PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Schwalle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schwalle's entrance music is Max Payne theme. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Schwalle
vs
Hunter

188 cm
28
183 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

182 cm
32
184 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oliver Schwalle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vincent Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwalle takes a swing at Hunter's ribcage but misses.
Hunter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Schwalle thows a body shot but no joy.

Schwalle has managed to clinch.
Schwalle tries to throw a body punch but Hunter avoids it by throwing Schwalle back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Schwalle fails to land.
Schwalle is trying to break free.
Schwalle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunter struggles to land a body shot inside as Schwalle controls his hands.
Hunter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Hunter jumps guard and drags Schwalle to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Schwalle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hunter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Schwalle postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Schwalle got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hunter has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Schwalle has managed to get both his arms back between Hunter's legs - danger averted.
Schwalle wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.
Hunter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schwalle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schwalle looking to sit in guard and control but Hunter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Schwalle tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hunter throws a big right hand that misses.
Schwalle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hunter.
Schwalle has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hunter lands a couple of digs.
Hunter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hunter looking to sit in guard and control but Schwalle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Schwalle is one step ahead there.
Schwalle tries to free his leg and advance position but Hunter is retaining full guard.
Schwalle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Schwalle postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Schwalle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hunter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Schwalle sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hunter's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwalle is looking to take a break and control but Hunter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hunter is trying to get back to full guard.
Schwalle looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwalle working over Hunter with some ground and pound. Hunter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hunter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Schwalle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hunter is staying active underneath Schwalle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hunter is trying is best to control the position here.
Hunter moves into full guard.
Hunter is trying to control the position but Schwalle postures up.
Hunter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schwalle.
Schwalle has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Hunter is looking for a triangle but Schwalle pushes his legs off easily.
Schwalle is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schwalle trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schwalle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schwalle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Schwalle wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.
Schwalle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Schwalle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hunter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Schwalle looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Schwalle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schwalle throwing strikes but missing.

Hunter working for a triangle but Schwalle defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Schwalle dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Schwalle looks to land a left hand but Hunter moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the liver by Schwalle. Beautiful body shot.
Schwalle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Vincent Hunter has been cut.
Schwalle misses with a wild combination.
Hunter scores with a three punch combo!
Hunter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Schwalle tries to clinch up but Hunter circles away and keeps his distance.

Hunter moves into the clinch.
Hunter blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunter lands a right hand.
Hunter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schwalle prevents a body shot from Hunter.
Hunter blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwalle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hunter backwards.
Schwalle works on Hunter's body with a couple of short punches.
Hunter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Schwalle gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hunter has a couple of punches blocked by Schwalle.
Hunter struggles to land a body shot inside as Schwalle controls his hands.
Schwalle tries to circle away but Hunter has him pinned against the cage.
Schwalle can't find room to land a body shot as Hunter controls the action.
Schwalle tries a body shot but Hunter blocks it.
Hunter lands a body shot.
Hunter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schwalle is trying to force a seperation but Hunter has the dominant position.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Hunter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Schwalle up against the cage.
Hunter blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter blocks an uppercut.
Hunter scores with a shot to the side of Schwalle's head.
Hunter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hunter working aggressively here.
Schwalle lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwalle takes a shot to the head.
Hunter misses with a punch to the body.
Schwalle is trying to break the clinch but Hunter has him pressed against the cage.
Schwalle tries to throw a body punch but Hunter avoids it by throwing Schwalle back against the cage.
Schwalle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schwalle is trying to break free.
Schwalle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oliver Schwalle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schwalle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Schwalle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter misses with a body punch.
Schwalle lands a right hand.
Schwalle working aggressively here.
Hunter scores with a hook to the body.
Schwalle is trying to break the clinch but Hunter is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schwalle.
Schwalle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hunter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hunter tries a body shot but Schwalle blocks it.
Schwalle has a couple of punches blocked by Hunter.
Hunter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schwalle misses with a punch to the body.
Schwalle can't find room to land a body shot as Hunter controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Hunter.
Hunter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hunter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwalle misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Schwalle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hunter looks to land a combination but Schwalle avoids it well.
Oliver Schwalle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schwalle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hunter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Schwalle.
Schwalle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Schwalle swings for the body but Hunter moves out of range.
Schwalle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Hunter is rocked!
Schwalle swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hunter counters with a good, hard body kick but Schwalle shrugs it off.
Hunter is still on wobbly legs! Can Schwalle finish him?
Hunter thumps Schwalle with a low kick.
Hunter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Schwalle.
Hunter seems to have recovered his senses.
Hunter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schwalle misses with a left hand

and Hunter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Schwalle won't be happy with that.
Hunter in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hunter misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Oliver Schwalle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vincent Hunter's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hunter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Schwalle tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hunter looks to land a left hand but Schwalle moved out of range nicely.
Schwalle is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Hunter like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Hunter from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oliver Schwalle!
Oliver Schwalle decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.