PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antero Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Swanson
vs
Vasara

189 cm
27
164 lbs
7 - 9 - 1

178 cm
26
171 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Swanson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antero Vasara!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vasara.
Swanson throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Vasara to counter with a crisp jab.
Swanson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vasara ducks under a wild hook from Swanson .
Swanson throws a nice looking combination but Vasara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've been informed that Vasara 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.
Vasara misses with a hook.
Swanson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Swanson staying out of range there.
Good standup being displayed there by Vasara as he connects with a hook.
Swanson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Swanson tries to bum rush Vasara with a series of wild strikes but Vasara uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Raphael Swanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasara lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson misses with a double jab
and Vasara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A left and a right from Swanson both land. Nice combination.
Swanson misses with a series of wild punches.
Vasara lands with a shot to the body.
Vasara lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vasara darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vasara throws out a loose jab but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swanson walks into a stiff left hand from Vasara.
Vasara lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Swanson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vasara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vasara lands a jab to Swanson 's midsection.
Swanson lands a hook that stumbles Vasara back into the cage. Swanson follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Vasara to the canvas! Swanson pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Vasara has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Raphael Swanson !
A relieved looking Raphael Swanson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.