PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mase Force (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dandy Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swanson has chosen Kill For Satan as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dandy Swanson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Force
vs
Swanson

180 cm
32
275 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

193 cm
31
250 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Invictus

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 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mase Force!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dandy Swanson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Swanson just misses with a punch to the body.

Force gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Force lands a nice uppercut.
Swanson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Force smiles and moves away.
Swanson defending well as Force loads up on a big left hand.
Swanson ducks under a wild hook from Force.
Force fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Force scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Dandy Swanson has been cut.
Swanson misses with a kick to the body.
Swanson tries to move into range but Force moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Force has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Forcefield Ludas in the buildup to the fight.
Swanson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Force catches Swanson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swanson throws a front kick aimed at Force's knee but Force avoids it well.
Force connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Force moves away.
Swanson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Force is out of range.
Force misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Swanson.
Force blocks a head kick by Swanson.

Force gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Swanson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Force might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Swanson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Force is keeping the position for now.
Force looking to hit a scissor sweep but Swanson is one step ahead there.
Swanson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson preventing the sweep.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Force is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Force knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Swanson on the ground.
Swanson wants to pass the guard but Force is keeping the position.

Swanson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Force utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Swanson wants to control from the top but Force keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Swanson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Force lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Swanson circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Force thows a left - swing and a miss!
Swanson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mase Force has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dandy Swanson.
A combination from Force does no damage.
Force avoids the head kick by Swanson.
Force tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Swanson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Force uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swanson.
Swanson closes the distance and clinches up with Force, looking for a takedown. Swanson pushes Force against the cage but Force circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Force swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Force throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Swanson misses with a looping right.
Swanson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Force connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Force leaves Swanson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Force on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Swanson. Swanson obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swanson gets a takedown into half guard.
Force has his hands clasped together around Swanson's back. He's all about the action.
Swanson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Force is looking for a sweep. Swanson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Force defending well though.
Swanson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Force on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Force tries to get out of the position.
Swanson throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Force to regain full guard.
Force keeping moving, preventing Swanson from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mase Force will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dandy Swanson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Swanson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Force tries to avoid it but Swanson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Force to the ground. Force escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Force connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Swanson misses with a head kick.
Force blocks a head kick by Swanson.

Force sends Swanson crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Force is motioning to the referee to let Swanson up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Swanson is rocked!

That has opened up Dandy Swanson's cut even more.
Swanson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Swanson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Force defends well and Swanson ends up having to push Force into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Force cracks Swanson on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Swanson falls backwards against the cage. Force follows up with more strikes that drop Swanson to his knees. Force keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Swanson! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mase Force!
After winning the bout, Mase Force thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Dandy Swanson stepped up to the mic, saying 'ERRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'.