PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Schrijber (ranked 2907 p4p, 290 weight class) and Jon Umber (ranked 9328 p4p, 694 weight class). Jon Umber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Schrijber
vs
Umber

183 cm
21
237 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

194 cm
20
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jan Schrijber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Umber!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umber circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrijber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Umber tries to break free but Schrijber pushes him back against the cage.
Schrijber lands a shoulder strike.
Schrijber can't find room to land a body shot as Umber controls the action.
Umber tries to circle away but Schrijber has him pinned against the cage.

Umber manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Umber misses its intended target.
Schrijber steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Umber.
Schrijber cracks the inside of Umber's front leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Umber misses.
Umber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Schrijber scoring well with a low kick there.
Schrijber throws a body shot but no joy.

Schrijber forces Umber back against the cage and clinches.
Schrijber keeps control of Umber as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schrijber needs to keep his hands up - Umber had a free shot at his head there.
Schrijber tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Schrijber there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Umber jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Umber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Umber throws a series of punches but Schrijber avoids them all with ease.
Umber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Umber stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schrijber.
Umber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schrijber.
A big right from Umber misses.
Schrijber wants to clinch up but Umber keeps it at a distance.
Schrijber staying out of range there.
Umber misses with a jab, cross combination.
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!
Schrijber scores with a three punch combo!
Umber misses with a hook
and Schrijber makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Umber drops Schrijber with a beautiful combination! Schrijber stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Umber is looking for the KO!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Schrijber, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schrijber. Umber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schrijber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Umber.
Schrijber lands a leg kick that knocks Umber off balance momentarily.
Umber throws a shot from downtown. Schrijber moves away and avoids it.
Umber throws the left hand but Schrijber avoids the punch easily.
Schrijber throws a quick counter kick to the body but Umber avoids it.
Umber tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Umber looks to score with a jab to the body but Schrijber is just out of range.
Schrijber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Umber manages to avoid it.
Umber tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A lazy left from Schrijber finds it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Schrijber, as that shot connected.
Schrijber tries a head kick but it misses.
Umber throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Schrijber counter with a right hand.
Umber throws a body shot but no joy.
Umber might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Schrijber gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Our sources have told us that Schrijber has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrijber unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber tries to land knees in the clinch but Umber avoids the damage to the body.
Umber wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Umber takes a knee right on the jaw!

Umber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Umber takes a swing at Schrijber's ribcage but misses.
Umber misses with a double jab.
Umber throws out a loose jab but Schrijber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schrijber throws a nice outside leg kick.
Schrijber ducks under a wild hook from Umber.
A head kick misses from Schrijber.

Schrijber drives through and clinches with Umber against the cage.
Umber tries to break the clinch but Schrijber is controlling the position.
A short uppercut from Umber.
Umber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Umber is trying to break the clinch but Schrijber has him pressed against the cage.
Schrijber swings wildly with an uppercut but Umber uses good head movement to avoid it.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umber on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schrijber. Schrijber obviously looking to wear him down.
Schrijber moves away from the strike by Umber.
Schrijber tries to counter by clinching up but Umber breaks away and moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Umber misses with a hook.
Umber throws a leg kick

and Schrijber counters by moving into the clinch.
Schrijber keeps control of Umber as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Umber breaks the clinch.
Umber misses with a looping right.
Umber keeps the fight on the outside.
Umber throws a hook but Schrijber avoids it easily.
Schrijber lands a nice leg kick that just misses Umber's sensitive parts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schrijber.
A bone on bone clash there as Umber blocks the leg kick.
Umber takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schrijber throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Schrijber, right into the meat.
Umber just misses with a punch to the body.
Schrijber throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Umber stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Schrijber tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Umber is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Schrijber dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Umber.
Jon Umber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schrijber throws a big shot that misses.
Schrijber lands with a shot to the body.
Umber's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schrijber scores with a shot to the body.
Schrijber takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Schrijber throws a low kick but it's checked well by Umber.
Schrijber moves out of range as Umber strikes.
Schrijber scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Umber doesn't seem bothered though.
A slow jab from Umber misses its intended target.
A quick step to the side and Schrijber tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Umber as he checks the leg kick.
Umber misses with the combination.
Schrijber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Umber was well out of range. Poor timing from Schrijber.
A head kick misses from Schrijber.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schrijber.
Umber is looking to chop away at Schrijber's legs.
Schrijber went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Umber checks the leg kick.
Schrijber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Umber.
Umber tries to land a leg kick but Schrijber saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber scores with a jab to the body.
Schrijber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Umber can do to turn this around?
Umber misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Umber. Those never looked like landing.
Umber misses with a few strikes there.
Schrijber throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Umber does it's job there.
Schrijber throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Schrijber ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Umber is breathing heavily.
Umber looks to score with a jab to the body but Schrijber is just out of range.
As Umber backs away, Schrijber returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Schrijber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Umber.
Schrijber scoring well with a low kick there.
Umber lands a really nice looking cross but Schrijber seems unphased.
Schrijber connects with an inside leg kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Schrijber here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schrijber gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Umber.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Schrijber 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 Umber has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Umber and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Umber cracks Schrijber with an open hand slap.
Schrijber throws a nice outside leg kick.
Umber swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Schrijber makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umber checks a low kick from Schrijber.
Umber gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Umber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schrijber.

