PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Angola Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob comes to the cage accompanied by Im Too Sexy. Swanson has chosen I Don't Know as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Joe Swanson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bob
vs
Swanson

190 cm
29
183 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

178 cm
34
182 lbs
21 - 21 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

5th Round Clothing
Ultimate Fighting Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Angola Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Swanson!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob moves away from the strike by Swanson.
A swing and a miss from Swanson.
Swanson ducks under a wild hook from Bob.
Swanson scores with a body shot.
Swanson lands a really nice looking cross but Bob seems unphased.
Swanson misses with a low kick.
Angola Bob seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bob cracks the inside of Swanson's front leg.
A clash of legs there as Swanson blocks the low kick.

Swanson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Swanson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Swanson wants to control the pace but Bob is squirming around nicely.
Bob is in a horrible position here. Swanson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Swanson trying to control but Bob is having none of it.
Bob is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Swanson with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Swanson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Swanson throwing strikes here but Bob is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Swanson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson controlling the position easily from mount.
Swanson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Swanson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Bob is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Swanson! Bob is hurt baaadly! Swanson is firing away with more strikes - Bob is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Swanson!
A very excited looking Joe Swanson 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.