PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Schulte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell's entrance music is George Straits- The Fireman. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Liddell
vs
Schulte

190 cm
27
215 lbs
20 - 5 - 1

185 cm
27
217 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Schulte!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schulte manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Liddell.
Schulte swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddell.
Liddell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Schulte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Schulte avoids it.
Schulte shoots in looking for a takedown. Liddell tries to sprawl out of it but Schulte keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Liddell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Liddell throws a jab but it's blocked by Schulte.
Liddell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Brian Schulte has been cut.
Schulte shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Liddell defends it nicely.
Schulte blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a right hand that Schulte ducks under and follows up with a left that Schulte also avoids with ease.
Liddell throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Schulte to counter with a crisp jab.
Schulte connects with a nice looking jab.
Liddell misses with a hook. Schulte ducked under it nicely.
Liddell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schulte paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Liddell misses with a hook. Schulte ducked under it nicely.
Schulte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liddell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Liddell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schulte takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liddell lands a jab to Schulte's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Schulte checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Schulte fails with a takedown attempt.
Dan Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Schulte.
Schulte gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schulte lunges at Liddell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Liddell's hand.
Dan Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Liddell.
Liddell moves away from the strike by Schulte.
Liddell tries to clinch but Schulte is having none of it.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Schulte avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Liddell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell fails with a takedown attempt.
Liddell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schulte lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Liddell at a distance.
Liddell 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 shot to the liver by Liddell. Beautiful body shot.
Schulte dives in and grabs Liddell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Liddell pushes down on Schulte's head and hops out.
Liddell checks a leg kick nicely.
Liddell shoots for a double leg takedown but Schulte sprawls well. He's pushed Liddell's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Liddell stuffs the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a combination
and Schulte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Schulte dives in and grabs Liddell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Liddell pushes down on Schulte's head and hops out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Schulte shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Liddell's guard.
Liddell trying to control the position.
Liddell bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schulte's guard.
Liddell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Liddell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Schulte manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Schulte fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schulte avoids the attempt from Liddell to control.
BOOM! Schulte connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Liddell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Schulte's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Liddell with a poor takedown
and Liddell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Liddell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liddell takes one to the chin there.
Schulte shoots and misses
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Schulte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schulte lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Liddell lands a slapping body shot.
Dan Liddell is winning the standup battle so far.
Schulte tries to score a power double leg takedown but Liddell sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Schulte somewhat.
Schulte scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Liddell moves out of range as Schulte throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Schulte.
Liddell swinging wildly here.
Schulte scores with a leg kick.
Liddell misses with the combination.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses

and Schulte counters with a nice double leg into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Schulte accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Liddell pulls Schulte in close to prevent any damage.
Schulte has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Schulte postures up in Liddell's guard and throws a big left but Liddell blocks it.
Liddell has momentary wrist control but Schulte slips an elbow through the middle.
Liddell pulls Schulte in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell looking for a sweep. Not yet Liddell, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schulte wants to control from the top but Liddell keeps moving.

Liddell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Liddell is looking to sweep but instead, Schulte has passed into half guard.
Schulte trying to control from half guard but Liddell is working away.

Schulte is trying to work for a kimura but Liddell is defending well.

Liddell looking for submissions off his back.
Liddell trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulte working Liddell over with strikes.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Schulte seems to be looking for submissions.
Schulte landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Liddell trying to control from the bottom.
Schulte takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Liddell actively working from the bottom here.
Schulte thows a huge punch but Liddell dodges it nicely.
Liddell gets back to full guard.
Liddell trying to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schulte trying to control but Liddell is working from the bottom.
Schulte is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schulte preventing the sweep.
Schulte is in close to Liddell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Liddell keeping moving, preventing Schulte from controlling successfully.

Schulte avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Schulte in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brian Schulte has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Schulte working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Liddell's head.

Liddell working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Schulte doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Schulte manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Schulte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brian Schulte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Liddell dips to his left and cracks Schulte with an uppercut!
Schulte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Schulte.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Schulte is just out of range.
Liddell misses with a few strikes there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Schulte.
Liddell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schulte has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schulte there as he acknowledges the shot.
Schulte checks a leg kick.
Schulte scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulte bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liddell's head.
Schulte slips a jab and a cross from Liddell.
Schulte scores with a leg kick.
Liddell swings away with a body shot that misses
and Liddell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice jab there from Schulte.

Schulte dives in and scores a takedown into Liddell's guard.
Schulte stopping the sweep attempt from Liddell.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Schulte got a little sloppy there for a moment and Liddell has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Schulte has managed to get both his arms back between Liddell's legs - danger averted.
Liddell controls Schulte momentarily but Schulte frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Liddell working for submissions but it's allowed Schulte to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell tries to get to full guard but Schulte has control of the leg.
Schulte lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Liddell manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Liddell keeping moving, preventing Schulte from controlling successfully.

Liddell looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Schulte passes into half guard.
Schulte prevents Liddell from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulte thows a huge punch but Liddell dodges it nicely.
Liddell wants to get back to full guard.
Liddell trying to control but Schulte postures up.
Liddell is refusing to be controlled, as Schulte sits in half guard.
Liddell taking some punishment here, with Schulte in his half guard.
Schulte working over Liddell with some ground and pound. Liddell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Liddell wants to sweep but Schulte has passed to side control!
Liddell is trying to control Schulte's posture but Schulte avoids it.
Liddell manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Liddell trying to control but Schulte postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schulte is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Liddell looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schulte trying to control the action but Liddell is working from the bottom.
Schulte winds up and cracks Liddell with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Liddell tries to get to full guard but Schulte has control of the leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell trying to control here.
Liddell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Schulte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Schulte has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Schulte!