Schrijber moves into range and clinches up with Umber.
Umber is trying to break free.

Umber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Schrijber.
Schrijber lands a body shot.
Schrijber blocks a jab.
Schrijber looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Schrijber gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Umber takes a knee to the side of the body.
Umber wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrijber won't allow it.
Umber prevents a body shot from Schrijber.
Umber takes a shot to the head.
Schrijber scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Umber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Umber is trying to force a seperation but Schrijber has the dominant position.
Umber avoiding damage as Schrijber throws knees to the body.
Schrijber gets through Umber's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Umber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Umber tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schrijber gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Schrijber.
Umber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schrijber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jan Schrijber is winning the standup battle so far.
Umber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Schrijber wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Umber misses.
Schrijber misses with a body shot.
Umber throws a body punch but Schrijber moves out of range.
Schrijber is looking to wear down Umber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Schrijber lands a leg kick that knocks Umber off balance momentarily.
Umber keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Umber misses with a hook

and Schrijber holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Umber avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Umber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Umber wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jan Schrijber has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Umber breaks the clinch.
Umber lands a lovely overhand right.
Umber has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schrijber finds it's way round the side to connect with Umber's head.
A swing and a miss from Umber.
Schrijber throws a shot to the body.
Umber scores with a decent looking hook.
Umber connects with a body shot.
Umber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Schrijber was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Schrijber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schrijber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Umber misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Schrijber was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Umber misses with a two punch combination.
Schrijber throws a combination. Umber tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Schrijber dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Schrijber walks into a jab.
Schrijber takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Schrijber is looking to clinch but Umber is avoiding it.
Umber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schrijber was well out of range. Poor timing from Umber.
Umber changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Schrijber chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Schrijber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Umber. Schrijber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Umber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Schrijber slips a jab from Umber.
Schrijber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Schrijber throws a body punch but Umber moves out of range.
Umber takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Schrijber throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jon Umber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schrijber uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Umber has time to react.
Schrijber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Schrijber has Umber up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umber avoiding damage as Schrijber throws knees to the body.
Schrijber keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Umber's efforts to push away.
Schrijber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Umber is defending well for now.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Umber is trying to break free.
Umber tries to circle away but Schrijber has him pinned against the cage.
Umber tries to circle away but Schrijber has him pinned against the cage.

Umber manages to break the clinch.
Schrijber moves out of range of the strikes.
Umber scores with a decent looking hook.
Schrijber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Umber moves away.
You can see that Umber has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Schrijber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Umber lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Umber misses with a lunging right hand
and Schrijber counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schrijber wants to clinch.
Umber throws a right hand that Schrijber ducks under and follows up with a left that Schrijber also avoids with ease.
Umber throws a combination that misses
and Schrijber counters with a left to the body.
Umber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schrijber lands with a cross to side of his opponent's 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!
Umber throws out a loose jab but Schrijber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Umber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Schrijber. Umber shrugs it off though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Schrijber, right into the meat.
Both fighters circling a little - Schrijber finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Schrijber uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Umber has time to react.
Schrijber tries to clinch there but Umber circles away.
Schrijber throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Umber on the side of the head.
Schrijber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Umber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schrijber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schrijber tries a head kick but it misses.
Schrijber throws a head kick that misses.
Umber throws an overhand right that lands on Schrijber's shoulder, as Schrijber tries to avoid the shot.
Umber misses with a body punch
and Schrijber counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Umber is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Schrijber with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A head kick misses from Schrijber.
Umber swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Schrijber moves into the clinch.

Schrijber breaks the clinch.
Umber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schrijber throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schrijber takes one to the chin there.
Schrijber pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Umber checks a leg kick.
Umber falls off balance throwing a combination

and Schrijber moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Umber has had enough of the clinch but Schrijber keeps him there for the moment.
Jon Umber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Umber's efforts to push away.
Umber is trying to push Schrijber away but Schrijber has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Umber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schrijber lands with a light punch inside.
Schrijber unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Umber managing to block the knees to the body from Schrijber.
Schrijber keeps control of Umber as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Umber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Umber is blocking nicely.
Schrijber has Umber pressed against the cage, preventing Umber from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Umber is trying to break the clinch but Schrijber is controlling him.
Jan Schrijber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Umber looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Umber looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Schrijber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Schrijber 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Schrijber!