PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Scheisse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smith
vs
Scheisse

182 cm
37
197 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

195 cm
39
202 lbs
41 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Alpha Male

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Scheisse!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dan Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith misses with a hook. Scheisse ducked under it nicely.
Scheisse misses the shot to the body.
Scheisse tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Scheisse is looking to clinch.
Scheisse has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Scheisse wants to clinch.

Scheisse instigates a clinch.
Scheisse blocks an uppercut.
Scheisse pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scheisse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Smith.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scheisse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Smith.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Scheisse stalls.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Scheisse blocks an uppercut.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Scheisse.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Scheisse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scheisse misses with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.

Smith breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scheisse moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Dan Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scheisse walks into a left hand.
Scheisse tries to clinch up.
Smith misses with a hook
and Scheisse counters with a nice body shot.

Smith pushes Scheisse up against the cage in a clinch.
Scheisse throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Scheisse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Scheisse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scheisse's elbow.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Scheisse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Scheisse keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scheisse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Scheisse uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Scheisse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Dan Smith has been cut.
A short right from Scheisse.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Scheisse.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Smith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Smith clobbers Scheisse with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Scheisse saw that one coming.
Scheisse shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smith pinned against the cage. Smith gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Scheisse moves away and avoids it.
Scheisse takes one to the side of the head.
Scheisse tries to clinch up.
Scheisse throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smith's waist but Smith gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Scheisse off to one side.
Scheisse shoots for a takedown but Smith saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dan Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Scheisse.
Scheisse tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Scheisse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Scheisse is looking to clinch.
Scheisse tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Scheisse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Scheisse doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scheisse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scheisse wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Scheisse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scheisse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Scheisse avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scheisse rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith lands with an uppercut that bounces Scheisse off the cage and back into range.
Scheisse walks into a straight right hand from Smith.
Scheisse looks for a takedown but Smith sprawls well.

Smith clinches with his opponent.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scheisse looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A hook to the body from Smith.
Dan Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Smith.
Scheisse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Scheisse.
Scheisse misses with a knee strike.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Scheisse avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Scheisse lands a knee to the head.
Smith misses with some punches.
Scheisse connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
A knee to the head by Scheisse.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith tries a body shot but Scheisse blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Scheisse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Scheisse misses with a knee to the head.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scheisse's elbow.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Scheisse landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Scheisse.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Scheisse using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Scheisse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith is leaning against Scheisse and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scheisse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith is trying to push Scheisse away but Scheisse has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scheisse.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Scheisse's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Scheisse duly obliges.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Scheisse.
Scheisse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith connects with a body shot that sends Scheisse's belly button to the back.

Scheisse closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Smith is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is looking to reverse the position.
Smith is trying to control Scheisse's posture but Scheisse avoids it.

Scheisse decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Scheisse throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Smith digs a good body shot into Scheisse's ribs.
Donk. Smith catches Scheisse right on the button with a cross.
Scheisse fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smith pinned against the cage. Smith gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Scheisse has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Smith has managed to clinch.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Scheisse has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scheisse blocks an uppercut.
Smith tries to work over Scheisse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scheisse prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Scheisse looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Michael Scheisse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Scheisse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scheisse with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scheisse using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right handed body shot lands from Smith.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scheisse tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scheisse's elbow.
Scheisse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.

Scheisse is rocked!
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scheisse is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scheisse seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Scheisse avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tries to work over Scheisse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scheisse lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smith, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Smith!
After the big win, Dan Smith made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Ace of Spades Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.