PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Schubert (ranked 3006 p4p, 121 weight class) and Claudio Escorre (ranked 1610 p4p, 75 weight class). Escorre has chosen Chico Science & Nação Zumbi - Da Lama Ao Caos as his entrance music. Thomas Schubert could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Claudio Escorre's chin.

Schubert
vs
Escorre

183 cm
22
338 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

150 cm
21
300 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Schubert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Claudio Escorre!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escorre on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Escorre fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Schubert lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Schubert misses with an uppercut. Escorre saw that one coming.

Schubert shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Escorre is trying to defend but Schubert finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Escorre is doing well to control the position and prevent Schubert from advancing to side control.
Escorre is looking to improve his position.

Escorre makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schubert tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escorre was well out of range. Poor timing from Schubert.
Schubert throws an overhand right that lands on Escorre's shoulder, as Escorre tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schubert slips a jab and a cross from Escorre.
Schubert thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Escorre. Schubert does a little dance to reset his feet.

Schubert clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Schubert scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schubert.
Escorre can't break the clinch.
Escorre can't find room to land a body shot as Schubert controls the action.
Schubert tries a body shot but Escorre blocks it.
Schubert lands a body shot in the clinch.
Escorre looks winded!
Schubert scores with a shot to the side of Escorre's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Schubert.
Schubert misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schubert struggles to land a body shot inside as Escorre controls his hands.
We've been hearing reports that Schubert has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Schubert softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Schubert lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Schubert lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schubert doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escorre takes a shot to the head.
Schubert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Schubert lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Schubert.

Schubert drags the fight down to the ground.
Schubert seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Schubert has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Schubert is looking for a triangle but Escorre pushes his legs off easily.
Escorre wants to pass the guard but Schubert is keeping the position.
Schubert is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Schubert closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Schubert lands in his opponent's guard.
Schubert is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Schubert looking to pass the guard.
Schubert looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Schubert dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Schubert scores with a jab to the head.
Schubert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schubert with a hook.
Escorre has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A punch combination from Escorre misses.
Escorre moves forwards but Schubert connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Schubert is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Escorre misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Schubert scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Schubert tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Schubert has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escorre is not content to let Schubert control the position.

Schubert wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Escorre, who protects the arm well.
Escorre seems a little lost for a moment, as Schubert dominates the positioning.

Schubert is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Escorre knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Schubert will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Escorre being controlled for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escorre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schubert. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Schubert tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Schubert has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Schubert controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Escorre is trying to control Schubert's posture but Schubert avoids it.

Schubert goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Escorre rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Schubert's guard! Nice work there by Escorre!

Schubert is looking for a triangle but Escorre pushes his legs off easily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Schubert holds on and takes a little breather.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Schubert had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Escorre defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Schubert dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Schubert shoots in but Escorre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Escorre is looking for the big counter here.
Schubert ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Escorre misses with a series of wild punches.
Escorre throws a series of strikes that have Schubert backpedaling.
Escorre misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escorre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schubert manages to avoid it.
Schubert throws a shot from downtown. Escorre moves away and avoids it.
Escorre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schubert moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Schubert or perhaps it was just good defense by Escorre, which made it look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schubert getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Schubert connects with a crisp jab.
Escorre just misses with a punch to the body.
Schubert half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Schubert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escorre.
Thomas Schubert is winning the standup battle so far.
Escorre throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Schubert misses the target.
Schubert stuns Escorre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Schubert is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Escorre can do to turn this around?
Escorre keeps the fight on the outside.

Schubert shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Schubert was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escorre is trying to escape the position but Schubert is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escorre is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Schubert asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Schubert tries for a kimura but Escorre is defending well.
Schubert wants to control but Escorre is keeping him busy.

Schubert tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escorre is trying to escape the position but Schubert is controlling the position.
Thomas Schubert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schubert trying to control the action but Escorre is working from the bottom.
Escorre is looking to regain half guard here but Schubert keeps moving and retains side control.
Schubert has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Schubert wants to take Escorre's back here but Escorre is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Schubert controlling his opponent.

Escorre tries to improve his position but Schubert has taken his back! Schubert has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Escorre tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Schubert pushes Escorre away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thomas Schubert!
Thomas Schubert decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Claudio Escorre had this to say: 'I swear I didn't expect you to have that beast inside you, Kamenov. I want my rematch against this brave fighter as soon as possible. We are tied and we have to fix this. '.