PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rene Schweidler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jussi Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schweidler comes to the cage accompanied by IZ. Jussi Virtanen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Schweidler
vs
Virtanen

180 cm
20
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
217 lbs
6 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

MADE IN GERMANY
MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rene Schweidler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jussi Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schweidler thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Virtanen if he has to take too many more of those.
Schweidler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Virtanen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schweidler cracks the inside of Virtanen's front leg.
Virtanen looks gassed!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Schweidler.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Virtanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schweidler. Schweidler obviously looking to wear him down.
Rene Schweidler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schweidler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Virtanen.
Schweidler cracks the inside of Virtanen's front leg.
Schweidler looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Schweidler has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schweidler.
Schweidler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Virtanen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Schweidler is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Schweidler landing knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Schweidler takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Schweidler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schweidler scores a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schweidler scores a nice knee to the body.
Schweidler controlling the action here for a moment.
Schweidler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Virtanen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schweidler effectively controlling the action here.
Schweidler gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Schweidler lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Schweidler.
Schweidler using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schweidler.
Schweidler controlling the action here for a moment.
Schweidler lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schweidler unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Schweidler breaks the clinch.
Schweidler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Virtanen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Schweidler lands a front kick.
Schweidler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schweidler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Virtanen's sensitive parts.
Schweidler cracks the inside of Virtanen's front leg.
Schweidler connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Schweidler.
Schweidler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Virtanen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schweidler.
Rene Schweidler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Schweidler lands with a kick to the ribs.

Schweidler darts in and clinches Virtanen up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schweidler crunches a lovely knee into Virtanen's ribcage.
Schweidler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schweidler landing knees to the body.
Schweidler slows down the pace here.
Schweidler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schweidler working Virtanen over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schweidler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Virtanen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Schweidler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Virtanen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Schweidler crunches a lovely knee into Virtanen's ribcage.
Schweidler scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Schweidler.
Schweidler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schweidler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schweidler crunches a lovely knee into Virtanen's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Virtanen looking for a takedown.
Schweidler scores with a knee to the head.
Schweidler tries a knee to the head but Virtanen blocks it.
Schweidler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Virtanen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schweidler is pressed up against the cage. Virtanen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Schweidler down to the mat. Schweidler avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Schweidler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Schweidler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Virtanen 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.
Schweidler thumps Virtanen with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schweidler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Virtanen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schweidler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Virtanen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Schweidler - the referee stops the clock and Virtanen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Schweidler. Virtanen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schweidler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rene Schweidler dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Virtanen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Schweidler.

Schweidler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Virtanen, pushing him back against the cage.
Schweidler lands a knee to the head.
Schweidler is stalling here.
Schweidler lands a good knee to the midsection. Virtanen won't want to take too many of those.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Schweidler takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Schweidler with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schweidler prevents the takedown attempt.
Virtanen being controlled against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Virtanen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schweidler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Virtanen can do to turn this around?
Schweidler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Schweidler - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Schweidler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters circling a little - Schweidler finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Schweidler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Virtanen.
Virtanen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schweidler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Schweidler throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Virtanen gets tackled into the cage by Schweidler. Schweidler maintains the clinch.
Virtanen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Schweidler.
Schweidler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schweidler crunches a lovely knee into Virtanen's ribcage.
Schweidler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schweidler obliges.
Schweidler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Virtanen's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schweidler obliges.
Schweidler gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Virtanen.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schweidler.
Virtanen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schweidler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schweidler obliges.
Schweidler missing with knees to the body.
Schweidler using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rene Schweidler has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Schweidler.
Schweidler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Virtanen is defending well for now.
Schweidler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Virtanen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Virtanen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schweidler connects with a knee to the head.
Virtanen avoiding damage as Schweidler throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Virtanen turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Virtanen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Schweidler keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schweidler wants to get back to his feet but Virtanen drags him back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schweidler is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jussi Virtanen was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Schweidler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schweidler lands a leg kick that knocks Virtanen off balance momentarily.
Schweidler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rene Schweidler dominated that second round.
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 slapping leg kick lands for Schweidler.
Schweidler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Virtanen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Schweidler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schweidler lands a head kick!
Schweidler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schweidler.
Schweidler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Virtanen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schweidler.
Virtanen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schweidler connects with a leg kick. Virtanen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jussi Virtanen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Virtanen 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.
Schweidler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Schweidler looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Virtanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schweidler.
Schweidler connects with a leg kick. Virtanen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Virtanen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schweidler.
Rene Schweidler is winning the standup battle so far.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schweidler.
Schweidler pushes Virtanen away with a front kick.
Schweidler throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Schweidler.
Schweidler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Virtanen's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Virtanen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schweidler.
Virtanen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schweidler can pounce on him.
Schweidler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Virtanen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Schweidler throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schweidler. That's going to slow Virtanen down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schweidler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schweidler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Virtanen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Schweidler throws a head kick that Virtanen semi-blocks.
Schweidler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schweidler.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schweidler. That's going to slow Virtanen down.
Schweidler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schweidler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Virtanen. That did some damage!
Schweidler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Schweidler throws a nice outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schweidler.
Schweidler throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Schweidler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Virtanen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schweidler.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schweidler.
Schweidler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schweidler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Virtanen's sensitive parts.

Schweidler closes the distance and clinches.
Schweidler stalls.
Schweidler gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Virtanen.
Schweidler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schweidler stalling against the cage.
Schweidler landing knees to the head.
Schweidler's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Schweidler for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schweidler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schweidler connects with a knee to the head.
Schweidler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schweidler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Schweidler breaks the clinch.
Schweidler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Virtanen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rene Schweidler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schweidler lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Virtanen 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.
Virtanen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schweidler lands a head kick. Virtanen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Virtanen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schweidler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schweidler throws a nice head kick!

Schweidler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jussi Virtanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schweidler avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rene Schweidler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schweidler, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rene Schweidler!