PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Captain Kat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Schmidt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Schmidt is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kat
vs
Schmidt

175 cm
21
146 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

150 cm
29
140 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Captain Kat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kat wants to clinch
and Schmidt counters with a straight right hand.
Kat misses with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Kat blocks the leg kick.
Kat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kat slips a straight right by Schmidt.
Kat scores with a push kick.
Kat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a shot from downtown. Kat moves away and avoids it.
Kat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kat tries to clinch but Schmidt is having none of it.
Schmidt takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Schmidt clinches.
Schmidt lands a nice elbow.
Kat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schmidt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kat's defenses.
Kat with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schmidt has him pressed against the ropes.
Kat takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kat blocks an uppercut.
Schmidt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Schmidt lands an uppercut.
Schmidt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kat blocks the elbow strike.
Schmidt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kat blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmidt lands an elbow that stopped Kat in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Captain Kat has been cut.
Kat avoids the elbow strike from Schmidt, against the ropes.
Kat takes an elbow to the temple.
Schmidt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Schmidt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Kat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
Kat taking a breather.
Schmidt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schmidt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schmidt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kat tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Schmidt.
Kat tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Schmidt lands with a right to the head.
Schmidt lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schmidt.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Schmidt throws an elbow but misses.
Schmidt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Schmidt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Kat tries to land knees in the clinch but Schmidt avoids the damage to the body.
Schmidt scores a nice knee to the body.
Kat missing with knees to the body.
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 Captain Kat's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Schmidt thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kat if he has to take too many more of those.
Kat closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kat takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kat tries to clinch up
and Schmidt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Schmidt, right into the meat.
Schmidt swats away the attempt to clinch by Kat.
A leg kick checked by Schmidt.
Kat moves out of range of the body kick from Schmidt.
Kat throws a head kick that Schmidt semi-blocks.
Kat is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kat gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmidt misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kat momentarily.
Schmidt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Schmidt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kat is out of range.
Kat closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Schmidt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kat.
Schmidt blocks a head kick by Kat.
Kat closes the distance looking to clinch
and Schmidt finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kat darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Schmidt lands a slapping body shot.
Schmidt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Schmidt cracks Kat with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kat tries a head kick but it misses.
Schmidt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Schmidt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schmidt instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmidt.
Kat trying to control the position but instead, Schmidt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kat into the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kat.
Kat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schmidt is defending well for now.
Kat managing to block the knees to the body from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schmidt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kat blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kat tries to land knees in the clinch but Schmidt avoids the damage to the body.
Schmidt scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kat is trying to push Schmidt away but Schmidt has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Schmidt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Captain Kat's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kat 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.
Kat throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Schmidt's head.
Kat throws a sloppy head kick
and Schmidt counters with an outside leg kick.
Schmidt circles away from the clinch attempt.
John Schmidt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Schmidt lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kat takes a step back to recover.

Schmidt forces Kat back against the ropes and clinches.
Schmidt lands with a right to the head.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside that Kat shrugs off.
Kat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schmidt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kat is trying to push Schmidt away but Schmidt has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kat managing to block the knees to the body from Schmidt.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Schmidt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kat throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Schmidt scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schmidt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schmidt gets through Kat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kat looking to slow down the pace here.
Kat tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Schmidt lands an uppercut.
Schmidt gets through Kat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
John Schmidt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Kat crunches a lovely knee into Schmidt's ribcage.
Schmidt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside that Kat shrugs off.
Kat misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kat takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside that Kat shrugs off.
Kat missing with knees to the body.
Kat missing with knees to the body.
Schmidt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kat wants to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schmidt lands an elbow that stopped Kat in his tracks for a moment.
Kat takes a shot to the head.
Schmidt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kat looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidt is blocking nicely.
Schmidt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kats head.

Kat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schmidt avoids the head kick by Kat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schmidt.
Kat takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Schmidt connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Schmidt really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Captain Kat's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Schmidt scores with a decent looking hook.
Captain Kat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schmidt thuds a left hand into Kat's body.
Kat wants to clinch but Schmidt slips to the side
and Schmidt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schmidt. That's going to slow Kat down.
Kat tries to work over Schmidt's front leg with a kick but Schmidt checks it.
Kat throws a sloppy head kick and Schmidt moves out of range easily.
Kat throws a head kick that misses
and Schmidt counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schmidt throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kat.
Schmidt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schmidt scores with a hook.
Schmidt connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kat takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kat takes one on the button.
Kat tries to close the distance and clinch but Schmidt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kat.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Schmidt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schmidt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses.
Kat looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Schmidt throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jab from Schmidt.

Schmidt has managed to clinch.
Kat can't break the clinch.
A short left from Schmidt.
Schmidt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Schmidt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schmidt as Kat tries to tie him up.
Kat misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt misses with a knee to the head.
Schmidt lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schmidt.
Schmidt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schmidt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kat is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schmidt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kat takes a shot to the head.
Kat avoids the elbow strike from Schmidt, against the ropes.
Kat managing to block the knees to the body from Schmidt.
Schmidt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Schmidt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schmidt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Schmidt lands a nice elbow.
Schmidt lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Schmidt dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Captain Kat's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Kat tries a head kick but it misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Schmidt, as that shot connected.
Schmidt scores with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Schmidt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schmidt scores with a kick to the body.
Kat tries to clinch up.
Kat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kat moves out of range of the body kick.
Kat throws a sloppy head kick
and Schmidt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Kat 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kat - that will leave a mark!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a half hearted mid kick.
Schmidt throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kat throws a head kick but Schmidt moves out of range.
Schmidt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Schmidt connects with a looping right hand.

Schmidt clinches up with Kat and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schmidt.
Kat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schmidt is defending well for now.
John Schmidt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Schmidt on the inside.
Kat looking to stall.
Kat tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Schmidt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kat looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidt is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Schmidt on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Kat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schmidt lands a damaging elbow.
Schmidt lands an elbow just above Kat 's eye.
Kat working hard to break the clinch.
Kat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmidt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schmidt.
Kat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schmidt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schmidt.
Kat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schmidt.
A short right from Schmidt on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short uppercut from Schmidt.
Kat will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside.
Schmidt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Kat is rocked!
Schmidt avoiding damage as Kat throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Schmidt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Schmidt has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 45:50
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 45:50
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Schmidt!
John Schmidt bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.