PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Schulz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esteban Llorente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Schulz
vs
Llorente

174 cm
23
142 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
133 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Combat Pro Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dutch Schulz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Esteban Llorente!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llorente throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Schulz's waist but Schulz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Llorente off to one side.
A punch combination from Schulz misses.
Schulz throws a nice looking combination but Llorente bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Llorente fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Schulz throws a shot from downtown. Llorente moves away and avoids it.
Llorente looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Schulz is fending him off so far but Llorente persists. Nope, Schulz circles away and we're back to standing.
Dutch Schulz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Esteban Llorente.

Schulz clinches up against the ropes.

Schulz breaks the clinch.
Schulz fails to land with a series of punches.

Schulz closes the distance and pushes Llorente back into the ropes.

Schulz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schulz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schulz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Schulz clinches with his opponent.
Schulz digs a right hand underneath Llorente's ribcage. Llorente let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Schulz breaks the clinch.
Schulz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schulz fails to land with a series of punches.
Schulz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Schulz. No joy for Llorente on that attempt.
Schulz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Llorente paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Schulz tries to bum rush Llorente with a series of wild strikes but Llorente uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Schulz misses with a few strikes there.
Llorente fails to land the takedown.
Schulz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dutch Schulz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Schulz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Schulz throws a series of punches but Llorente moves out of range.
A slow jab from Schulz misses its intended target.
Schulz misses with a kick to the body.
Llorente dodges the punch combination from Schulz.
Schulz is breathing heavily.
Schulz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Schulz does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Llorente drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Schulz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Schulz looking for submissions off his back.
Llorente wants to take a breather but Schulz is having none of it.
Schulz is trying to stand up here but Llorente is controlling him well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Schulz manages to get to full guard.

Llorente thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Llorente trying to control but Schulz is working from the bottom.

Schulz looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Llorente is defending well. Schulz quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Llorente has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Schulz celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dutch Schulz!