PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yaniv Schulmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Perälä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Schulmann
vs
Perälä

181 cm
26
145 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

182 cm
24
175 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yaniv Schulmann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taisto Perälä!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schulmann throws a big shot that misses.
Schulmann slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Schulmann pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schulmann ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perälä moves away.
Schulmann moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perälä throws a shot from downtown. Schulmann moves away and avoids it.
Schulmann appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Perälä connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Schulmann keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perälä.
Perälä motions for Schulmann to come forward. Perälä throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Schulmann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perälä uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schulmann.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perälä blocks a leg kick.
Schulmann thuds his shin into the meat of Perälä's side.
Perälä walks into a stiff left hand from Schulmann.
Perälä throws a wild body kick that Schulmann sees coming a mile off.
Schulmann throws a hook but Perälä avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulmann misses with a low kick.
Perälä throws out a loose jab but Schulmann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perälä dodges the punch combination from Schulmann.
Perälä appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Schulmann cracks a nice hook into Perälä's ribs.
Schulmann ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Schulmann cracks Perälä with a good jab.
Nice body punch from Perälä.
Schulmann throws a hook but Perälä avoids it easily.
Schulmann punishes Perälä's body with a nice straight punch.
Schulmann throws a shot from downtown. Perälä moves away and avoids it.
Perälä flicks out a counter leg kick but Schulmann steps away.
Yaniv Schulmann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Schulmann sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perälä takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Schulmann just misses with a punch to the body.
Schulmann misses with a body punch
and Perälä counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perälä fakes the leg kick and cracks Schulmann in the body.
Schulmann lands with a right hand.
Schulmann scores with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Schulmann, right into the meat.
Perälä throws a low kick but it's checked well by Schulmann.
Schulmann looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
It seemed like Perälä was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Schulmann definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Schulmann finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perälä defending well as Schulmann loads up on a big left hand.
Perälä feints a counter leg kick.
Perälä cracks the inside of Schulmann's front leg.
Schulmann tests Perälä's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Schulmann misses the jab.
Perälä with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Perälä misses the shot to the body.
Schulmann throws a sloppy body shot
letting Perälä counter with a right hand.
Schulmann misses with an uppercut. Perälä saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulmann misses with a body shot
and Perälä counters with a slapping leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Schulmann.
Schulmann tries a low kick but Perälä avoids it.
Perälä was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Schulmann misses with a looping right.
Perälä appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Perälä is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Schulmann blocks the leg kick.
Perälä lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schulmann at a distance.
Perälä throws a low kick but it's checked well by Schulmann.
Schulmann swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Schulmann slips a straight right by Perälä.
Perälä with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schulmann moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schulmann motions for Perälä to come forward. Schulmann throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab from Schulmann.
Schulmann takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Perälä chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schulmann can pounce on him.
Schulmann blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perälä misses with a low kick.
Perälä misses the jab.
Perälä lands the left hand.
Perälä does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Schulmann throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schulmann takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
Schulmann really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Perälä connects with a solid leg kick.
Schulmann throws a looping overhand right but Perälä ducks down to avoid it.
Schulmann throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schulmann ducks under a wild hook from Perälä.
Schulmann misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perälä.
Schulmann connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Schulmann darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perälä on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Schulmann misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yaniv Schulmann dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Decent striking displayed by Schulmann there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Perälä might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Schulmann has got the better of the exchanges.
Perälä throws a low kick but Schulmann avoids it.
Schulmann stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perälä.
Perälä scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Perälä dips to his left and cracks Schulmann with an uppercut!

Schulmann is rocked!
Schulmann misses with a straight left.
Perälä only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Oh Schulmann is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Perälä connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Perälä walks into a jab.

