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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allen has chosen Firestarter by Prodigy as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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182 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Allen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen is looking to clinch.
Allen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Swanson gets a clinch.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Swanson is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Allen letting Swanson take a breather here.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Swanson blocks an elbow strike.
Swanson takes an elbow to the temple.
Allen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Allen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Swanson pushes off an throws an elbow but Allen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swanson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen being controlled against the cage.
Swanson blocks an elbow strike from Allen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen fails to pull guard.
Swanson stops a takedown attempt from Allen.
Joe Swanson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Allen.
Allen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swanson is trying to trip Allen. He has hold of a leg but Allen is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Swanson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Swanson from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Swanson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Allen looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Allen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Swanson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Allen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Allen has momentary wrist control but Swanson slips an elbow through the middle.
Swanson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Swanson from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Swanson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Swanson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swanson landing some decent shots from guard.
Swanson working some strikes from top position.
Swanson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Swanson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Swanson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Swanson from controlling successfully.
Swanson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Swanson moves in looking to clinch but Allen pushes him off.
Allen clinches but Swanson breaks the clinch
and Swanson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swanson is keen to just control but Allen is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Swanson there.
Swanson winds up and cracks Allen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Swanson is looking to take a break and control but Allen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Swanson.
Allen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Swanson there.
Swanson trying to control from half guard but Allen is working away.
Allen trying to control but Swanson postures up.
Swanson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Allen is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Swanson pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Allen is looking to get back to full guard here but Swanson has managed to pass to side control instead.
Swanson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Swanson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Swanson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Swanson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swanson landing strikes from the mount.
Swanson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Swanson landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swanson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Swanson landing shots from mount.
Swanson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Allen working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Swanson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Swanson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Swanson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Swanson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Swanson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Allen has had enough of the clinch but Swanson keeps him there for the moment.
Allen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Swanson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Allen tries to break the clinch but Swanson is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Swanson to work.
Allen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swanson.
Swanson is trying to trip Allen. He has hold of a leg but Allen is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Swanson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Swanson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Swanson stands up over Allen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Swanson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Allen has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Swanson is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Allen.
Allen is breathing heavily.
Swanson lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson working the head with strikes.
Swanson working the head and body with strikes.
Allen is not content to let Swanson control the position.
Swanson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Swanson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Swanson is working Allen over with some ground and pound from side control.
Allen is looking to reverse the position.
Swanson is chipping away with strikes.
Swanson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Allen can do to turn this around?
Allen tries to improve position but can't.
Allen taking a bit of punishment here - Swanson scoring with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen taking punishment in the form of punches.
Allen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Swanson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Swanson lands an elbow.
Swanson trying to control the action but Allen is working from the bottom.
Swanson working the head and body with strikes.
Allen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Swanson wants to control but Allen is keeping him busy.
Swanson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Allen is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Swanson just content to control the position.
Check out the look on Swanson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Allen is trying to improve his position.
Swanson working the body and head with strikes.
Swanson working the body and head with strikes.
Allen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Swanson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Allen keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Swanson connects with a decent elbow.
Allen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Allen is not content to let Swanson control the position.
Allen is trying to improve his position.
Swanson trying to control the position but Allen is working away.
Allen is looking to reverse the position.
Allen seems a little lost for a moment, as Swanson dominates the positioning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen is not content to let Swanson control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Swanson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Allen tries to clinch
and Swanson counters with a shoot takedown. Allen fights it but they end up in guard.
Swanson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Swanson trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
Swanson preventing the sweep.
Allen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Swanson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Allen looking for subs off his back but Swanson has passed one foot through into half guard.
Allen is staying active underneath Swanson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Joe Swanson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Swanson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Swanson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Allen's guard now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Allen being controlled here, momentarily.
Swanson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Swanson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Allen isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Swanson stacks Allen on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Swanson!
Allen tries to buck Swanson off but Swanson is having none of it.
Swanson lands a nice forearm strike.
Allen is not content to let Swanson control the position.
Joe Swanson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson staying calm.
Joe Swanson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swanson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Swanson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Allen for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.
Allen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Swanson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Still in half guard, Swanson seems content to control.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Joe Swanson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Swanson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swanson digs a right hand underneath Allen's ribcage. Allen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Swanson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Allen up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Allen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swanson's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Swanson blocks with his arms.
Swanson pushes Allen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Swanson stalling the fight.
Allen looking for a takedown.
Justin Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Swanson has Allen pressed against the cage.
Swanson avoids the elbow strike from Allen, against the cage.
Swanson has Allen pushed against the cage.
Swanson keeps control of Allen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Swanson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Swanson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Swanson!
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energy
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hype
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