PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Schuurman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Denke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Schuurman
vs
Denke

175 cm
24
175 lbs
9 - 9 - 1

175 cm
22
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

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 9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Schuurman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Denke!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schuurman fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've been told by Schuurman's head coaches at !!!!!cheapest gym in rio!!!!!! elite coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Schuurman doesn't manage to clinch there - Denke circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schuurman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Denke misses with a straight right.
Denke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schuurman moves away.
Denke lands a really nice looking cross but Schuurman seems unphased.

It looks like Frank Schuurman has been cut.
Denke scores with a hook to the body. Schuurman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Denke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke is having none of it.

Schuurman moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Denke breaks from the clinch.
Schuurman ducks under a wild hook from Denke.
Schuurman tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Denke manages to circle out of the way.
Denke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Denke is avoiding it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Denke! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schuurman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Denke throws out the jab.
Schuurman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Denke misses with a wild combination.
Schuurman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Denke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Denke is avoiding it.
Schuurman moves out of range as Denke strikes.
Schuurman is looking to clinch.
Denke misses with an uppercut.
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Denke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke moves out of range.
Denke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Schuurman staying out of range there.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke moves away
and Denke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Denke throws a jab but it's blocked by Schuurman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman wants to clinch up but Denke keeps it at a distance.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke is having none of it.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frank Schuurman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Denke keeps the fight on the outside.
Denke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schuurman at a distance.
Denke looks to score with a jab to the body but Schuurman is just out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schuurman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Denke swats away the attempt to clinch by Schuurman.
Nice defenses there by Schuurman.
Schuurman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Denke.
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Denke throws out a loose jab but Schuurman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schuurman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Denke misses with a straight right.
Schuurman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Denke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Denke throws out the jab.
Denke throws a hook but Schuurman avoids it easily.
Schuurman tries to clinch up
and Denke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Denke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Schuurman.
Denke stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Schuurman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Denke counters with a nice uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schuurman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Denke swats away the attempt to clinch by Schuurman.

Schuurman moves into range and clinches up with Denke.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Karl Denke has been cut.
Denke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Denke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Denke lunges at Schuurman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Schuurman's hand.
Schuurman moves in looking to clinch but Denke pushes him off.
Denke throws a big shot that misses.
Schuurman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Denke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Denke throws a hook but Schuurman blocks it.
Schuurman moves in looking to clinch but Denke pushes him off.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Denke is avoiding it.
Schuurman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Denke swats away the attempt to clinch by Schuurman.
Denke keeps the fight on the outside.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch but Denke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schuurman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Denke dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Denke circles away from the clinch attempt.

Schuurman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Denke jumps guard but Schuurman stands there with Denke around his waist. Denke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Denke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Schuurman backwards.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but Denke blocks it.
Denke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Denke.

Denke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Denke throws a shot from downtown. Schuurman moves away and avoids it.
Schuurman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Schuurman defending well as Denke loads up on a big left hand.
Denke lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice defenses there by Schuurman.
A big left from Denke misses.
Denke keeps the fight on the outside.
Denke is looking for the big counter here.
Denke keeps the fight on the outside.
Schuurman moves in looking to clinch but Denke pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schuurman defending well as Denke loads up on a big left hand.
Denke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schuurman manages to avoid it.
Schuurman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Denke.
Denke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schuurman looks to clinch
and Denke counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Schuurman is looking to clinch.
Schuurman doesn't manage to clinch there - Denke circles away.
Schuurman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Denke lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Frank Schuurman's cut is getting worse.
Schuurman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Denke might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Denke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Schuurman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Schuurman tries to clinch up but Denke circles away and keeps his distance.
Denke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karl Denke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schuurman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Denke throws a body punch but Schuurman moves out of range.
Schuurman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Denke lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Schuurman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Denke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schuurman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Denke.
Schuurman tries to counter by clinching up but Denke breaks away and moves out of range.
Schuurman tries to clinch up but Denke circles away and keeps his distance.
Schuurman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Denke.
Denke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denke keeps the fight on the outside.
Schuurman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Denke throws a hook but Schuurman avoids it easily.
Denke swats away the attempt to clinch by Schuurman.
Denke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schuurman is looking to counter the offense by Denke and move into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Schuurman moves into the clinch.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Denke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Denke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Denke blocks with his arms.
Schuurman tries to land knees in the clinch but Denke avoids the damage to the body.
Denke lands a body shot.
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Denke is blocking nicely.
Denke content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Denke successfully pulls guard.
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.
Schuurman being controlled here momentarily.

Schuurman stands and steps away. Denke gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Schuurman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Denke.
Schuurman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schuurman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Denke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Denke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Denke misses.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Schuurman wants to clinch up but Denke keeps it at a distance.
Denke displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Schuurman is looking to clinch.
Schuurman wants to clinch.
Denke throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Schuurman counters by moving into the clinch.
Denke fails to pull guard.
Denke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schuurman.

Denke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Denke looks to throw the jab but Schuurman is out of range.
Denke throws a hook but Schuurman blocks it.
Schuurman wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Denke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Denke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schuurman.
Denke misses with an uppercut. Schuurman saw that one coming.
Schuurman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Denke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Denke is avoiding it.
Schuurman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Schuurman moves away from the strike by Denke.
Schuurman wants to clinch
and Denke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Denke lands with a good body shot.
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Denke's corner calls for a 1-2. Denke obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke moves out of range.
Denke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schuurman slips under a jab.
Schuurman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Denke swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Schuurman instigates a clinch.
Denke will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Schuurman up against the cage.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Denke.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Denke blocks with his arms.
Frank Schuurman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Denke.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.

Denke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke moves out of range.
Denke lands a jab.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Denke is avoiding it.
Schuurman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Denke throws out a counter right but Schuurman avoids it with no problem.
Denke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Denke is avoiding it.
Schuurman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke is having none of it.
Denke swings for the body but Schuurman moves out of range.
A jab from Denke misses.
Denke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schuurman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schuurman darts in trying to clinch
and Denke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Frank Schuurman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Denke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Denke doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Schuurman pushes Denke up against the cage in a clinch.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Denke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schuurman is looking to clinch.
Denke misses with a hook.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Denke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Schuurman fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Denke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Denke counters with a nice uppercut.
Denke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Schuurman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Frank Schuurman's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Denke is having none of it.
Denke feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Schuurmans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Denke misses with a hook. Schuurman ducked under it nicely.
Schuurman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Denke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Schuurman scrambles back to his feet.
Denke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schuurman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schuurman tries to clinch there but Denke circles away.
Denke moves into range and connects with a jab.

Schuurman is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schuurman gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Denke gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Schuurman is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Denke!
A victorious Karl Denke thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.