PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donald Swift (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Swift
vs
Durden

199 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Swift!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Swift feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Swift knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Durden on the ground.
Durden lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Swift has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Durden is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Swift advances position into side control!
Durden sneaks back into half guard.
Swift wants to lay and pray for a moment but Durden keeps working.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Durden slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Durden is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Durden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Durden thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Swift stops Durden from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden trying to strike off his back.

Swift gets to his feet - Durden follows without any prompting.
Swift fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Swift really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Swift moves into the clinch.
Swift avoiding damage as Durden throws knees to the body.
Durden tries to land a knee to the head but Swift blocks with his arms.
Durden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swift blocks it with crossed arms.
Swift tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Swift pulls guard successfully.
Durden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Durden postures up in Swift's guard and throws a big left but Swift blocks it.
Durden wants to get up but he can't break Swift's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Durden looks gassed!
Swift tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Durden trying to stand up but can't free himself from Swift's guard.
Durden trying to control the position from guard on top but Swift is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden looking to pass the guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Swift.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Swift. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Durden gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Swift counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Durden!
Durden is trying desperately to improve position.
Swift looking to control and managing it successfully.
Swift sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Swift sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swift sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Durden is working to get back to half guard.
Swift controlling from the full mount.
Durden gets back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Durden is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Swift's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Swift's back!
Even with his hooks in, Durden manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Durden gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Durden has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Swift! Can he survive? No! He's out! Durden gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tyler Durden!