PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Swick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guy Person (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swick's entrance music is ding dong song. A fine choice. Guy Person has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Swick
vs
Person

200 cm
20
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Swick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Guy Person!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swick misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Swick tries to close the distance and clinch but Person swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swick shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Swick feints and as Person raises his hands in defense, Swick changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Swick slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Swick working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Swick misses with the ground and pound.
Swick throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Person is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Swick is controlling him well.
Swick creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Swick lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Person down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swick throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Swick misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Person is looking to get back to his feet here but Swick is keeping cool and he's managed to take Person's back.

Swick is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Person defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Swick lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Person is trying to stand back up.
Person looks gassed!
Swick misses with punches from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Will Swick go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Person takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Swick gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Swick is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Swick lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Person controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Swick gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swick lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Swick punishes Person with strikes from the back mount.
Swick lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Swick scores with punches from the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swick lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Person.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Person is trapped and Swick is scoring with shots to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Swick dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Swick looks to land a combination. Person sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Guy Person has been cut.
Person throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Swick is looking to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Swick. No joy for Person on that attempt.
Swick doesn't manage to clinch there - Person circles away.
Person avoids a punch combination nicely.
Person circles away from the clinch attempt.
Person pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swick blocks a head kick by Person.
Swick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Swick misses.
Person is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Swick.
Swick fails with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Person.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Person walks into a left hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Person.
Person swats away the attempt to clinch by Swick.
Swick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Person circles away from the clinch attempt.
Person lands a high kick!
Swick avoids the body shot from Person.
Swick tries to clinch there but Person circles away.
Swick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Swick blocks a head kick by Person.
Swick scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Person.
Person throws a head kick that misses.
Swick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Person with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Swick lands a jab-cross combination.
Person tries to move into range but Swick moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters circling - Person throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Guy Person seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Person. That's going to slow Swick down.
Person lands a nice looking kick to the body. Swick takes a step back to recover.
Person connects with a high kick.
Jack Swick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Person avoids the head kick by Swick.
Person cracks Swick with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Swick throws a right hand that Person ducks under and follows up with a left that Person also avoids with ease.
Person scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Person throws a wild body kick that Swick sees coming a mile off.

Swick decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Swick wants to control but Person is keeping him busy.
Swick is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Swick trying to mount his opponent but Person defends it.
Swick trying to control the action but Person is working from the bottom.
Person really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Swick. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Person is looking to escape.
Swick is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Swick wants to control but Person is keeping him busy.
Swick stops Person from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Person turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Swick lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Swick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Guy Person's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Person lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Swick.
Swick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Person can do to turn this around?
Swick misses with a takedown attempt - Person sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Person goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A good leg kick by Person.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack Swick is winning the standup battle so far.
Person takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Swick blocks the body kick.
Swick doesn't manage to clinch there - Person circles away.
Swick is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Person leaves Swick with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Person displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Swick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Swick. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Person tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Swick misses with a head kick.
Swick takes a kick to the side of the head.
Person scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Swick stalks Person and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Person's face. Person staggers backwards, shaken.
Swick tries to clinch but Person is having none of it.
Swick throws a series of punches but Person avoids them all with ease.
Person throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swick's head.
Person throws a head kick that half lands.
Swick shoots for a takedown but Person saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Person shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Swick defends it nicely.
A head kick from Person lands but Swick takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Person scoring well with a low kick there.
Swick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Person sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Swick somewhat.
Person throws a head kick but Swick moves out of range.
Swick shoots in but no luck this time.
Swick on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Person. Person obviously looking to wear him down.
Swick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Person throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Person.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Swick gets the takedown into side control.
Person gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Swick with the ground and pound from mount.
Swick looking to finish Person with some ground and pound. This is bad for Person!
Guy Person has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Swick fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swick will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Swick landing strikes from the mount.
Swick dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Person trying desperately to get to his feet.
Person is in a horrible position here. Swick smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jack Swick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Person is working to get back to half guard.
Jack Swick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Swick trying to control but Person is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Swick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Swick 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Swick!