PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sydney Bussel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ky Swan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bussel
vs
Swan

175 cm
18
135 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sydney Bussel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, ky Swan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swan tries to score with a low kick but Bussel moves his leg out of the way.
Swan tries a head kick but it misses.
Swan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Swan moves in looking to clinch but Bussel pushes him off.
Bussel misses with a wild combination.
Swan throws a head kick that misses.
Bussel loads up on a big right hand but Swan slips the punch.
Swan misses with a head kick.
Bussel swats away the attempt to clinch by Swan.
Swan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Swan moves into the clinch.
Bussel is trying to break the clinch but Swan is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bussel looking to slow down the pace here.
Bussel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Swan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Swan tries to break free but Bussel pushes him back against the ropes.
Bussel with a knee to the head.
Bussel being controlled against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Swan is keeping busy.
Bussel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swan.
Swan tries a knee to the head but Bussel blocks it.
Bussel tries to circle away but Swan has him pinned against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swan dodges an elbow strike from Bussel.
Bussel really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Swan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bussel blocks it with crossed arms.
Bussel looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bussel.
The referee calls for Bussel to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Swan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bussel misses with a head kick.
Bussel moves to clinch but Swan breaks away

and Swan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Swan.
Swan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bussel prevents Swan from breaking the clinch.
Swan slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but ky Swan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Swan tries to close the distance and clinch but Bussel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sydney Bussel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bussel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swan throws a chopping leg kick but Bussel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Swan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Swan tries to clinch but Bussel moves out of range.
Swan avoids a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Bussel.
Swan doesn't manage to clinch there - Bussel circles away.
Swan fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swan throws a sloppy head kick and Bussel moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bussel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Swan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ky Swan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swan tries to clinch there but Bussel circles away.
Bussel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swan is looking to clinch.
Swan throws a series of strikes that have Bussel backpedaling.
Bussel swats away the attempt to clinch by Swan.

Swan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bussel, pushing him back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Bussel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bussel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bussel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Bussel breaks from the clinch.
Bussel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Swan delivers a nice body kick.
Swan tries to close the distance and clinch but Bussel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bussel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swan tries to clinch up.
Bussel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Swan moves away.
Bussel blocks a head kick by Swan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Swan.
Swan moves in looking to clinch but Bussel pushes him off.
Swan throws a sloppy head kick and Bussel moves out of range easily.
Swan is looking to clinch.
Bussel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Swan circles away quickly and effectively.
Swan is looking to chop away at Bussel's legs.
Bussel tries to close the distance and clinch but Swan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swan wants to clinch but Bussel slips to the side
and Bussel counters with a nice body kick.
Swan tries to close the distance and clinch but Bussel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bussel takes a swing at Swan's ribcage but misses.
Bussel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Swan tries to close the distance and clinch but Bussel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swan wants to clinch
and Bussel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Swan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Bussel. Those never looked like landing.
Swan tries to clinch there but Bussel circles away.
Swan is looking to land body kicks.
Bussel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Swan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swan closes the distance looking to clinch

and Bussel moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ky Swan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bussel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bussel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Bussel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bussel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swan blocks it with crossed arms.
Bussel blocks an elbow strike.
Bussel taking a breather.

Bussel manages to break the clinch.
ky Swan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Bussel closes the distance and pushes Swan back into the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bussel.
Bussel looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Swan throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Swan throws an elbow but misses.
Bussel controlling the action here for a moment.
Swan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bussel taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sydney Bussel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bussel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Swan is keeping busy.
Swan working hard to break the clinch.
Bussel missing with knees to the body.
Bussel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bussel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Swan's face.

It looks like ky Swan has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bussel looking to stall.
Bussel tries to land knees in the clinch but Swan avoids the damage to the body.
Swan prevents Bussel from breaking the clinch.
Bussel trying to land knees to the body.

Swan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Swan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bussel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Swan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bussel throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swan wants to clinch.
Swan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Swan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bussel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swan tries to clinch up but Bussel circles away and keeps his distance.
Swan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swan tries to clinch up

and Bussel holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sydney Bussel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bussel misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sydney Bussel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Swan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... ky Swan!