PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Bogard (ranked 3515 p4p, 49 weight class) and Jan Schrijber (ranked 7141 p4p, 107 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bogard
vs
Schrijber

182 cm
19
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
237 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

IniTech Nutrition

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terry Bogard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jan Schrijber!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schrijber instigates a clinch.
Bogard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Schrijber throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bogard blocks it with crossed arms.
Schrijber throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bogard blocks it with crossed arms.
Schrijber landing knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Schrijber.
A knee to the head by Schrijber.
Schrijber misses with a knee strike.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schrijber lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bogard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schrijber with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Schrijber.
Schrijber landing knees to the head.
Bogard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schrijber landing knees to the body.
Schrijber connects with a knee to the head.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but Bogard blocks it.
Schrijber is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schrijber scores with a knee to the head.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schrijber stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Schrijber scores a nice knee to the body.
Bogard is breathing heavily.
Schrijber works on Bogard's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schrijber scores with a nice hook to the head.
Schrijber misses with a knee to the head.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Bogard is blocking nicely.
Schrijber missing with knees to the body.
Schrijber throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bogard blocks it with crossed arms.
Bogard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but Bogard blocks it.
Schrijber landing knees to the head.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schrijber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bogard is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schrijber tries to work over Bogard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schrijber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schrijber scores with a knee to the head.
Schrijber unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but Bogard blocks with his arms.
Schrijber unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but Bogard blocks it.
Bogard working hard to break the clinch.
Schrijber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schrijber lands a good knee to the midsection. Bogard won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Schrijber.
Schrijber misses with a knee to the head.
Schrijber struggles to land a body shot inside as Bogard controls his hands.
Schrijber unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schrijber using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bogard prevents a body shot from Schrijber.
Schrijber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Schrijber.
Schrijber tries to land knees in the clinch but Bogard avoids the damage to the body.
Schrijber keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bogard's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Schrijber checks the leg kick nicely there.
Schrijber has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Schrijber takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Schrijber throws a nice looking combination but Bogard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've been told by Bogard's head coaches at Crapollas Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Schrijber misses with a wild combination.
Bogard tries to counter with a takedown but Schrijber is quick to defend against it.
Bogard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schrijber.
Bogard attempts a counter takedown but Schrijber avoids it well and moves away.
Bogard takes one to the chin there.
Bogard misses with a kick to the body.
Bogard connects with a single shot there.
Bogard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schrijber is able to avoid easily.
Bogard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Schrijber to score with a decent uppercut.
Schrijber scores with a sloppy right hand. Bogard should have avoided that one.
Bogard misses with a body kick.
Schrijber ducks under a wild hook from Bogard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Schrijber misses.
Bogard misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bogard.
Bogard throws a leg kick but Schrijber checks it.
Bogard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jan Schrijber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bogard punishes Schrijber's body with a nice straight punch.
Bogard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Schrijber blocks a leg kick.
Schrijber now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice shot lands for Bogard.
Schrijber takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Schrijber clinches up with Bogard and pushes him back against the cage.
Schrijber misses with a knee strike.
Schrijber tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bogard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Schrijber lands with a right to the head.
Schrijber missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schrijber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schrijber lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bogard backwards.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Bogard is blocking nicely.
Schrijber lands a nice knee to the body.
Bogard managing to block the knees to the body from Schrijber.
A left hand lands to the body for Schrijber.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but Bogard blocks with his arms.
Bogard taking a breather.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrijber is leaning against Bogard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Schrijber with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber misses with a knee to the head.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but Bogard blocks with his arms.
Bogard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bogard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Schrijber.
Schrijber lands with a short shot to the head.
Schrijber lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bogard.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schrijber with a knee to the head.
Bogard managing to block the knees to the body from Schrijber.
Schrijber lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber lands a shot to the body.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Bogard is blocking nicely.
Jan Schrijber seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Schrijber is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Schrijber.
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!
Bogard is trying to break the clinch but Schrijber is controlling him.
Schrijber working Bogard over with knees to the body.
Schrijber lands a nice knee to the body.
Schrijber digs a right hand underneath Bogard's ribcage. Bogard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Schrijber utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Schrijber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bogard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
As Bogard backs off Schrijber throws a huge counter combo but Bogard manages to avoid it all.
Bogard looks to land a body kick but Schrijber moved away.
Terry Bogard is winning the standup battle so far.
Bogard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schrijber.
Schrijber misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schrijber throws a series of punches but Bogard moves out of range.
Bogard wants to land a leg kick but Schrijber is out of range.
As Bogard backs off Schrijber throws a huge counter combo but Bogard manages to avoid it all.
Bogard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Schrijber.
Bogard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schrijber was well out of range. Poor timing from Bogard.

