PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liam Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawrence's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gonna Fly Now. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lawrence
vs
Swanson

193 cm
26
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Swanson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson sizes up Lawrence with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Swanson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Swanson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lawrence misses the shot to the body.
Swanson cracks Lawrence with an open hand slap.
Swanson works Lawrence's body with a nice hook.
Swanson scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Lawrence, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Swanson rushes Lawrence and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Swanson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lawrence takes a shot to the head.
Lawrence wants to get back to striking at distance but Swanson won't allow it.
Swanson goes for a takedown attempt but Lawrence pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Swanson scores with a jab.

Lawrence is rocked!

Swanson lands a big right hand that sends Lawrence crashing to the mat! Swanson stays standing though and waves Lawrence back to his feet!
Oh Lawrence is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Swanson clinches up with Lawrence and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Swanson - that landed with a thud.
Lawrence seems to have got his legs back now.
Swanson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Swanson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lawrence stalling in the clinch but Swanson improves position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Swanson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Swanson prevents Lawrence from breaking the clinch.
Swanson struggles to land a body shot inside as Lawrence controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Swanson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lawrence backwards.
Swanson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lawrence or not.
Swanson stalling.
A right hook to the body lands for Swanson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson lands a body punch.
Lawrence is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Swanson.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Swanson lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson lands a nice uppercut.
Lawrence tries to break free but Swanson pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Swanson.
Swanson is leaning against Lawrence and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Swanson lands an uppercut.
Swanson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Swanson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lawrence is trying to pull guard but Swanson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Swanson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Swanson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Swanson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lawrence.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawrence misses with a looping left.

Swanson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Swanson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lawrence backwards.
Swanson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Swanson lands a big right hand! Lawrence is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dan Swanson!
Our winner, Dan Swanson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.