PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Scheisse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Boucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Scheisse
vs
Boucher

195 cm
26
202 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

180 cm
26
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Scheisse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby Boucher!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scheisse slips a straight right by Boucher.
Boucher keeps the fight on the outside.
Boucher throws a looping overhand right but Scheisse ducks down to avoid it.
Boucher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boucher misses with a two punch combination.
Scheisse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boucher.
Scheisse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scheisse paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donk. Boucher catches Scheisse right on the button with a cross.
Scheisse throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scheisse connects with a high kick.
Scheisse fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boucher on the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boucher.
Scheisse just misses with a punch to the body.
Scheisse lands a head kick. Boucher smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nice uppercut there from Boucher.

Scheisse darts in and clinches Boucher up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boucher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scheisse tries a knee to the head but Boucher blocks it.
Scheisse missing with knees to the body.
Scheisse lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boucher backwards.
A short body shot lands from Scheisse as the two fighters clinch.
Scheisse throws a head punch that misses.
Scheisse misses with a body punch.
A short left from Scheisse.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scheisse lands a left hand.
A knee to the head by Scheisse.

It looks like Bobby Boucher has been cut.
Scheisse lands a shoulder strike.
Boucher working hard to break the clinch.

Boucher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scheisse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boucher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boucher avoids the head kick by Scheisse.

Scheisse closes the distance and clinches.
Scheisse tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boucher's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but Boucher blocks with his arms.
Scheisse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scheisse tries to work over Boucher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scheisse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scheisse putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boucher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scheisse misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scheisse.
Scheisse lands a shot to the body.

Boucher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scheisse scores with a body shot.
Boucher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scheisse throws a hook but Boucher blocks it.
Boucher takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Scheisse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boucher.
Some wild striking there from Boucher.
Scheisse misses with a leg kick
and Boucher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scheisse is looking to wear down Boucher with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boucher scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Scheisse tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Boucher counters with a series of strikes. Scheisse will be more careful next time no doubt.

