PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Swagger has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Swagger
vs
Harper

198 cm
20
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
20
229 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Swagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlie Harper!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper tries to bum rush Swagger with a series of wild strikes but Swagger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Swagger drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Harper is looking to regain half guard here but Swagger keeps moving and retains side control.
Swagger looking to control but instead Harper has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Harper gets full guard.
Swagger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harper on the ground.
Harper wants to stand and escape but Swagger is having none of it.

Harper uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Harper looks to land a combination but Swagger avoids it well.
Swagger doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Harper counter with a right hand.

It looks like Jack Swagger has been cut.

Swagger looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Harper!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper avoids a series of strikes thrown by Swagger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger looking to finish Harper with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harper!
Swagger breaks from Harper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Harper wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Swagger.
Harper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Swagger throwing strikes here but Harper is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Swagger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harper is working to get back to half guard.
Swagger is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Swagger landing strikes from the mount and Harper is in trouble!
Harper really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swagger working Harper over with strikes here.
Harper tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harper is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Harper tries to lock up and control but Swagger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harper is wriggling around trying to escape.
Swagger with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper really wants to buck Swagger off and get back to his feet.
Harper slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Swagger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harper is trying to stand back up but Swagger is controlling him
Harper looks gassed!
Harper misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Swagger looking for a submission but Harper manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swagger stops Harper from standing up.
Swagger trying to control the position from guard on top but Harper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harper manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Swagger manages to get himself to full guard.
Swagger wants to stand and escape but Harper is having none of it.
Harper looking to sit in guard and control but Swagger gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Harper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swagger controls from within his opponent's guard.
Harper is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Swagger is controlling him.
Swagger is looking to work some ground and pound but Harper has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harper controls Swagger momentarily but Swagger frees himself.
Harper controlling Swagger's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Swagger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Swagger's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Harper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Swagger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Harper tries to roll over but Swagger keeps him under control.
Harper wants to get back to his feet.
Swagger throws a strike but Harper avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Harper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Swagger is one step ahead there.
Swagger wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
Swagger is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Swagger from controlling successfully.
Jack Swagger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Swagger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger postures up in Harper's guard and throws a big left but Harper blocks it.

Harper pushes Swagger off and scrambles back to his feet.
Swagger is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harper sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Harper misses with a two punch combination.
Harper throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Swagger gets a clinch.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Swagger blocks it.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Swagger goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harper prevents it.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper being controlled against the cage.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Swagger blocks it.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Swagger trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swagger tries for a takedown but Harper manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Swagger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.

Swagger turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Swagger manages to end up in side control.
Swagger working away.
Swagger is putting a hurting on Harper here, landing some big shots from side control.
Harper tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Swagger trying to control the action but Harper is working from the bottom.
Swagger is putting a hurting on Harper here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swagger working away.
Swagger cracks Harper with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Harper is trying to control Swagger's posture but Swagger avoids it.
Harper takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Harper is trying to buck Swagger off.

Swagger decides to stand back up.
A combination from Harper does no damage.

Swagger shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Harper is trying to defend but Swagger finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Harper trying to control but Swagger postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swagger slips a nice elbow through Harper's hands, connecting with Harper's forehead.
Swagger is looking to take a break and control but Harper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Swagger.
Harper looks like he's trying to stand up.
Swagger thows a huge punch but Harper dodges it nicely.
Swagger looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Swagger slips a nice elbow through Harper's hands, connecting with Harper's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Swagger dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Swagger's cut.
That's time! Swagger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Harper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Swagger shoots in and drives through. Harper sprawls well.
Harper throws a head kick that misses.
Swagger blocks a head kick by Harper.
Harper throws a head kick that misses.
Swagger doesn't manage to clinch there - Harper circles away.
No luck for Swagger with that takedown attempt.

Swagger clinches with his opponent.

Swagger gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Harper regains guard.

Harper manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jack Swagger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harper misses with a series of wild punches.

Harper gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Swagger to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Harper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger lands a couple of digs.
Swagger's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Swagger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Harper is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Harper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harper displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Harper gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Swagger to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Swagger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper trying to keep a closed guard but Swagger is proving a slippery customer.
Swagger prevents Harper from getting back to his feet.
Swagger chips away with some ground and pound.
Swagger looking to pass the guard.
Swagger wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
Harper wants to stand up but Swagger is controlling him.
Harper trying to control the position.
Swagger will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harper looking to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Charlie Harper was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Harper throws a right and a left that Swagger avoids nicely.
Swagger fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Swagger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harper defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Swagger.
Jack Swagger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Swagger circles away quickly and effectively.
Harper throws a head kick but Swagger moves out of range.
Swagger changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harper tries to avoid it but Swagger manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harper to the ground. Harper escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Charlie Harper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Swagger fails with a takedown attempt.
Swagger tries for a takedown but Harper sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

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.
Harper throws a series of punches but Swagger moves out of range.
No joy there for Harper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Swagger shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Harper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Harper regains half guard.
Charlie Harper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harper wants to improve his position but Swagger is controlling well.
Swagger not landing any meaningful shots this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Swagger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Swagger, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Swagger!