PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Schilt (ranked 1315 p4p, 1675 weight class) and Antwan Tran (ranked 82 p4p, 100 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schilt
vs
Tran

220 cm
26
280
5 - 4 - 0

193 cm
26
280
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stefan Schilt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Antwan Tran!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tran misses with a looping right.
A good leg kick by Schilt.
Schilt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Schilt throws a chopping leg kick but Tran manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Schilt tries to clinch up.
Stefan Schilt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schilt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schilt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schilt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tran.
Tran throws a lazy uppercut
and Schilt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Antwan Tran has been cut.

Schilt clinches up with Tran and pushes him back against the cage.
Tran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tran's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Schilt stalls.
Schilt tries to stall but Tran uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schilt leaning against his opponent.
Schilt is pushing Tran up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tran blocking some punches.
Tran lands a nice shot to the body.
Schilt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schilt throws an elbow but it misses.
Tran prevents a body shot from Schilt.

Tran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schilt slips a straight right by Tran.
Tran just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSchilt.
Tran pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A good leg kick by Schilt.
Schilt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tran checks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schilt. Tran does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Tran on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Schilt looks to land a combination but Tran avoids it well.
Schilt lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schilt swings for the body but Tran moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schilt.
Schilt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Schilt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've been informed that Tran has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tran has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schilt.
Tran checks a leg kick.
Schilt misses with a wild body shot.
Tran misses with a looping right.
Schilt moves to clinch but Tran breaks away
and Tran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Stefan Schilt has been cut.

Schilt closes the distance and pushes Tran back into the cage.

Tran manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schilt thuds a left hand into Tran's body.
Tran misses with the combination.
Schilt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tran.
Schilt avoids the body shot from Tran.
Schilt ducks under a wild hook from Tran.
Schilt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tran has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schilt.
Tran is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tran steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Schilt. That one must have hurt.
Schilt throws a body shot but no joy.
A countering left hand to the body from Tran misses.
Schilt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tran looks winded!

Schilt drives through and clinches with Tran against the cage.
Tran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schilt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tran or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schilt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schilt stalling the fight.
A shot in the inside from Tran.
Schilt scores with a nice hook to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Schilt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tran swings wildly with an uppercut but Schilt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schilt blocks a body shot from Tran.
Schilt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schilt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Schilt.
Tran's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tran takes a shot to the head.
Schilt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tran is keeping busy.
Schilt wants to stall.
Schilt seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Tran is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Schilt dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

The crowd cheers as Schilt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tran doesn't seem phased though.
Tran throws a hook to the side of Schilt's head but Schilt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schilt is looking to wear down Tran with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Schilt thuds his shin into the meat of Tran's side.
Nice body kick from Schilt.
Schilt thows a body kick. Tran tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schilt.
Schilt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tran can do to turn this around?
Schilt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Schilt backs off Tran throws a huge counter combo but Schilt manages to avoid it all.
Schilt with the inside leg kick.

Schilt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tran struggles to land a body shot inside as Schilt controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Schilt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Schilt holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Schilt blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran is trying to maintain a safe position but Schilt gets an underhook and turns Tran into the cage.
Schilt lands with a short shot to the head.
Schilt leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tran trying to control the position but instead, Schilt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tran into the cage.
Tran looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tran blocking some punches.
Schilt swings wildly with an uppercut but Tran uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tran.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tran as Schilt tries to tie him up.
A short body shot lands from Schilt as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schilt is trying to stall.
Schilt lands a shoulder strike.

That has opened up Antwan Tran's cut even more.
Schilt swings wildly with an uppercut but Tran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schilt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tran is breathing heavily.
Schilt lands a left hand.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tran is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tran digs a right hand into Schilt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Schilt's gas tank.
Schilt is looking to control Tran's arms but Tran gets an underhook and turns him. Now Schilt has his back to the cage.
Schilt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tran is trying to break free.
Tran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schilt lands a hook that snaps the head of Tran backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schilt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tran tries to break free but Schilt pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schilt.
Tran looking to stall.
Schilt controlling the action here for a moment.
Schilt looking to slow down the pace here.
Schilt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schilt throws a head punch that misses.
Tran takes a shot to the head.
Schilt is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tran lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schilt misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schilt.
Tran is trying to break the clinch but Schilt has him pressed against the cage.
Schilt tries to throw a body punch but Tran avoids it by throwing Schilt back against the cage.
Schilt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schilt misses with some punches.
Stefan Schilt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schilt can't find room to land a body shot as Tran controls the action.
Tran is trying to push Schilt away but Schilt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Schilt throws a punch but it's blocked by Tran.
Tran's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schilt is stalling here.
Tran blocks an uppercut.
Tran throws a head punch that misses.
Tran can't break the clinch.
Tran wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Schilt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

The cut above Antwan Tran's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tran can't find room to land a body shot as Schilt controls the action.
Tran is trying to force a seperation but Schilt has the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Schilt dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tran takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Schilt scoring well with a low kick there.
Schilt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schilt throws a head kick that misses
and Tran counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Schilt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tran moves out of range of the body kick.
Antwan Tran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schilt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tran is looking for the big counter here.
Schilt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tran. That did some damage!
Decent striking displayed by Schilt there.
Schilt throws a front kick that sends Tran stumbling back into the cage.
Tran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tran stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schilt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schilt drops Tran with a straight right hand, right on the button! Schilt follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Schilt!