PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Mordred Deschain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Schmidt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Deschain
vs
Schmidt

175 cm
25
140 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

150 cm
31
140 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mordred Deschain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deschain throws a leg kick
and Schmidt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A telegraphed right hand from Schmidt misses the target.
We've been informed that Schmidt 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.
Schmidt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Deschain connects with a nice looking jab.

Deschain forces Schmidt back against the ropes and clinches.
Deschain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Deschain dodges an elbow strike from Schmidt.
Our sources have told us that Deschain has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Deschain lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Deschain misses with some punches.
Deschain creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside that Deschain shrugs off.
Deschain lands an elbow inside.
Deschain tries to throw a body punch but Schmidt avoids it by throwing Deschain back against the ropes.
Deschain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schmidt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Deschain wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Deschain.
Deschain prevents Schmidt from breaking the clinch.
Deschain tries to stall but Schmidt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Deschain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schmidt throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Deschain.
Schmidt presses Deschain against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Schmidt swings wildly with an uppercut but Deschain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schmidt avoids it.
Deschain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Schmidt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schmidt jabs Deschain to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schmidt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Deschain throws the kick towards the body but Schmidt avoids it.
Deschain wants to clinch.
Deschain throws a low kick but Schmidt avoids it.
Schmidt misses with a low kick.
Schmidt thuds a left hand into Deschain's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deschain swats away the attempt to clinch by Schmidt.
Schmidt looks to land a right hand but Deschain moved out of range.
Deschain checks a leg kick nicely.

Schmidt closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deschain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Deschain blocks an uppercut.
Schmidt lands an uppercut.
Deschain misses with a punch on the inside.
Deschain tries a body shot but Schmidt blocks it.
Deschain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Deschain lands a nice uppercut.
Schmidt scores with a knee to the head.
Schmidt dodges an elbow strike from Deschain.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schmidt lands a good knee to the midsection. Deschain won't want to take too many of those.
Deschain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Deschain blocking some punches.
Schmidt blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Schmidt will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Schmidt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Deschain throws a leg kick
and Schmidt counters with an inside leg kick.
Schmidt looks to throw the jab but Deschain is out of range.
Schmidt throws a shot from downtown. Deschain moves away and avoids it.
Schmidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deschain blocks a head kick by Schmidt.
Schmidt tries to land a leg kick but Deschain saw it coming and moves away.
Mordred Deschain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Deschain.
Schmidt throws a solid leg kick but Deschain takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Schmidt.
Deschain misses with a wild body shot.
Schmidt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Deschain.
Schmidt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Deschain finds it's way round the side to connect with Schmidt's head.
Schmidt misses with a looping right.
Deschain is looking to chop away at Schmidt's legs.
Deschain scores with a leg kick.
Deschain stalks Schmidt and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Schmidt's face. Schmidt staggers backwards, shaken.
Deschain will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt scores with a leg kick.
Good work by Schmidt as he checks the leg kick.
Schmidt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Deschain.
Schmidt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Deschain is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Deschain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schmidt lands a leg kick that knocks Deschain off balance momentarily.
Schmidt slips under a jab from Deschain.
Schmidt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Deschain. Deschain circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Schmidt throws a hook but Deschain blocks it.
Deschain scores with a punch to the head.
Schmidt lands a body shot.
Deschain avoids a kick to the body.
Deschain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Deschain looks to land a body kick but Schmidt moved away.
Deschain throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Deschain throws a wild body kick that Schmidt sees coming a mile off.
Good standup being displayed there by Deschain as he connects with a hook.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Deschain checks it.
Deschain misses with a low kick as Schmidt jumps back.
Schmidt throws a jab but it's blocked by Deschain.
Deschain checks a leg kick.
Schmidt misses with a leg kick
and Deschain counters with a slapping leg kick.
John Schmidt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Deschain thows a body kick. Schmidt tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Deschain throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Schmidt lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Deschain has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Deschain and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A clash of legs there as Deschain blocks the low kick.
Deschain slips a straight right by Schmidt.
Schmidt takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Deschain misses with a leg kick

