PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between John Schmidt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Tomlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Schmidt
vs
Tomlin

150 cm
27
140 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
143 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Great elbows
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Prestige Nutrition (160!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Schmidt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeff Tomlin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmidt scores with a push kick.
Tomlin throws a jab but it's blocked by Schmidt.
Tomlin fails to land with a series of punches.
Tomlin moves out of range of the strikes.

Schmidt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tomlin, pushing him back against the cage.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Jeff Tomlin has been cut.
Tomlin takes an elbow to the temple.
Tomlin trying to control the position but instead, Schmidt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tomlin into the cage.
Schmidt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tomlin up against the cage.
Schmidt lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schmidt throws an elbow but misses.
Schmidt gets through Tomlin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schmidt has Tomlin pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Schmidt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Schmidt stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tomlin backwards.
Nice elbow from Schmidt.
Schmidt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomlin's defenses.
Schmidt landing knees to the body.
Schmidt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tomlin backwards.
Tomlin is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmidt has double underhooks.
Tomlin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schmidt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schmidt lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schmidt.

That has opened up Jeff Tomlin's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Schmidt.
Schmidt scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands a nice elbow.
Schmidt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomlin's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schmidt lands a body punch.
Schmidt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Schmidt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomlin's defenses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schmidt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schmidt as Tomlin tries to tie him up.
Tomlin tries to break the clinch but Schmidt is controlling the position.
A right handed body shot lands from Schmidt.
Tomlin is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmidt has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Schmidt.
Schmidt prevents Tomlin from breaking the clinch.
Schmidt working Tomlin over with knees to the body.
Tomlin looks winded!
Schmidt lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schmidt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schmidt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tomlin backwards.
Tomlin taking a breather.
Tomlin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Schmidt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Tomlin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Schmidt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tomlins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tomlin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt scoring well with a low kick there.
Schmidt throws a shot from downtown. Tomlin moves away and avoids it.
Good leg kick by Schmidt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schmidt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schmidt throws a hook to the side of Tomlin's head but Tomlin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schmidt clobbers Tomlin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Schmidt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tomlin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a low kick but Tomlin avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schmidt. Tomlin does a little dance to reset his feet.

Schmidt clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schmidt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tomlin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schmidt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Schmidt.
Stalling in the clinch from Schmidt.
Tomlin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schmidt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Schmidt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Schmidt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tomlin tries to break free but Schmidt pushes him back against the cage.
John Schmidt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tomlin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schmidt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tomlin wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmidt won't allow it.
Tomlin wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmidt won't allow it.
Schmidt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Schmidt unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schmidt lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Schmidt.
Tomlin is breathing heavily.
Tomlin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomlin wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmidt won't allow it.
Schmidt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schmidt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tomlin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Schmidt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomlin is trying to break the clinch but Schmidt has him pressed against the cage.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside that Tomlin shrugs off.
Schmidt scores a nice knee to the body.
Schmidt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schmidt.
Schmidt taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Schmidt lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmidt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tomlin takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Schmidt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Schmidt.
Tomlin working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Schmidt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Tomlin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tomlin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Schmidt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tomlin on the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Schmidt.
Schmidt bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice shot by Schmidt.

Tomlin is rocked!
Decent striking displayed by Schmidt there.
Tomlin is still on wobbly legs! Can Schmidt finish him?
John Schmidt is winning the standup battle so far.
Tomlin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tomlin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tomlin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A lazy body kick from Schmidt
and Tomlin counters with a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomlin throws a series of punches but Schmidt avoids them all with ease.
Tomlin seems to have recovered his senses.
Schmidt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Schmidt throws an overhand right that lands on Tomlin's shoulder, as Tomlin tries to avoid the shot.
Tomlin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schmidt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tomlin manages to avoid it.
Crunch! Schmidt slams his shin into Tomlin's torso.
Schmidt misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt throws the left hand but Tomlin avoids the punch easily.
Schmidt throws a body kick that misses.
Tomlin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schmidt.
Schmidt tests Tomlin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Schmidt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tomlin.
Schmidt connects with a jab.
Schmidt slips a straight right by Tomlin.
Schmidt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Schmidt keeps Tomlin at a distance using the push kick.
Schmidt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tomlin can do to turn this around?
Tomlin tries a head kick but it misses.
Schmidt throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tomlin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schmidt.
Schmidt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tomlin's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt misses with a looping right.
Tomlin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schmidt throws a looping overhand right but Tomlin ducks down to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Schmidt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schmidt scoring well with a low kick there.
Tomlin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tomlin moves out of range as Schmidt throws a body kick.
Schmidt cracks a nice hook into Tomlin's ribs.
Schmidt throws a good cross that connects.
Tomlin blocks a jab.
Tomlin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schmidt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schmidt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses.
John Schmidt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schmidt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Schmidt clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Tomlin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tomlin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Schmidt misses with a low kick.
Tomlin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tomlin swinging wildly here.
Schmidt is looking to slow Tomlin down with leg kicks.
Schmidt punishes Tomlin's body with a nice straight punch.
Schmidt connects with a solid leg kick.
Schmidt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tomlin's head backwards.
Schmidt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tomlin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schmidt throws a big shot that misses.
Tomlin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tomlin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Schmidt lands with a shot to the body.
Donk. Schmidt catches Tomlin right on the button with a cross.
Tomlin is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tomlin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schmidt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt lands a nice hook to Tomlin's body. Tomlin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Schmidt misses with a straight left.
Schmidt cracks Tomlin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tomlin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schmidt.
A lazy left from Schmidt finds it's target.
Tomlin misses with a body kick.
Tomlin ducks right into an uppercut from Schmidt.
Tomlin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schmidt.
Schmidt scores with the left hand. Tomlin knows he should have avoided that one.
Schmidt throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tomlin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Schmidt.
Schmidt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tomlin was well out of range. Poor timing from Schmidt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jab from Schmidt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Schmidt takes the fight into the clinch.
Schmidt lands a damaging elbow.
Schmidt working Tomlin over with knees to the body.
Tomlin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tomlin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schmidt keeps control of Tomlin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schmidt is working Tomlin over against the cage.
Schmidt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tomlin backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Schmidt.
Good body shot from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands with a light punch inside.
Schmidt slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Schmidt had his way with Jeff Tomlin in that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Tomlin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Schmidt is looking to slow Tomlin down with leg kicks.

Schmidt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Tomlin is trying to break the clinch but Schmidt is controlling him.
Schmidt lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Schmidt - that landed with a thud.
Tomlin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schmidt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tomlin is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Schmidt gets through Tomlin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schmidt stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Schmidt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Schmidt has control of Tomlin and unloads with a rapid fire barage of elbows, sending Tomlin crashing to the mat! Tomlin looks in big trouble - I don't think he's going to beat the count! He hasn't! The referee has reached 10 and this fight is all over! Schmidt looks delighted, as well he should.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). John Schmidt!
John Schmidt really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Prestige Nutrition (160!) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.