PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Banito Gianni (ranked 615 p4p, 324 weight class) and Karl Schwarzschild (ranked 96 p4p, 49 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Banito Gianni has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Banito Gianni seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Gianni
vs
Schwarzschild

188 cm
28
195
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
192
13 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Banito Gianni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Karl Schwarzschild!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarzschild drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gianni swinging wildly here.
Schwarzschild throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gianni lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gianni.
Schwarzschild pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schwarzschild misses with a kick to the body.
As Schwarzschild looks to move away, Gianni throws a big counter combo but Schwarzschild just gets out of the way.
Gianni misses with a series of wild punches.
Gianni connects with a looping right hand.
Gianni throws a poor cross that misses
and Schwarzschild counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gianni throws a shot to the body.
Schwarzschild jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Schwarzschild jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gianni thuds his right hand into Schwarzschild's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Schwarzschild lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Schwarzschild lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Gianni misses.
Gianni swings widly with a right hand
and Schwarzschild counters with a thumping low kick.
Gianni swinging wildly here.
Schwarzschild replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Gianni blocks it well.
Gianni lands a jab to the head.
Gianni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schwarzschild.
Schwarzschild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left and a right from Gianni both land. Nice combination.
Gianni tries to bum rush Schwarzschild with a series of wild strikes but Schwarzschild uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Schwarzschild tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Gianni misses its intended target.
Gianni throws an overhand right that lands on Schwarzschild's shoulder, as Schwarzschild tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Schwarzschild! But no joy.
Gianni cracks Schwarzschild with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Schwarzschild finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schwarzschild. Gianni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gianni throws a nice looking combination but Schwarzschild bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gianni cracks Schwarzschild with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gianni scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Schwarzschild keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gianni.
Schwarzschild moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Banito Gianni has been cut.
Gianni moves out of range of the body kick from Schwarzschild.
Banito Gianni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schwarzschild uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gianni.
Schwarzschild has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Gianni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Schwarzschild counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good leg kick by Schwarzschild.

Oooooh!!! Schwarzschild has knocked Gianni down with a huge combo! Schwarzschild steps away and waves a wobbly Gianni back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Gianni is rocked!
Schwarzschild lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Gianni - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Schwarzschild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Karl Schwarzschild!
A very excited looking Karl Schwarzschild made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.