PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ratz Nimnitz (ranked 5054 p4p, 2315 weight class) and Dwight Schrute (ranked 492 p4p, 284 weight class). Schrute is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Office theme song. Dwight Schrute has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nimnitz
vs
Schrute

203 cm
26
270
1 - 4 - 0

189 cm
28
280
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ratz Nimnitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dwight Schrute!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nimnitz lands a jab to Schrute's midsection.
Nimnitz tries to clinch up but Schrute circles away and keeps his distance.

Nimnitz moves into the clinch.
Nimnitz tries a body shot but Schrute blocks it.
Nimnitz working aggressively here.
Nimnitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Schrute uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schrute blocks an uppercut.
Nimnitz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schrute's elbow.
Schrute wants to get back to striking at distance but Nimnitz won't allow it.
Schrute blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Schrute's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schrute looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nimnitz looking to throw knees to the head but Schrute is blocking nicely.
Schrute blocks a body shot from Nimnitz.
Nimnitz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nimnitz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schrute has had enough of the clinch but Nimnitz keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nimnitz looking to slow down the pace here.
Nimnitz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nimnitz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schrute wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nimnitz has him pressed against the cage.
Nimnitz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nimnitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Schrute uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrute has had enough of the clinch but Nimnitz keeps him there for the moment.
Schrute tries to break free but Nimnitz pushes him back against the cage.
Nimnitz prevents Schrute from breaking the clinch.
Nimnitz has a couple of punches blocked by Schrute.
Schrute lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nimnitz.
Nimnitz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schrute's efforts to push away.
Schrute tries to circle away but Nimnitz has him pinned against the cage.
Schrute wants to break free but Nimnitz has control.
Nimnitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Schrute is trying to force a seperation but Nimnitz has the dominant position.
Schrute blocking some punches.
Schrute wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schrute wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schrute has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schrute scores with a shoulder strike.
Schrute is trying to break free.
Nimnitz tries a knee to the head but Schrute blocks it.
Schrute is trying to force a seperation but Nimnitz has the dominant position.
Schrute lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nimnitz scores a nice knee to the body.
Schrute looks winded!
Nimnitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nimnitz misses with a knee strike.
Nimnitz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nimnitz.
Schrute on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schrute looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schrute blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Nimnitz fails to land.
Schrute wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nimnitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nimnitz taking a breather.
Nimnitz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schrute blocks a body shot from Nimnitz.
Schrute wants to break the clinch but can't.
Schrute is trying to break the clinch but Nimnitz has him pressed against the cage.
Nimnitz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schrute is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nimnitz missing with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schrute is trying to force a seperation but Nimnitz has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nimnitz misses with a knee strike.
Nimnitz working aggressively here.
Nimnitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Schrute wants to get back to striking at distance but Nimnitz won't allow it.
Schrute is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nimnitz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nimnitz.
Nimnitz has Schrute pressed against the cage, preventing Schrute from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Schrute is trying to push Nimnitz away but Nimnitz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nimnitz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schrute is trying to break the clinch but Nimnitz has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Nimnitz as the two fighters clinch.
Nimnitz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schrute has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schrute wants to break free but Nimnitz has control.
Schrute blocking some punches.
Nimnitz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schrute blocks it with crossed arms.
Nimnitz tries to land knees in the clinch but Schrute avoids the damage to the body.
Nimnitz tries to throw a body punch but Schrute avoids it by throwing Nimnitz back against the cage.
Schrute blocks a body shot from Nimnitz.
Schrute tries to break the clinch but Nimnitz is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nimnitz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nimnitz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schrute tries to circle away but Nimnitz has him pinned against the cage.
Schrute wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nimnitz misses with some punches.
Nimnitz throws a head punch that misses.
Schrute has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nimnitz tries to stall but Schrute uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schrute blocking some punches.
Schrute lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Schrute's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nimnitz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nimnitz tries a knee to the head but Schrute blocks it.
Nimnitz tries to land knees in the clinch but Schrute avoids the damage to the body.
Nimnitz keeps control of Schrute as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nimnitz misses with some punches.
Schrute on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nimnitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ratz Nimnitz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schrute tries to bum rush Nimnitz with a series of wild strikes but Nimnitz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nimnitz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Nimnitz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nimnitz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schrute.
Schrute swats away the attempt to clinch by Nimnitz.
Nimnitz is looking to clinch but Schrute is avoiding it.
Nimnitz tries to clinch up but Schrute circles away and keeps his distance.
Nimnitz wants to clinch up but Schrute keeps it at a distance.
Nimnitz tries to clinch there but Schrute circles away.
Nimnitz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nimnitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schrute throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nimnitz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nimnitz tries to close the distance and clinch but Schrute swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nimnitz moves in looking to clinch but Schrute pushes him off.
Nimnitz avoids the body shot from Schrute.
Nimnitz wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrute ducks under a wild hook from Nimnitz.
Schrute sizes up Nimnitz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nimnitz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schrute.
It seemed like Schrute was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nimnitz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Schrute paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Schrute now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nimnitz tries to close the distance and clinch but Schrute swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schrute misses with an uppercut.
Nimnitz tries to close the distance and clinch but Schrute swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nimnitz tries to clinch but Schrute moves out of range.
Nimnitz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schrute dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nimnitz doesn't manage to clinch there - Schrute circles away.
Nimnitz doesn't manage to clinch there - Schrute circles away.
Schrute ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice side step and Schrute releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Schrute cracks Nimnitz with an open hand slap.
Schrute throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nimnitz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nimnitz lands a jab.
Ratz Nimnitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nimnitz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nimnitz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nimnitz seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Schrute shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Nimnitz is backing up but Schrute catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Nimnitz covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Schrute Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dwight Schrute!
An out of breath Dwight Schrute thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.