PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bob Muise (ranked 3140 p4p, 4632 weight class) and Zed Schmidt (ranked 350 p4p, 458 weight class). Zed Schmidt is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Muise
vs
Schmidt

190 cm
19
185
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
208
0 - 1 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Muise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zed Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmidt throws a right and a left that both miss.

Muise drives through and clinches with Schmidt against the cage.

Muise manages to break the clinch.
Muise tries to clinch up.
Bob Muise seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Schmidt.

Muise instigates a clinch.
Schmidt avoiding damage.
Muise lands a body punch.

Muise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muise with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Muise lands a nice hook to Schmidt's body. Schmidt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Schmidt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmidt looks to land a left hand but Muise moved out of range nicely.
Muise appears to be looking for a big counter.
Schmidt tries a head kick but it misses.
Muise scores with a one two! Schmidt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Zed Schmidt has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muise throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Schmidt on the side of the head.
Muise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schmidt.
Muise thuds a left hand into Schmidt's body.
Schmidt looks winded!

Muise has managed to clinch.
Good body shot from Muise.
Muise cracks Schmidt with a nice body shot.

Muise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Muise.
Schmidt tries to counter by closing the distance.

Muise has managed to clinch.
Muise has Schmidt pressed against the cage, preventing Schmidt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Muise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Muise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muise throws a leg kick
and Schmidt counters with a solid body kick.
Muise lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schmidt circles away quickly and effectively.
Schmidt wants to counter the offense by Muise and move into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schmidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schmidt looks to land a combination but Muise avoids it well.
Muise keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Schmidt takes a swing at Muise's ribcage but misses.
Muise swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Muise clinches up against the cage.
Schmidt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Muise leaning against his opponent.
Schmidt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Muise manages to break the clinch.
Muise misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schmidt catches Muise with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muise throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Muise.
Schmidt is looking to clinch.
Muise thows a leg kick but Schmidt checks it
and Schmidt counters with a one-two to the body.
Jab, jab by Muise - just one landing.
Muise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schmidt was well out of range. Poor timing from Muise.
Danga de danga de dang - Muise scores with a four punch combination!
Muise tries to clinch but Schmidt is having none of it.
Muise wants to clinch up but Schmidt keeps it at a distance.
Schmidt moves to clinch but Muise breaks away
and Muise counters with a right hand to the body.
Muise lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schmidt's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Schmidt forces Muise back against the cage and clinches.
Muise is trying to push Schmidt away but Schmidt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Muise.
The referee calls for Schmidt to work.
Muise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schmidt's elbow.
Muise has a couple of punches blocked by Schmidt.
Muise lands a shot to the body.
Muise stalling against the cage.
Muise will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Schmidt up against the cage.

Muise breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schmidt lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Bob Muise has been cut.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Muise dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Muise gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Schmidt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schmidt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Muise lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schmidt backwards.
Muise stalls.
Muise is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schmidt can do to turn this around?
Muise misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmidt.
Muise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muise blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Muise escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Muise closes the distance and pushes Schmidt back into the cage.
Muise misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muise cracks Schmidt with a nice body shot.
Muise misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Muise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Schmidt throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Muise lands a jab to Schmidt's midsection.
Schmidt is breathing heavily.

Muise closes the distance and clinches.
Schmidt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Muise lands a good knee to the midsection. Schmidt won't want to take too many of those.
Schmidt prevents a body shot from Muise.
Muise lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Muise makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Muise prevents Schmidt from breaking the clinch.

Muise breaks the clinch.
Muise pivots, looking for a leg kick but Schmidt is out of range and Muise settles back down.

Muise clips Schmidt with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Schmidt a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.

That has opened up Zed Schmidt's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schmidt checks a low kick from Muise.
Muise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schmidt.
An attempted straight right counter from Muise misses the target.
Muise is looking to wear down Schmidt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Muise fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Muise closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Muise stalls.
Schmidt avoiding damage as Muise throws knees to the body.
Muise has Schmidt pressed against the cage, preventing Schmidt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Muise misses with some punches.

Muise pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Schmidt gets tackled into the cage by Muise. Muise maintains the clinch.
Schmidt misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Muise.
A right hand to the body from Muise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt wants to break free but Muise has control.
Muise goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Muise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muise changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Schmidt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Muise.

Muise darts in and clinches Schmidt up against the cage.
Schmidt tries to work over Muise's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schmidt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muise holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Muise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muise misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schmidt tries to circle away but Muise has him pinned against the cage.
Muise tries to work over Schmidt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muise lands a left hand.
Muise can't find room to land a body shot as Schmidt controls the action.
Schmidt avoiding damage as Muise throws knees to the body.
Muise goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muise scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Schmidt is pushing Muise up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Muise working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Muise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Muise breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schmidt tries to clinch but Muise moves out of range.
Schmidt throws a sloppy head kick and Muise moves out of range easily.
Bob Muise is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schmidt looks to land a body kick but Muise moved away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Muise will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the 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. This is the final round!

Muise misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Muise closes the distance and clinches.
Muise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muise misses with a hook to the ribs.

Schmidt manages to break the clinch.
Schmidt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muise.
Muise lands a jab to Schmidt's midsection.
Muise throws a series of punches but Schmidt moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muise throws a body shot but no joy.
Muise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Muise here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muise looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muise does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Schmidt tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses.
Muise throwing a counter right hand but Schmidt manages to avoid it.
Schmidt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Schmidt moves into the clinch.
Muise holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Schmidt misses with the head strike.

Muise breaks the clinch.

Muise takes the fight into the clinch.
Schmidt with a knee to the head.
Muise tries to throw a body punch but Schmidt avoids it by throwing Muise back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Muise has Schmidt pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schmidt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muise lands a body punch.
Schmidt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Schmidt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Schmidt darts in and clinches Muise up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schmidt wants to break free but Muise has control.
Muise is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmidt has double underhooks.
Schmidt leaning his opponent against the cage.
Muise doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Muise manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Muise takes the fight into the clinch.
Muise works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schmidt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Muise lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schmidt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Muise pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muise throws a leg kick which misses Schmidt's front leg but catches the back leg as Schmidt tries to avoid it.
Muise dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schmidt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Muise throws a head kick but Schmidt moves out of range.
Muise scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Schmidt doesn't seem bothered though.

Muise gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Muise lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Muise trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Muise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Muise scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Muise lands an impressive looking overhand right. Schmidt doesn't seem phased though.
Schmidt tries to close the distance and clinch but Muise swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schmidt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Muise misses with a few strikes there.
Muise connects with a body shot that sends Schmidt's belly button to the back.
Schmidt is looking to clinch.
Bob Muise is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Muise takes the fight into the clinch.
Bob Muise has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Muise wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmidt won't allow it.
Muise throws a punch but it's blocked by Schmidt.
Zed Schmidt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob Muise is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schmidt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Muise showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Muise has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Muise!