PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Shiny Aoki (ranked 1450 p4p, 2464 weight class) and Dutch Schultz (ranked 196 p4p, 315 weight class). Aoki comes into the arena with Big Scoob - Bitch Please Ft B - Legit , E- 40 blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aoki
vs
Schultz

176 cm
36
184
31 - 10 - 1

194 cm
30
185
9 - 9 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 31 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shiny Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dutch Schultz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki throws a chopping leg kick but Schultz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Schultz misses with a double jab.
Schultz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aoki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Aoki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schultz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schultz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Schultz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a leg kick
and Schultz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aoki thinking.
Schultz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a right hand
and Schultz counters with a straight right hand.
Schultz fails to land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Schultz with the inside leg kick.
Schultz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Aoki.
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!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Aoki, as that shot connected.
Aoki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schultz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aoki on the side of the head.
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch but Schultz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schultz throws a shot to the body.
Schultz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aoki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiny Aoki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch but Schultz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aoki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Aoki throws a hook but Schultz avoids it easily.

Schultz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Aoki misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
Aoki lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Aoki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aoki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki works on Schultz's body with a couple of short punches.
Schultz misses with a punch to the body.
Schultz misses with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Aoki.
Schultz misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki pushes Schultz back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aoki lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schultz blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz presses Aoki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Schultz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki misses with a body punch.
Aoki lands a shoulder strike.
Aoki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schultz or not.
Aoki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aoki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schultzs head.
Schultz misses with a punch on the inside.
Schultz lands a nice uppercut.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aoki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aoki misses with some punches.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Aoki - that landed with a thud.
Schultz throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Shiny Aoki will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Aoki throws a leg kick but Schultz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A punch combination from Aoki misses.
Aoki lands with a kick to the ribs.
Aoki throws a hook but Schultz blocks it.
Schultz misses with a series of wild punches.
Aoki swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dutch Schultz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schultz lands a jab-cross combination.
Schultz just misses with a punch to the body.
Schultz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aoki.
Aoki throwing a counter right hand but Schultz manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Aoki.
Schultz ducks under a wild hook from Aoki.
Schultz throws a head kick that misses.
Aoki is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Aoki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schultz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Schultz loads up on a big right hand but Aoki slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Schultz misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki throws a right and a left that Schultz avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz slips a jab from Aoki.
Aoki throws the left hand but Schultz avoids the punch easily.
Aoki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schultz staying out of range there.
Schultz throws a sloppy head kick and Aoki moves out of range easily.
Aoki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Schultz momentarily.
Schultz tries to land a leg kick but Aoki saw it coming and moves away.
Schultz lands a two punch combo.
Schultz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Aoki with the inside leg kick.
Aoki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schultz.

Schultz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schultz lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schultz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aoki blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shiny Aoki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schultz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aoki blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki trying to control the position but instead, Schultz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aoki into the ropes.
Schultz lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki lands a nice uppercut.
Schultz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schultz throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Schultz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Aoki fails to land.
Aoki lands a shoulder strike.
Schultz tries to land knees in the clinch but Aoki avoids the damage to the body.
Schultz blocking some punches.
Schultz prevents a body shot from Aoki.
A knee to the head by Schultz.

It looks like Shiny Aoki has been cut.
Schultz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aoki misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aoki cracks Schultz with a nice body shot.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Aoki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aoki lands an uppercut.
Aoki avoiding damage as Schultz throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dutch Schultz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Shiny Aoki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Aoki swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Schultz misses.
Aoki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schultz. That did some damage!
Aoki digs a good body shot into Schultz's ribs.
Aoki misses with a straight left.
And Schultz responds with a good body kick, but Aoki manages to step out the way in time.
Some bone on bone action there as Aoki checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Aoki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aoki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schultz.
Aoki lands with a nice body kick.
Schultz tries to clinch but Aoki moves out of range.
Schultz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Aoki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki throws out a loose jab but Schultz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schultz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Aoki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schultz.
Aoki cracks a nice hook into Schultz's ribs.
Aoki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schultz manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki connects with a single shot there.
Jab by Schultz.
Aoki jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Schultz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aoki.
Schultz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aoki.

Schultz is rocked!
Aoki throws a body shot but no joy.
Schultz is looking for the big counter here.
Schultz scores with a body shot.
Aoki misses with a hook. Schultz ducked under it nicely.
Aoki misses with a hook.
Schultz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Aoki throws a jab when Schultz was well out of range.
Schultz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Schultz tries to clinch but Aoki moves out of range.
Schultz moves away from the strike by Aoki.
Schultz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Aoki's hands.
Shiny Aoki is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Schultz pushes Aoki up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki throws a punch but it's blocked by Schultz.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultz tries to land knees in the clinch but Aoki avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Schultz on the inside.
Aoki is working Schultz over against the ropes.
Schultz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki managing to block the knees to the body from Schultz.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
Aoki pushes Schultz back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schultz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aoki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Schultz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Aoki back against the ropes.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but Aoki blocks it.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schultz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schultz trying to land knees to the body.
Aoki blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shiny Aoki showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aoki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Shiny Aoki!
Shiny Aoki looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I'll be around from time to time to KO or be KO'ed'.