PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markku Mannersormi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Swearengen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Markku Mannersormi has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Markku Mannersormi seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Mannersormi
vs
Swearengen

185 cm
26
193 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
299 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Markku Mannersormi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Swearengen!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mannersormi misses with a takedown attempt - Swearengen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Mannersormi throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Swearengen was covering up waiting for the punch and Mannersormi finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Mannersormi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mannersormi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Swearengen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mannersormi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mannersormi's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Markku Mannersormi.
Mannersormi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swearengen.
Mannersormi shoots and misses
letting Swearengen counter with a right hand.
No joy there for Swearengen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mannersormi misses with a kick to the body.
Swearengen misses with a straight right.

Mannersormi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mannersormi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Swearengen is trying to control the position but Mannersormi postures up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Swearengen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mannersormi throws an elbow that misses. Swearengen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mannersormi's guard. Nice move by Swearengen!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannersormi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mannersormi pulls Swearengen in to control the position.
Mannersormi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swearengen postures up.
Mannersormi is pulling down on Swearengen's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Markku Mannersormi wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Swearengen lands a big uppercut and Mannersormi crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Mannersormi looks OK. Swearengen waves Mannersormi back to his feet!

It looks like Markku Mannersormi has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mannersormi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Swearengen but Swearengen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Markku Mannersormi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mannersormi has a takedown stuffed.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Al Swearengen.
I think Swearengen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Al Swearengen!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Al Swearengen!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight as a draw!

Al Swearengen wins by majority decision!
A very excited looking Al Swearengen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.