PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Swan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maynard
vs
Swan

188 cm
22
197 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
196 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Maynard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Swan!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Maynard throws a hook but Swan blocks it.
Swan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Maynard lands a glancing blow to the side of Swan's head.
A combination from Swan does no damage.
Swan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Damian Swan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Swan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maynard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Swan throws a body punch but Maynard moves out of range.
Swan throws a nice looking combination but Maynard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swan tries to clinch but Maynard moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maynard.
Maynard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maynard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Swan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Swan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Maynard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Swan's knee momentarily.

Swan tries to keep at a distance but Maynard has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Maynard to work.
Swan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Maynard is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Swan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Maynard closes the distance and clinches.

Maynard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Swan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maynard counters with a nice leg kick.
Swan throws a head kick but Maynard moves out of range.
Swan misses the shot to the body.
Swan scores with a nice strike.
A jab from Swan misses.
Maynard lands a leg kick that knocks Swan off balance momentarily.
Swan looks to land a right hand but Maynard moved out of range.
Maynard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard slips a straight right by Swan.
Maynard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maynard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Swan looks gassed!
Swan throws a shot from downtown. Maynard moves away and avoids it.
Maynard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
No joy there for Maynard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Swan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maynard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maynard lunges at Swan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Swan's hand.
Maynard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Swan finds it's way round the side to connect with Maynard's head.
A nice combination there by Swan.
Swan misses with a combination
and Maynard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Maynard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Swan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Swan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard scores with a leg kick.
Swan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maynard. Maynard obviously looking to wear him down.

Maynard forces Swan back against the cage and clinches.
Maynard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Maynard is pressed up against the cage. Swan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Maynard down to the mat. Maynard avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by Maynard there.
Maynard cracks Swan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Swan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Maynard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maynard throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swan's head.

It looks like Damian Swan has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maynard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swan clobbers Maynard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Maynard misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
An inside leg kick from Maynard misses.
Swan looks to land a combination. Maynard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Swan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maynard counters with an outside leg kick.
Swan throws a sloppy head kick
and Maynard counters with a left to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Maynard.
Maynard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maynard.
Swan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swan tries to clinch up
and Maynard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Maynard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damian Swan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Maynard has managed to clinch.
Maynard is working Swan over against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Maynard.
Swan tries to break the clinch but Maynard is controlling the position.
Swan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maynard is leaning against Swan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Swan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Swan tries for a takedown but Maynard manages to get underhooks.
Swan letting Maynard take a breather here.

Swan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maynard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Swan is breathing heavily.
Maynard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maynard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Swan.
Swan misses with a hook to the body
and Maynard counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maynard counters with a left and a right that stings Swan.
A decent looking cross lands there for Maynard.
Maynard lands a brutal head kick. Swan looks out on his feet and Maynard throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Alexander Maynard!
Alexander Maynard retains his middleweight title!