PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William McKey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swagger is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Amazing. Shaun Swagger acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

McKey
vs
Swagger

181 cm
26
182 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

193 cm
29
185 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, William McKey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Swagger!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swagger dodges the punch combination from McKey.
Swagger looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
McKey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McKey lets loose with a powerful body kick. Swagger will feel that in the morning.
McKey misses with a head kick.
Swagger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McKey.
McKey lands a leg kick that knocks Swagger off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swagger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Oooh a lovely combination from McKey sends Swagger down but not out. McKey dives into side control looking to finish.

Swagger is rocked!

It looks like Shaun Swagger has been cut.
McKey working the head with strikes.
Swagger is still in real trouble! Can McKey finish him?
McKey wants to control but Swagger is keeping him busy.
Swagger gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Swagger seems to have recovered his senses.
McKey unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKey in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McKey in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McKey landing strikes from the mount and Swagger is in trouble!
Swagger taking shots to the head.
McKey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
McKey breaks from Swagger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McKey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

McKey wants to finish this one by submission but Swagger is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from McKey.

McKey is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Swagger can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKey landing strikes from the mount and Swagger is in trouble!
McKey unloading with bombs!
McKey breaks from Swagger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McKey controlling the position easily from mount.
McKey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
McKey putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McKey working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKey raining down hammerfists from mount.
McKey landing shots from mount.
McKey landing punches.
McKey controlling from mount.
BOOM! McKey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
McKey loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Swagger scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from McKey land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. McKey stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William McKey!