Scheisse is rocked!
Scheisse clinches but Boucher breaks the clinch
and Boucher counters with a two punch combo.
Boucher avoids the head kick by Scheisse.
Boucher throws a looping overhand right but Scheisse ducks down to avoid it.
Boucher's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Boucher duly obliges.
Boucher looks to land a right hand but Scheisse moved out of range.
Scheisse takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oh Scheisse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Boucher gets tackled into the cage by Scheisse. Scheisse maintains the clinch.
Scheisse seems to have got his legs back now.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boucher avoids it.
Scheisse prevents Boucher from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse tries to land knees in the clinch but Boucher avoids the damage to the body.
Scheisse landing knees to the head.
Scheisse is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boucher has had enough of the clinch but Scheisse keeps him there for the moment.
Scheisse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scheisse trying to land knees to the body.
Boucher is trying to break free.
Scheisse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Scheisse works on Boucher's body with a couple of short punches.
Scheisse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boucher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Boucher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boucher scores with a one two! Scheisse had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Scheisse misses with a wild body shot.
Boucher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scheisse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boucher comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boucher throws a front kick aimed at Scheisse's knee but Scheisse avoids it well.
Scheisse throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bobby Boucher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bobby Boucher's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Scheisse lands with a nice body kick.
Boucher checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Scheisse throws a sloppy head kick and Boucher moves out of range easily.
Scheisse misses with an attempted mid kick.
Boucher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scheisse avoids the body shot from Boucher.
Boucher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scheisse.
Boucher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scheisse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scheisse moves out of range of the strikes.
Boucher circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scheisse. Boucher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scheisse scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scheisse slips a jab and a cross from Boucher.
Boucher jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scheisse misses with a low kick.
Scheisse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boucher.
Scheisse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boucher 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.
Scheisse takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bobby Boucher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scheisse lands a nice looking body shot.
Scheisse tries to bum rush Boucher with a series of wild strikes but Boucher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Scheisse cracks the inside of Boucher's front leg.
Boucher throws the left hand but Scheisse avoids the punch easily.
Scheisse slips a jab from Boucher.
Boucher swats away the attempt to clinch by Scheisse.
Boucher fails to land with a series of punches.
Scheisse slips a jab from Boucher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boucher swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Scheisse moves into the clinch.
Scheisse throws a head punch that misses.
Boucher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boucher is looking to break free of the clinch but Scheisse has double underhooks.
Boucher blocks a body shot from Scheisse.
Boucher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scheisse swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Boucher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boucher managing to block the knees to the body from Scheisse.
Boucher blocking some punches.
Scheisse with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Scheisse tries a body shot but Boucher blocks it.
Boucher blocks an uppercut.
Scheisse misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boucher.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Boucher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boucher jabs Scheisse right on the nose. Scheisse blinks but takes it well.
Boucher misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boucher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Scheisse.
Nice uppercut there from Boucher.
Boucher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scheisse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scheisse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scheisse steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boucher.
A low kick from Boucher is predictable there
and Scheisse counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boucher scores with a jab. Scheisse acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Scheisse slips a jab and a cross from Boucher.
Scheisse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boucher.
Scheisse throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Boucher counter with a right hand.
Scheisse scores with a head kick. Boucher tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Scheisse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boucher.
Boucher throws a shot from downtown. Scheisse moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Boucher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A left and a right from Boucher both land. Nice combination.
Scheisse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scheisse throws a low kick but Boucher avoids it.
Scheisse 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.
Boucher thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Boucher.
Boucher comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boucher slips a straight right by Scheisse.
Scheisse slips under a jab.
Scheisse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boucher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Boucher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scheisse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boucher.
A punch combination from Boucher misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Boucher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bobby Boucher's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Boucher scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Scheisse defending well as Boucher loads up on a big left hand.
Boucher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Scheisse misses with an attempted mid kick.
Boucher just misses with a punch to the body.
Scheisse looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Boucher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scheisse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Scheisse scores with a jab to the head.
Scheisse tries to move into range but Boucher moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Scheisse throws a lazy head kick
and Boucher counters with a straight right hand.
A lazy left from Boucher finds it's target.
Boucher misses with a jab to the body
and Scheisse counters with a straight right hand.
Boucher throws a nice looking combination but Scheisse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scheisse lands a nice looking kick to the body. Boucher takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boucher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Scheisse throws a low kick, looking for Boucher's leg but Boucher calmly moves out of range.
Scheisse darts in trying to clinch
and Boucher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Scheisse tries to clinch but Boucher moves out of range.
A big left from Boucher misses.
Scheisse lands with a straight right. Boucher didn't see that one coming.
Scheisse looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Boucher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Scheisse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boucher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scheisse moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Scheisse tries to clinch but Boucher is having none of it.
Scheisse drops his hands momentarily and Boucher takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boucher lands with a nice combination. Scheisse backs away looking to recover.
A swing and a miss from Boucher.
Boucher throws a jab when Scheisse was well out of range.
Boucher pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boucher misses with a straight left.
Scheisse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boucher.
Boucher swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Scheisse.
Scheisse throws a quick inside leg kick.
Scheisse tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boucher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scheisse moves in looking to clinch but Boucher pushes him off.
Scheisse moves out of range as Boucher strikes.
Scheisse scoring well with a low kick there.
Boucher sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Michael Scheisse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Scheisse.
Boucher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Scheisse takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Scheisse throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scheisse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boucher lands a jab-cross combination.
Boucher throws a big shot that misses.
Boucher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Scheisse.
Scheisse is looking to clinch.
Scheisse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scheisse tries to close the distance and clinch but Boucher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boucher looks to land a left hand but Scheisse moved out of range nicely.
Boucher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Scheisse is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boucher misses with a body shot
and Scheisse counters with a big head kick but Boucher shrugs it off.
Boucher blocks a head kick by Scheisse.
A shot to the body from Scheisse misses
and Boucher counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scheisse slips under a jab.
Scheisse tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boucher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scheisse with a jab.
A jab from Boucher misses.
Scheisse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boucher.
Boucher scores with a jab to the body.
Scheisse tries to clinch but Boucher is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boucher walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Scheisse gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bobby Boucher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boucher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Boucher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Boucher winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Boucher!