PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Horst Schiller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Custer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Horst Schiller has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Schiller
vs
Custer

172 cm
24
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Horst Schiller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesse Custer!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Custer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schiller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Schiller.
Custer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schiller.
Custer misses with a looping left.
Custer fails to land with a series of punches.
Schiller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Custer.
Custer cracks Schiller with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Schiller throws a leg kick but Custer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jesse Custer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Custer.
A big left from Custer misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Custer misses.
Schiller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Custer.
Custer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schiller circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer digs a good body shot into Schiller's ribs.
A head kick misses from Schiller.
Custer throws a lazy right hand but Schiller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Custer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schiller.
Custer takes a swing at Schiller's ribcage but misses.
Custer lands with a good body shot.
Custer swings for the body but Schiller moves out of range.
Schiller looks for the body kick but Custer saw that one coming.
Schiller throws a half hearted mid kick.
Custer looks to land a right hand but Schiller moved out of range.
Schiller is looking to chop away at Custer's legs.
Schiller tries to clinch but Custer moves out of range.
Custer takes a swing at Schiller's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Schiller throws out a leg kick but Custer moves out of range and Schiller only half commits.
Custer loads up on a big right hand but Schiller slips the punch.
Custer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schiller is looking to land body kicks.
Custer moves out of range of the body kick from Schiller.
Custer digs a good hook to Schiller's body.
Custer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Schiller is looking to land body kicks.
Custer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schiller.
Custer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Custer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Custer misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer lands a nice hook to Schiller's body. Schiller takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Custer just misses with a punch to the body.
Schiller misses with a leg kick.
Schiller misses with a head kick.
Custer swinging wildly here.
Schiller keeps Custer at a distance using the push kick.
No joy there for Custer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab by Custer.
Custer misses with the combination.
Custer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Custer throws a lazy right hand but Schiller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Custer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Custer misses with a wild body shot.
Custer avoids the head kick by Schiller.
Custer misses with a straight left.
Custer throws a nice looking combination but Schiller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schiller.
Custer throws a body punch but Schiller moves out of range.
Custer throws a right and a left that both miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Custer. Schiller does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Custer misses with a wild body shot.
Custer throws a hook to the side of Schiller's head but Schiller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Custer moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Custer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Custer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Jesse Custer has been cut.
Schiller misses with a kick to the body.
Schiller doesn't manage to clinch there - Custer circles away.
Schiller feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Custer's calf.
Custer throws a jab when Schiller was well out of range.
Custer clobbers Schiller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Schiller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schiller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Schiller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schiller throws the kick towards the body but Custer avoids it.
Schiller throws a head kick that misses.
Schiller throws a leg kick but Custer moved away.
Custer swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Custer scores with a four punch combination!
Custer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Schiller there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Custer.
Custer misses with a looping left.
Custer throws a jab when Schiller was well out of range.
Schiller looks to land a body kick but Custer moved away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Schiller avoiding damage.
Custer misses with some punches.
Schiller can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Schiller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Schiller stalling against the cage.

Custer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Custer throws a looping overhand right but Schiller ducks down to avoid it.
Schiller shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Schiller.
Schiller slips under a jab.
Custer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Custer throws a jab but it's blocked by Schiller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schiller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Custer.
Schiller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Custer.
Custer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab, jab by Custer - just one landing.
Custer misses the shot to the body.
Custer misses with a hook.
Custer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Custer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schiller.
Schiller throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Schiller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Custer.
Custer throws a right hand that Schiller ducks under and follows up with a left that Schiller also avoids with ease.
Custer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schiller was well out of range. Poor timing from Custer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Schiller throws a low kick, looking for Custer's leg but Custer calmly moves out of range.
Custer takes a swing at Schiller's ribcage but misses.
Schiller tries a head kick but it misses.
Schiller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Custer.
A combination from Custer does no damage.
Custer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schiller.
Custer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Custer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schiller stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Custer blocks a head kick by Schiller.
Custer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Custer throws a jab when Schiller was well out of range.
Schiller slips under a jab.
Custer looks to score with a jab to the body but Schiller is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jesse Custer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jesse Custer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Custer misses with a straight right.
Custer tries to bum rush Schiller with a series of wild strikes but Schiller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Custer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Schiller misses with a head kick.
Schiller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Custer.
Custer misses with a straight right.
Custer throws a series of punches but Schiller moves out of range.
No joy there for Custer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Custer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schiller manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Custer throws an overhand right that lands on Schiller's shoulder, as Schiller tries to avoid the shot.
Schiller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Custer.
Schiller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Custer.

Schiller gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schiller looking to throw knees to the head but Custer is blocking nicely.
Custer misses with some punches.
Schiller trying to land knees to the body.
Custer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Schiller backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schiller throws an elbow but misses.
Custer lands a body punch.
Schiller throws an elbow that misses.
Schiller blocking some punches.
Custer keeps control of Schiller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Custer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Schiller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Custer is trying to break the clinch but Schiller has him pressed against the cage.

Custer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schiller tries to clinch up but Custer circles away and keeps his distance.
Custer throws a right hand that Schiller ducks under and follows up with a left that Schiller also avoids with ease.
Custer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schiller.
Schiller scoring well with a low kick there.
Schiller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Custer lands with a good body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schiller.
Custer takes a swing at Schiller's ribcage but misses.
Schiller will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Schiller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Custer scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schiller misses with a low kick.
Schiller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Custer.
Schiller tries a head kick but it misses.
Custer cracks a nice hook into Schiller's ribs.
Custer catches Schiller with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Custer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jesse Custer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A good leg kick by Schiller.
Schiller throws a body kick that misses.
Schiller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Custer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schiller throws a sloppy head kick and Custer moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Schiller.
A lazy left from Custer finds it's target.
Custer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Custer misses the shot to the body.
Custer blocks a head kick by Schiller.
Custer swings for the body but Schiller moves out of range.
Custer connects with the punch.
Schiller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Custer looks to land a combination. Schiller sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Custer misses with a hook. Schiller ducked under it nicely.
Custer blocks a head kick by Schiller.
Horst Schiller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schiller moves away from the strike by Custer.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Horst Schiller.
I think Custer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!