PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Pearson (ranked 575 p4p, 16 weight class) and Yaniv Schulmann (ranked 1408 p4p, 54 weight class). Yaniv Schulmann has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pearson
vs
Schulmann

174 cm
26
138 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

181 cm
38
145 lbs
34 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yaniv Schulmann!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson throws a lazy body kick
and Schulmann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schulmann tries a head kick but it misses.
Pearson scores with a jab to the body.
Schulmann looks to throw the jab but Pearson is out of range.
Schulmann moves out of range of the body kick.
Schulmann misses with a wild body shot.
Pearson connects with a body shot that sends Schulmann's belly button to the back.
Schulmann looks to land a right hand but Pearson moved out of range.
Pearson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Schulmann manages to circle out of the way.
Schulmann takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Pearson has managed to clinch.
Pearson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schulmann is defending well for now.
Pearson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schulmann avoiding damage as Pearson throws knees to the body.
Pearson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pearson keeps control of Schulmann as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schulmann blocks an elbow strike from Pearson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pearson.
Schulmann is trying to break the clinch but Pearson has him pressed against the cage.
Schulmann takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pearson is working Schulmann over against the cage.
Schulmann looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson lands an elbow inside.
Schulmann is looking to break free of the clinch but Pearson has double underhooks.
Pearson misses with a punch to the body.

Schulmann manages to break the clinch.
Pearson lands a nice looking body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pearson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Schulmann takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big right from Schulmann misses.
Pearson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Schulmann lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pearson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Schulmann moves into the clinch.
Schulmann can't find room to land a body shot as Pearson controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pearson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schulmann prevents a body shot from Pearson.
Schulmann is trying to maintain a safe position but Pearson gets an underhook and turns Schulmann into the cage.
Pearson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pearson misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson working aggressively here.
Pearson pushes Schulmann back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pearson tries a body shot but Schulmann blocks it.
Schulmann is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Schulmann managing to block the knees to the body from Pearson.
Schulmann blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pearson lands a damaging elbow.
Pearson trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pearson fails to land.
Pearson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schulmann's elbow.
Pearson blocks a body shot from Schulmann.
Schulmann on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schulmann is looking to control Pearson's arms but Pearson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Schulmann has his back to the cage.
Schulmann taking a breather.
Schulmann avoiding damage as Pearson throws knees to the body.
Pearson tries to throw a body punch but Schulmann avoids it by throwing Pearson back against the cage.
Pearson scores with a shoulder strike.
Schulmann doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pearson lands an elbow just above Schulmann 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulmann blocking some punches.
Pearson throws a head punch that misses.
Pearson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Schulmann misses with a body punch.
Pearson can't find room to land a body shot as Schulmann controls the action.
I was talking to Pearson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pearson.
Pearson lands a nice elbow.
Pearson lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Pearson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pearson.
Pearson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pearson throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Schulmann manages to break the clinch.
Schulmann throws a head kick but Pearson moves out of range.
Schulmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pearson.
Schulmann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pearson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pearson connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pearson lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schulmann throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pearson tries to close the distance and clinch but Schulmann swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Schulmann, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Schulmann moves into the clinch successfully.
Schulmann misses with some punches.

Schulmann gets control of Pearson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Schulmann will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Pearson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Schulmann is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pearson stopping the sweep attempt from Schulmann.
Schulmann trying to keep a closed guard but Pearson is proving a slippery customer.

Pearson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Pearson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pearson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Schulmann scores with a decent looking hook.
Pearson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Pearson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pearson cracks Schulmann with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schulmann moves out of range as Pearson throws a body kick.
Yaniv Schulmann is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pearson connects with a body shot.
Pearson is looking to wear down Schulmann with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice cross by Schulmann.
A cross from Pearson lands.
Schulmann throws the left hand but Pearson avoids the punch easily.
Pearson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Pearson duly obliges.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pearson - that will leave a mark!
Jab by Pearson.
Schulmann takes a swing at Pearson's ribcage but misses.
Johnny Pearson is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schulmann throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pearson lands a jab-cross combination.
Pearson ducks under a wild hook from Schulmann.
Pearson blocks a low kick nicely.
Schulmann shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Schulmann misses with an uppercut.
Schulmann keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pearson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Schulmann appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pearson looks for the body kick but Schulmann saw that one coming.
Pearson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schulmann can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A low kick from Schulmann misses
letting Pearson counter with a right hand.
Pearson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pearson scores with a head kick.

Schulmann is rocked!
Crunch! Pearson slams his shin into Schulmann's torso.
Schulmann is still on wobbly legs! Can Pearson finish him?
Pearson with a nice cross.
Pearson lands with a kick to the temple. Schulmann shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pearson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pearson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schulmann.
Pearson feints and then cracks Schulmann's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schulmann down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schulmann throws a hook to the side of Pearson's head but Pearson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schulmann manages to avoid it.
Schulmann tries a quick counter leg kick but Pearson is wise to it.
Pearson lands a nice looking body shot.
A shot to the liver by Pearson. Beautiful body shot.
Schulmann shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pearson cracks Schulmann with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Schulmann tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pearson swivels and escapes.
Schulmann is breathing heavily.
Pearson connects with a crisp jab.
Schulmann doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pearson.
Schulmann takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schulmann throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pearson feints with a jab and clips Schulmann right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Schulmann is sent crashing into the canvas and Pearson leaps in for the kill! Schulmann tries to get to his feet but Pearson is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Schulmann is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Pearson!