PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stone Fists (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaus Schankelies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fists
vs
Schankelies

180 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stone Fists!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Klaus Schankelies !
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schankelies thows a body shot but no joy.
Fists misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schankelies . Fists does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schankelies is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Fists darts in and clinches Schankelies up against the cage.

Fists breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot by Fists.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fists throws a right and a left that Schankelies avoids nicely.
A combination from Fists does no damage.
No joy there for Fists, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fists throws a right and a left that Schankelies avoids nicely.

Fists has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fists misses with a short punch on the inside.

Fists manages to break the clinch.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schankelies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fists manages to avoid it.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.

Fists closes the distance and clinches.
Schankelies tries to break free but Fists pushes him back against the cage.
Fists lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Fists breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fists throws an overhand right that lands on Schankelies 's shoulder, as Schankelies tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schankelies . Fists does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fists misses with an uppercut. Schankelies saw that one coming.
Fists rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schankelies moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fists defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Schankelies .
Fists looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fists is breathing heavily.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schankelies uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fists.
Schankelies misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Fists. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Schankelies .
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Schankelies .
Schankelies tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fists was well out of range. Poor timing from Schankelies .
Schankelies fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Schankelies misses with a series of wild punches.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Fists misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schankelies thows a body shot but no joy.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fists throws a nice looking combination but Schankelies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schankelies misses the shot to the body.
Schankelies keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fists.
Schankelies just misses with a punch to the body.
Fists wants to clinch.
Fists uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schankelies .
Fists throws a lazy right hand but Schankelies sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fists misses with the combination.
Schankelies throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies fails with a takedown attempt.
Stone Fists has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Schankelies .
Fists throws a nice looking combination but Schankelies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schankelies throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Schankelies throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fists finds it's way round the side to connect with Schankelies 's head.
Schankelies just misses with a punch to the body.
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone Fists is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies closes the distance and clinches up with Fists, looking for a takedown. Schankelies pushes Fists against the cage but Fists circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Schankelies thows a body shot but no joy.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schankelies scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Schankelies .
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
Fists throws a right hand that Schankelies ducks under and follows up with a left that Schankelies also avoids with ease.
Schankelies is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fists rather than just go for the knockout.
Schankelies ducks under a wild hook from Fists.
Fists throws a big shot that misses.
Fists throws a hook to the side of Schankelies 's head but Schankelies sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Schankelies shoots in looking for a takedown but Fists manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Schankelies 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schankelies fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fists misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fists paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fists avoids the body shot from Schankelies .
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schankelies misses the shot to the body.
Fists misses with a few strikes there.
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 Stone Fists 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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Schankelies . Fists does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schankelies dodges the punch combination from Fists.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Fists misses with a wild combination.
Schankelies moves forwards but Fists connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Schankelies showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fists.
A lazy left from Fists finds it's target.
Fists swinging wildly here.
Fists is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
Schankelies displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fists throws out the jab.
Schankelies throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fists stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Schankelies misses with a jab to the body
and Fists counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schankelies tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fists was well out of range. Poor timing from Schankelies .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fists uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schankelies .
Schankelies tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fists was well out of range. Poor timing from Schankelies .
Fists throws a looping overhand right but Schankelies ducks down to avoid it.
Schankelies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fists manages to avoid it.
Stone Fists is winning the standup battle so far.
Fists rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schankelies moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies misses with a low kick.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fists but Fists pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fists avoids the body shot from Schankelies .
Fists displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Schankelies takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Schankelies misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fists.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone Fists is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fists fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Fists. Those never looked like landing.
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!
Schankelies dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schankelies just misses with a punch to the body.
Fists avoids the body shot from Schankelies .
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schankelies fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Schankelies fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schankelies shoots in for a takedown but Fists shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stone Fists has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Schankelies .
Schankelies misses the shot to the body.
Schankelies avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fists looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Schankelies keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fists.
Schankelies misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schankelies just misses with a punch to the body.

Fists pushes Schankelies up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Schankelies 's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Fists breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
Schankelies is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fists sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schankelies . Fists does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fists wants to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Fists. Those never looked like landing.
Schankelies closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fists circles away.
Fists misses with a combination
and Schankelies counters with a left to the body.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Fists.
Schankelies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fists manages to avoid it.
Schankelies thows a body shot but no joy.
Fists misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
Fists uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schankelies .
Schankelies thows a body shot but no joy.
Schankelies thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klaus Schankelies showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Fists.
Schankelies dodges the punch combination from Fists.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
Schankelies just misses with a punch to the body.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Fists lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Fists swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fists looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Fists throws a nice looking combination but Schankelies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies just misses with a punch to the body.
Schankelies looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
Schankelies fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fists.
Fists swinging wildly here.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Schankelies throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies thows a body shot but no joy.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schankelies jabs Fists to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fists misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schankelies misses with a wild body shot.
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
Schankelies misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schankelies . Fists does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schankelies throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fists lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Schankelies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fists manages to avoid it.
Fists swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fists checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Schankelies fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fists uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schankelies .
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fists throws a series of punches but Schankelies moves out of range.
Schankelies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fists is looking to clinch but Schankelies is avoiding it.
Schankelies just misses with a punch to the body.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Fists moves into the clinch.

Fists pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schankelies throws a shot to the body.
Fists throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fists fails in his attempt to clinch.
Schankelies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schankelies misses with a body shot.
Schankelies swings for the body but Fists moves out of range.
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schankelies closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fists circles away.
Stone Fists has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Schankelies .
Fists connects with a looping right hand.
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.

Fists closes the distance and clinches.

Fists breaks the clinch.
Schankelies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fists manages to avoid it.
Fists keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schankelies takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Fists coming out on top.
Schankelies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Schankelies fails with a takedown attempt.
Fists throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schankelies .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schankelies tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fists was well out of range. Poor timing from Schankelies .
A looping hook to the body misses from Schankelies . Fists does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schankelies . Fists does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Klaus Schankelies .
I think Schankelies has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klaus Schankelies !
Klaus Schankelies is the new middleweight champion!