PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Schmuckatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Von Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmuckatelli's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stay Here by SWANS. The crowd seem to be enjoying Von Ruthless's choice of entrance music: Schwarze Sonne. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schmuckatelli
vs
Von Ruthless

200 cm
28
267 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

188 cm
22
265 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Schmuckatelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hannibal Von Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Ruthless looks to land a combination but Schmuckatelli avoids it well.
Von Ruthless throws a head kick that misses.
Schmuckatelli scoring well with a low kick there.
Schmuckatelli throws a combination. Von Ruthless tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Schmuckatelli throws the kick towards the body but Von Ruthless avoids it.
Von Ruthless slips a jab from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli blocks the body kick.
Von Ruthless fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schmuckatelli manages to avoid it.
Joe Schmuckatelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schmuckatelli throws a jab but it's blocked by Von Ruthless.
Schmuckatelli will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Von Ruthless fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Von Ruthless throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Schmuckatelli throws a nice outside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Von Ruthless.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schmuckatelli swinging wildly here.
Schmuckatelli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Schmuckatelli moves out of range as Von Ruthless throws a body kick.
Von Ruthless throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schmuckatelli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Schmuckatelli is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless connects with a leg kick. Schmuckatelli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Von Ruthless. Beautiful body shot.
Von Ruthless scoring well with a low kick there.
Von Ruthless throws a wild body kick that Schmuckatelli sees coming a mile off.
Schmuckatelli misses with a looping left.
Von Ruthless misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Von Ruthless.
Schmuckatelli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Von Ruthless. Von Ruthless obviously looking to wear him down.
Von Ruthless cracks the inside of Schmuckatelli's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Ruthless throws a sloppy head kick and Schmuckatelli moves out of range easily.
Von Ruthless comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Von Ruthless moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Joe Schmuckatelli has been cut.
Von Ruthless connects with a single shot there.
Von Ruthless is looking to land body kicks.
Von Ruthless scores with a shot to the body.
Von Ruthless with a hook.
Von Ruthless digs a good body shot into Schmuckatelli's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Von Ruthless. That's going to slow Schmuckatelli down.
Von Ruthless scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Schmuckatelli doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless circles away from the clinch attempt.
Von Ruthless fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Schmuckatelli has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Von Ruthless fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Schmuckatelli on the side of the head.
Von Ruthless throws a sloppy head kick and Schmuckatelli moves out of range easily.
Von Ruthless lands a nice hook to Schmuckatelli's body. Schmuckatelli takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Von Ruthless thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Schmuckatelli if he has to take too many more of those.
Von Ruthless stuns Schmuckatelli with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Von Ruthless lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Schmuckatelli moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Von Ruthless fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Schmuckatelli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Von Ruthless lands with a nice body kick.
Von Ruthless lands with a nice body punch.
Von Ruthless is looking to slow Schmuckatelli down with leg kicks.
Von Ruthless scoring well with a low kick there.
Von Ruthless moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Schmuckatelli takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Von Ruthless.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli avoids the head kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Von Ruthless lands with a good body shot.
Von Ruthless throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A good leg kick by Von Ruthless.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Ruthless dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schmuckatelli. That did some damage!
Von Ruthless lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Von Ruthless looks to land a body kick but Schmuckatelli moved away.
Von Ruthless cracks the inside of Schmuckatelli's front leg.
Von Ruthless throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Schmuckatelli doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That kick from Von Ruthless tenderised Schmuckatelli's leg. Schmuckatelli is trying to keep his angry face on.
Von Ruthless scores with a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schmuckatelli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Von Ruthless.
Schmuckatelli avoids the body shot from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless throws a leg kick but Schmuckatelli moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schmuckatelli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Von Ruthless. Von Ruthless obviously looking to wear him down.
Von Ruthless misses with a kick to the body.
Von Ruthless lands a slapping body shot.
Von Ruthless fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Von Ruthless tests Schmuckatelli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Von Ruthless misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Von Ruthless chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Von Ruthless goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Von Ruthless throws a leg kick which misses Schmuckatelli's front leg but catches the back leg as Schmuckatelli tries to avoid it.
Von Ruthless lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schmuckatelli's sensitive parts.
Schmuckatelli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Von Ruthless buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Von Ruthless buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Von Ruthless lands with a kick to the temple. Schmuckatelli shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Joe Schmuckatelli's cut is getting worse.
Von Ruthless misses with a kick to the body
and Schmuckatelli counters with a stiff right hand.
Von Ruthless scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Von Ruthless dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Schmuckatelli's cut.
That's time! Schmuckatelli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Von Ruthless lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Schmuckatelli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Von Ruthless can pounce on him.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Schmuckatelli might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Schmuckatelli keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Schmuckatelli blocks a jab.
Von Ruthless throws a sloppy head kick and Schmuckatelli moves out of range easily.
Von Ruthless is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Schmuckatelli rather than just go for the knockout.
Schmuckatelli takes a kick to the side of the head.
Schmuckatelli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Von Ruthless connects with an inside leg kick.
Von Ruthless throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Ruthless fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schmuckatelli.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Ruthless. Schmuckatelli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body punch from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schmuckatelli's sensitive parts.
Von Ruthless plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hannibal Von Ruthless seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Von Ruthless connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Von Ruthless fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Von Ruthless tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Von Ruthless lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ruthless thows a body kick. Schmuckatelli tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Schmuckatelli tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schmuckatelli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Von Ruthless connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Ruthless is looking to slow Schmuckatelli down with leg kicks.
Von Ruthless dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Ruthless thuds his shin into the meat of Schmuckatelli's side.
Von Ruthless tests Schmuckatelli's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Joe Schmuckatelli's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Von Ruthless connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Von Ruthless finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Schmuckatelli will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Von Ruthless connects with a leg kick. Schmuckatelli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Von Ruthless scores with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Von Ruthless ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Von Ruthless with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Von Ruthless scoring well with a low kick there.
Von Ruthless fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Schmuckatelli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless misses with a body kick.
Schmuckatelli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Von Ruthless connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Schmuckatelli's hands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schmuckatelli.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Von Ruthless, right into the meat.
Von Ruthless throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Schmuckatelli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Von Ruthless cracks the inside of Schmuckatelli's front leg.
Schmuckatelli needs to keep his hands up - Von Ruthless had a free shot at his head there.
Good leg kick by Von Ruthless there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Von Ruthless.
A good leg kick by Von Ruthless.
A solid leg kick lands there for Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Von Ruthless has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Von Ruthless lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Von Ruthless - that will leave a mark!
Von Ruthless throws a nice outside leg kick.
Von Ruthless jabs at Schmuckatelli's body.
Von Ruthless connects with the punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Von Ruthless.
A chopping leg kick lands by Von Ruthless.
A jab from Von Ruthless finds it's way through Schmuckatelli's defenses.
A bone on bone clash there as Schmuckatelli blocks the leg kick.
Von Ruthless dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Ruthless feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Schmuckatelli's calf.
Von Ruthless lands a head kick!
Von Ruthless fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Von Ruthless uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schmuckatelli.
Von Ruthless lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schmuckatelli's sensitive parts.
Von Ruthless scores with a nice strike.

Jeez, Joe Schmuckatelli's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Schmuckatelli takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Von Ruthless connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That kick from Von Ruthless tenderised Schmuckatelli's leg. Schmuckatelli is trying to keep his angry face on.
Von Ruthless misses with a body kick.
Von Ruthless lands a head kick!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Joe Schmuckatelli's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hannibal Von Ruthless!