PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Oven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Schafer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Oven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oven
vs
Schafer

185 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

[IFC] Fighter's Clothing Essentials

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Oven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keith Schafer!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oven connects with a right hand. Schafer shakes it off.
Oven throws a body punch but Schafer moves out of range.
Oven throws a shot to the body.
Oven just misses with a punch to the body.
Schafer shoots in and drives through. Oven sprawls well.
Oven dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schafer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oven.
Schafer avoids a punch combination nicely.
George Oven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Oven.
Schafer tries to clinch but Oven moves out of range.
Oven lands with a hook. Schafer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Oven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schafer moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oven thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oven loads up on a big right hand but Schafer slips the punch.
Schafer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Oven manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Schafer shoots for a takedown but Oven saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Oven swings for the body but Schafer moves out of range.
Schafer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oven throws a jab but it's blocked by Schafer.
Schafer moves away from the strike by Oven.
Oven throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oven throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oven throws a hook to the side of Schafer's head but Schafer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schafer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Schafer clinches up against the cage.
Oven blocks an elbow strike from Schafer.
Schafer trying to land knees to the body.
Schafer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Oven avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
George Oven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keith Schafer.
Schafer lands a damaging elbow.
Oven avoids the elbow strike from Schafer, against the cage.
Oven has had enough of the clinch but Schafer keeps him there for the moment.
Schafer throws an elbow that misses.
Schafer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oven avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Oven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schafer trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oven creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Schafer wants a takedown.
Oven lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oven managing to block the knees to the body from Schafer.
Oven works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schafer lands an elbow that stopped Oven in his tracks for a moment.
Oven blocks the elbow strike.
Schafer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Oven fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Oven tests Schafer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
George Oven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oven stuns Schafer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Schafer looks gassed!
Schafer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Schafer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oven jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Oven misses with a wild body shot.
Oven misses with a wild body shot.
Oven scores with a nice strike.
Oven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schafer.
Oven misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oven loads up on a big right hand but Schafer slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schafer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Oven misses.
Oven misses with a few strikes there.
Oven stuffs the takedown.
Oven thows a body shot but no joy.
Oven swinging wildly here.
Oven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oven misses with a straight right.
Oven works over Schafer's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schafer staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Oven misses its intended target.
Oven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Oven 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.

The fighters circling - Oven throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oven tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schafer was well out of range. Poor timing from Oven.
Oven throws a combination. Schafer tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Oven lands with a shot to the body.
Oven misses the jab.

Schafer clinches.
Schafer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oven's defenses.
Schafer is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Oven lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schafer or not.
Oven gets underhooks to prevent Schafer's takedown attempt.
Schafer misses with an elbow over the top.
Oven avoids a wild elbow strike from Schafer.
Schafer tries a knee to the head but Oven blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schafer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oven's brow.
Schafer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oven is defending well for now.
Oven is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oven is trying to break the clinch but Schafer is controlling him.
A hook to the body from Oven.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oven lands a nice shot to the body.
Oven lands a nice hook to Schafer's body. Schafer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Schafer is breathing heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by Oven as he connects with a hook.
Schafer tries to clinch there but Oven circles away.
Oven looks to score with a jab to the body but Schafer is just out of range.
George Oven is winning the standup battle so far.
Oven connects with a body shot.
Schafer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oven ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Schafer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Oven scores with a punch to the head.
Oven throws an overhand right that lands on Schafer's shoulder, as Schafer tries to avoid the shot.
Oven lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oven scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schafer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oven scores with a hook.
Oven scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Schafer is rocked!
Oven jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Schafer is still on wobbly legs! Can Oven finish him?
Oven throws a shot to the body.
Oven drops Schafer with a big left hand! Schafer is injured, injured bad! Oven jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Oven!