PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eloni Fauatea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Scholz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scholz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Accept - Balls To The Wall. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fauatea
vs
Scholz

190 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
20
302 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Full Metal Gear (Top Quality, Low Price)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eloni Fauatea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustav Scholz!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scholz doesn't manage to clinch there - Fauatea circles away.
Fauatea avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fauatea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Fauatea.
Fauatea swats away the attempt to clinch by Scholz.
Scholz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fauatea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fauatea swats away the attempt to clinch by Scholz.
Fauatea connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Scholz wants to clinch up but Fauatea keeps it at a distance.
Fauatea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scholz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fauatea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scholz tries to close the distance and clinch but Fauatea swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fauatea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fauatea swings for the body but Scholz moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scholz is looking to clinch but Fauatea is avoiding it.
Fauatea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scholz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fauatea throws a right hand that Scholz ducks under and follows up with a left that Scholz also avoids with ease.
Scholz slips a jab and a cross from Fauatea.
Fauatea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scholz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fauatea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fauatea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scholz wants to clinch up but Fauatea keeps it at a distance.
Fauatea keeps the fight on the outside.
Scholz wants to clinch.
Scholz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fauatea paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Fauatea does no damage.
Fauatea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scholz fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Scholz is looking to clinch but Fauatea is avoiding it.
Scholz tries to clinch up.
Scholz tries to clinch there but Fauatea circles away.
Scholz avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big left from Fauatea misses.
A combination from Fauatea does no damage.
Fauatea scores with a jab to the body.
Scholz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Scholz tries to clinch up.
Fauatea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scholz circles away quickly and effectively.
Scholz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scholz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fauatea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scholz wants to clinch up but Fauatea keeps it at a distance.
Scholz slips a jab and a cross from Fauatea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scholz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scholz is looking to clinch but Fauatea is avoiding it.
Fauatea misses with a hook.
Fauatea misses with a wild combination.
Scholz slips a straight right by Fauatea.
Scholz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fauatea.
A punch combination from Fauatea misses.
Sloppy strikes from Fauatea. Those never looked like landing.
Scholz tries to clinch up.
Fauatea keeps the fight on the outside.
Fauatea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scholz tries to clinch but Fauatea is having none of it.
Fauatea keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fauatea avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scholz is looking to clinch but Fauatea is avoiding it.
Scholz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fauatea throws out the jab.
Scholz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scholz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scholz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fauatea.
Scholz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fauatea manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scholz tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Fauatea misses.
Fauatea throws a series of punches but Scholz moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fauatea will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fauatea is breathing heavily.
Fauatea lands a glancing blow to the side of Scholz's head.

Scholz darts in and clinches Fauatea up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eloni Fauatea 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.

