PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dag Schotel (ranked 2200 p4p, 4659 weight class) and Malcolm King (ranked 297 p4p, 515 weight class). King has chosen YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schotel
vs
King

181 cm
30
177
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
34
171
19 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dag Schotel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm King!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schotel throws a big shot that misses.
Schotel slips a jab from King.
A lazy left from King finds it's target.
King staying out of range there.
King has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Schotel 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.
A big right from King misses.
King throws a solid leg kick but Schotel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at King.
King throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Schotel's head.
Schotel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Outlier Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Schotel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Schotel misses with a straight left.
King shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Schotel eats them both and turns towards King to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
King misses with the combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King is looking to slow Schotel down with leg kicks.
Schotel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by King. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of King.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schotel.
Malcolm King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King misses with a hook.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schotel.
Schotel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King scoring well with a low kick there.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schotel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schotel lands a jab to the head.
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schotel throws out the jab.
King ducks right into an uppercut from Schotel.
King looks to land a right hand but Schotel moved out of range.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schotel.
Schotel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King scores with a three punch combo!
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!
King connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schotel lunges at King with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by King's hand.
A punch combination from King misses.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schotel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King throws a leg kick but Schotel moved away.
King misses with a double jab.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schotel takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Schotel blocks a jab.
Schotel throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.
King scoring well with a low kick there.
King misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Schotel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Schotel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King misses with a low kick.
King thuds his shin into the meat of Schotel's side.
King throws a chopping leg kick but Schotel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good standup being displayed there by Schotel as he connects with a hook.
Schotel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Schotel lands with a shot to the body.
King avoids the body shot from Schotel.
Schotel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
Schotel lands a slapping body shot.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schotel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Schotel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King misses with a few strikes there.
King lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by King.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a right hand that Schotel ducks under and follows up with a left that Schotel also avoids with ease.
Schotel throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
King misses with a looping right.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
Schotel is looking to counter punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from King.
Schotel lands a nice hook to King's body. King takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left and a right from King both land. Nice combination.
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Schotel.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schotel was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King punishes Schotel's body with a nice straight punch.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schotel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
King throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malcolm King dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Schotel works King's body with a nice hook.
Schotel lands a right hook to the body.
King takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Schotel misses with a jab to the body
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
Malcolm King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schotel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schotel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Schotel moves out of range as King throws a body kick.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Schotel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Schotel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Schotel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King misses with a lunging right hand
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King misses with a left hand
and Schotel counters with a lovely straight right hand!

King is rocked!
King throws a combination that misses
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Schotel finish him?
King avoids the body shot from Schotel.
King appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A big right from Schotel misses.
King unleashes a big counter combination but Schotel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Schotel throws a jab when King was well out of range.
Schotel backing away here, and King unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with an uppercut
and Schotel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
King is looking to chop away at Schotel's legs.
Schotel has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
King tries to get into range but Schotel steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops King! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Schotel scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dag Schotel!
Dag Schotel thanked the fans post fight for their support.