PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doug McSwain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ren Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McSwain might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jack Thammarat - My Headache Song. Gracie has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

McSwain
vs
Gracie

185 cm
28
195 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

188 cm
28
194 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Doug McSwain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ren Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but McSwain sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A slow jab from McSwain misses its intended target.

McSwain moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McSwain.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McSwain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McSwain lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from McSwain.
With the fighters up against the cage, McSwain throws an elbow but misses.
McSwain scores with a hook to the body.
Gracie looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McSwain lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McSwain.
A right hand to the body from McSwain.
A nice right hand lands inside from McSwain.
A hook to the body from McSwain.
A shot in the inside from McSwain.
McSwain lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ren Gracie has been cut.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Gracie is rocked!
McSwain lands a nice elbow.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can McSwain finish him?
A hook to the body from McSwain.
McSwain lands with a right to the head.

That has opened up Ren Gracie's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McSwain creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
A left hand lands to the body for McSwain.
McSwain taking a breather.
McSwain lands a damaging elbow.
McSwain unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McSwain gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McSwain lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Ren Gracie's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McSwain scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McSwain digs a right hand underneath Gracie's ribcage. Gracie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McSwain.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McSwain.
McSwain lands a big right hand that drops Gracie! The killer instinct kicks in and McSwain finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by McSwain!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doug McSwain!
An out of breath Doug McSwain thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.