PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Schmuckatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Underhill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmuckatelli comes to the cage accompanied by Stay Here by SWANS. Underhill is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Chimaira - Warpath. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schmuckatelli
vs
Underhill

200 cm
30
267 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

190 cm
24
235 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[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 17 - 6 - 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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Underhill!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Underhill misses with a body shot
enabling Schmuckatelli to counter with a crisp jab.
Underhill misses with a body shot
and Schmuckatelli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schmuckatelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Underhill was well out of range. Poor timing from Schmuckatelli.
Underhill misses with a hook to the body

and Schmuckatelli counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Underhill has a couple of punches blocked by Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schmuckatelli lands a knee to the body.
Schmuckatelli misses with the head strike.
Schmuckatelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Underhill is defending well for now.
Underhill takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Mike Underhill has been cut.
Schmuckatelli misses with a knee to the head.
Schmuckatelli lands a hook to the side of the head.
Underhill tries to break free but Schmuckatelli pushes him back against the cage.
Underhill takes an elbow to the temple.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body.
Underhill looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Underhill takes an elbow to the temple.
Underhill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schmuckatelli lands a knee to the head.
Underhill drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Schmuckatelli gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Underhill throws a punch but it's blocked by Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli lands a nice uppercut.
Schmuckatelli missing with knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli throws an elbow but it misses.
Underhill gets underhooks to prevent Schmuckatelli's takedown attempt.
Schmuckatelli with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Underhill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Underhill blocks an uppercut.
Schmuckatelli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Underhill has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underhill blocks an elbow strike.
Schmuckatelli unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schmuckatelli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schmuckatelli is trying to drag Underhill to the mat but Underhill just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Schmuckatelli cracks Underhill with a nice body shot.
Schmuckatelli lands a damaging elbow.
Underhill dodges an elbow strike from Schmuckatelli.

Schmuckatelli breaks the clinch.
Underhill throws a right hand that misses
and Schmuckatelli counters with a nice leg kick.
Schmuckatelli scores with a nice head shot.
Schmuckatelli tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Underhill paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli doesn't manage to clinch there - Underhill circles away.
Underhill misses with a shot to the body
and Schmuckatelli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schmuckatelli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Underhill is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Schmuckatelli rather than just go for the knockout.
Underhill swings away with a body shot that misses
and Schmuckatelli counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Underhill 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.

Underhill scores with a takedown into Schmuckatelli's guard.
Schmuckatelli looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Underhill slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Underhill prevents Schmuckatelli from improving his position.

Schmuckatelli is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Underhill pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schmuckatelli gets full guard.
Underhill won't allow Schmuckatelli to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schmuckatelli pulls Underhill in close to prevent any damage.
Underhill wants to control from the top but Schmuckatelli keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Schmuckatelli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Underhill's cut.
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.

Underhill fails with the takedown.
Schmuckatelli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Underhill connects with a body shot that sends Schmuckatelli's belly button to the back.
Schmuckatelli throws a head kick that Underhill semi-blocks.
Schmuckatelli fails with a takedown attempt.
Underhill blocks a low kick nicely.
Underhill misses with a body punch
and Schmuckatelli counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Schmuckatelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Underhill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schmuckatelli moves in looking to clinch but Underhill pushes him off.
Nice takedown defense from Schmuckatelli. No joy for Underhill on that attempt.
Underhill misses with a hook to the body
and Schmuckatelli counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Schmuckatelli ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Underhill misses with an uppercut
and Schmuckatelli counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Underhill is breathing heavily.
Underhill walks into a stiff left hand from Schmuckatelli.
That kick from Schmuckatelli tenderised Underhill's leg. Underhill is trying to keep his angry face on.
Schmuckatelli throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schmuckatelli closes the distance and pushes Underhill back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmuckatelli lands a nice knee to the body.

Schmuckatelli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schmuckatelli doesn't manage to clinch there - Underhill circles away.
Schmuckatelli is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Schmuckatelli lands a head kick!

Schmuckatelli takes the fight into the clinch.
Schmuckatelli throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Schmuckatelli breaks the clinch.
Underhill swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Schmuckatelli counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schmuckatelli. That's going to slow Underhill down.
A shot to the body from Underhill misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Schmuckatelli connects with a leg kick. Underhill looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Schmuckatelli cracks the inside of Underhill's front leg.

Schmuckatelli pushes Underhill up against the cage in a clinch.
Joe Schmuckatelli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schmuckatelli throws an elbow but it misses.
Schmuckatelli is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli pushes off an throws an elbow but Underhill leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Schmuckatelli using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Schmuckatelli.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schmuckatelli lands an elbow that stopped Underhill in his tracks for a moment.
Underhill takes a shot to the head.
Schmuckatelli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Underhill can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schmuckatelli cracks Underhill with a nice body shot.
Schmuckatelli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schmuckatelli drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Underhill gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Schmuckatelli with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Underhill stops a takedown attempt from Schmuckatelli.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Schmuckatelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schmuckatelli lands a good knee to the midsection. Underhill won't want to take too many of those.
Schmuckatelli lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Underhill tries to stall but Schmuckatelli uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schmuckatelli scores a nice knee to the body.
Schmuckatelli lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Schmuckatelli dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Underhill's cut.
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!

Schmuckatelli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Underhill misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Schmuckatelli counters with a right hand to the body.
Underhill lands with a straight right. Schmuckatelli didn't see that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schmuckatelli. That's going to slow Underhill down.
Mike Underhill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schmuckatelli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Underhill shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Schmuckatelli counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Schmuckatelli lands an overhand right.
Schmuckatelli connects with a solid leg kick.
Underhill's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Underhill gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Underhill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli stuns Underhill with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Joe Schmuckatelli is winning the standup battle so far.
Schmuckatelli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schmuckatelli connects with a leg kick. Underhill looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Schmuckatelli tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Underhill manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Underhill throws an off balance right hand
and Schmuckatelli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schmuckatelli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Underhill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Schmuckatelli, as that shot connected.

Schmuckatelli clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Schmuckatelli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli tries a knee to the head but Underhill blocks it.
Schmuckatelli lands a knee to the head.
Underhill managing to block the knees to the body from Schmuckatelli.
Underhill misses with a punch on the inside.
Schmuckatelli throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schmuckatelli prevents a body shot from Underhill.
Schmuckatelli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schmuckatelli pushes Underhill back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Underhill is rocked!
Underhill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Underhill is still on wobbly legs! Can Schmuckatelli finish him?
Clinched against the cage, Schmuckatelli lands a big elbow that drops Underhill! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Underhill is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Schmuckatelli!