PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Swarner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Young
vs
Swarner

186 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Heroic Combat Gear (Laundry service)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Swarner!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swarner defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young misses with a hook
and Swarner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Swarner counters with a two punch combo.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown but Swarner manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Young's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Swarner tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Swarner.

Young fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Swarner to the ground. Young is now in Swarner's guard.
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!
Swarner keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Swarner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Swarner keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Young is really struggling to control Swarner but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Swarner is trying to keep Young in close.
Young throwing strikes from guard but Swarner blocks nicely.
Young wants to control from the top but Swarner keeps moving.
Swarner wants to sweep but no luck.
Young postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Swarner keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Young content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Swarner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Young has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Swarner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Young drops back looking for a leg! Swarner is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Swarner manages to kick Young off! Young jumps back into Swarner's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Swarner can do anything to dispel that myth.

Young is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to control but Swarner is working from the bottom.
Young throwing strikes from guard but Swarner blocks nicely.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Swarner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swarner keeping full guard, as Young tries to pass.
Young won't allow Swarner to sweep him here.
Young engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Young scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swarner has momentary wrist control but Young slips an elbow through the middle.
Young tries to free his leg and advance position but Swarner is retaining full guard.

Young drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Young jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Swarner trying to control the position here.
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Swarner's brow.
Young pushes down on Swarner's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Young is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young trying to control from half guard but Swarner is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Young dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Young throws a series of punches but Swarner avoids them all with ease.
Swarner misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Swarner.
Swarner misses with a double jab
and Swarner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swarner slips a jab from Young.
No joy there for Swarner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws out a loose jab but Swarner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young misses with a looping left.
Swarner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swarner thows a body shot but no joy.
Swarner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Swarner fails to land with a series of punches.
Swarner slips a straight right by Young.
Young misses with a right hand
and Swarner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Young drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Young misses.
Swarner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Swarner moves out of range as Young strikes.
Swarner misses with a few strikes there.
Young throws a hook but Swarner avoids it easily.
Jim Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swarner misses with a series of wild punches.
Young misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarner stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Young throws a right and a left that Swarner avoids nicely.
Swarner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Swarner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Swarner is looking to clinch.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
Swarner throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swarner takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Young.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Swarner tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Swarner manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body kick from Swarner.
Swarner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Swarner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Swarner scores with a one two! Young had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Swarner tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Swarner scores with a one two! Young had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Young misses with a lunging right hand
and Swarner counters with a left and a right that stings Young.
Swarner looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Swarner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Swarner wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swarner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Young looks to throw the jab but Swarner is out of range.
Swarner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young shoots for a double leg takedown but Swarner sprawls well. He's pushed Young's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Young shoots for a takedown but Swarner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Horrible takedown by Young or perhaps it was just good defense by Swarner which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swarner throws a series of strikes that have Young backpedaling.
Swarner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Swarner misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swarner.
Swarner lands with an overhand left.
Swarner is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Young rather than just go for the knockout.
A low kick from Young misses
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Swarner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Young stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Swarner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Swarner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Swarner moves out of range as Young strikes.
Young shoots in but Swarner avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Young throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Swarner's waist but Swarner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Young off to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swarner stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Young throws a leg kick
and Swarner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Swarner takes one to the side of the head.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swarner was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young shoots in for a takedown but Swarner shows good takedown defense.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swarner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Young throws a series of punches but Swarner avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Swarner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Swarner 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Swarner!