PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Kilpatrick (ranked 338 p4p, 48 weight class) and Bryan Schaub (ranked 232 p4p, 34 weight class). Bryan Schaub will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kilpatrick
vs
Schaub

178 cm
21
205 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
219 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesse Kilpatrick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bryan Schaub!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schaub manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Kilpatrick on his heels. He'll look to pass Kilpatrick's guard now, I'm sure.

Schaub drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kilpatrick dives on top into guard.

Schaub looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kilpatrick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Schaub trying to control the position.
Kilpatrick lands a couple of elbows.

Schaub throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kilpatrick distracts Schaub with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kilpatrick cracks Schaub with a solid left hand.
Kilpatrick tries to free his leg and advance position but Schaub is retaining full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Schaub has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kilpatrick can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kilpatrick lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Schaub is on top in guard.

Schaub wants to control from the top but Kilpatrick keeps moving.
Schaub postures up.
Schaub stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kilpatrick swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.

Schaub has gone for a leg lock! Kilpatrick slips out almost immediately though and dives into Schaub's guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kilpatrick is in close to Schaub's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick is in close to Schaub's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kilpatrick works over Schaub with some ground and pound from guard.
Our spies down at at Gymi inform us that Schaub has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Kilpatrick postures up and lands a big shot to Schaub's brow.
Kilpatrick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Schaub has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Kilpatrick is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Schaub.
Kilpatrick scores with a couple of short elbows.
Schaub can't do much from the bottom here.
Kilpatrick in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kilpatrick lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Schaub down.
Schaub tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kilpatrick wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Schaub sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kilpatrick landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kilpatrick takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kilpatrick working over Schaub with some ground and pound. Schaub looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kilpatrick looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Schaub with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Schaub has hold of Kilpatrick's hands but Kilpatrick slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Schaub taking some punishment here, with Kilpatrick in his half guard.
Kilpatrick slips a nice elbow through Schaub's hands, connecting with Schaub's forehead.
Kilpatrick trying to control the action but Schaub is working from the bottom.
Kilpatrick takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Schaub is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kilpatrick scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kilpatrick prevents Schaub from improving his position.
Kilpatrick winds up and cracks Schaub with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kilpatrick is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kilpatrick moves nicely into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kilpatrick landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Schaub manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Schaub is pressing down on Kilpatrick's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kilpatrick is holding on for now.
Schaub wants to advance to full mount but Kilpatrick doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Schaub trying to control but Kilpatrick is working from the bottom.
Schaub wants to pass the guard but Kilpatrick is keeping the position.
Schaub looking to sit in guard and control but Kilpatrick gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kilpatrick postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Schaub has his foot on Kilpatrick's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kilpatrick works his way back into a safe position though.
Kilpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Schaub wants to control but Kilpatrick passes easily into half guard.
Schaub tries to roll over but Kilpatrick keeps him under control.
Kilpatrick working over Schaub with some ground and pound. Schaub looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Schaub looking for submissions off his back.
We've been hearing that Kilpatrick has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Kilpatrick working over Schaub with some ground and pound. Schaub looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kilpatrick scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kilpatrick seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Schaub does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Schaub is trying to get back to full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick drops an elbow to the side of Schaub's head.
Kilpatrick scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kilpatrick is nestled in close to Schaub, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Schaub slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Schaub is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kilpatrick trying to control the position from guard on top but Schaub is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schaub is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kilpatrick scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kilpatrick is in close to Schaub's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kilpatrick connects with a couple of short punches.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Schaub keeping moving, preventing Kilpatrick from controlling successfully.
Schaub wants to hit a switch here but Kilpatrick passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Schaub there!
Schaub sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kilpatrick takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Schaub looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Schaub makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Schaub.
Kilpatrick postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Schaub is looking for a triangle but Kilpatrick pushes his legs off easily.
Kilpatrick lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kilpatrick working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Schaub has an active guard here but Kilpatrick has managed to pass into half guard.
Schaub has hold of Kilpatrick's hands but Kilpatrick slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kilpatrick scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kilpatrick trying to control the action but Schaub is working from the bottom.
Kilpatrick lands strikes from half guard.
Schaub has hold of Kilpatrick's hands but Kilpatrick slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schaub preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Kilpatrick is trying to control. Schaub wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kilpatrick seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kilpatrick is thwarting Schaub's attempts to control the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Schaub is staying active underneath Kilpatrick, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kilpatrick lands a nice short elbow.
Schaub keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Schaub is trying to maintain the position but Kilpatrick is very close to passing his half guard.
Kilpatrick lands with a punch from half guard.
Schaub wants to improve his position but Kilpatrick is controlling well.
Kilpatrick is trying to control the action in half guard but Schaub is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kilpatrick looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Schaub with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kilpatrick drops an elbow to the side of Schaub's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Kilpatrick dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kilpatrick slips under a jab.
Schaub fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Schaub tests Kilpatrick's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Kilpatrick looking to score a takedown here. Schaub is defending well but Kilpatrick drives through and ends up in Schaub's guard.
Schaub is trying to control the position but Kilpatrick postures up.
Schaub wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Kilpatrick is now in half guard.

Schaub looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kilpatrick is looking to take a break and control but Schaub is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Schaub looking for submissions off his back.
Kilpatrick seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schaub tries to roll over but Kilpatrick keeps him under control.
Schaub is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kilpatrick takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Schaub tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Kilpatrick has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Kilpatrick landing strikes from the mount and Schaub is in trouble!
Kilpatrick breaks from Schaub's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick raining down hammerfists from mount.

Schaub is rocked!
Schaub wants to hold on but Kilpatrick pushes him away.
Schaub is still in real trouble! Can Kilpatrick finish him?
Schaub is wriggling around trying to escape.
Schaub seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kilpatrick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schaub can do to turn this around?
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!
Kilpatrick postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Schaub in real trouble here! The ref calls for Schaub to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Kilpatrick!
Jesse Kilpatrick retains his light heavyweight title!
Jesse Kilpatrick seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.