PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vizo Forelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Schofield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schofield comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Linkin Park : The Catalyst kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Vizo Forelli has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Forelli
vs
Schofield

170 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vizo Forelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shane Schofield!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forelli shoots in but no luck this time.
Forelli misses with a takedown

and Schofield counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Schofield passes Forelli's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Forelli might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Schofield tries to pass to full mount but Forelli defends it.

Schofield is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Forelli sees it coming and defends easily.
Schofield frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schofield seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Forelli is holding on tight.
Forelli working to try and regain half guard.
Forelli looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Schofield working for a choke but Forelli is defending well.
Schofield is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forelli is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Forelli showing good submission defense here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Forelli breaks Schofield's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Forelli would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Forelli tries to free his leg and advance position but Schofield is retaining full guard.
Schofield lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Forelli!
Forelli is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schofield working for a submission but Forelli is keeping him at bay.

Schofield gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Forelli displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Schofield.
Nice takedown defense from Schofield. No joy for Forelli on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vizo Forelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Forelli fails with the takedown.
Schofield fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Forelli.
Forelli tries for a takedown but Schofield sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Schofield shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Schofield is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Forelli knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Schofield on the ground.

Schofield has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Forelli defend it? Schofield steps over the head and cranks it - Forelli is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Schofield!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shane Schofield!