PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chaz Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jicker Larndorf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swanson comes to the cage accompanied by Till I Collapse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Swanson
vs
Larndorf

185 cm
29
260 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

176 cm
29
237 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chaz Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jicker Larndorf!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Swanson darts in looking for a takedown but Larndorf gets double underhooks and turns Swanson into the cage.
Swanson looking for a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Swanson fails to land.
Larndorf lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Larndorf misses with the head strike.
Larndorf fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Swanson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Larndorf fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chaz Swanson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swanson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swanson with a lazy takedown attempt

and Larndorf counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Larndorf lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larndorf lands a body punch.
Swanson is breathing heavily.
Larndorf lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Swanson backwards.
Larndorf slows down the pace here.
Larndorf scores with a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Larndorf.
A nice left hand lands by Larndorf.
Larndorf lands a left hand.
Larndorf scores with a nice hook to the head.
Larndorf gets through Swanson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Larndorf digs a right hand into Swanson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Swanson's gas tank.
Larndorf scores with a shoulder strike.
Larndorf works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Larndorf lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larndorf lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Larndorf lands a right hand.
Larndorf scores with a shot to the side of Swanson's head.
Larndorf lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Larndorf.
Larndorf lands a right hand that snaps the head of Swanson backwards.
Larndorf lands a nice uppercut.
Larndorf lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Larndorf lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Swanson backwards.
Swanson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Larndorf lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Larndorf scores with a shot to the side of Swanson's head.
Larndorf lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Larndorf throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Larndorf lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Larndorf.

Larndorf drops Swanson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Swanson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Swanson is rocked!
Larndorf unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Swanson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Larndorf is unloading with more strikes now! Swanson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jicker Larndorf!
Jicker Larndorf 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.
Chaz Swanson was interviewed post fight and said 'I gave it my all and they still came out on top, I guess they were just the better man tonight.'.