PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ron Swanson (ranked 4290 p4p, 4695 weight class) and John Robertson (ranked 494 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Swanson
vs
Robertson

180 cm
25
170
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
175
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ron Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Swanson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Robertson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Swanson staying calm.
Robertson struggling a bit here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swanson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swanson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Robertson to see if he's OK.
Robertson is being controlled here.
Swanson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Swanson in side control lands a decent elbow.
You can see the frustration on Robertson's face as Swanson controls the position.
Swanson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Robertson down.
Swanson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Swanson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson controls the position.
Swanson grinds an elbow into Robertson's temple.
Robertson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Robertson's face as Swanson controls the position.
Swanson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Robertson for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Swanson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Swanson cracks Robertson with a big right hand but Robertson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Swanson working the head and body with strikes.
Swanson looks up at the clock and then as Robertson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Swanson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Swanson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Robertson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Swanson presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Swanson.
Swanson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson is trying desperately to improve position.
Robertson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Swanson dominating with strikes here.
Swanson lands a big shot there that rocks Robertson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swanson raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Swanson content just to control the position here.
Robertson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Swanson with a couple of short strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Swanson dominated that 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.

Robertson gets caught napping as Swanson dives in and scores a takedown. Robertson manages to retain guard.
Swanson postures up.
Swanson passes into half guard.
Swanson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Swanson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swanson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Swanson controlling the action here.
Swanson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robertson can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robertson wants to control but Swanson is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson working the head and body with strikes.
Swanson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Swanson drops an elbow to the side of Robertson's head.
Robertson trying to control here.
Swanson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Swanson working Robertson over with strikes.
Swanson is taking a breather. Robertson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Swanson in particular looking to stall.
Robertson trying to control but Swanson postures up.
Swanson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Swanson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Swanson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Swanson stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Swanson there.
Swanson prevents Robertson from improving his position.
Swanson is thwarting Robertson's attempts to control the position.
Swanson trying to control the pace.
Nice strikes from Swanson there.
Swanson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Swanson sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Swanson.
Swanson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Robertson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Swanson is working away from the top position though.
Robertson is looking to improve his position.
Swanson is taking a breather. Robertson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Swanson working Robertson over with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Swanson in particular looking to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Swanson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Swanson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Robertson to the ground. Swanson is now in Robertson's guard.
Swanson is standing up over Robertson. Robertson looks to escape but Swanson dives into side control.

Ron Swanson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swanson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Robertson seems a little lost for a moment, as Swanson dominates the positioning.
Swanson continues to hold on tight.
Swanson scoring with punches and elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robertson wants to control but Swanson postures up.
Swanson happy to just control the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson working the ground and pound from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Swanson working the ground and pound.
Swanson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Robertson to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Robertson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Swanson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson continues to stall.
More hug and hope from Swanson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson is putting a hurting on Robertson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Swanson in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Swanson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
A lull in the action here as Swanson stalls from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Swanson'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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Swanson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Swanson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Swanson!