PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Blake (ranked 972 p4p, 792 weight class) and Oke Swahn (ranked 126 p4p, 106 weight class). Blake comes to the cage accompanied by Si Cranstoun - Dynamo. This should be fireworks!

Blake
vs
Swahn

184 cm
27
201
12 - 10 - 0

187 cm
32
188
24 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Danny Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Oke Swahn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake tries a low kick but Swahn avoids it.
Swahn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Swahn lands a right hook to the body.
Swahn misses with a low kick as Blake jumps back.
Blake wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Blake clinches.
Blake throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Swahns head.
Blake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
I was talking to Blake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Blake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blake pushes off an throws an elbow but Swahn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blake swings wildly with an uppercut but Swahn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blake pushes off an throws an elbow but Swahn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake misses with an elbow strike.
Swahn lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Swahn.
Swahn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Swahn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Blake misses the target.
Swahn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swahn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blake.
Swahn throws a hook but Blake blocks it.
A quick step to the side and Blake tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swahn throws an off balance right hand
enabling Blake to counter with a crisp jab.
Blake throws a body punch but Swahn moves out of range.
Swahn dodges the punch combination from Blake.
Blake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Danny Blake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Swahn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Swahn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blake checks it well.
Swahn misses with an uppercut. Blake saw that one coming.
Blake tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Swahn manages to circle out of the way.
Blake works Swahn's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheers as Swahn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blake doesn't seem phased though.
Blake looks to score with a jab to the body but Swahn is just out of range.
It seemed like Swahn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blake rushes Swahn and presses him up against the cage.
Swahn managing to block the knees to the body from Blake.
Blake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swahn avoids the elbow strike from Blake, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blake throws an elbow but misses.
Blake tries to land knees in the clinch but Swahn avoids the damage to the body.
Blake lands an elbow just above Swahn 's eye.

It looks like Oke Swahn has been cut.
Swahn avoids the elbow strike from Blake, against the cage.
Blake lands a knee to the head.
Blake blocking some punches.
Swahn misses with a punch on the inside.
Blake softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Swahn dodges an elbow strike from Blake.
Blake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swahn is defending well for now.
Blake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Swahn lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake throws an elbow that misses.
Swahn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blake.
Swahn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Swahn avoids the elbow strike from Blake, against the cage.
Blake utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Swahn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blake misses with a punch to the body.
Swahn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blake is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blake tries a body shot but Swahn blocks it.
Swahn blocks a body shot from Blake.
Blake is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Blake.
Swahn blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swahn misses with a punch to the body.

