throws a series of punches but Malikai moves out of range.
Jade Malikai is winning the standup battle so far.
Malikai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from Schmidt does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Schmidt. Those never looked like landing.
Malikai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Malikai instigates a clinch.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Malikai tries to score a body lock takedown but Schmidt shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Schmidt has had enough of the clinch but Malikai keeps him there for the moment.

Schmidt breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malikai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Malikai closes the distance and clinches.
Schmidt avoiding damage as Malikai throws knees to the body.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.

Schmidt manages to break the clinch.
Schmidt looks to land a combination. Malikai sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Schmidt throws a combination that misses
and Malikai counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Malikai looks at the referee who does nothing so Malikai lands a crushing right that sends Schmidt to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jade Malikai!
Jade Malikai decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.