PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Swayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Zych (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Swayne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Swayne
vs
Zych

157 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Swayne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Zych!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swayne fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Swayne really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Zych shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Swayne closes the distance and clinches.
Zych is trying to break the clinch but Swayne is controlling him.
Swayne is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Swayne turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Swayne manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swayne working the body and head with strikes.
Swayne could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Swayne stands up.

Swayne moves into the clinch successfully.

Zych ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Zych no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Swayne decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Zych, up you get!
Zych fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Steve Swayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Zych.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zych shoots for a double leg takedown but Swayne sprawls well. He's pushed Zych's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Swayne has taken the fight to the clinch.
Swayne lands a nice elbow.
Swayne landing knees to the body.
Swayne tries a knee to the head but Zych blocks it.
Zych is trying to maintain a safe position but Swayne gets an underhook and turns Zych into the cage.
Swayne is pressed up against the cage. Zych has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Swayne down to the mat. Swayne avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Zych looks winded!
Swayne wants to clinch up but Zych keeps it at a distance.

Swayne throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Zych tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Swayne is in Zych's guard.

Zych is working an open guard so Swayne takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Zych gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swayne lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Swayne takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zych wants to get back to striking at distance but Swayne won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Swayne.
Swayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Swayne pulls guard effortlessly.

Swayne manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Zych swats away the attempt to clinch by Swayne.
Zych closes this distance looking for a takedown but Swayne circles away.

Swayne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zych is pressed up against the cage. Swayne has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zych down to the mat. Zych avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Swayne clinches up with Zych and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swayne scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Daniel Zych has been cut.
Zych misses with a hook to the ribs.
Swayne tries to score a body lock takedown but Zych shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Swayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Swayne scores with a knee to the head.
Swayne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zych's defenses.
Swayne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Swayne lands a nice elbow.
Swayne scores with a knee to the head.
Swayne pressing his opponent against the cage.
Swayne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zych in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Swayne.
Swayne lands an elbow just above Zych 's eye.
Swayne tries to land a knee to the head but Zych blocks with his arms.
Swayne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zych in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Swayne tries a knee to the head but Zych blocks it.
Swayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zych blocks it with crossed arms.
Zych is trying to drag Swayne to the mat but Swayne just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swayne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Swayne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swayne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zych lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Swayne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zych lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Swayne slows down the pace here.
Swayne lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Swayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Zych's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zych avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zych misses with a wild combination.
Zych misses with a takedown
and Swayne finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Swayne is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zych sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Zych has Swayne up against the cage in a clinch.
Swayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zych is working for takedown but Swayne is calmly controlling the position for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Swayne.
Swayne misses with a knee strike.
Zych is breathing heavily.
Swayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Swayne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Swayne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Swayne obliges.
Swayne stalling the fight.
Swayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zych blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Swayne.
Swayne scores with a knee to the head.

Zych is rocked!

Swayne has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Zych regains guard immediately.
Zych keeping moving, preventing Swayne from controlling successfully.
Swayne not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Swayne advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swayne controlling the pace.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Swayne postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Zych to stand up.
Daniel Zych is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Swayne tries to clinch there but Zych circles away.
Zych leaves Swayne with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Swayne drives through and clinches with Zych against the cage.
Swayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Swayne lands a nice elbow.
Swayne connects with a knee to the head.
Swayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Swayne lands an elbow inside that Zych shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swayne wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Swayne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Swayne.
Swayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zych's face.

Zych is fighting off a takedown attempt but Swayne is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Zych to the mat. Zych regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Swayne decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Swayne rushes Zych and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Swayne crunches a lovely knee into Zych's ribcage.
Swayne crunches a lovely knee into Zych's ribcage.
Swayne misses with a knee strike.
Swayne lands an elbow inside that Zych shrugs off.
Swayne misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Swayne lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swayne uses his free foot to push down on Zych's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Zych.
Swayne looking to control and managing it successfully.
Swayne scoring with strikes but Zych is staying in there.
Zych taking shots to the head.
Swayne wants to control the pace but Zych is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swayne takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Swayne prevents Zych from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Swayne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Zych'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.

Swayne drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zych being controlled here, momentarily.

