PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spanky Schwartz (ranked 4553 p4p, 4875 weight class) and Ronald Donald (ranked 409 p4p, 416 weight class). Spanky Schwartz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Schwartz
vs
Donald

200 cm
18
265
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
260
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Northern Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spanky Schwartz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronald Donald!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwartz moves out of range of the strikes.
Schwartz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Donald avoids the body shot from Schwartz.
Schwartz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Donald closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Schwartz's guard.
Schwartz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Donald is one step ahead there.
Donald is working Schwartz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Schwartz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Donald manages to get himself to full guard.

Donald can't keep his opponent in guard - Schwartz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Donald is looking for a sweep. Schwartz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Schwartz moves nicely into side control.
Schwartz gets to mount! Donald was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donald tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poor strikes thrown by Schwartz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Schwartz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Schwartz with shots to the head and body - Donald looks very uncomfortable down there.
Schwartz has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Donald's face.
Schwartz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Schwartz lands a big shot there that rocks Donald but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Donald really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schwartz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Donald wants to control but Schwartz is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Donald can do anything to dispel that myth.
Schwartz prevents Donald from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz working Donald over with strikes here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Schwartz throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Schwartz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Schwartz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Donald is desperately trying to improve his position but Schwartz has a good base and remains in mount.
Schwartz is landing with some decent strikes but Donald is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Schwartz looking to ground and pound but Donald is blocking nicely.
Schwartz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Donald is trying desperately to improve position.
Schwartz misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donald is desperately trying to improve his position but Schwartz has a good base and remains in mount.
Donald blocking the ground and pound.
Donald tries to hold on but Schwartz postures up.
Schwartz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Schwartz punching from mount but Donald doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Donald tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Donald is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Donald wants to control but Schwartz is having none of it.
Schwartz throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Donald because Schwartz loaded up on that one.
Donald tries to hold on but Schwartz pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Donald looks a forlorn figure.
Donald working to try and regain half guard.
Schwartz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Schwartz throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Donald is wriggling around trying to escape.
Donald swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
A nice elbow there by Schwartz.
Schwartz is breathing heavily.
Donald tries to lock up and control but Schwartz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Donald in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donald is in all sorts of trouble here.
Schwartz misses with a head shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Donald wants to hold on but Schwartz pushes him away.
Schwartz throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Donald is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Donald wants to control but Schwartz is having none of it.
Schwartz punching from mount but Donald doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Donald wants to hold on but Schwartz pushes him away.
Donald is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Donald keeps trying to improve his position.
Schwartz lands a big shot there that rocks Donald but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Donald wants to control but Schwartz is having none of it.
Schwartz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Donald throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Schwartz avoids the attempt from Donald to control.
Donald is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Donald holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Schwartz tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Donald wants to control but Schwartz is having none of it.
Donald is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Donald prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Schwartz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Schwartz blocks Donald's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Donald keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Donald blocking the ground and pound.
Donald is trying to escape the mount.
Schwartz throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Donald because Schwartz loaded up on that one.
Donald is looking to get to half guard.
Schwartz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Donald looks a forlorn figure.
Schwartz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Donald tries to lock up and control but Schwartz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Schwartz lands a big elbow.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Donald because Schwartz loaded up on that one.
Donald is desperately trying to improve his position but Schwartz has a good base and remains in mount.
Donald holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Schwartz tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Schwartz prevents Donald from getting the reversal.
Donald wants to hold on but Schwartz pushes him away.
Donald holds on for dear life.
Schwartz lands with some strikes.
Schwartz avoids the attempt from Donald to control.
Schwartz misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Spanky Schwartz dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Donald shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Schwartz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Schwartz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Schwartz manages to work his way to half guard, despite Donald's best efforts.
Donald landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Schwartz moves into full guard.
Donald showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donald wants to control from the top but Schwartz keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwartz has momentary wrist control but Donald slips an elbow through the middle.
Donald must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Schwartz looking to control.
Donald working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Schwartz's head.
Schwartz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Donald can do to turn this around?
Donald working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Schwartz's head.
Schwartz controls Donald momentarily but Donald frees himself.
Donald landing with the ground and pound.
Schwartz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donald working some strikes from top position.
Donald is working Schwartz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Donald's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donald scoring with some ground and pound.
Schwartz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Donald manages to get himself to full guard.

Donald is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Schwartz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Donald pulls Schwartz in to control the position.
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.
Donald's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Donald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Donald wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Schwartz with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Schwartz pushing down on Donald's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Donald tries to roll over but Schwartz keeps him under control.
Schwartz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Donald trying to hold on to Schwartz's head to control him but Schwartz postures up.
Donald is looking for a sweep. Schwartz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Schwartz blocks the strikes from Donald.
Schwartz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Schwartz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donald is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Schwartz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Donald has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Schwartz is working away from the top position though.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Donald tries for a takedown but Schwartz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Schwartz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Donald closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Schwartz to the mat! Schwartz manages to get full guard.
Donald trying to control but Schwartz is working from the bottom.
Schwartz doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Donald with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Spanky Schwartz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Donald landing with the ground and pound.
Donald is working Schwartz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Donald scoring with some ground and pound.
Donald lands a couple of elbows.
Donald with a nice head shot there.
Donald is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Donald makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Donald keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Schwartz's head.
Donald is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Donald's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Donald chips away with some ground and pound.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Donald chips away with some ground and pound.
Donald not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Donald trying to control the position from guard on top but Schwartz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schwartz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Donald not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Donald landing with the ground and pound.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Donald working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Schwartz's head.
Schwartz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Schwartz is fighting to break Donald's control of his arms but Donald is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Donald is continuing to stall.
Schwartz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Donald wants to sweep but no luck.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz trying to control the position from guard on top but Donald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Donald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Donald is still trying to improve position.
Donald managing to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Donald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schwartz manages to avoid it.
Schwartz cracks a nice hook into Donald's ribs.
Schwartz misses with a body kick.
Donald shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Schwartz counters with a stiff right hand.
Donald swings for the body but Schwartz moves out of range.
Schwartz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Donald moves out of range of the body kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Donald looks to land a right hand but Schwartz moved out of range.
Schwartz dives in for a single leg takedown but Donald sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Donald is stalling here.
Donald is pressed up against the ropes. Schwartz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Donald down to the mat. Donald avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Donald closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Schwartz did well to prevent Donald getting side control.
Donald working over Schwartz with some ground and pound. Schwartz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Donald slows the pace down in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Donald 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Donald comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 19:19
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 19:19
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 19:19

The fight is ruled a draw!