BRILZ def. SCHAFER Live on VERSUS

JASON BRILZ VS. ERIC SCHAFER

Elite Performance fighter Jason “The Hitman” Brilz faced Eric “Ravishing Red” Schafer in a 3 round battle in the first ever UFC Live on Versus. Brilz plan of pushing the pace ended up serving him well has he drove harder and harder to victory in each successive round. Great work, Elite fighter! 

When asked before the match, what advice he would give to new fighters, Brilz responded:

Jason Brilz: Cardio. It’s all about cardio. You can pick up the techniques, but if you can only throw the techniques for a minute, so what? You have to be able to throw the combos at the end of 15 like you did at the beginning. You can’t get so physically exhausted looking for that takedown that you finally get him down, plant your arms on the mat and get choked or arm-barred. You need to have the kind of training where you have a fresh guy on you every minute or two.

This philosophy paid off, as you can read below!

In Round 1 of this match, the fighters clinch up early, Schafer’s back to the cage. Brilz drives knees to the inside of Schafer’s thigh before they separate. Brilz moves in with some hard shots to the body and mixes up a few shots to the head before they clinch again. Brilz gets the single leg takedown, but Schafer gets right back to his feet. Both fighters land some hard shots, Brilz the overhand right, repeatedly, as Schafer tries to establish a jab. Schafer stuns Brilz with an uppercut. Brilz shoots the takedown, but Schafer wins the positioning battle and ground and pounds Brilz. They get up and Schafer lands a knee to the face. Brilz is rocked at this point, trying to recover. Schafer hangs back, not going for the finish.


As Round 2 begins, Brilz staggers Schafer with a left hook right out of the gate, but they quickly clinch. Brilz starts in with the knees to Schafer’s thigh, the same leg as in round one. They exchange solid uppercuts from the clinch. A stiff jab and a straight right from Schafer. Brilz clinches, but gets tripped down onto his back. Schafer starts ground and pound from half guard. Brilz reverses but gets caught in an omopalata, from which he quickly escapes to north-south. Schafer tries to get up, but Brilz shoves him to the mat. He finally does get up and eats a couple hard shots from Brilz. Both men look really tired at this point, with a minute left in the round. Brilz scores a takedown and puts on a top-side guillotine, but can’t secure it in the short time.


Both fighters still appear gassed as Round 3 begins, but Brilz is pushing the pace, landing punches to the head. He swings wide and clips Schafer several times with the right hand. Schafer is staggering backwards around the cage, just waiting for one good shot to end his night. Brilz is firing, but doesn’t have enough gas to land the necessary bomb. He instead takes Schafer to his back, but Schafer reverses to top position and starts ground and pounding. Brilz gets up. Schafer drags him down, but Brilz lands in top position, and starts dropping short slip elbows with about 40 seconds left in the fight. Brilz moves to side control, hammer fisting the exhausted Schafer all the way to the bell.


Jason Brilz def. Eric Schafer by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), R3.

With a record of 3-1 in the UFC, Brilz only loss comes from a controversial decision against Elliot Marshall. This decisive victory finds Jason right on track and headed for more wins! Great job!