Swahn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blake looks to score with a jab to the body but Swahn is just out of range.
Swahn only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Swahn lands a really nice looking cross but Blake seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swahn throws a hook to the side of Blake's head but Blake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swahn just misses with a punch to the body.
As Swahn tries to get set, Blake tries to push him back and clinch up but Swahn manages to avoid the attempt.
Swahn works the jab nicely.
Swahn throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Blake throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Swahn to counter with a crisp jab.
Swahn looks for the body kick but Blake saw that one coming.
Swahn loads up on a big right hand but Blake slips the punch.
Blake is looking to wear down Swahn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Swahn throws the left hand but Blake avoids the punch easily.
Swahn looks to throw the jab but Blake is out of range.
Blake is looking to counter the offense by Swahn and move into the clinch.
Swahn throws a leg kick but Blake checks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Blake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oke Swahn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice jab there from Blake.
Blake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oke Swahn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blake moves out of range of the body kick.
Swahn scores with a jab.
Blake wants to clinch
and Swahn finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Swahn.
Blake connects with an inside leg kick.
Blake checks a leg kick.
Blake half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Swahn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake tries to clinch up but Swahn circles away and keeps his distance.
Swahn throws the left hand but Blake avoids the punch easily.
Blake wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swahn feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Swahn misses.
Blake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Swahn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Swahn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blake fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swahn.
Swahn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Blake darts in and clinches Swahn up against the cage.
Swahn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Swahn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blake backwards.
Swahn working aggressively here.
Blake prevents a body shot from Swahn.
Swahn gets through Blake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Blake lands with a right to the head.
Blake misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blake lands with a short shot to the head.
Blake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swahn is defending well for now.
Swahn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swahn blocks an elbow strike.
Swahn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Swahn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blake.
Swahn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Swahn blocks an elbow strike from Blake.
Danny Blake has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Swahn blocks an elbow strike from Blake.
Blake lands a nice elbow.
Swahn managing to block the knees to the body from Blake.
A right hook to the body lands for Swahn.
Blake working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blake lands a left hand.
Blake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swahn lands with a right to the head.
Blake blocks a body shot from Swahn.
Blake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blake.
Blake tries to work over Swahn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Swahn lands a shot to the body.
Swahn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Swahn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Swahn managing to block the knees to the body from Blake.
Blake using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swahn is defending well for now.
Swahn dodges an elbow strike from Blake.
Swahn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swahn blocks the elbow strike.
Swahn gets through Blake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Swahn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blake backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blake lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake digs a right hand into Swahn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Swahn's gas tank.
A short left from Blake.
Swahn avoiding damage as Blake throws knees to the body.
Swahn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Swahn working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blake.
Swahn is trying to break the clinch but Blake is controlling him.
Blake tries to land knees in the clinch but Swahn avoids the damage to the body.
Swahn tries a body shot but Blake blocks it.
Swahn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blake using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blake missing with knees to the body.
Swahn takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Danny Blake will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Oke Swahn'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. This is the final round!

Blake's corner calls for a 1-2. Blake obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Blake throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body kick from Blake.
Jab, jab by Swahn - just one landing.
Swahn walks into a stiff left hand from Blake.
Swahn looks to land a left hand but Blake moved out of range nicely.
Swahn blocks the body kick.
Blake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Swahn.
Blake throws a right hand that misses
and Swahn counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake lands with a straight right. Swahn didn't see that one coming.
Swahn with a jab.
Blake throws a hook to the side of Swahn's head but Swahn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blake walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blake scores with a spinning back kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swahn ducks under a wild hook from Blake.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Blake misses with a head kick.
Blake moves out of range of the body kick.
Blake looks to land a right hand but Swahn moved out of range.
Swahn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Swahn slips a straight right by Blake.
Swahn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blake is looking to counter the offense by Swahn and move into the clinch.
Blake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blake steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Swahn.
Oke Swahn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Swahn misses the target.
Blake shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swahn connects with a body shot that sends Blake's belly button to the back.
Blake swings for the body but Swahn moves out of range.
Blake takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Swahn ducks under a wild hook from Blake.
Swahn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blake throws out the jab.
Swahn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blake counters with a nice body shot.
Swahn avoids the head kick by Blake.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blake comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Swahn goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Danny Blake has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake punishes Swahn's body with a nice straight punch.
Blake cracks a nice hook into Swahn's ribs.
Blake explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Swahn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Swahn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blake.
A big right from Blake misses.
No joy there for Blake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swahn was well out of range. Poor timing from Blake.
Blake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Swahn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Blake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Swahn doesn't seem bothered though.
Swahn misses the shot to the body.
Blake moves out of range as Swahn strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blake lands a right hook to the body.
Swahn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A good leg kick by Blake.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blake. That's going to slow Swahn down.
Blake throws the left hand but Swahn avoids the punch easily.
Blake tries to clinch but Swahn moves out of range.
That kick from Blake tenderised Swahn's leg. Swahn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swahn throws a shot from downtown. Blake moves away and avoids it.
Swahn tries to land a leg kick but Blake saw it coming and moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Swahn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Swahn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blake.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Blake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blake, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Blake!
Danny Blake made sure to mention his sponsor, Stoner's Killer Apparel in his post fight interview.