PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swagger has chosen Amazing as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maxwell
vs
Swagger

191 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Maxwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Swagger!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maxwell looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Maxwell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Maxwell passes to full mount!
Maxwell landing shots from mount.
Maxwell pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maxwell with the ground and pound from mount.
Maxwell working the ground and pound effectively.
Maxwell landing shots from mount.
Maxwell working Swagger over with strikes here.
Maxwell in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Maxwell landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maxwell cracks Swagger with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Swagger looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee warns Swagger that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell scoring with strikes but Swagger is staying in there.
Swagger tries to lock up and control but Maxwell gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Maxwell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Maxwell breaks from Swagger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maxwell putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Maxwell pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maxwell working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maxwell scoring with strikes but Swagger is staying in there.
Maxwell with good strikes from the mount here!
Maxwell with good strikes from the mount here!
Maxwell breaks from Swagger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maxwell landing strikes from the mount.
Maxwell with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell unloading with bombs!
Swagger is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maxwell with a couple of short strikes.
Maxwell unloads with some shots from mount but Swagger bucks and avoids them well.
Maxwell is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Maxwell unloading with bombs!
Swagger working to try and regain half guard.
Maxwell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Maxwell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maxwell with shots to the head and body - Swagger looks very uncomfortable down there.

Swagger is rocked!
Swagger tries to hold on but Maxwell postures up.
Swagger is still in real trouble! Can Maxwell finish him?
Maxwell looking to finish Swagger with some ground and pound. This is bad for Swagger!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Swagger in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Maxwell with shots to the head and body - Swagger looks very uncomfortable down there.
Maxwell landing strikes from the mount.
Maxwell 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.
Maxwell lands a big shot there that rocks Swagger but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Maxwell connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Swagger seems to have recovered his senses.
Maxwell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Maxwell with the ground and pound from mount.
Swagger in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Maxwell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swagger takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Swagger wants to hold on but Maxwell pushes him away.
Maxwell lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Maxwell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell working Swagger over with strikes here.
Maxwell connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Maxwell working the ground and pound effectively.
Maxwell lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Swagger hang on?
Maxwell punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns Swagger that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Maxwell connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Swagger tries to lock up and control but Maxwell gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Swagger throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Swagger sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maxwell is thwarting Swagger's attempts to control the position.
Maxwell working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Maxwell dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Maxwell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swagger.
Maxwell shoots in but no luck this time.

Maxwell bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Maxwell stands up.
Maxwell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maxwell tries to close the distance and clinch but Swagger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maxwell tries to break the clinch but Swagger is controlling the position.

Swagger breaks the clinch.
Maxwell tries for a takedown but Swagger sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Maxwell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Maxwell misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Maxwell misses.
Maxwell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maxwell shoots in for a takedown but Swagger shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Maxwell. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Swagger rushes Maxwell and presses him up against the cage.
Maxwell working aggressively here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maxwell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Swagger has him pressed against the cage.

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

Swagger closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger stalling in the clinch but Maxwell improves position.
Swagger landing knees to the head.

Swagger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Maxwell scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Maxwell working the ground and pound.
Maxwell throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Maxwell has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Swagger!
Maxwell with good strikes from the mount here!
Swagger in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Maxwell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swagger taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maxwell cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maxwell landing strikes, looking to finish!
Maxwell cracks Swagger with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maxwell working the ground and pound effectively.
Maxwell with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell landing punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maxwell connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Maxwell postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Swagger looks a forlorn figure.
Maxwell postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Swagger looks a forlorn figure.
Maxwell with the ground and pound from mount.
Maxwell breaks from Swagger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maxwell is landing with some decent strikes but Swagger is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Maxwell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maxwell landing strikes from the mount.
Maxwell working Swagger over with strikes here.
Swagger is trying desperately to improve position.
Maxwell dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swagger slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Swagger actively working from the bottom here.
Maxwell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swagger's head.
Swagger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Maxwell lands strikes from half guard.
Maxwell thows a huge punch but Swagger dodges it nicely.
Maxwell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Swagger on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Maxwell is nestled in close to Swagger, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Maxwell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Swagger actively working from the bottom here.
Maxwell working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swagger wants to control but Maxwell is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Maxwell working over Swagger with some ground and pound. Swagger looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sean Maxwell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Maxwell stands up and beckons Swagger to join him on the feet.
Maxwell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maxwell shoots in for a double leg but Swagger sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sean Maxwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Maxwell feints and as Swagger raises his hands in defense, Maxwell changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Swagger working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Maxwell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Maxwell manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Swagger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Maxwell gets to his feet. Swagger looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Swagger falls off balance throwing a combination

and Maxwell decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Swagger's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Maxwell dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Maxwell fails to land the takedown.
Maxwell lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Swagger can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Maxwell and Swagger drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Maxwell.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Maxwell!