PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abonniy Swastengerky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matheus Dias is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Swastengerky
vs
Dias

217 cm
25
287 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
28
300 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Knockout power

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abonniy Swastengerky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matheus Dias!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swastengerky jabs Dias to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Swastengerky tries to work over Dias's front leg with a kick but Dias checks it.
Swastengerky looks to land a combination but Dias avoids it well.
Swastengerky misses with a looping right.
Dias walks into a straight right hand from Swastengerky.

Swastengerky closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dias to the mat! Dias manages to get full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Swastengerky keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dias's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dias keeping moving, preventing Swastengerky from controlling successfully.
Swastengerky wants to stand and escape but instead Dias has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Dias gets to his feet - Swastengerky follows without any prompting.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swastengerky throws a jab when Dias was well out of range.
Dias shoots for a double leg takedown but Swastengerky sprawls well. He's pushed Dias's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Swastengerky scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Dias looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dias looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias is trying to get back to full guard.
Swastengerky seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dias does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Swastengerky content to control rather than advance.
Swastengerky thows a huge punch but Dias dodges it nicely.
Swastengerky sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Abonniy Swastengerky has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Swastengerky shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Swastengerky trying to control the position from guard on top but Dias is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swastengerky working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Swastengerky stops Dias from standing up.
Dias keeping moving, preventing Swastengerky from controlling successfully.
Swastengerky postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Swastengerky slips nicely into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Swastengerky passes to full mount!
Swastengerky tries to control but Dias wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Swastengerky.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swastengerky unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Swastengerky cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Swastengerky controlling from the full mount.
Swastengerky working Dias over with strikes here.
Swastengerky wants to control the pace but Dias is squirming around nicely.
Swastengerky controlling the position easily from mount.
Swastengerky postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dias looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swastengerky tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swastengerky is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dias can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Swastengerky working the ground and pound effectively.
Swastengerky lands a big shot there that rocks Dias but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Swastengerky looking to control but Dias is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Swastengerky connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Swastengerky raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dias takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Swastengerky looking to control and managing it successfully.
Swastengerky wants to control but instead Dias manages to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abonniy Swastengerky dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Swastengerky sizes up Dias with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Swastengerky misses with a body kick.
Swastengerky's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Swastengerky duly obliges.
Dias slips a jab from Swastengerky.
Swastengerky closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dias counters with a head kick.
Swastengerky misses with a head kick.
Swastengerky lands a jab to the nose.
Swastengerky looks for a takedown but Dias sprawls well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
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!
Nice uppercut lands for Swastengerky. That snapped Dias's head back.
Dias shoots in looking for a takedown. Swastengerky tries to sprawl out of it but Dias keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Swastengerky manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dias is breathing heavily.
A cross from Swastengerky lands.
Swastengerky cracks Dias with a good jab.

Swastengerky shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Swastengerky was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dias bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Abonniy Swastengerky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swastengerky looks to land a combination but Dias avoids it well.
Dias shoots for a double leg takedown but Swastengerky sprawls well. He's pushed Dias's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Swastengerky fails to land with a series of punches.
Swastengerky throws a right and a left that both miss.

Swastengerky closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dias did well to prevent Swastengerky getting side control.
Swastengerky has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Swastengerky connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Swastengerky lands a big shot there that rocks Dias but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Abonniy Swastengerky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swastengerky sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dias can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swastengerky sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Swastengerky is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dias can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Swastengerky connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Swastengerky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dias can do to turn this around?
Dias in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Swastengerky cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Swastengerky scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swastengerky tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Swastengerky'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.
Swastengerky dominating with strikes here.
Dias is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Swastengerky trying to control but Dias is having none of it.
Swastengerky is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dias can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swastengerky landing punches.
Swastengerky lands a heavy elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swastengerky controlling the position easily from mount.
Swastengerky lands a heavy elbow.
Dias really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Swastengerky. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Swastengerky tries to control but Dias wriggling away.
Swastengerky lands a big elbow.
Swastengerky trying to control but Dias is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swastengerky raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abonniy Swastengerky dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dias goes for a double leg but Swastengerky avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Swastengerky continues to drive forward.
Dias keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Swastengerky's efforts to push away.
Dias scores with a shoulder strike.
Dias tries a knee to the head but Swastengerky blocks it.
Swastengerky jumps guard but Dias turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Swastengerky is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Swastengerky jumps guard but Dias turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abonniy Swastengerky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swastengerky goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dias prevents it.

Dias breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dias takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Swastengerky tries to bum rush Dias with a series of wild strikes but Dias uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dias dodges the punch combination from Swastengerky.
Dias takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Swastengerky looking to score a takedown here. Dias is defending well but Swastengerky drives through and ends up in Dias's guard.
Swastengerky makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Swastengerky engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Swastengerky loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Swastengerky throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Swastengerky with a nice head shot there.
Dias wants to stand up but Swastengerky is controlling him.
Swastengerky is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dias keeping moving, preventing Swastengerky from controlling successfully.
Dias trying to strike off his back.
Swastengerky landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swastengerky throwing strikes but missing.

Swastengerky decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dias, up you get!
Swastengerky throws a looping overhand right but Dias ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias dives in and grabs Swastengerky's left leg, looking for a takedown. Swastengerky pushes down on Dias's head and hops out.

Swastengerky shoots in and gets a takedown into Dias's guard.
Swastengerky missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Swastengerky's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Swastengerky stands up over Dias, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Swastengerky looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Dias keeping moving, preventing Swastengerky from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Abonniy Swastengerky wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Dias closes the distance and clinches.

Swastengerky manages to pull guard.
Dias stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Swastengerky swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dias trying to control the position from guard on top but Swastengerky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Matheus Dias wasn't active enough on the ground.
No joy there for Swastengerky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swastengerky throws a right hand that Dias ducks under and follows up with a left that Dias also avoids with ease.
Dias ducks under a wild hook from Swastengerky.
Matheus Dias has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abonniy Swastengerky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dias thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Swastengerky if he has to take too many more of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abonniy Swastengerky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Swastengerky, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abonniy Swastengerky!