PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Schmidli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Berto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schmidli
vs
Berto

175 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Schmidli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Berto!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmidli has a takedown stuffed.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Berto.
Schmidli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Berto throws a head kick but Schmidli moves out of range.
Berto tries to clinch but Schmidli is having none of it.
Berto tries to clinch up but Schmidli circles away and keeps his distance.
Berto wants to clinch up but Schmidli keeps it at a distance.
Schmidli swats away the attempt to clinch by Berto.
Berto stuffs the takedown attempt from Schmidli. Schmidli gets slowly back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Berto lands a front kick.
Schmidli misses with a leg kick
and Berto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Berto has Schmidli up against the cage in a clinch.
Berto throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berto tries a knee to the head but Schmidli blocks it.
Berto tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidli blocks with his arms.
Berto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Berto looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidli is blocking nicely.
Berto tries a knee to the head but Schmidli blocks it.
Berto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Berto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schmidli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Berto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidli blocks it with crossed arms.
Berto misses with a knee strike.
Berto looks gassed!
Berto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schmidli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schmidli tries to pull guard but Berto won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Schmidli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berto looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidli is blocking nicely.
Berto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schmidli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Berto misses with a knee to the head.
Schmidli tries to break the clinch but Berto is controlling the position.

Schmidli drags the fight down to the ground.

Schmidli is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Berto has his hands clasped together but Schmidli extends an breaks Berto's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Schmidli.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcus Schmidli!