PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lacy Schmidt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pawel Nowak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Schmidt
vs
Nowak

202 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lacy Schmidt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pawel Nowak!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schmidt has closed the distance and engaged Nowak in a clinch.

Schmidt manages to break the clinch.

Schmidt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nowak, pushing him back against the cage.
Nowak is trying to maintain a safe position but Schmidt gets an underhook and turns Nowak into the cage.

Nowak turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Nowak manages to end up in side control.
Schmidt sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Schmidt looking for submissions off his back.
Nowak with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Schmidt regains full guard. Nicely done.
Schmidt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nowak's guard.
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!
Nowak utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Schmidt stands up over Nowak, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Schmidt works over Nowak with some ground and pound from guard.
Schmidt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nowak should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Nowak has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Schmidt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nowak has momentary wrist control but Schmidt slips an elbow through the middle.
Schmidt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nowak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schmidt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Schmidt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nowak preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Schmidt lands a couple of elbows.
Schmidt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Schmidt distracts Nowak with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmidt content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt works over Nowak with some ground and pound from guard.
Schmidt scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Schmidt works over Nowak with some ground and pound from guard.
Schmidt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Schmidt cracks Nowak with a solid left hand.
Schmidt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Schmidt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Schmidt will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Schmidt scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Schmidt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Schmidt is in close to Nowak's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Schmidt working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Schmidt connects with a couple of short punches.
Schmidt lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Schmidt landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schmidt's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Schmidt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nowak is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Schmidt cracks Nowak with a solid left hand.
Nowak preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Schmidt is looking to work some ground and pound but Nowak has wrist control.
Schmidt lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nowak working a defensive guard here.
Schmidt is in close to Nowak's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Schmidt lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt landing some decent shots from guard.
Schmidt cracks Nowak with a solid left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schmidt's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Schmidt content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Schmidt really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Schmidt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Schmidt distracts Nowak with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Schmidt scoring with punches to the head and body.
Schmidt cracks Nowak with a solid left hand.
Schmidt cracks Nowak with a solid left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nowak controls Schmidt momentarily but Schmidt frees himself.
Schmidt with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lacy Schmidt dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schmidt closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Schmidt is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nowak is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nowak tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Schmidt wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Schmidt working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Schmidt is working Nowak over with some ground and pound from side control.

Schmidt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nowak has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Schmidt is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nowak knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Schmidt scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Schmidt is trying to get an arm triangle but Nowak is defending well.
Nowak is trying to get back to half guard.

Schmidt swings around for an armbar but Nowak sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Schmidt's guard.
Schmidt controlling Nowak's posture.
Nowak trying to control the position from guard on top but Schmidt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Schmidt has his foot on Nowak's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nowak works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nowak is sitting in close to Schmidt's body. Schmidt has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Nowak is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Nowak is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Schmidt.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lacy Schmidt!