PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keys OMalley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Varcelos Swag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swag is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

OMalley
vs
Swag

180 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
167 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Keys OMalley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Varcelos Swag!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swag misses with a hook

and OMalley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Swag lands a nice elbow.
OMalley misses with a body punch.
OMalley is looking to break free of the clinch but Swag has double underhooks.
OMalley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Swag blocks a body shot from OMalley.
A shot in the inside from Swag.
A body shot lands from Swag.
A short body shot lands from Swag as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by OMalley.
OMalley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Swag - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Swag pushes OMalley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Swag tries to throw a body punch but OMalley avoids it by throwing Swag back against the cage.
Swag struggles to land a body shot inside as OMalley controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from OMalley as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from OMalley fails to land.
Nice body punch from OMalley - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OMalley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Swag backwards.
OMalley prevents a body shot from Swag.

OMalley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Swag lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Swag throws a hook but OMalley avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Swag.
OMalley shoots in but Swag avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Swag cracks OMalley with an open hand slap.
OMalley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Swag fakes high and swings low for a body shot but OMalley manages to avoid it.
OMalley keeps the fight on the outside.
Swag scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. OMalley doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
OMalley takes a swing at Swag's ribcage but misses.
OMalley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swag swats him away and circles back towards the center.
OMalley lands a slapping body shot.
OMalley avoids the body shot from Swag.
OMalley has been working on his balance at Brick Brawlers MMA (13 Coaches), so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Swag.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swag throws a good cross that connects.
A punch combination from Swag misses.
Swag fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Swag's corner calls for a 1-2. Swag obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Swag ducks under a wild hook from OMalley.
OMalley fails to land with a series of punches.
Swag misses with a looping left.
Swag throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Swag throws a right and a left that both miss.
Swag ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
OMalley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
OMalley rushes Swag with punches - Swag moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Swag goes down! OMalley follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keys OMalley!
A very excited looking Keys OMalley made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Varcelos Swag was interviewed post fight and said 'I congratulate my opponent for the win. The next steps are to learn from the mistakes I made in this fight and continue to train hard in the gym in order to come back stronger. Thank you.'.