PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Chuck Jager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Schrank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Schrank is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jager
vs
Schrank

200 cm
27
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

205 cm
29
280 lbs
13 - 7 - 2

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chuck Jager!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Schrank!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jager lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Schrank misses with a hook.
Jager looks to score with a jab to the body but Schrank is just out of range.

Jager pushes Schrank up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've been informed that Schrank has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Schrank slows down the pace here.

Jager manages to break the clinch.
Jager tries to clinch up.
Jager tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Schrank manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Jager drives through and clinches with Schrank against the ropes.
Schrank tries a body shot but Jager blocks it.
Schrank prevents a body shot from Jager.
Schrank managing to block the knees to the body from Jager.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jager - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jager taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jager being controlled against the ropes.
Schrank keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jager's efforts to push away.

Jager breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jager with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from Schrank misses.
Jager defending well as Schrank loads up on a big left hand.
Jager throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Schrank throws a lazy right hand but Jager sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Schrank throws a hook to the side of Jager's head but Jager sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schrank throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jager sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jager throws a good cross that connects.
Schrank jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrank misses with a head kick.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch but Schrank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jager is looking to slow Schrank down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jager moves away from the strike by Schrank.
Jager dips to his left and cracks Schrank with an uppercut!
Nice defenses there by Jager.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch but Schrank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jager tries to clinch but Schrank moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schrank.
Jager tries to clinch up.
Jager misses with a body shot.
Schrank scores with a one two! Jager had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Chuck Jager has been cut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Schrank!
Schrank keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jager needs to keep his hands up - Schrank had a free shot at his head there.
Schrank misses with a looping right.

Jager moves into the clinch.
Schrank misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jager tries to land knees in the clinch but Schrank avoids the damage to the body.

Schrank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jager!
Jager looks to score with a jab to the body but Schrank is just out of range.
Schrank throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jager is looking to wear down Schrank with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jager throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schrank stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Schrank might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jager moves away from the strike by Schrank.
Jager just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jager fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch but Schrank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jager slips a straight right by Schrank.
A big right from Schrank misses.
Jager throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schrank sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schrank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schrank uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Schrank keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Schrank looks to score with a jab to the body but Jager is just out of range.
Jager tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schrank was well out of range. Poor timing from Jager.
A good leg kick by Schrank.
Schrank tries to land a front kick but Jager steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jager fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jager swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schrank throws a hook but Jager avoids it easily.
Jager tries to clinch up but Schrank circles away and keeps his distance.
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 Chuck Jager will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chuck Jager's cut.
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.

Jager walks into a jab.

Jager closes the distance and clinches.
Jager is trying to break the clinch but Schrank is controlling him.
Jager lands a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Schrank tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jager's elbow.
Schrank doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Jager breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jager tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Schrank counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schrank lands a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jager is looking to clinch.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Schrank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jager is looking to clinch.
Schrank takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jager gets a clinch.
Jager leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Jager keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schrank's efforts to push away.
Schrank taking a breather.
Schrank is trying to break the clinch but Jager is controlling him.
Schrank misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jager utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Jager manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Schrank, as that shot connected.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Schrank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jager fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schrank manages to avoid it.
Schrank keeps the fight on the outside.
Jager misses with an uppercut.
Schrank scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schrank throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jager avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Schrank lands a jab to the nose.

Chuck Jager's cut is getting worse.
Frank Schrank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jager tries to clinch up but Schrank circles away and keeps his distance.
Schrank throws a hook but Jager blocks it.
Jager wants to clinch.
Jager misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Schrank misses the target.
Jager fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schrank manages to avoid it.
Schrank throws a hook but Jager blocks it.
Jager blocks a head kick by Schrank.

Jager clinches up against the ropes.

Jager manages to break the clinch.
Jager tries to clinch but Schrank moves out of range.
Schrank darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jager fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jager digs a good hook to Schrank's body.
Schrank scores with a head kick. Jager tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jager forces Schrank back against the ropes and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jager looking to slow down the pace here.
Schrank fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Schrank manages to break the clinch.
Schrank misses with a left hand
and Jager counters with a left to the body.
Jager cracks a nice hook into Schrank's ribs.
Jager avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jager pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schrank. Jager does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jager connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jager pushes Schrank away with a front kick.
Schrank is breathing heavily.
Jager tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Schrank manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Jager drives through and clinches with Schrank against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chuck Jager will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chuck Jager's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Schrank misses with a straight right.
Schrank throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Schrank chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jager can pounce on him.
Schrank misses with a head kick.

Jager moves into range and clinches up with Schrank.

Jager breaks the clinch.
Schrank smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Schrank avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jager tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schrank was well out of range. Poor timing from Jager.
Jager misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schrank.
Jager fails in his attempt to clinch.
Schrank throws a poor cross that misses
and Jager counters with a right hand to the body.
Schrank misses with a straight left.
Schrank misses with a hook. Jager ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jager rushes Schrank and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Jager wants to break free but Schrank has control.
Schrank letting Jager take a breather here.
Schrank prevents a body shot from Jager.
Schrank misses with a body punch.
Schrank stalling in the clinch but Jager improves position.
Jager has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jager takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Schrank tries to throw a body punch but Jager avoids it by throwing Schrank back against the ropes.

Jager manages to break the clinch.
Jager looks to score with a jab to the body but Schrank is just out of range.
Jager throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jager is looking to clinch but Schrank is avoiding it.

Jager rushes Schrank and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Jager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schrank avoids it.
Schrank can't break the clinch.
Jager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schrank.
Schrank tries to stall but Jager uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schrank letting Jager take a breather here.
Chuck Jager has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schrank tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Jager manages to break the clinch.
Jager tries to clinch but Schrank moves out of range.
Chuck Jager is winning the standup battle so far.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Schrank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jager misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jager tries to clinch there but Schrank circles away.
Schrank tests Jager's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Schrank throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Jager moves into the clinch.
Schrank blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Jager manages to break the clinch.
Frank Schrank has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jager tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Schrank manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Schrank swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch but Schrank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jager misses the shot to the body.
Jager gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jager is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jager moves away from the strike by Schrank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jager closes the distance and pushes Schrank back into the ropes.
Jager is looking to control Schrank's arms but Schrank gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jager has his back to the ropes.
Jager is trying to push Schrank away but Schrank has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jager tries to circle away but Schrank has him pinned against the ropes.

Jager escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schrank bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Chuck Jager's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice body punch from Jager.
Jager lands a nice shot to the body.
A slow jab from Schrank misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jager cracks the inside of Schrank's front leg.
Schrank circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Schrank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chuck Jager is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schrank throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Jager showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jager has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Jager!
Our winner, Chuck Jager, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Frank Schrank had this to say: 'Wah wah wahh'.