PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Bowbish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bowbish
vs
Schwarzenegger

190 cm
23
255 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

225 cm
23
267 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Team S.W.A.T.

Make Me Pop

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Bowbish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arnold Schwarzenegger!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowbish keeps the fight on the outside.
Bowbish lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bowbish looks to land a combination but Schwarzenegger avoids it well.
Schwarzenegger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bowbish tries to bum rush Schwarzenegger with a series of wild strikes but Schwarzenegger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Schwarzenegger shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Schwarzenegger showed some decent athleticism there.

Schwarzenegger is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bowbish defends it well.
Bowbish is looking to improve his position.
Schwarzenegger is tying to control. Bowbish wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bowbish wants to get back to full guard.
Bowbish might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Schwarzenegger passes to full mount!
Bowbish regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Schwarzenegger is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bowbish looks like he's trying to stand up.
Schwarzenegger passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Bowbish!
Schwarzenegger trying to control but Bowbish is having none of it.
Bowbish tries to lock up and control but Schwarzenegger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Schwarzenegger scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bowbish manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bowbish slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzenegger controlling from the top position.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bowbish is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Bowbish looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bowbish 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.
Schwarzenegger stops Bowbish from standing up.
Bowbish looking for a sweep. Not yet Bowbish, not yet.
Bowbish is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzenegger trying to control but Bowbish is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bowbish!
Bowbish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bowbish misses with a double jab.
Bowbish throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dan Bowbish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowbish lands with a nice body punch.
Bowbish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Bowbish has closed the distance and engaged Schwarzenegger in a clinch.
Bowbish misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bowbish gets through Schwarzenegger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bowbish prevents the takedown attempt.
Schwarzenegger blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bowbish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bowbish fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schwarzenegger.
Bowbish scoring well with a low kick there.
Bowbish throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Schwarzenegger on the side of the head.
Schwarzenegger shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bowbish as he avoids it easily.

Bowbish gets a clinch.
Schwarzenegger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Schwarzenegger tries to pull guard but Bowbish holds him up against the cage and eventually Schwarzenegger drops back down to his feet.
Dan Bowbish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Bowbish leaning against his opponent.
Schwarzenegger fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bowbish prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bowbish cracks Schwarzenegger with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Bowbish dominated that round.
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.

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Schwarzenegger crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bowbish - the referee stops the clock and Schwarzenegger gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bowbish. Schwarzenegger manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bowbish throws a leg kick which misses Schwarzenegger's front leg but catches the back leg as Schwarzenegger tries to avoid it.

Bowbish rushes Schwarzenegger and presses him up against the cage.
Schwarzenegger has Bowbish pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bowbish manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short right from Bowbish on the inside.
Bowbish lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bowbish lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schwarzenegger backwards.
The referee calls for Schwarzenegger to work.
Bowbish blocks the elbow strike.
Bowbish stops a takedown attempt from Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger wants a takedown.
Dan Bowbish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bowbish.
Schwarzenegger is breathing heavily.
Bowbish unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schwarzenegger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowbish gets through Schwarzenegger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bowbish here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bowbish.
Bowbish lands a nice uppercut.
Bowbish lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bowbish pushes Schwarzenegger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Bowbish.
Bowbish lands a nice shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Bowbish.
A short right from Bowbish.
Bowbish pushes Schwarzenegger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bowbish lands an uppercut.

It looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger has been cut.

Bowbish breaks the clinch.
Schwarzenegger is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bowbish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bowbish clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Bowbish on the inside.

Bowbish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bowbish.

Bowbish closes the distance and clinches.

Bowbish breaks the clinch.
Bowbish misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from Bowbish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bowbish.

Bowbish has closed the distance and engaged Schwarzenegger in a clinch.
Bowbish tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bowbish scores with a shot to the side of Schwarzenegger's head.
Bowbish misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schwarzenegger.
Still in the clinch, Bowbish scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bowbish breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bowbish with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bowbish.
Dan Bowbish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bowbish has closed the distance and engaged Schwarzenegger in a clinch.
Schwarzenegger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schwarzenegger is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A shot in the inside from Bowbish.

Bowbish breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bowbish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bowbish lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bowbish throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schwarzenegger.
A jab from Bowbish does it's job there.
Dan Bowbish is winning the standup battle so far.

Bowbish has Schwarzenegger up against the cage in a clinch.
Bowbish leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzenegger can't get the takedown.

Bowbish breaks the clinch.
Bowbish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bowbish misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bowbish throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schwarzenegger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bowbish lands with a straight right. Schwarzenegger didn't see that one coming.
Bowbish closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bowbish has managed to clinch.
Bowbish manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Schwarzenegger drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bowbish pulls his leg out and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schwarzenegger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Bowbish dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Schwarzenegger's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bowbish closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bowbish.

Bowbish manages to break the clinch.

Bowbish clinches up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Bowbish.
Schwarzenegger jumps guard but Bowbish stands there with Schwarzenegger around his waist. Schwarzenegger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Schwarzenegger fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bowbish lands a nice shot to the body.
Bowbish lands with a left to the head.
Bowbish stops a takedown attempt from Schwarzenegger.
Dan Bowbish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bowbish lands a body punch.
Bowbish lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowbish is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bowbish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schwarzeneggers head.
Schwarzenegger has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bowbish is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bowbish lands with a right to the head.
Bowbish lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Schwarzenegger trying to land knees to the body.
Schwarzenegger can't break the clinch.

Bowbish breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bowbish lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Schwarzenegger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bowbish lands a body punch.
Bowbish lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bowbish lands a body shot in the clinch.

Schwarzenegger works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Bowbish throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bowbish wants to stand and escape but Schwarzenegger is having none of it.
Bowbish looking to hit a scissor sweep but Schwarzenegger is one step ahead there.
Bowbish lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Schwarzenegger!
Schwarzenegger is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee warns Schwarzenegger that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bowbish punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bowbish is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schwarzenegger can do to turn this around?
Bowbish trying to control but Schwarzenegger is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Bowbish.
Schwarzenegger is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bowbish with a couple of short strikes.
Bowbish has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Schwarzenegger's face.
Bowbish lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Schwarzenegger hang on?
Bowbish with good strikes from the mount here!
Bowbish scoring with strikes but Schwarzenegger is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowbish cracks Schwarzenegger with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Bowbish is working for a guillotine from mount but Schwarzenegger frees his head quite easily.
Bowbish landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Bowbish.
Schwarzenegger is looking to improve his position but Bowbish isn't that keen on the idea.
Bowbish looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bowbish lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowbish is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Schwarzenegger can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bowbish fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Arnold Schwarzenegger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schwarzenegger is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Bowbish showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bowbish has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Bowbish!