PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mike Ripley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddie Schmall Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freddie Schmall Jr is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ripley
vs
Schmall Jr

204 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

212 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
Good chin

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Ripley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freddie Schmall Jr!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmall Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schmall Jr throws a sloppy body shot
and Ripley counters with a left to the body.
Ripley slips under a jab from Schmall Jr.
A little feinted left hand from Ripley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Schmall Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Schmall Jr misses with a hook. Ripley ducked under it nicely.

Ripley closes the distance and clinches.
Schmall Jr lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mike Ripley has been cut.
Schmall Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schmall Jr misses with a body punch.
Schmall Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Ripley.
Schmall Jr dodges an elbow strike from Ripley.
Schmall Jr avoids a wild elbow strike from Ripley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripley throws an elbow that misses.
Ripley lands a body shot.
Schmall Jr blocking some punches.
Schmall Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Ripley scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ripley misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripley misses with a punch to the body.
Nice elbow from Ripley.
Schmall Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schmall Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ripley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schmall Jr's brow.
Ripley lands a shot to the body.
Nice elbow from Ripley.
Ripley working aggressively here.
Schmall Jr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Schmall Jr.
Ripley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ripley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schmall Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ripley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripley blocking some punches.
Schmall Jr misses with the head strike.
Ripley misses with a punch on the inside.
Schmall Jr lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripley misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Ripley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ripley working aggressively here.
Ripley misses with a punch to the body.
Ripley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ripley blocking some punches.
Schmall Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schmall Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Ripley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ripley lands a damaging elbow.
Schmall Jr has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ripley seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Schmall Jr can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schmall Jr.
Nice body punch from Schmall Jr.
Schmall Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Ripley is breathing heavily.
Ripley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Schmall Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schmall Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Ripley controls his hands.
Schmall Jr tries to work over Ripley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schmall Jr misses with some punches.
Ripley blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripley tries to work over Schmall Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ripley misses with a punch to the body.
Ripley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ripley.
Schmall Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schmall Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schmall Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schmall Jr misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Ripley fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ripley throws an elbow but misses.
Ripley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ripley slowing the pace effectively.
Ripley pushes off an throws an elbow but Schmall Jr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ripley lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ripley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ripley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Schmall Jr.
A short left from Schmall Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmall Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schmall Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Schmall Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Ripley controls the action.
Schmall Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schmall Jr scores with a shot to the side of Ripley's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmall Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schmall Jr cracks Ripley with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Ripley goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Ripley wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Freddie Schmall Jr!
Freddie Schmall Jr decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.