PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adnan Catic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico swuave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Catic
vs
swuave

186 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adnan Catic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rico swuave!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

swuave clinches with his opponent.
swuave scores a nice knee to the body.
Catic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

swuave manages to break the clinch.
swuave drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Catic throws a right and a left that swuave avoids nicely.
Catic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Rico swuave has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Catic throws a series of punches but swuave avoids them all with ease.
Catic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but swuave moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
swuave throws a right and a left that both miss.
Catic throws a combination that misses
and swuave counters with a thumping low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from swuave.
swuave throws a head kick that Catic semi-blocks.
swuave slips a jab and a cross from Catic.

Excellent takedown into side control there by swuave.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Catic wants to get back to his feet but swuave drags him back down.

swuave stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Catic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
swuave lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Catic backs up against the cage.
swuave throws a head kick that misses.
swuave misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
swuave cracks Catic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
swuave lands with a slapping head kick.
swuave tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Catic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Catic throws a right and a left that both miss.
swuave shoots in but Catic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Catic misses with a jab, cross combination.
swuave fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
swuave shoots in for a takedown but Catic shows good takedown defense.
Adnan Catic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rico swuave.
Catic misses with the combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for swuave.
Catic throws a right and a left that swuave avoids nicely.
swuave shoots in and drives through. Catic sprawls well.
No luck for swuave with that takedown attempt.
swuave throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Catic's waist but Catic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing swuave off to one side.
swuave looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Catic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A cross from Catic lands.
swuave misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Catic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adnan Catic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
swuave closes the distance and clinches up with Catic, looking for a takedown. swuave pushes Catic against the cage but Catic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Catic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but swuave moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
swuave connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Catic swinging wilding here.
swuave shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Catic pinned against the cage. Catic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Catic tries to bum rush swuave with a series of wild strikes but swuave uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Catic misses with a combination
and swuave counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
swuave misses with a double jab.
Catic jabs at swuave's body.
Catic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Catic misses with a jab, cross combination.
swuave on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Catic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before swuave can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
swuave misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Catic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Catic fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Catic.
Catic throws a right and a left that swuave avoids nicely.
Catic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
swuave shoots in and drives through. Catic sprawls well.
Catic throws a nice looking combination but swuave bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Catic fails to land with a series of punches.
Rico swuave seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
swuave fails with a takedown attempt.
swuave fails to land the takedown.
Catic lands a lovely overhand right.
Catic misses with a double jab.
swuave tries for a takedown but Catic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Catic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
swuave slips a jab and a cross from Catic.
Catic tries to bum rush swuave with a series of wild strikes but swuave uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Catic misses with a jab, cross combination.

swuave bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
swuave advances to mount.

swuave looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Catic wants to get back to his feet.

swuave stands up from mount. Strange move.
No joy there for Catic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Catic is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
No joy there for Catic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Catic keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Catic misses with a jab, cross combination.
swuave throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
swuave throws a head kick but Catic moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adnan Catic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rico swuave's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

swuave slips a jab and a cross from Catic.
swuave throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Catic stuffs the takedown attempt from swuave. swuave gets slowly back to his feet.
swuave misses with a wild combination.
Catic avoids the head kick by swuave.
Catic stuffs the takedown attempt from swuave. swuave gets slowly back to his feet.
swuave closes this distance looking for a takedown but Catic circles away.
Adnan Catic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rico swuave.
swuave staying out of range there.
swuave throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Catic.
Adnan Catic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Catic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
swuave walks into a straight right hand from Catic.
Catic drops swuave with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but swuave looks back up at him and smiles so Catic waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Catic connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent swuave tumbling to the canvas! Catic pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! swuave was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Adnan Catic!