Scholz darts in and clinches Fauatea up against the cage.
Scholz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fauatea is trying to break the clinch but Scholz has him pressed against the cage.
Scholz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Scholz controlling the action here for a moment.
Scholz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scholz landing knees to the head.
Fauatea tries to circle away but Scholz has him pinned against the cage.
Scholz lands an elbow inside that Fauatea shrugs off.
Scholz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fauatea in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scholz tries to land a knee to the head but Fauatea blocks with his arms.
Scholz crunches a lovely knee into Fauatea's ribcage.
Scholz scores with a knee to the head.
Scholz working Fauatea over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scholz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fauatea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Scholz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scholz with a knee to the head.
Scholz lands a knee to the head.
Scholz landing knees to the body.
Scholz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fauatea.
Scholz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scholz crunches a lovely knee into Fauatea's ribcage.
Scholz lands a knee to the head.
Fauatea takes an elbow to the temple.
Fauatea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Scholz.
Scholz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Scholz misses with a knee strike.
Scholz keeps control of Fauatea as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Scholz.
Fauatea is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scholz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Scholz stalling.
Fauatea is trying to push Scholz away but Scholz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Fauatea's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scholz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Scholz lands a good knee to the midsection. Fauatea won't want to take too many of those.
Scholz throws an elbow that misses.
Scholz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fauatea lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Scholz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fauatea.
Scholz tries to land knees in the clinch but Fauatea avoids the damage to the body.
Scholz throws an elbow but it misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fauatea as Scholz tries to tie him up.
Scholz tries a knee to the head but Fauatea blocks it.
Scholz has Fauatea pressed against the cage, preventing Fauatea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fauatea has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fauatea avoids a wild elbow strike from Scholz.
Nice elbow from Scholz.
Scholz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Scholz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fauatea avoids it.
Fauatea wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Scholz has him pressed against the cage.
Scholz lands an elbow just above Fauatea 's eye.
Fauatea is looking to break free of the clinch but Scholz has double underhooks.
Fauatea managing to block the knees to the body from Scholz.
Scholz lands a knee to the head.
Fauatea working hard to break the clinch.
Fauatea can't break the clinch.
Scholz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fauatea's efforts to push away.
Scholz tries to land knees in the clinch but Fauatea avoids the damage to the body.
Scholz lands an elbow that stopped Fauatea in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Scholz missing with knees to the body.
Scholz prevents Fauatea from breaking the clinch.
Fauatea is trying to break the clinch but Scholz has him pressed against the cage.
Scholz with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Scholz.
Fauatea looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Scholz lands a nice elbow.
Scholz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Scholz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scholz misses with a knee to the head.
Fauatea wants to get back to striking at distance but Scholz won't allow it.
Scholz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Scholz tries a knee to the head but Fauatea blocks it.
Fauatea dodges an elbow strike from Scholz.
Scholz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fauatea tries to break free but Scholz pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustav Scholz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A combination from Fauatea does no damage.
Scholz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fauatea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scholz manages to avoid it.

Scholz instigates a clinch.
Scholz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Scholz has Fauatea pressed against the cage, preventing Fauatea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scholz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Scholz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scholz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fauatea in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scholz misses with a knee to the head.
Scholz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fauatea takes a knee right on the jaw!
Scholz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fauatea takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fauatea blocks an elbow strike.
Scholz trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fauatea tries to circle away but Scholz has him pinned against the cage.
Fauatea wants to break free but Scholz has control.
Scholz scores a nice knee to the body.
Scholz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fauatea up against the cage.
Fauatea has had enough of the clinch but Scholz keeps him there for the moment.
Scholz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fauatea's defenses.
Fauatea takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fauatea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scholz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fauatea.
Fauatea is trying to force a seperation but Scholz has the dominant position.
Scholz trying to land knees to the body.
Fauatea tries to circle away but Scholz has him pinned against the cage.
Scholz looking to throw knees to the head but Fauatea is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fauatea on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fauatea is trying to push Scholz away but Scholz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Scholz misses with the head strike.
Scholz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fauatea dodges an elbow strike from Scholz.
Fauatea wants to get back to striking at distance but Scholz won't allow it.
Scholz lands an elbow inside.
Gustav Scholz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Scholz lands an elbow inside that Fauatea shrugs off.
Fauatea takes an elbow to the temple.
Scholz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Scholz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fauatea wants to get back to striking at distance but Scholz won't allow it.
Scholz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scholz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fauatea dodges an elbow strike from Scholz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scholz landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Fauatea's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scholz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fauatea is defending well for now.
Fauatea has had enough of the clinch but Scholz keeps him there for the moment.
Fauatea is looking to break free of the clinch but Scholz has double underhooks.
Scholz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fauateas head.
Scholz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fauatea up against the cage.
Scholz is looking to control Fauatea's arms but Fauatea gets an underhook and turns him. Now Scholz has his back to the cage.
Fauatea has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Scholz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fauatea blocks it with crossed arms.
Fauatea is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Scholz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scholz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fauatea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fauatea is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four 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.
Scholz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fauatea is trying to push Scholz away but Scholz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fauatea blocks an elbow strike.
Scholz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Scholz can't find room to land a body shot as Fauatea controls the action.
Scholz tries to land knees in the clinch but Fauatea avoids the damage to the body.
Scholz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fauatea wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scholz has Fauatea pressed against the cage, preventing Fauatea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Scholz.
Fauatea is trying to force a seperation but Scholz has the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice elbow from Scholz.
Fauatea wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Fauatea's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scholz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustav Scholz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Scholz 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Scholz!