PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Swinzey Mckinney (ranked 3564 p4p, 3833 weight class) and Zaid Sims (ranked 239 p4p, 245 weight class). Swinzey Mckinney could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zaid Sims's chin.

Mckinney
vs
Sims

177 cm
19
141
4 - 4 - 0

165 cm
18
135
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Swinzey Mckinney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zaid Sims!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mckinney connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sims momentarily.
Mckinney's corner calls for a 1-2. Mckinney obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mckinney has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sims shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mckinney pinned against the cage. Mckinney gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sims takes one on the button.
Mckinney digs a good hook to Sims's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mckinney looks to score with a jab to the body but Sims is just out of range.
Mckinney missing with a left hand there. Sims was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sims tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Mckinney has Sims up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mckinney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sims has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mckinney avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mckinney cracks Sims with a nice body shot.
Mckinney lands a left hand.
Mckinney is working Sims over against the cage.
Mckinney tries to work over Sims's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mckinney misses with a body punch.
Sims tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mckinney just stands there and leans against the cage.
Swinzey Mckinney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zaid Sims.
Mckinney scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mckinney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Simss head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mckinney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sims's elbow.
Mckinney misses with the head strike.
Sims blocking some punches.
Sims is looking for a takedown.
A short uppercut from Mckinney.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mckinney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Simss head.
Mckinney tries to throw a body punch but Sims avoids it by throwing Mckinney back against the cage.
Mckinney tries to throw a body punch but Sims avoids it by throwing Mckinney back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Mckinney.
A head punch on the inside from Mckinney fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sims tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sims's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sims's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Mckinney throws a head punch that misses.
Mckinney displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sims up against the cage.
Mckinney struggles to land a body shot inside as Sims controls his hands.
Mckinney throws a head punch that misses.
Mckinney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mckinney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sims's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney has Sims pressed against the cage, preventing Sims from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mckinney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mckinney misses with some punches.
Mckinney scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mckinney lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Mckinney on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Mckinney.

Sims is rocked!
Mckinney digs a right hand into Sims's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sims's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mckinney lands a right hand.
Mckinney is pressed up against the cage. Sims has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mckinney down to the mat. Mckinney avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mckinney misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Swinzey Mckinney dominated that round.
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.

A right-left combo lands from Mckinney.
Sims is still on wobbly legs! Can Mckinney finish him?
Are you kidding me?! Mckinney ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Sims clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Swinzey Mckinney!