PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Schwarz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Karlsson
vs
Schwarz

188 cm
32
223 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

195 cm
32
274 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Karlsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hans Schwarz!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarz throws a body punch but Karlsson moves out of range.
Schwarz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Karlsson. Karlsson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Karlsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schwarz moves away.
Karlsson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Schwarz is fending him off so far but Karlsson persists. Nope, Schwarz circles away and we're back to standing.
Schwarz avoids the body shot from Karlsson.
Good shot there by Karlsson.
Schwarz misses with a lunging right hand
and Karlsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Karlsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Schwarz stuffs the takedown.
Schwarz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schwarz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karlsson throws a body punch but Schwarz moves out of range.
Karlsson moves away from the strike by Schwarz.
Schwarz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karlsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schwarz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Karlsson on the side of the head.
Schwarz misses the shot to the body.
Karlsson shoots for a takedown but Schwarz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Karlsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schwarz connects with the punch.

It looks like Jimmy Karlsson has been cut.
Karlsson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Karlsson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
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!
Karlsson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Schwarz avoids it really well and circles away.
Karlsson throws a lazy right hand but Schwarz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Karlsson misses with a hook
and Schwarz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Karlsson thinking.
Karlsson avoids the body shot from Schwarz.
Schwarz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Horrible takedown by Karlsson or perhaps it was just good defense by Schwarz which made him look bad.
Hans Schwarz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Schwarz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schwarz misses with a hook to the body
letting Karlsson counter with a right hand.
Karlsson misses the jab.
Karlsson moves forwards but Schwarz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Schwarz misses with an uppercut. Karlsson saw that one coming.
Karlsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schwarz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schwarz manages to avoid it.
Schwarz takes a swing at Karlsson's ribcage but misses.
Karlsson throws the left hand but Schwarz avoids the punch easily.
Schwarz thows a body shot but no joy.
Schwarz tries to bum rush Karlsson with a series of wild strikes but Karlsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karlsson defending well as Schwarz loads up on a big left hand.
Karlsson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Schwarz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Schwarz scores with the left hand. Karlsson knows he should have avoided that one.
Karlsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karlsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schwarz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz takes a swing at Karlsson's ribcage but misses.
Karlsson misses with a hook.
Schwarz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karlsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karlsson throws a hook but Schwarz blocks it.

Schwarz clinches up with Karlsson and pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Karlsson wants the takedown. Schwarz is fighting it off but Karlsson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Schwarz's guard against the cage.
Schwarz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Karlsson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson preventing the sweep.
Karlsson wants to control from the top but Schwarz keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Schwarz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Karlsson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Karlsson misses the jab.
Karlsson shoots in but no luck this time.
Schwarz throws out a loose jab but Karlsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schwarz lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Schwarz as Karlsson shoots in.
Karlsson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
No luck for Karlsson with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Karlsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karlsson shoots in for a double leg but Schwarz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Schwarz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karlsson.
Hans Schwarz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Schwarz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarz scores with a hook.
Karlsson takes a swing at Schwarz's ribcage but misses.
Schwarz throws a right and a left that Karlsson avoids nicely.
Schwarz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karlsson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Schwarz counters with a stiff right hand.

Jimmy Karlsson's cut is getting worse.
Karlsson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Schwarz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Schwarz.

Karlsson gets control of Schwarz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Karlsson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Karlsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karlsson looking to control.
Karlsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Karlsson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz is looking to stand up but Karlsson won't let him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwarz won't allow Karlsson to sweep him here.
Karlsson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Karlsson thowing shots but they're missing.
Karlsson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Karlsson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Schwarz is working to get back to half guard.
Schwarz is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Schwarz is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Schwarz is trying desperately to improve position.
Schwarz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Karlsson trying to control but Schwarz is having none of it.

Karlsson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Karlsson throws a strike there. Schwarz manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Karlsson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karlsson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Schwarz looks like he's trying to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jimmy Karlsson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Karlsson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Karlsson fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karlsson.
Karlsson misses with a body punch
and Karlsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karlsson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Schwarz counters with a left to the body.
Karlsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Karlsson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Schwarz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Schwarz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Schwarz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Karlsson at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karlsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karlsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schwarz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Karlsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karlsson ducks under a wild hook from Schwarz.
Karlsson walks into a straight right hand from Schwarz.
Schwarz throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schwarz misses with a body shot.
Karlsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwarz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karlsson.

Schwarz pushes Karlsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Schwarz lands a right hand.
Schwarz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karlsson is keeping busy.
Schwarz'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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schwarz manages to break the clinch.

Oooooh!!! Schwarz has knocked Karlsson down with a huge combo! Schwarz steps away and waves a wobbly Karlsson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Karlsson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwarz lands an uppercut, right on the button! Karlsson tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hans Schwarz!
Hans Schwarz is the new heavyweight champion!
A victorious Hans Schwarz thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.