PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cappy Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Swann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swann has chosen Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses At Night as his entrance music. Ross Swann has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Christian
vs
Swann

189 cm
34
180 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

179 cm
25
175 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Beaver Jooce!

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cappy Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ross Swann!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch but Swann swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A shot to the liver by Swann. Beautiful body shot.
Christian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christian wants to clinch.
Christian doesn't manage to clinch there - Swann circles away.
Swann scores with a crisp jab that stopped Christian in his tracks.
Christian fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Christian clinches.
Christian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Christian pushes off an throws an elbow but Swann leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Swann looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've been informed that Swann has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Christian landing knees to the body.
Christian lands a nice elbow.
Christian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Swann lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Christian backwards.
Swann lands a right hand that snaps the head of Christian backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Swann breaks from the clinch.
Nice cross by Swann.
Swann lands a jab to the head.

Christian clinches up with Swann and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swann has Christian pushed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Christian.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christian throws an elbow but misses.
Swann blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Swann.
Swann tries to circle away but Christian has him pinned against the cage.
Swann misses with a hook to the ribs.
Christian crunches a lovely knee into Swann's ribcage.
Christian lands an elbow inside.

Swann manages to break the clinch.
Christian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swann.
Christian walks into a left hand.
Swann throws a jab when Christian was well out of range.
Christian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swann tries a quick counter leg kick but Christian is wise to it.
Christian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Swann fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Christian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Christian is rocked!
Christian wants to clinch.
Oh Christian is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Christian seems to have got his legs back now.
Christian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Christian shoots in looking for a takedown. Swann tries to sprawl out of it but Christian keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Swann manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Swann takes one to the chin there.
Swann works over Christian's head and body with a nice combination.
Christian tries to clinch up but Swann circles away and keeps his distance.
Swann thuds his shin into the meat of Christian's side.
Swann connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Christian! He's out on his feet! Swann rushes in and drops Christian with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ross Swann!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ross Swann thanked Fury Nutrition Inc. for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).