PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semmy Schmuckatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Semmy Schmuckatelli is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hall
vs
Schmuckatelli

181 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Zipp Zapp

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Zipp Zapp

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Semmy Schmuckatelli!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schmuckatelli darts in and clinches Hall up against the cage.
Schmuckatelli putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hall in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schmuckatelli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hall's brow.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Schmuckatelli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schmuckatelli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Schmuckatelli rushes Hall and presses him up against the cage.
Schmuckatelli can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.
Schmuckatelli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hall's defenses.
Hall avoiding damage as Schmuckatelli throws knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schmuckatelli is struggling to control the position.
Schmuckatelli is pushing Hall up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hall tries to throw a body punch but Schmuckatelli avoids it by throwing Hall back against the cage.
Schmuckatelli stalls.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmuckatelli unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Schmuckatelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
The referee is keeping an eye on Schmuckatelli - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schmuckatelli drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hall pulls his leg out and moves away.

Schmuckatelli closes the distance and pushes Hall back into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schmuckatelli.
The referee is keeping an eye on Schmuckatelli - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Schmuckatelli.

Schmuckatelli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Semmy Schmuckatelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Schmuckatelli clinches up with Hall and pushes him back against the cage.
Schmuckatelli prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall wants to stall.
Hall prevents a body shot from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Schmuckatelli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hall throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hall throws a leg kick but Schmuckatelli checks it.

Schmuckatelli clinches.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hall misses with the head strike.

Schmuckatelli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hall looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Hall tries to keep at a distance but Schmuckatelli has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hall takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Schmuckatelli.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schmuckatelli connects with a knee to the head.
Schmuckatelli's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schmuckatelli putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hall in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hall being controlled against the cage.
Schmuckatelli putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hall in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schmuckatelli leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmuckatelli won't allow it.
Schmuckatelli unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schmuckatelli leaning against his opponent.
Schmuckatelli missing with knees to the body.

Schmuckatelli pulls Hall into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schmuckatelli wants to stand up but Hall is controlling him.
We've been informed that Schmuckatelli has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Schmuckatelli is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hall defends well.
Schmuckatelli controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Schmuckatelli dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hall moves out of range of the body kick from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Schmuckatelli gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Hall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schmuckatelli.
Hall fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Schmuckatelli has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schmuckatelli tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Schmuckatelli backs away, Hall returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hall is looking to land body kicks.

Schmuckatelli darts in and clinches Hall up against the cage.
Schmuckatelli has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Schmuckatelli has Hall pressed against the cage.

Schmuckatelli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Schmuckatelli rushes Hall and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmuckatelli has Hall pushed against the cage.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schmuckatelli utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schmuckatelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schmuckatelli prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.
Hall is trying to push Schmuckatelli away but Schmuckatelli has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but Hall blocks with his arms.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall blocks a body shot from Schmuckatelli.

Schmuckatelli manages to break the clinch.
Schmuckatelli tries to clinch up.
Hall feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Schmuckatelli's calf.
Some bone on bone action there as Schmuckatelli checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Schmuckatelli darts in and clinches Hall up against the cage.
Schmuckatelli misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli missing with knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Schmuckatelli.

Schmuckatelli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Schmuckatelli gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Schmuckatelli is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Schmuckatelli lands a knee to the body.
Semmy Schmuckatelli seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schmuckatelli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but Hall blocks with his arms.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.

Schmuckatelli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schmuckatelli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall throws a nice inside leg kick.
Schmuckatelli tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.
Hall throws a quick counter kick to the body but Schmuckatelli avoids it.

Schmuckatelli closes the distance and clinches.
Schmuckatelli misses with a knee to the head.
Schmuckatelli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schmuckatelli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall prevents the takedown attempt.
Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hall is trying to break the clinch but Schmuckatelli is controlling him.
Hall working hard to break the clinch.
Hall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schmuckatelli wants a takedown.
Danny Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Semmy Schmuckatelli.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schmuckatelli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schmuckatelli tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
Hall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schmuckatelli working aggressively here.
Hall is trying to break the clinch but Schmuckatelli is controlling him.
Schmuckatelli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.

Schmuckatelli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to land a leg kick but Schmuckatelli saw it coming and moves away.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Schmuckatelli moves out of range as Hall throws a body kick.

Schmuckatelli rushes Hall and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Schmuckatelli jumps guard and drags Hall to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Schmuckatelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hall stops Schmuckatelli from standing up.
Schmuckatelli looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Schmuckatelli pulls Hall in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Schmuckatelli clinches.
Hall tries a body shot but Schmuckatelli blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Schmuckatelli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Schmuckatelli rushes Hall and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Schmuckatelli.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hall's defenses.
Schmuckatelli controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmuckatelli unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hall lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Schmuckatelli.
Hall takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall misses with some punches.
Schmuckatelli is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli misses with a punch to the body.

Schmuckatelli breaks from the clinch.
Hall stuffs the takedown.

Schmuckatelli moves into the clinch successfully.
Stalling in the clinch from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli has Hall pressed against the cage.
Schmuckatelli receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Hall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Schmuckatelli scores with a knee to the head.

Schmuckatelli manages to break the clinch.
Semmy Schmuckatelli seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Hall tries to keep at a distance but Schmuckatelli has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hall working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schmuckatelli has him pressed against the cage.
Hall takes a knee to the side of the body.

Schmuckatelli breaks the clinch.
That kick from Hall tenderised Schmuckatelli's leg. Schmuckatelli is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hall throws a push kick but Schmuckatelli slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Schmuckatelli moves into the clinch.
Schmuckatelli jumps guard but Hall stands there with Schmuckatelli around his waist. Schmuckatelli gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Schmuckatelli is trying to pull guard but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Danny Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Semmy Schmuckatelli.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Schmuckatelli is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hall is defending well.

Schmuckatelli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Schmuckatelli shoots in for a double leg but Hall sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danny Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hall stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hall pushes Schmuckatelli away with a front kick.
Hall feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Schmuckatelli's calf.

Schmuckatelli moves into range and clinches up with Hall.
Hall working aggressively here.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hall trying to stall but Schmuckatelli improves his position.
Hall is trying to force a seperation but Schmuckatelli has the dominant position.
Schmuckatelli working Hall over with knees to the body.
Hall misses with some punches.

Schmuckatelli pulls guard effortlessly.
Hall stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Schmuckatelli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hall trying to control but Schmuckatelli is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli wants to stand up but Hall is controlling him.

Schmuckatelli looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Schmuckatelli is looking to stand up but Hall isn't so interested in that idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Semmy Schmuckatelli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Schmuckatelli 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Semmy Schmuckatelli!