Schrijber gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Schrijber utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schrijber tries to work over Bogard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schrijber misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bogard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schrijber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Bogard is blocking nicely.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bogard wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrijber won't allow it.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bogard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schrijber misses with a body punch.
Schrijber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bogard.
Schrijber misses with a knee strike.
Schrijber can't find room to land a body shot as Bogard controls the action.
Bogard wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bogard can't break the clinch.
Schrijber throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bogard blocks it with crossed arms.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bogard taking a breather.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schrijber obliges.
A frustrated look appears on Bogard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schrijber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bogard's elbow.
Knees to the body from Schrijber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schrijber unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bogard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but Bogard blocks it.
Schrijber lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bogard breaks the clinch.
Schrijber has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bogard with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Schrijber closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bogard to the mat! Bogard manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schrijber showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber prevents Bogard from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bogard has momentary wrist control but Schrijber slips an elbow through the middle.
Schrijber slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Schrijber is continuing to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schrijber with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Schrijber misses with a two punch combination.
Bogard cracks a nice hook into Schrijber's ribs.
Schrijber misses with a two punch combination.
Bogard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bogard.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bogard lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Schrijber has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Schrijber and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Schrijber ducks under a wild hook from Bogard.
Crunch! Bogard slams his shin into Schrijber's torso.
Bogard scoring well with a low kick there.
Bogard connects with a leg kick. Schrijber looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bogard feints and then cracks Schrijber's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schrijber down.
Bogard throws a sloppy body shot
and Schrijber counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Schrijber clinches up with Bogard and pushes him back against the cage.
Schrijber connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bogard's face.
Schrijber is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Schrijber misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bogard avoiding damage as Schrijber throws knees to the body.
Schrijber lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schrijber swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bogard stalling.
A nice left hand lands by Schrijber.
Schrijber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bogard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Schrijber digs a right hand into Bogard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bogard's gas tank.
Bogard managing to block the knees to the body from Schrijber.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but Bogard blocks it.
Schrijber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schrijber lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schrijber using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bogard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schrijber misses with a knee strike.
Bogard looking to slow down the pace here.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Bogard is blocking nicely.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schrijber misses with a knee strike.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber lands with a left to the head.
Schrijber misses with some punches.
Knees to the body from Schrijber.
Bogard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schrijber trying to land knees to the body.
Schrijber trying to land knees to the body.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrijber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schrijber obliges.
Schrijber throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bogard wants to break free but Schrijber has control.
Schrijber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bogard wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrijber won't allow it.
Schrijber keeps control of Bogard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bogard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Schrijber tries to throw a body punch but Bogard avoids it by throwing Schrijber back against the cage.
Bogard takes a shot to the head.
Schrijber digs a right hand into Bogard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bogard's gas tank.
Schrijber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Schrijber dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Bogard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bogard throws a good cross that connects.
Schrijber swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bogard lands a body shot.
Bogard lands a nice looking body shot.
Schrijber moves forwards but Bogard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bogard lands a nice looking body kick.
Bogard throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bogard misses with a body kick.
Schrijber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bogard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bogard drops down looking for a counter takedown but Schrijber sprawls and moves away.
Schrijber takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Schrijber takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bogard throws a wild body kick that Schrijber sees coming a mile off.
Bogard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Schrijber is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Bogard scores with a jab to the body.
Bogard misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schrijber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bogard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schrijber at a distance.
Bogard connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Schrijber momentarily.
Bogard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Schrijber is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bogard misses with a wild body shot.

Schrijber has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schrijber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schrijber lands a knee to the body.
Schrijber misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schrijber unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Schrijber.
Schrijber cracks Bogard with a nice body shot.
Terry Bogard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schrijber lands a nice shot to the body.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Bogard is blocking nicely.
Good body shot from Schrijber.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bogard avoids it.
Schrijber scores with a shot to the side of Bogard's head.
Schrijber throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bogard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Schrijber works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogard taking a breather.
Bogard managing to block the knees to the body from Schrijber.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bogard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Schrijber using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bogard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bogard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schrijber misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schrijber misses with a knee to the head.
Schrijber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but Bogard blocks it.
Schrijber scores with a knee to the head.
Bogard wants to break free but Schrijber has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Schrijber blocks a body shot from Bogard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schrijber.
Schrijber misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Bogard on the inside.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrijber with a knee to the head.
Schrijber keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bogard's efforts to push away.
Bogard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schrijber's elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schrijber scores a nice knee to the body.
Schrijber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bogard tries to throw a body punch but Schrijber avoids it by throwing Bogard back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jan Schrijber.
I've got Schrijber winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 44:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 44:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Schrijber!