PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rasor Schwager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Longson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Longson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Oopsy daisy chipmunk. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Schwager
vs
Longson

178 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
20
160 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rasor Schwager!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Brandon Longson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwager throws a right hand that Longson ducks under and follows up with a left that Longson also avoids with ease.
Schwager throws a one two combo.
Longson throws a nice looking combination but Schwager bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Schwager misses with a combination
and Longson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Longson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schwager circles away quickly and effectively.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Longson.
Schwager fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Schwager swats away the attempt to clinch by Longson.

Longson clinches.
Schwager working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Longson as Schwager tries to tie him up.

Longson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Longson feints and then cracks Schwager's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schwager down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwager is looking to clinch but Longson is avoiding it.
Schwager looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brandon Longson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schwager circles away quickly and effectively.

Longson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schwager gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Longson.
A frustrated look appears on Schwager's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Schwager is breathing heavily.

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

Schwager pushes Longson up against the cage in a clinch.

Longson manages to break the clinch.
Longson throws a right and a left that Schwager avoids nicely.

Schwager is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Longson's half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schwager tries to stand and escape but Longson is controlling the position.
Longson wants to get back to his feet.
Longson is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwager sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Longson defending well though.
Schwager throwing shots but Longson is blocking nicely.
Schwager wants to stand but Longson has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Longson tries to get to full guard but Schwager has control of the leg.
Longson moves into full guard.
Longson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schwager's guard.
Schwager working a defensive guard here.

Longson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Longson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Longson scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Longson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Schwager pulls Longson in to control the position.

Schwager uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Schwager looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Longson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
Schwager darts in trying to clinch

and Longson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Schwager wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Schwager has had enough of the clinch but Longson keeps him there for the moment.

Longson breaks the clinch.
Schwager swinging wilding here.
A lazy left from Longson finds it's target.

Schwager drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Longson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Schwager wants to lay and pray for a moment but Longson keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Schwager decides to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Longson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schwager.
Schwager misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Longson clinches with his opponent.
Longson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Schwager pulls his leg out and moves away.
Schwager connects with a looping right hand.
Schwager tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Longson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
Longson throws a right and a left that Schwager avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schwager avoids the head kick by Longson.
Schwager tries to clinch but Longson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager with a poor takedown
and Longson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Schwager gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Longson trying to land knees to the body.
Longson lands a knee to the body.
Schwager working hard to break the clinch.
Longson has had enough of the clinch but Schwager keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Schwager.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schwager.
Schwager misses with an elbow strike.

Longson manages to break the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Schwager!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Schwager lands a jab-cross combination.
Schwager tries to clinch up but Longson circles away and keeps his distance.
Schwager tries a low kick but Longson avoids it.
Longson throws a right hand that Schwager ducks under and follows up with a left that Schwager also avoids with ease.
Longson dodges the punch combination from Schwager.
Schwager tries to bum rush Longson with a series of wild strikes but Longson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Schwager tries to score with a low kick but Longson moves his leg out of the way.
Longson misses with a double jab
and Schwager counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Longson feints and then cracks Schwager's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schwager down.
Longson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Longson looks to throw the jab but Schwager is out of range.
Schwager fails with an attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Schwager.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Schwager closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Schwager lands in his opponent's guard.
Schwager stays in close to Longson's body and controls the position.
Schwager seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Longson for as long as he can get away with.
Schwager cracks Longson with a solid left hand.
Schwager stopping the sweep attempt from Longson.
Schwager scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Longson has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Schwager is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Longson.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Schwager wants to lay and pray for a moment but Longson keeps working.

Schwager decides to stand back up.
Schwager stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Longson.

Schwager instigates a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schwager is trying to break the clinch but Longson is controlling him.
Schwager tries to break the clinch but Longson is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rasor Schwager dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Longson as Schwager shoots in.
Longson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Longson has closed the distance and engaged Schwager in a clinch.

Longson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Longson misses with the combination.
Longson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schwager.

Longson instigates a clinch.

Longson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rasor Schwager is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Schwager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rasor Schwager seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Longson tries to clinch up but Schwager circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schwager swats away the attempt to clinch by Longson.
Longson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schwager moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Longson closes the distance and clinches.

Longson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schwager avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Longson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Schwager scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Schwager misses with a wild combination.
Longson is looking to clinch but Schwager is avoiding it.
Nice body kick from Longson.

Schwager moves into the clinch successfully.

Longson manages to break the clinch.
Longson misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longson feints and then cracks Schwager's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schwager down.

Schwager shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Schwager showed some decent athleticism there.
Schwager is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Schwager is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Schwager tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Schwager is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Longson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Schwager will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Schwager has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Longson's face.
Longson is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager controlling from the full mount.
Schwager has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Schwager looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Schwager won't let Longson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Schwager sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Schwager with a couple of short strikes.
Schwager controlling from the full mount.
Longson is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rasor Schwager showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Schwager has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rasor Schwager!