PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Devin Watkins (ranked 4098 p4p, 408 weight class) and Tumleh Schmitt (ranked 4721 p4p, 451 weight class). Watkins comes to the cage accompanied by What Happened to That Boi. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watkins
vs
Schmitt

190 cm
27
180 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

185 cm
27
180 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

Good takedowns
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devin Watkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Tumleh Schmitt!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmitt tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Watkins defends well and Schmitt ends up having to push Watkins into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Watkins looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Schmitt wriggles free and stands up.
Schmitt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Schmitt with the counter takedown but Watkins avoids it easily.
Schmitt misses with a two punch combination.
Schmitt throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Schmitt has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Watkins is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Watkins moves into the clinch successfully.
Watkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Schmitt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Schmitt avoids the damage to the body.
Watkins misses with a body punch.
Schmitt lands a shot to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Watkins has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Watkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Watkins tries a knee to the head but Schmitt blocks it.
Good body shot from Schmitt.
A short uppercut from Schmitt.
Schmitt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Watkins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Schmitt lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins trying to land knees to the body.
Schmitt lands with a light punch inside.
Schmitt pushes Watkins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Watkins is breathing heavily.
Schmitt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schmitt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Watkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Schmitt gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Schmitt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Schmitt.
Schmitt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Watkins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short uppercut from Schmitt.

Watkins is rocked!
Schmitt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watkins backwards.
Oh Watkins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Schmitt is leaning against Watkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schmitt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watkins backwards.
Schmitt lands a shoulder strike.
Schmitt digs a right hand underneath Watkins's ribcage. Watkins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Schmitt pushes Watkins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Schmitt as the two fighters clinch.
Schmitt gets through Watkins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schmitt dips a shoulder and cracks Watkins with a mighty uppercut! Watkins falls back against the cage and Schmitt unloads with a barrage of strikes! Watkins is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Schmitt screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tumleh Schmitt!
After winning the bout, Tumleh Schmitt thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Devin Watkins stepped up to the mic, saying 'I gotta get better. '.