PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Hanhi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Schuldiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hanhi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hannu Hanhet höyhennetään. Schuldiner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Death - Symbolic kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hanhi
vs
Schuldiner

190 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
19
207 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

TITAN

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Hanhi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Schuldiner!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanhi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Schuldiner tries to avoid it but Hanhi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Schuldiner to the ground. Schuldiner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hanhi checks a low kick from Schuldiner.

Hanhi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Schuldiner misses with a body punch.
Hanhi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schuldiner misses with a punch on the inside.
Schuldiner digs a right hand into Hanhi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hanhi's gas tank.
Stalling in the clinch from Schuldiner.
Schuldiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schuldiner lands with a right to the head.
Hanhi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schuldiner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hanhi landing knees to the head.
Hanhi misses with a knee to the head.
Hanhi wants to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanhi lands an elbow just above Schuldiner 's eye.
Hanhi lands a nice knee to the body.
Hanhi misses with a knee strike.
Hanhi controlling the action here for a moment.
Hanhi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Schuldiner's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Schuldiner.
Schuldiner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hanhi throws an elbow but it misses.
Schuldiner scores with a shot to the side of Hanhi's head.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks it.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks with his arms.
Hanhi stalling in the clinch but Schuldiner improves position.
Hanhi tries to land knees in the clinch but Schuldiner avoids the damage to the body.
Hanhi is looking to control Schuldiner's arms but Schuldiner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hanhi has his back to the cage.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks it.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schuldiner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schuldiner lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hanhi backwards.
Schuldiner misses with a body punch.
Hanhi throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Schuldiner lands with a left to the head.
Hanhi misses with a knee to the head.
Schuldiner misses with a punch to the body.
Schuldiner taking a breather.
A short right from Schuldiner on the inside.
Hanhi blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Schuldiner.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanhi.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schuldiner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanhi lands a knee to the head.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanhi.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuldiner taking a breather.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schuldiner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Schuldiner wants to stall.
Hanhi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hanhi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hanhi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schuldiner stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schuldiner avoids it.
Hanhi looking to throw knees to the head but Schuldiner is blocking nicely.
Hanhi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuldiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks it.
Schuldiner lands a hook that snaps the head of Hanhi backwards.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks it.
Hanhi is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi looking to throw knees to the head but Schuldiner is blocking nicely.
Schuldiner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hanhi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schuldiner has a couple of punches blocked by Hanhi.
Schuldiner swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanhi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schuldiner lands a right hand.
Schuldiner digs a right hand into Hanhi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hanhi's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schuldiner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanhi's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanhi.
A head punch on the inside from Schuldiner fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks with his arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Hanhi.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuldiner blocks the elbow strike.
Hanhi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schuldiner gets through Hanhi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hannu Hanhi will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Schuldiner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hanhi has closed the distance and engaged Schuldiner in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanhi.
Schuldiner swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanhi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schuldiner has a couple of punches blocked by Hanhi.
Schuldiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanhi connects with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hanhi scores with a knee to the head.
Hanhi blocks an uppercut.
Hanhi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hanhi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hannu Hanhi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schuldiner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schuldiner misses with the head strike.
Hanhi misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schuldiner blocks the elbow strike.
Hanhi lands an elbow inside that Schuldiner shrugs off.
Hanhi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hanhi misses with a knee strike.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schuldiner.
Schuldiner swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanhi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanhi blocking some punches.
Schuldiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanhi scores with a knee to the head.
Hanhi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hanhi blocking some punches.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schuldiner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schuldiner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schuldiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schuldiner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Schuldiner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schuldiner stalling.
Schuldiner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hanhi backwards.
Schuldiner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Schuldiner is struggling to control the position.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks with his arms.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks it.
Hanhi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanhi blocking some punches.
Schuldiner stalling in the clinch.
Schuldiner taking a breather.
Hanhi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Schuldiner.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schuldiner misses with the head strike.
Schuldiner throws a head punch that misses.
Hanhi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Schuldiner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanhi's elbow.
Nice elbow from Hanhi.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Schuldiner.
Schuldiner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schuldiner leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanhi.
Schuldiner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schuldiner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schuldiner taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Schuldiner.
Hanhi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schuldiner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schuldiner will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hanhi up against the cage.
Hanhi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hanhi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schuldiner's brow.
Schuldiner misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Schuldiner.
Schuldiner struggles to land a body shot inside as Hanhi controls his hands.
Schuldiner lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schuldiner swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanhi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schuldiner tries a body shot but Hanhi blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hanhi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schuldiner's brow.
Schuldiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schuldiner.
A head punch on the inside from Schuldiner fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Schuldiner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Schuldiner clinches.
Hanhi trying to stall but Schuldiner improves his position.
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schuldiner blocks it with crossed arms.
Schuldiner swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanhi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks with his arms.
Schuldiner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Hanhi is rocked!
Schuldiner is stalling here.
Oh Hanhi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hanhi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schuldiner working aggressively here.
Schuldiner blocks an elbow strike.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Schuldiner blocks with his arms.
Hanhi blocks an uppercut.
Schuldiner creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hanhi's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hanhi drops to his knees and Schuldiner pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chuck Schuldiner!
Chuck Schuldiner gave a mention to Gilop® in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).