PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl Schwarzschild (ranked 371 p4p, 1376 weight class) and Paul Welch (ranked 56 p4p, 204 weight class). Paul Welch told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Schwarzschild
vs
Welch

180 cm
27
192
12 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
185
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Karl Schwarzschild!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Welch!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarzschild lands with a straight right. Welch didn't see that one coming.
Welch misses with the combination.
Welch throws a series of punches but Schwarzschild avoids them all with ease.
Schwarzschild slips a straight right by Welch.
Paul Welch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schwarzschild uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Welch.
Welch throws out a loose jab but Schwarzschild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Welch stalks Schwarzschild and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Schwarzschild's face. Schwarzschild staggers backwards, shaken.
Welch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schwarzschild moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Welch as he connects with a hook.
Welch scores with a hook to the body. Schwarzschild takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Schwarzschild lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Welch throws a looping overhand right but Schwarzschild ducks down to avoid it.
Welch throws a shot to the body.
Schwarzschild moves out of range of the strikes.
Welch paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Schwarzschild has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Welch lands a jab-cross combination.
Welch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schwarzschild moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schwarzschild fails in his attempt to clinch.
Schwarzschild dodges the punch combination from Welch.
Welch lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Welch swinging wildly here.
Welch misses with a hook

and Schwarzschild holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Schwarzschild has Welch pressed against the cage, preventing Welch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Schwarzschild holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Schwarzschild comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Paul Welch has been cut.
Schwarzschild softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Schwarzschild breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch misses with a wild combination.
Schwarzschild throws a leg kick but Welch sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Welch looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Welch goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Schwarzschild takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice body kick there by Schwarzschild.
Welch lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Schwarzschild backs up against the cage.
Welch throws a hook to the side of Schwarzschild's head but Schwarzschild sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Welch throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Schwarzschild counters with a nice low kick that buckles Welch's knee momentarily.
Welch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Schwarzschild counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Welch looks winded!
Welch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Welch might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Welch throws a series of punches but Schwarzschild moves out of range.
Welch with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Schwarzschild to score with a decent uppercut.

Schwarzschild rushes Welch and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzschild pushes Welch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schwarzschild lands an elbow just above Welch 's eye.
Schwarzschild lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schwarzschild lands with a right to the head.

Schwarzschild's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Welch misses with a wild combination.

Schwarzschild darts in and clinches Welch up against the cage.
Welch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schwarzschilds head.
Schwarzschild is working Welch over against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schwarzschild.
Welch blocks a body shot from Schwarzschild.
Schwarzschild lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Welch backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwarzschild lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Welch fails to land.
Schwarzschild pushes Welch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schwarzschild.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzschild blocks an uppercut.
Schwarzschild tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Welch's elbow.
Schwarzschild scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Welch.
A hook to the body from Schwarzschild.
Schwarzschild lands a left hand.

Welch is rocked!
A right hand to the body from Schwarzschild.
Welch is still on wobbly legs! Can Schwarzschild finish him?
Schwarzschild lands a nice elbow.
Schwarzschild softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Schwarzschild lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Welch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schwarzschild.
Schwarzschild works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schwarzschild unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Welch! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Schwarzschild is unloading with more strikes now! Welch drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Schwarzschild!
Karl Schwarzschild retains his middleweight title!
Karl Schwarzschild decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.