PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Schulte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Beasley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beasley has chosen Metalingus as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Schulte
vs
Beasley

185 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

200 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Schulte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Beasley!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beasley misses with a double jab.
Schulte lands a jab-cross combination.
Beasley on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Beasley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Schulte accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Schulte looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Beasley wants to get back to his feet but Schulte is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Schulte drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Schulte jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Schulte drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Schulte jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beasley wants to stand and escape but Schulte is having none of it.
Schulte trying to control the position from guard on top but Beasley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Schulte slips a straight right by Beasley.

Schulte shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Schulte showed some decent athleticism there.

Schulte is looking for a kimura but Beasley is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Schulte to get the leverage.
Beasley is trying to stand up here but Schulte is controlling him well.
Beasley is staying active underneath Schulte, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Beasley pushes Schulte off looking to stand but Schulte dives back in and keeps control.
Schulte uses his free foot to push down on Beasley's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Beasley.
Schulte throws some wild stikes that Beasley manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beasley is trying to stand.
Schulte tries to control but Beasley wriggling away.
Schulte lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beasley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schulte. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
BOOM! Schulte connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Schulte controlling the position easily from mount.

Schulte looking for a guillotine from mount but Beasley is having none of it.
Schulte is breathing heavily.
Beasley is trying to stand.
Schulte controlling the pace for now.
You get the feeling that Beasley really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulte is trying to take his opponent's back.
Schulte looking to control but Beasley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Schulte wants to take Beasley's back here but Beasley is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Beasley is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Schulte looking for a guillotine from mount but Beasley is having none of it.

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.

Schulte looking to secure an arm triangle but Beasley defends it well.
Beasley is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Beasley is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Schulte can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Beasley is looking to escape.
Schulte scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Schulte is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Beasley is surviving well by controlling Schulte's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Schulte dominated that round.
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.

Schulte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beasley lands a high kick!
Schulte tries for a takedown but Beasley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Beasley misses with an uppercut.
Schulte slips a jab and a cross from Beasley.
Schulte closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Beasley misses with a wild body shot.
Beasley misses with a body shot.
Beasley lands with a nice body kick.
Schulte sizes up Beasley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Beasley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Beasley is breathing heavily.

Schulte moves into range and clinches up with Beasley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beasley has had enough of the clinch but Schulte keeps him there for the moment.

Schulte decides to pull guard.
Schulte wants to sweep but no luck.
Beasley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Beasley wants to stand and escape but instead Schulte has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Schulte passes Beasley's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Schulte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beasley keeps working.
Schulte scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schulte tries to pass the half guard into mount. Beasley knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Schulte is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Beasley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Schulte.
Beasley is looking to escape.
Beasley wants to stand back up but Schulte manages to pass into side control.
Check out the look on Schulte's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Schulte lands a nice forearm strike.
Beasley being controlled for a moment.
Beasley wants to get back to his feet but Schulte drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulte working the head with strikes.
Schulte advances to full mount.
Schulte has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Beasley's face.

Schulte wants to finish this one by submission but Beasley is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Schulte.
Beasley is squirming around, avoiding Schulte's attempts to control the action.
Schulte controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schulte wants to control the pace but Beasley is squirming around nicely.

Schulte is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Beasley has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Brian Schulte overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schulte won't let Beasley get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Beasley taking shots to the head.

Schulte has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Beasley is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brian Schulte!