PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Schwanz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nozomu Itoshiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schwanz comes to the cage accompanied by Tool - Lipan Conjuring. Itoshiki has chosen Ringo Mogire Beam as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schwanz
vs
Itoshiki

190 cm
28
212 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
210 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Powerful

.: AFFAKETION :.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hans Schwanz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nozomu Itoshiki!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Itoshiki misses with a hook.
Schwanz ducks under a wild hook from Itoshiki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schwanz. Itoshiki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Itoshiki moves out of range of the body kick.
Schwanz checks a leg kick nicely.
Schwanz catches Itoshiki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Itoshiki connects with an inside leg kick.
Schwanz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Itoshiki throws a hook but Schwanz avoids it easily.
Schwanz slips a straight right by Itoshiki.
Schwanz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Schwanz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schwanz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Itoshiki tried to score with a low kick but Schwanz checks it.
Schwanz scores with a push kick.
Schwanz slips a straight right by Itoshiki.
Schwanz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Itoshiki.
Schwanz throws a leg kick
letting Itoshiki counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwanz connects with an inside leg kick.
Itoshiki throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Schwanz to counter with a crisp jab.
Itoshiki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Nozomu Itoshiki has been cut.
Nice body kick there by Schwanz.
Itoshiki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Itoshiki tries to score with a low kick but Schwanz moves his leg out of the way.
Schwanz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Itoshiki was well out of range. Poor timing from Schwanz.
Itoshiki misses the jab.
Schwanz scores with a nice right hand.
Schwanz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Schwanz tries a low kick but Itoshiki avoids it.
Schwanz throws a leg kick but Itoshiki sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big right from Itoshiki misses.
Schwanz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Itoshiki takes a step back to recover.
Schwanz works Itoshiki's body with a nice hook.
Nozomu Itoshiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Itoshiki looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Schwanz tenderised Itoshiki's leg. Itoshiki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Itoshiki throws a shot from downtown. Schwanz moves away and avoids it.
Itoshiki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Schwanz counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Schwanz. That snapped Itoshiki's head back.
Schwanz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Itoshiki.
Schwanz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Schwanz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Schwanz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Schwanz lands with a shot to the body.
Schwanz throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Itoshiki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Itoshiki takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Itoshiki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Schwanz feints and then cracks Itoshiki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Itoshiki down.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Itoshiki crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Schwanz - the referee stops the clock and Itoshiki gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Schwanz. Itoshiki manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itoshiki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schwanz thumps Itoshiki with a low kick.
Schwanz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
An inside leg kick lands from Schwanz.
Itoshiki drops his hands momentarily and Schwanz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Schwanz lands with a kick to the ribs.
Schwanz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schwanz scores with a jab. Itoshiki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Schwanz lands with a hook. Itoshiki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That has opened up Nozomu Itoshiki's cut even more.
Itoshiki has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Schwanz.
Itoshiki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schwanz connects with a high kick.
Crunch! Schwanz slams his shin into Itoshiki's torso.
Schwanz lands a lovely overhand right.
Itoshiki 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Schwanz lands a big head kick that sends Itoshiki tumbling to the mat! Schwanz takes a step backwards and waves Itoshiki back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Itoshiki is rocked!
Schwanz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Itoshiki.
Itoshiki takes one to the side of the head.
Schwanz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Itoshiki is still on wobbly legs! Can Schwanz finish him?
Schwanz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Itoshiki seems to have recovered his senses.
Schwanz connects with an inside leg kick.
Itoshiki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schwanz pushes Itoshiki away with a front kick.

Schwanz closes the distance and pushes Itoshiki back into the cage.
Schwanz scores with an uppercut up the middle.

The cut above Nozomu Itoshiki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Schwanz works on Itoshiki's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schwanz tries a knee to the head but Itoshiki blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
Itoshiki managing to block the knees to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Schwanz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nozomu Itoshiki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schwanz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hans Schwanz is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Itoshiki misses
and Schwanz counters with a nice kick to the body.
Itoshiki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schwanz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Schwanz. Beautiful body shot.
Itoshiki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schwanz jabs at Itoshiki's body.