It looks like Taisto Perälä has been cut.
Schulmann moves out of range of the strikes.
Schulmann throws a right hand that misses
and Perälä counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perälä lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perälä misses with an uppercut
and Perälä takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Schulmann throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perälä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schulmann tests Perälä's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Schulmann throws a big shot that misses.
Schulmann seems to have got his legs back now.
Perälä dips to his left and cracks Schulmann with an uppercut!
Schulmann missing with a left hand there. Perälä was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perälä is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Schulmann with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Perälä misses its intended target.
Perälä buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
Schulmann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schulmann slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Schulmann misses with a looping right.
Perälä throws a poor cross that misses
and Schulmann counters with an inside leg kick.
Schulmann moves away from the strike by Perälä.
Perälä jabs Schulmann right on the nose. Schulmann blinks but takes it well.
Schulmann swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perälä throws out a powerful jab.
An inside leg kick from Schulmann misses.
Schulmann throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schulmann wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schulmann uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perälä.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Schulmann.
Schulmann is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schulmann swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perälä shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Perälä dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schulmann scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Schulmann throws a leg kick
and Perälä counters with a nice body shot.
Yaniv Schulmann is winning the standup battle so far.
Perälä throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Schulmann swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Schulmann blocks a low kick nicely.
Schulmann steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perälä.
Schulmann half committed to a counter leg kick.
Perälä misses with a hook. Schulmann ducked under it nicely.
Schulmann fires out a quick counter leg kick but Perälä just manages to avoid it.
Perälä wants to land a leg kick but Schulmann is out of range.
Perälä misses with a head kick.
Schulmann scores with a nice body kick.
Perälä misses with a lunging right hand
and Schulmann counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulmann scores with a body shot.
Perälä takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Schulmann with a jab.
Perälä finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Schulmann tried to counter with a leg kick but Perälä avoided it.
Perälä throws a body punch but Schulmann moves out of range.
Schulmann turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Schulmann scores with a kick to the body.
Schulmann fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perälä scores with a crisp jab that stopped Schulmann in his tracks.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Schulmann here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Perälä takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big left from Schulmann misses.
Perälä cracks the inside of Schulmann's front leg.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Schulmann.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perälä scores with a jab. Schulmann acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perälä checks the leg kick.
Perälä replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Schulmann blocks it well.
Schulmann takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Perälä tests Schulmann's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Schulmann takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
Perälä slips a straight right by Schulmann.
Perälä doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Schulmann misses with a wild body shot.
Perälä ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perälä throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schulmann stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice defenses there by Perälä.
Schulmann lands with a nice body kick.
Schulmann lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schulmann throws out a leg kick but Perälä moves out of range and Schulmann only half commits.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perälä checks a leg kick.
Perälä steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Schulmann.
Perälä misses with a low kick.
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 Yaniv Schulmann will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Taisto Perälä's cut.
That's time! Schulmann's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Schulmann fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perälä has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schulmann throws a solid leg kick but Perälä takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Schulmann.
Schulmann throws a body kick that misses.
Schulmann looks to score with a jab to the body but Perälä is just out of range.
Schulmann swings for the body but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A jab from Perälä does it's job there.
Schulmann lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Schulmann misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Perälä blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perälä just misses with a punch to the body.
Schulmann takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Schulmann with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Schulmann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perälä takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schulmann. Perälä does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perälä defending well as Schulmann loads up on a big left hand.
Schulmann throws a right hand that misses
and Perälä counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perälä is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schulmann.
Schulmann moves out of range of the body kick.
Schulmann throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schulmann misses with an uppercut. Perälä saw that one coming.
Perälä drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Schulmann throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä throws a body shot but no joy.
Perälä scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Schulmann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perälä manages to avoid it.
Perälä moves out of range of the strikes.
Perälä looks to land a right hand but Schulmann moved out of range.
Perälä stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Taisto Perälä has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schulmann shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Schulmann fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Perälä on the side of the head.
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 nice inside leg kick there by Schulmann. That's going to slow Perälä down.
Schulmann fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Perälä throws a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Schulmann.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Perälä crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Schulmann - the referee stops the clock and Perälä gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Schulmann. Perälä manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Perälä throws a leg kick which misses Schulmann's front leg but catches the back leg as Schulmann tries to avoid it.
Schulmann moves out of range of the body kick from Perälä.
Perälä has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Schulmann.
Perälä misses with a body shot.
Schulmann ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Schulmann throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Schulmann cracks Perälä with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Perälä.
Schulmann moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Perälä sends Schulmann crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Perälä is motioning to the referee to let Schulmann up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Schulmann misses with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perälä checks a leg kick.
Perälä swings widly with a right hand
and Schulmann counters with a stiff right hand.
Perälä fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Schulmann has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yaniv Schulmann is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schulmann scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Schulmann keeps Perälä at a distance using the push kick.
Schulmann looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Schulmann swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Perälä takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Schulmann scores with a kick to the body.
Schulmann with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schulmann throws a shot to the body.
Perälä with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Schulmann clinches with his opponent.
Perälä just leaning against Schulmann, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Schulmann fails to land.
Perälä tries to throw a body punch but Schulmann avoids it by throwing Perälä back against the cage.
Schulmann tries to pull guard but Perälä won't allow it.
Perälä goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perälä has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schulmann.
Schulmann prevents a body shot from Perälä.
Perälä misses with a punch on the inside.

Schulmann manages to pull guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schulmann seems keen to control Perälä's posture.
Perälä connects with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yaniv Schulmann showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schulmann, 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yaniv Schulmann!
Yaniv Schulmann thanked the fans post fight for their support.