PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Schultz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cannondale Trail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Schultz
vs
Trail

191 cm
21
232 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

198 cm
22
280 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cannondale Trail!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trail walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Schultz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
King Schultz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schultz tries to land a front kick but Trail steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Schultz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trail.
Schultz is looking to clinch but Trail is avoiding it.
Trail scores with the left hand. Schultz knows he should have avoided that one.
Schultz throws a chopping leg kick but Trail manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Trail waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schultz.

Trail moves into range and clinches up with Schultz.
Schultz is trying to maintain a safe position but Trail gets an underhook and turns Schultz into the cage.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schultz blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Schultz.

It looks like Cannondale Trail has been cut.
Schultz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schultz taking a breather.
Trail throws a head punch that misses.
Schultz misses with a knee to the head.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schultz misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schultz lands a shoulder strike.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schultz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schultz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Trail fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schultz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trail looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trail looking to stall.
Schultz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schultz taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trail taking a breather.
Trail tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Trail back against the cage.
Trail managing to block the knees to the body from Schultz.
Schultz landing knees to the head.
Schultz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trail misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schultz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schultz blocking some punches.
Schultz connects with a knee to the head.
Schultz tries to work over Trail's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schultz.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Schultz.
Trail taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Trail fails to land.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trail avoids it.
Schultz leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Trail fails to land.
Trail swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trail lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Trail.
Trail takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short uppercut from Schultz.
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!
Schultz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trail takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short left from Schultz.
Schultz trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trail tries to stall but Schultz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Trail lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schultz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schultz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trail blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schultz is looking to control Trail's arms but Trail gets an underhook and turns him. Now Schultz has his back to the cage.
Trail stalling against the cage.
Schultz lands a left hand.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schultz obliges.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schultz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trail.
Schultz's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Schultz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Schultz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cannondale Trail's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Schultz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trail.
A leg kick checked by Trail.
Schultz misses with a hook. Trail ducked under it nicely.
Schultz looks to land a body kick but Trail moved away.
Schultz blocks a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schultz.
Schultz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Trail wants to clinch
and Schultz counters with a nice body shot.
Trail looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Schultz lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz throws a sloppy head kick
and Trail counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trail is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Schultz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schultz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Schultz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A leg kick checked by Trail.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Schultz.
Schultz misses with a body kick.
Good leg kick by Schultz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schultz scores with a nice body kick.
Schultz lands a nice hook to Trail's body. Trail takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Schultz tries to clinch there but Trail circles away.
Schultz lands with a kick to the temple. Trail shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz tries to land a front kick but Trail steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Schultz misses with a kick to the body.
Schultz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Schultz thows a body shot but no joy.
Schultz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Schultz throws a head kick that half lands.
Trail throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
King Schultz is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Schultz thuds his shin into the meat of Trail's side.

Schultz closes the distance and pushes Trail back into the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Schultz here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Schultz working Trail over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Schultz.
Schultz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
King Schultz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schultz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but Trail blocks it.
Schultz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schultz looking to throw knees to the head but Trail is blocking nicely.
Trail misses with the head strike.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trail lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schultz blocks an uppercut.
Trail lands a shot to the body.
Schultz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trail can do to turn this around?
Trail is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Schultz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trail lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Trail misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trail.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Trail uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Schultz.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Trail throws a head punch that misses.
Schultz prevents a body shot from Trail.
Trail tries a body shot but Schultz blocks it.
Trail tries a body shot but Schultz blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schultz lands a shoulder strike.
Schultz takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schultz misses with a knee strike.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but Trail blocks it.
Schultz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Schultz scores with a knee to the head.
Trail blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schultz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trail.
Trail lands with a right to the head.
Trail tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schultz's elbow.
Schultz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schultz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trail lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Schultz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but Trail blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Schultz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cannondale Trail's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Trail misses the shot to the body.
Schultz misses with a head kick.
Trail misses with a wild body shot.
Schultz throws a leg kick which misses Trail's front leg but catches the back leg as Trail tries to avoid it.
Trail just misses with a punch to the body.
Schultz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trail.
Schultz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Schultz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Schultz with a hook.
Schultz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Trail swings away with a body shot that misses
and Schultz counters with a stiff right hand.
Schultz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Trail takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trail blocks the body kick.
Schultz lands a glancing blow to the side of Trail's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz lands a high kick!
Schultz connects with an inside leg kick.
Schultz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schultz lands with a nice body punch.
Schultz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Schultz throws a head kick that misses.
Schultz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Trail takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schultz scores with a nice strike.
Schultz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Schultz tries to land a front kick but Trail steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Trail takes one to the chin there.
Schultz ducks under a wild hook from Trail.
Cannondale Trail has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trail takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Schultz throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Trail throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Schultz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Trail checks the leg kick.
Trail looks to land a left hand but Schultz moved out of range nicely.
Trail throws an off balance right hand
and Schultz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Schultz tries to clinch up.
Schultz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Schultz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trail.
Trail throws a poor cross that misses
and Schultz counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Schultz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schultz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trail's calf.
King Schultz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Schultz - that will leave a mark!
Schultz cracks Trail with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Schultz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trail.
Schultz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Trail swings widly with a right hand
and Schultz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Schultz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Schultz lands a head kick. Trail smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Schultz scoring well with a low kick there.
Schultz thumps Trail with a low kick.
Schultz connects with a crisp jab.
Trail swings for the body but Schultz moves out of range.
Schultz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Trail misses with a lunging right hand
and Schultz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schultz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trail rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Schultz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schultz.
Trail throws a sloppy body shot
and Trail takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trail tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Schultz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schultz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice body kick from Schultz.
Trail takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Schultz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Trail's head.
Schultz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schultz cracks Trail with a right hand to the side of the head.
Schultz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Trail just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
King Schultz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Schultz 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 Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Schultz!