PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Borowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Schilt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Borowski
vs
Schilt

184 cm
25
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

225 cm
27
210 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Borowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Schilt!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schilt throws a head kick that misses.
Borowski tries for a takedown but Schilt circles away easily
and Schilt counters with a body kick that stops Borowski in his tracks momentarily.
Pawel Borowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schilt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Schilt lands a head kick. Borowski smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Schilt throws a sloppy head kick and Borowski moves out of range easily.
Borowski with a lazy takedown attempt
and Schilt counters with a low kick, right behind Borowski 's knee.
Schilt throws a leg kick which misses Borowski's front leg but catches the back leg as Borowski tries to avoid it.
Borowski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schilt.
Borowski fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Borowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schilt lands a head kick!
Schilt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borowski tries for a takedown but Schilt circles away easily
and Schilt counters with a leg kick.
Borowski shoots in but Schilt avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Schilt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Schilt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No luck for Borowski with that takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Schilt.
Schilt throws a head kick that half lands.
Schilt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borowski tries to score a power double leg takedown but Schilt sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Borowski somewhat.
Schilt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Schilt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Borowski misses with a takedown
and Schilt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Borowski fails to land the takedown.
Borowski 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.
Borowski tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borowski shoots in looking for a takedown. Schilt tries to sprawl out of it but Borowski keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Schilt manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Borowski misses with a takedown
and Schilt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Schilt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Borowski shoots in for a takedown but Schilt shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Schilt shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Schilt showed some decent athleticism there.
Borowski is breathing heavily.
Schilt controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borowski slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Borowski wants to stand but Schilt is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borowski trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Schilt dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Schilt throws a sloppy head kick and Borowski moves out of range easily.
Schilt scores with a decent looking hook.
Schilt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That kick from Schilt tenderised Borowski's leg. Borowski is trying to keep his angry face on.
Schilt connects with a high kick.
Borowski shoots in looking for a takedown but Schilt manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Borowski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Good leg kick by Schilt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Borowski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Borowski looks for a takedown but Schilt sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Borowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borowski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Schilt circles away.
Borowski is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schilt throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borowski takes a kick to the side of the head.
Borowski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Schilt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Schilt slaps away a takedown attempt from Borowski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Borowski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Schilt as he avoids it easily.
Pawel Borowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Borowski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Schilt counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Horrible takedown by Borowski or perhaps it was just good defense by Schilt which made him look bad.
Borowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Schilt counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schilt. That's going to slow Borowski down.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Borowski.
Schilt throws a sloppy head kick and Borowski moves out of range easily.
Schilt throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Schilt throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Schilt, right into the meat.
Schilt throws a nice head kick!
Borowski misses with a takedown attempt
and Schilt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Borowski takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schilt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Schilt!
Borowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Schilt counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Borowski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Schilt pinned against the cage. Schilt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Schilt throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick from Schilt lands but Borowski takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Borowski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Schilt did well to prevent Borowski getting side control.

Borowski is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Schilt has managed to free his arm - good work.
Schilt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Borowski passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Schilt!
Borowski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Schilt is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schilt working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Schilt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Borowski has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Schilt lands a nice looking kick to the body. Borowski takes a step back to recover.
Schilt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schilt scores with a head kick.
Schilt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Borowski will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Borowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Schilt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Borowski has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Schilt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Borowski.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Borowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schilt keeps Borowski at a distance using the push kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schilt.
Borowski has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Schilt.
Schilt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schilt scores with a leg kick.
Schilt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Schilt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Borowski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Borowski takes a kick to the side of the head.
Schilt cracks the inside of Borowski's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schilt stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Schilt wants it to stay on the feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Schilt.
Borowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Borowski crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Schilt - the referee stops the clock and Borowski gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Schilt. Borowski manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Borowski blocks a head kick by Schilt.
Schilt is looking to chop away at Borowski's legs.
Schilt shoots in for a double leg but Borowski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Schilt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Borowski checks it well.
Borowski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Borowski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Borowski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Borowski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Borowski lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Schilt tries to reverse the position but Borowski maintains control.

Borowski jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Schilt manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Borowski is looking to take a break and control but Schilt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Schilt is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schilt struggling a bit here.
Borowski trying to control the action but Schilt is working from the bottom.
Borowski working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Schilt keeping his opponent close.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borowski trying to control the action but Schilt is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Benny Schilt.
I've got Schilt 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Schilt!