Schwanz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schwanz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Itoshiki.
Schwanz scores a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schwanz.
Itoshiki wants to get back to striking at distance but Schwanz won't allow it.
Itoshiki misses with a body punch.
Schwanz looking to throw knees to the head but Itoshiki is blocking nicely.
Schwanz looking to throw knees to the head but Itoshiki is blocking nicely.
Itoshiki fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Itoshiki gets control of Schwanz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Itoshiki will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Schwanz decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Itoshiki, up you get!
Itoshiki is breathing heavily.
Schwanz cracks the inside of Itoshiki's front leg.
Schwanz punishes Itoshiki's body with a nice straight punch.
Schwanz misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Itoshiki misses its intended target.
Schwanz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Itoshiki's head.
Itoshiki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schwanz can pounce on him.
Schwanz throws a solid leg kick but Itoshiki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Schwanz.
Schwanz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Schwanz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schwanz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Itoshiki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schwanz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Itoshiki at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Itoshiki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Schwanz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Itoshiki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schwanz.
Schwanz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Itoshiki's calf.
Itoshiki 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 slapping leg kick lands for Schwanz.
Itoshiki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Itoshiki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Itoshiki 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.
Schwanz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Itoshiki circles away quickly and effectively.
Schwanz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Schwanz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schwanz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Itoshiki misses the body punch
and Schwanz counters with a body kick that stops Itoshiki in his tracks momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz lands a jab to the head.
Schwanz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Itoshiki avoids the head kick by Schwanz.
Itoshiki moves out of range of the body kick from Schwanz.
Itoshiki throws a jab but it's blocked by Schwanz.
Schwanz ducks under a wild hook from Itoshiki.
Schwanz cracks the inside of Itoshiki's front leg.
A thudding body kick lands there by Schwanz!
Schwanz scores with a shot to the body.
Itoshiki tries to move into range but Schwanz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Schwanz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schwanz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Itoshiki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Schwanz lands with a kick to the temple. Itoshiki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwanz thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Itoshiki if he has to take too many more of those.
Schwanz scores with a spinning back kick!
Itoshiki walks into a jab.
Schwanz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schwanz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schwanz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schwanz tries a low kick but Itoshiki avoids it.
Itoshiki misses with a kick to the body
and Schwanz counters with a nice body shot.
Schwanz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Itoshiki can do to turn this around?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schwanz.
Schwanz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Itoshiki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Schwanz.

Nozomu Itoshiki's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Itoshiki 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.
Itoshiki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schwanz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Schwanz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nozomu Itoshiki's cut.
That's time! Schwanz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Schwanz digs a good hook to Itoshiki's body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schwanz. That's going to slow Itoshiki down.
Schwanz works Itoshiki's body with a nice hook.
Schwanz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Schwanz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Itoshiki.
Schwanz lands with a kick to the ribs.
Schwanz throws a head kick that half lands.
Itoshiki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Schwanz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Schwanz clinches up with Itoshiki and pushes him back against the cage.
Schwanz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schwanz keeps control of Itoshiki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Itoshiki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schwanz lands an uppercut.
Itoshiki stalling.
Itoshiki misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwanz lands a body punch.
Schwanz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Itoshiki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Itoshiki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schwanz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Itoshiki managing to block the knees to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Itoshiki avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schwanz as Itoshiki tries to tie him up.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Itoshiki is trying to break free.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the head but Itoshiki blocks with his arms.
Itoshiki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Itoshiki struggles to land a body shot inside as Schwanz controls his hands.
Itoshiki trying to stall but Schwanz improves his position.
Itoshiki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Itoshiki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itoshiki misses with the head strike.
Itoshiki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schwanz working Itoshiki over with knees to the body.
Schwanz crunches a lovely knee into Itoshiki's ribcage.
A left hand lands to the body for Schwanz.
Schwanz connects with a knee to the head.
Schwanz works on Itoshiki's body with a couple of short punches.
Good body shot from Schwanz.
A right handed body shot lands from Schwanz.
Itoshiki takes a knee right on the jaw!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nozomu Itoshiki's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hans Schwanz!
Hans Schwanz retains his light heavyweight title!