and Schmidt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Schmidt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Deschain attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schmidt misses with a looping right.
Deschain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schmidt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Deschain throws a low kick but Schmidt moves out of range easily.
Deschain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Deschain.
Schmidt misses with a straight right.
Deschain checks a leg kick.
Deschain misses the jab.
Deschain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Deschain jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Deschain sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Deschain turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Deschain connects with an inside leg kick.
Schmidt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Deschain checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Schmidt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Schmidt connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deschain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schmidt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Deschain. Schmidt does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Deschain.
Schmidt is looking to clinch.
Deschain misses with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schmidt.
Deschain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schmidt.
Deschain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Schmidt.
Deschain scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Deschain with a jab.
Deschain scores with a jab to the jaw.
Schmidt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Deschain has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schmidt motions for Deschain to come forward. Schmidt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deschain moves in looking to clinch but Schmidt pushes him off.
Deschain keeps the fight on the outside.
Deschain looks to score with a jab to the body but Schmidt is just out of range.
A cross from Deschain lands.
Schmidt takes a kick to the side of the head.
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!
Deschain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Deschain will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Schmidt throws the left hand but Deschain avoids the punch easily.
Schmidt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Deschain comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Deschain connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Deschain on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schmidt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Deschain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Deschain checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Deschain throws a chopping leg kick but Schmidt manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Mordred Deschain did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Schmidt throws a leg kick
and Deschain counters with a straight right hand.
Deschain cracks the inside of Schmidt's front leg.

Deschain gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Schmidt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deschain swings wildly with an uppercut but Schmidt uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Deschain as the two fighters clinch.
Deschain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mordred Deschain has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schmidt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Deschain backwards.

Deschain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deschain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schmidt was well out of range. Poor timing from Deschain.
Deschain throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Schmidt on the side of the head.
Deschain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schmidt tries to close the distance and clinch but Deschain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Schmidt!
Schmidt is looking to score with low kicks.
A head kick misses from Schmidt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick from Deschain lands but Schmidt takes it in his stride.
Deschain throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Deschain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Deschain checks a low kick from Schmidt.
Nice jab there from Deschain.
Deschain is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Schmidt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Deschain - the referee stops the clock and Schmidt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Deschain. Schmidt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Deschain darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A clash of legs there as Schmidt blocks the low kick.
Schmidt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Deschain's sensitive parts.
Deschain takes a swing at Schmidt's ribcage but misses.
Deschain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Deschain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Schmidt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Deschain blocks a head kick by Schmidt.
Deschain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Deschain is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deschain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Schmidt wants to land a leg kick but Deschain is out of range.
Schmidt steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Deschain. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deschain misses with a hook.
Schmidt looks to land a right hand but Deschain moved out of range.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Schmidt misses with a hook.
Deschain tries to bum rush Schmidt with a series of wild strikes but Schmidt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An inside leg kick from Deschain misses.
Schmidt throws a body kick that misses.
Schmidt throws a leg kick
and Deschain makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Schmidt misses.
Deschain dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schmidt. That did some damage!
Deschain throws a leg kick but Schmidt checks it.
Schmidt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mordred Deschain had his way with John Schmidt in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Deschain takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Deschain misses with a looping left.
Deschain lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Deschain sizes up Schmidt with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Deschain has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schmidt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Deschain backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Deschain.
Deschain lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Schmidt.
Deschain lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Deschain trying to stall but Schmidt improves his position.
Deschain tries to circle away but Schmidt has him pinned against the ropes.
Schmidt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deschain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schmidt throws a head punch that misses.
Schmidt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Schmidt trying to land knees to the body.
Deschain misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt lands an elbow inside that Deschain shrugs off.

Schmidt breaks the clinch.
Deschain throws a low kick, looking for Schmidt's leg but Schmidt calmly moves out of range.
Deschain lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Schmidt misses with a low kick.
Schmidt tried to score with a low kick but Deschain checks it.
Deschain works Schmidt's body with a nice hook.
Schmidt motions for Deschain to come forward. Schmidt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt needs to keep his hands up - Deschain had a free shot at his head there.
Deschain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Deschain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Deschain tries a head kick but it misses.
Deschain ducks under a wild hook from Schmidt.
Schmidt dodges the punch combination from Deschain.
Deschain cracks a nice hook into Schmidt's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deschain tries to move into range but Schmidt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Deschain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schmidt moves away.

Deschain clinches up with Schmidt and pushes him back against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deschain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schmidt as Deschain tries to tie him up.
Deschain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Deschain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schmidt takes an elbow to the temple.
Deschain throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schmidt scores a nice knee to the body.
Deschain prevents Schmidt from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deschain misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schmidt.
Schmidt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deschain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Deschain is trying to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mordred Deschain.
Well Deschain 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 47:48
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 47:48
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by split decision... John Schmidt!
After the fight, John Schmidt was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.