PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Schultz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chief Little Wolf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Little Wolf's choice of entrance music: Cherokee War Dance. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schultz
vs
Little Wolf

188 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
196 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Little Wolf!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schultz tries for a takedown but Little Wolf circles away easily
and Little Wolf counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Dave Schultz has been cut.
Little Wolf tries to clinch up but Schultz circles away and keeps his distance.
Little Wolf tries to clinch up but Schultz circles away and keeps his distance.

Little Wolf closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Schultz manages to break the clinch.

Little Wolf moves into the clinch.
Little Wolf throws a head punch that misses.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Schultz breaks from the clinch.
Little Wolf tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Schultz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Little Wolf tries to clinch there but Schultz circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little Wolf tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Schultz counters with an inside leg kick.
Little Wolf tries to close the distance and clinch but Schultz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Little Wolf moves into the clinch.
Schultz tries to pull guard but Little Wolf holds him up against the cage and eventually Schultz drops back down to his feet.
Little Wolf lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Schultz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Little Wolf moves into the clinch.

Schultz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Little Wolf has Schultz up against the cage in a clinch.
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schultz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Little Wolf has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Little Wolf working aggressively here.
Schultz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Little Wolf looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Little Wolf works on Schultz's body with a couple of short punches.
Schultz taking a breather.
Little Wolf lands with a left to the head.

Schultz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Little Wolf looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little Wolf wants to control from the top but Schultz keeps moving.
Schultz pulls Little Wolf in close to prevent any damage.
Schultz has a closed guard, preventing Little Wolf from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schultz throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Schultz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Schultz tries to get out of the position.

Schultz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Schultz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Little Wolf doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Little Wolf manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little Wolf postures up in Schultz's guard and throws a big left but Schultz blocks it.
Schultz seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Little Wolf is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Little Wolf wants to stand but Schultz is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Chief Little Wolf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Little Wolf lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Little Wolf struggles to land a body shot inside as Schultz controls his hands.
Little Wolf working aggressively here.
Little Wolf lands a right hand.
Schultz tries to throw a body punch but Little Wolf avoids it by throwing Schultz back against the cage.

Schultz successfully pulls guard.
Schultz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Little Wolf postures up.

Schultz looking for a triangle here. Little Wolf is fighting it but it looks tight! Schultz pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Little Wolf is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Dave Schultz!