PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toby Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clemens Schnur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fisher
vs
Schnur

166 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Toby Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clemens Schnur!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schnur drops Fisher with a beautiful combination! Fisher stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Schnur is looking for the KO!

Fisher is rocked!

It looks like Toby Fisher has been cut.
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!
Schnur misses with a body kick.
Oh Fisher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Schnur closes the distance and clinches.
Fisher keeps control of Schnur as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Schnur decides to pull guard.
Fisher wants to stand and escape but instead Schnur has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Fisher avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fisher avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Fisher had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Schnur defends it easily.

Fisher is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Schnur is aware though and is defending well.
Fisher controls Schnur momentarily but Schnur frees himself.
Schnur throwing strikes but missing.
Fisher is looking to stand up but Schnur isn't so interested in that idea.
Schnur showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fisher preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fisher seems to have got his legs back now.

Fisher working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Schnur doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Schnur manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Fisher is looking for a triangle but Schnur pushes his legs off easily.
Fisher might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Fisher isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Schnur stacks Fisher on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Schnur!
Fisher is trying to control Schnur's posture but Schnur avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Schnur wants to stand but Fisher has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Fisher could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Fisher is trying to stand up here but Schnur is controlling him well.
Fisher wants to improve his position but Schnur is controlling well.
Fisher moves into full guard.
Fisher is breathing heavily.
Schnur is looking to work some ground and pound but Fisher has wrist control.
Schnur wants to control from the top but Fisher keeps moving.
Fisher keeping full guard, as Schnur tries to pass.
Fisher utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Fisher working for a triangle but Schnur defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schnur stands up from Fisher's guard - Schnur perhaps looking for a knockout.
Schnur looks to land a combination but Fisher avoids it well.
Schnur digs a good hook to Fisher's body.
Schnur tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fisher defends well and Schnur ends up having to push Fisher into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fisher letting Schnur take a breather here.

Fisher breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Schnur has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fisher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Schnur lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schnur displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fisher up against the cage.
Fisher is trying to pull guard but Schnur has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Fisher has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Schnur uses from the top position.
Schnur loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fisher is striking off his back. Schnur thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Schnur trying to mount his opponent but Fisher defends it.
Schnur thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fisher's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fisher is looking to escape.
Schnur thows a huge punch but Fisher dodges it nicely.
Fisher avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Schnur.

Fisher actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clemens Schnur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Toby Fisher's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Schnur.

Fisher darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Fisher is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Schnur has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fisher is looking to stall here but Schnur recovers full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schnur wants to stand but Fisher is controlling the position.
Schnur manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fisher keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fisher is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fisher is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Fisher keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Schnur looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Fisher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Schnur misses with a head shot.
Schnur throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fisher wants to control but Schnur is having none of it.
Fisher wants to try and get back to his feet.
Fisher tries to hold on but Schnur postures up.
Fisher holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Schnur tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fisher is trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schnur can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fisher is looking to escape.
Fisher tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Schnur is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Fisher to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Fisher shrugs it off.
Schnur with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schnur pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fisher regains half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Schnur wants to work for an arm triangle but Fisher is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Fisher wants to improve his position but Schnur is controlling well.
Schnur blocks the strikes from Fisher.
Fisher wants to improve his position but Schnur is controlling well.
Clemens Schnur has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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 Toby Fisher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Toby Fisher's cut.
That's time! Fisher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Fisher tries to keep at a distance but Schnur has taken the fight into the clinch.
Schnur letting Fisher take a breather here.
Fisher is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Schnur to keep the fight standing.
Fisher is looking to control Schnur's arms but Schnur gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fisher has his back to the cage.

Fisher manages to break the clinch.

Fisher closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Schnur's guard.

Schnur throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schnur is trying to control the position but Fisher postures up.
Schnur throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Schnur wants to sweep here but Fisher controlling him for the moment.

Schnur is working an open guard so Fisher takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schnur moves into the clinch.
Schnur missing with knees to the body.

Fisher pulls Schnur into guard.

Fisher isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Schnur stacks Fisher on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Schnur!
Schnur misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Schnur decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Schnur moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fisher gets control of Schnur's arms and successfully pulls guard. Fisher will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fisher keeping moving, preventing Schnur from controlling successfully.
Schnur passes into half guard.
Fisher trying to control but Schnur postures up.
Schnur trying to control from half guard but Fisher is working away.
Fisher wants to get back to full guard.
Fisher is trying to stand.
Schnur thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fisher's head.
Schnur trying to mount his opponent but Fisher defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schnur passes to full mount!
Schnur throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Schnur trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Schnur sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fisher bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fisher wants to stand but Schnur is controlling his posture from full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clemens Schnur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Schnur has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clemens Schnur!
Clemens Schnur thanked the fans post fight for their support.