PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Badridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randolph Swartz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Badridge
vs
Swartz

191 cm
30
194 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barry Badridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randolph Swartz!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badridge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swartz manages to avoid it.
Badridge tries to clinch up.
Badridge misses with the combination.
Swartz punishes Badridge's body with a nice straight punch.
Swartz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body punch from Swartz.
Swartz throws a series of punches but Badridge moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Badridge.
Badridge lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Badridge paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Badridge pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Swartz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badridge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Badridge punishes Swartz's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swartz throws a right hand that misses
and Swartz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Swartz jabs at Badridge's body.
Badridge showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swartz.
Swartz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Badridge.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swartz cracks Badridge with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Badridge scores with a body shot.
Swartz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Badridge.
Badridge throws an off balance right hand
letting Swartz counter with a right hand.
Badridge throws a lazy right hand but Swartz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Badridge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Swartz.
Badridge throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Swartz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Badridge, as that shot connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Swartz misses the target.
Swartz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Badridge throws out the jab.
Badridge misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Swartz misses with an uppercut.
Swartz scores with a nice right hand.
Swartz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Badridge avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badridge on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Swartz walks into a straight right hand from Badridge.
Swartz moves out of range as Badridge strikes.
Badridge connects with a nice looking jab.
Swartz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badridge misses with a wild combination.
Swartz fails to land with a series of punches.
Badridge is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Swartz misses with a two punch combination.
Badridge throws a right and a left that Swartz avoids nicely.
Swartz moves out of range as Badridge strikes.
Swartz tests Badridge's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Swartz misses with a two punch combination.
Badridge misses the shot to the body.
Swartz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Swartz misses.
Swartz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice cross by Badridge.
Swartz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badridge.
Badridge's jab looks to have found its range, popping Swartz under the eye.
Swartz staying out of range there.
Badridge looks to score with a jab to the body but Swartz is just out of range.
Badridge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Swartz circles away quickly and effectively.
Badridge tries to clinch there but Swartz circles away.
Swartz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A right-left combo lands from Swartz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Badridge uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swartz.
Badridge catches Swartz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Swartz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Badridge moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Swartz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Badridge thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swartz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Badridge to the mat! Badridge manages to get full guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Badridge looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Badridge escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Swartz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Swartz trying to control the position from guard on top but Badridge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Badridge is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Swartz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swartz wants to control from the top but Badridge keeps moving.

Badridge had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Swartz defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Badridge dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Swartz ducks under a wild hook from Badridge.
Swartz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Swartz.
Swartz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Badridge. Badridge circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Badridge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Swartz.
A swing and a miss from Badridge.
Swartz lands a body shot.
Swartz moves away from the strike by Badridge.
Swartz connects with a jab.
Badridge throws a hook to the side of Swartz's head but Swartz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swartz misses with a straight left.
Swartz misses with a hook. Badridge ducked under it nicely.
Swartz staying out of range there.
Swartz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Badridge moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swartz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badridge cracks Swartz with a good jab.
Swartz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barry Badridge is winning the standup battle so far.
Badridge has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Badridge misses with a body shot
and Swartz counters with a one-two to the body.
Swartz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Badridge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Swartz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Badridge.
Swartz tries to move into range but Badridge moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Badridge misses.
Swartz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Badridge.
Badridge throws a series of punches but Swartz avoids them all with ease.
Badridge throws a body punch but Swartz moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Swartz.
A combination from Badridge does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swartz throws out a loose jab but Badridge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Swartz.
Badridge avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badridge dips to his left and cracks Swartz with an uppercut!
Barry Badridge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Badridge darts in and clinches Swartz up against the cage.
Badridge lands a shoulder strike.
Badridge goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Swartz has a couple of punches blocked by Badridge.
Swartz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Badridge works on Swartz's body with a couple of short punches.
Swartz working aggressively here.
Badridge wants to stall.
Badridge lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badridge misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Swartz fails to land.
Badridge lands with a short shot to the head.
Swartz blocks a body shot from Badridge.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Badridge as Swartz tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Swartz fails to land.
Badridge swings wildly with an uppercut but Swartz uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Swartz fails to land.
Badridge misses with a short punch on the inside.
Badridge creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swartz's defenses.
Swartz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swartz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Swartz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Badridge is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Badridge with a hook.
Swartz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swartz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Badridge has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Badridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Swartz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badridge tries to clinch but Swartz moves out of range.
Badridge misses with a few strikes there.
Badridge moves in looking to clinch but Swartz pushes him off.
Swartz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badridge uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swartz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swartz lands a nice hook to Badridge's body. Badridge takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Badridge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swartz manages to avoid it.
Swartz lands a jab to Badridge's midsection.
Swartz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Swartz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Barry Badridge will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Swartz ducks under a wild hook from Badridge.
Badridge throws a big shot that misses.
Swartz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Swartz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Badridge under the eye.
Badridge is looking to clinch but Swartz is avoiding it.
Swartz stalks Badridge and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Badridge's face. Badridge staggers backwards, shaken.
Swartz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Badridge doesn't manage to clinch there - Swartz circles away.
Badridge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Badridge misses with a straight left.
Badridge misses with a series of wild punches.

Swartz gets tackled into the cage by Badridge. Badridge maintains the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Badridge gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Swartz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badridge lands with a left to the head.
Badridge misses with a punch on the inside.
Badridge lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Swartz.
Swartz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swartz swings wildly with an uppercut but Badridge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swartz is trying to stall.
Badridge tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Badridge gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Swartz.
Swartz wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swartz throws a head punch that misses.
Swartz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Badridge gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Barry Badridge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randolph Swartz.
Badridge throws a punch but it's blocked by Swartz.
Swartz dodges an elbow strike from Badridge.
Swartz takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Badridge.
Swartz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Badridge has him pressed against the cage.
Badridge lands with a light punch inside.
Badridge scores with a shot to the side of Swartz's head.
Badridge lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Swartz is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Swartz fails to land.
Badridge scores with a shot to the side of Swartz's head.
Swartz is still on wobbly legs! Can Badridge finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swartz blocking some punches.
Badridge prevents the takedown attempt.
Badridge tries to throw a body punch but Swartz avoids it by throwing Badridge back against the cage.
Swartz seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badridge makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barry Badridge has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Badridge lands a shoulder strike.
Swartz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Badridge is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Badridge.
Badridge lands with a left to the head.
Swartz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Badridges head.
Badridge throws a head punch that misses.
Swartz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Swartz working aggressively here.
Swartz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Swartz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Badridge tries to bum rush Swartz with a series of wild strikes but Swartz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Badridge misses its intended target.
Nice shot by Badridge.
Badridge has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Badridge there as he acknowledges the shot.
Swartz circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badridge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swartz slips a jab and a cross from Badridge.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badridge slips a jab and a cross from Swartz.
Badridge misses with a double jab.
Badridge wants to clinch up but Swartz keeps it at a distance.
Swartz misses with a looping right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Swartz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Swartz misses with a looping left.
Badridge misses with a looping right.
Badridge pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Badridge swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swartz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Badridge misses the shot to the body.
Randolph Swartz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barry Badridge is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Swartz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Badridge circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barry Badridge showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Badridge 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Badridge!
Barry Badridge decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.