PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dandy Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sailele Lealofi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Swanson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kill For Satan. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lealofi's choice of entrance music: Mata Mata Me. Dandy Swanson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Swanson
vs
Lealofi

193 cm
28
250 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

199 cm
28
255 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dandy Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sailele Lealofi!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lealofi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lealofi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swanson leaves Lealofi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Lealofi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Swanson is staying active underneath Lealofi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Swanson is defending against the submission attempts here by Lealofi.

Lealofi seems to be working for a kimura but Swanson defends the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lealofi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson is not content to let Lealofi control the position.
Lealofi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swanson wants to improve his position but Lealofi is controlling well.
Swanson is trying to control but can't.
Lealofi has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Holding Cell. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Lealofi trying to control from half guard but Swanson is working away.

Swanson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Lealofi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Lealofi goes for a cartwheel guard pass here but Swanson does a handstand and catches Lealofi in mid air with a triangle! Could it be? It is! It's the triple decker pecker wrecker! The fighters land on the ground with Swanson on top - Lealofi is already out from the submission! Swanson gives Lealofi's pecker the obligatory post submission twist and this one is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall over! Are you kidding me! That is world class Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. That guy is my hero!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (TDPW) . Dandy Swanson!
Dandy Swanson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
In defeat, Sailele Lealofi stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will come back stronger.'.