Swayne stands up and waves to Zych to follow him.
Nice sprawl there from Swayne as Zych shoots in.
Swayne is looking to clinch but Zych is avoiding it.
Zych misses with a wild body shot.
Zych shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Swayne as he jumps to the side.
Zych takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Swayne shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zych pinned against the cage. Zych gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Swayne shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Swayne showed some decent athleticism there.
Zych has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Swayne is working away from the top position though.
Swayne lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Swayne stands up from half guard.

Swayne darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Swayne is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Swayne scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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!
Swayne trying to mount his opponent but Zych defends it.
Swayne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zych can do to turn this around?
Zych keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zych really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Swayne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zych is looking to escape.
Swayne is trying to control the action in half guard but Zych is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Swayne drops an elbow to the side of Zych's head.
Steve Swayne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Swayne stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Swayne closes the distance and pushes Zych back into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Swayne.
Swayne lands a good knee to the midsection. Zych won't want to take too many of those.
Swayne goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zych prevents it.

Swayne has clasped his hands together around Zych's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Swayne stands up.

Swayne rushes Zych and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swayne gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Swayne postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Zych to stand up.
Zych throws a right and a left that both miss.

Swayne moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Swayne.
Swayne lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Swayne.
Swayne working Zych over with knees to the body.
Swayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swayne is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zych gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Swayne. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Swayne has Zych pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Swayne pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Zych tumbling to the mat - Swayne dives into Zych's guard.
Zych keeping moving, preventing Swayne from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Swayne clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Zych'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.

Swayne fails in his attempt to clinch.

Swayne closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Zych quickly recovers to half guard.
Zych makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Zych.
Swayne scoring with punches to the head and body.
Swayne stopping the sweep attempt from Zych.
Swayne is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Swayne trying to control but Zych is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Zych can do anything to dispel that myth.
Swayne working some strikes from top position.
Zych is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zych trying to control the position.
Swayne passes into half guard.

Swayne stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Swayne rushes Zych and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Swayne.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Swayne works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Swayne trying to control but Zych is working from the bottom.
Swayne tries to free his leg and advance position but Zych is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Swayne gets to his feet. Zych looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
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!
Zych looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Swayne is fending him off so far but Zych persists. Nope, Swayne circles away and we're back to standing.
Swayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Zych circles away.
Swayne wants to clinch up but Zych keeps it at a distance.

Swayne drives through and clinches with Zych against the cage.
Swayne lands an elbow that stopped Zych in his tracks for a moment.
Zych gets underhooks to prevent Swayne's takedown attempt.

Swayne has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Zych uses from the top position.

Swayne pushes Zych off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Swayne moves into range and clinches up with Zych.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Swayne breaks the clinch.
Zych avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daniel Zych seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zych gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Swayne counters with a leg kick.

Swayne fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Zych to the ground. Swayne is now in Zych's guard.

Swayne gets to his feet. Zych looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Swayne dives in and scores a takedown into Zych's guard.
Swayne passes Zych's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Swayne decides to stand and escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Swayne drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zych is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Swayne is controlling him.
Swayne passes Zych's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Swayne is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Swayne is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Zych!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swayne raining down shots from the mount!
Swayne controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Swayne had his way with Daniel Zych in that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Zych's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Zych chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Swayne can pounce on him.
Zych fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zych gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Swayne landing knees to the body.
Swayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Steve Swayne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zych is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Swayne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Swayne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Swayne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zych is fending him off so far but Swayne persists. Nope, Zych circles away and we're back to standing.
Zych gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Swayne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steve Swayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Zych.
Swayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zych swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice sprawl there from Swayne as Zych shoots in.
Swayne misses with a takedown attempt - Zych sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Swayne throws a nice outside leg kick.

Swayne closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Swayne lands in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swayne advances to half guard.
Zych taking some punishment here, with Swayne in his half guard.
Swayne trying to control from half guard but Zych is working away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swayne works his way into side control.
Swayne advances to full mount.
Swayne connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zych wants to try and get back to his feet.
Swayne lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Swayne scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zych?
Swayne unloading with bombs!
Swayne working the ground and pound effectively.
Zych is still in real trouble! Can Swayne finish him?
Swayne fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swayne loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Zych scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Swayne land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Swayne stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Swayne!
Steve Swayne is the new lightweight champion!