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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donald Swift (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Vespa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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178 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 3 - 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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earl Vespa!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swift has closed the distance and engaged Vespa in a clinch.
Vespa is trying to stall.
Swift blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vespa.
Vespa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swift using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vespa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
Vespa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vespa is trying to maintain a safe position but Swift gets an underhook and turns Vespa into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swift.
Swift with a knee to the head.
Swift looking to throw knees to the head but Vespa is blocking nicely.
Vespa stalling against the cage.
Vespa pushes off an throws an elbow but Swift leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vespa lands an elbow just above Swift 's eye.
Vespa crunches a lovely knee into Swift's ribcage.
Vespa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Swift is keeping busy.
Swift blocks an elbow strike from Vespa.
Vespa has Swift pushed against the cage.
Vespa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swift is breathing heavily.
Swift using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vespa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Swift throws an elbow but it misses.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
Swift with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Swift looking to throw knees to the head but Vespa is blocking nicely.
Swift takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vespa stalling the fight.
Swift blocks an elbow strike from Vespa.
Vespa pulls guard successfully.
Vespa scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vespa tries a head kick but it misses.
Vespa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donald Swift is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vespa throws a head kick but Swift moves out of range.
Vespa shoots in but no luck this time.
Earl Vespa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vespa tries a head kick but it misses.
Swift avoids the head kick by Vespa.
Vespa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Swift wants to clinch.
Vespa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
Swift is looking to clinch but Vespa is avoiding it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vespa.
Vespa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Swift moves into the clinch.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Swift stops a takedown attempt from Vespa.
Donald Swift has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Earl Vespa.
Vespa tries for a takedown. No joy.
Swift throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swift with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vespa misses with an elbow over the top.
Vespa is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Swift gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Swift takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vespa misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Swift scores a nice knee to the body.
Vespa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Swift is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
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 scores a nice knee to the body.
Swift with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Swift blocks the elbow strike.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Swift blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Swift landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Swift creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Swift dodges an elbow strike from Vespa.
Swift keeps control of Vespa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Swift using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vespa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vespa misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vespa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swift trying to land knees to the body.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Swift throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Swift is pressed up against the cage. Vespa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Swift down to the mat. Swift avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Vespa throws a head kick but Swift moves out of range.
Vespa throws a head kick but Swift moves out of range.
Vespa throws a sloppy head kick and Swift moves out of range easily.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
Vespa throws a series of punches but Swift avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swift looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swift moves into range and clinches up with Vespa.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Vespa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Swift lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vespa wants to stall.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Swift lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vespa backwards.
Vespa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vespa is stalling here.
Vespa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Swift throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swift misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vespa.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vespa.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
Vespa tries for a takedown but Swift manages to get underhooks.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
Swift misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vespa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Swift prevents it.
Swift lands an elbow inside that Vespa shrugs off.
Vespa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Swift throws an elbow but misses.
Vespa takes a knee right on the jaw!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vespa.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Vespa tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vespa looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Earl Vespa 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.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Vespa or perhaps it was just good defense by Swift which made him look bad.
No joy there for Vespa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Swift takes the fight into the clinch.
Swift landing knees to the body.
Swift with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vespa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Swift avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Swift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vespa manages to break the clinch.
Vespa throws a sloppy head kick and Swift moves out of range easily.
Swift avoids the head kick by Vespa.
Vespa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vespa tries to clinch up but Swift circles away and keeps his distance.
Vespa tries to close the distance and clinch but Swift swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vespa throws a head kick but Swift moves out of range.
Swift tries to clinch
and Vespa counters with a head kick. That will keep Swift thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vespa counters with a shoot takedown. Swift fights it but they end up in guard.
Swift keeping moving, preventing Vespa from controlling successfully.
Vespa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Swift's guard.
Vespa postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Vespa wants to stand and escape but instead Swift has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Swift won't allow Vespa to sweep him here.
Swift trying to control the position from guard on top but Vespa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vespa scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swift looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swift tries to keep at a distance but Vespa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Swift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swift dodges an elbow strike from Vespa.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
Swift looking to throw knees to the head but Vespa is blocking nicely.
Swift works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
Vespa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vespa keeps the fight on the outside.
Vespa throws a right and a left that Swift avoids nicely.
Swift darts in trying to clinch
and Vespa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vespa.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Vespa tries to land knees in the clinch but Swift avoids the damage to the body.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
Swift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Swift using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vespa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Vespa wants the takedown. Swift is fighting it off but Vespa persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Swift's guard against the cage.
Vespa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Swift works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Swift is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swift looking for a guillotine here but Vespa defends easily.
Swift is looking for a triangle but Vespa pushes his legs off easily.
Swift is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Vespa gets to his feet - Swift follows without any prompting.
Swift clinches.
Vespa jumps into guard, dragging Swift to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swift loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Swift will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Swift trying to control but Vespa is working from the bottom.
Swift postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Vespa is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Swift, into his guard.
Swift throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Swift throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Swift is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Vespa is controlling him.
Vespa stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Earl Vespa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Swift tries to clinch up but Vespa circles away and keeps his distance.
Swift blocks a head kick by Vespa.
Vespa throws a nice looking combination but Swift bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swift fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swift forces Vespa back against the cage and clinches.
Swift lands a nice uppercut.
Swift using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vespa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Swift misses with a knee to the head.
Swift throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vespa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swift with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Swift using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vespa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vespa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swift misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vespa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swift cracks Vespa with a nice body shot.
Swift looking to throw knees to the head but Vespa is blocking nicely.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Swift with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vespa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Swift is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vespa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vespa lands an elbow inside that Swift shrugs off.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swift with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Swift throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swift misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Swift.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vespa.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
Vespa misses with an elbow strike.
Swift blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vespa blocks it with crossed arms.
Vespa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Swift looking to throw knees to the head but Vespa is blocking nicely.
Swift missing with knees to the body.
Swift stops a takedown attempt from Vespa.
Swift looking to throw knees to the head but Vespa is blocking nicely.
Vespa misses with an elbow over the top.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Swift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swift is pressed up against the cage. Vespa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Swift down to the mat. Swift avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Donald Swift has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Earl Vespa.
Swift is looking to clinch but Vespa is avoiding it.
Swift tries to clinch up but Vespa circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Swift closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
Vespa is trying to drag Swift to the mat but Swift just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Swift misses with a short punch on the inside.
Swift prevents Vespa from breaking the clinch.
Swift using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vespa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Swift scores a nice knee to the body.
Swift tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vespa avoids a wild elbow strike from Swift.
Vespa swings wildly with an uppercut but Swift uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vespa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Swift with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Swift looking to throw knees to the head but Vespa is blocking nicely.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Swift misses with a knee to the head.
Vespa taking a breather.
Swift with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vespa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vespa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vespa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vespa moves into the clinch successfully.
Vespa throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vespa throws an elbow but misses.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Vespa blocks it.
Swift with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vespa breaks the clinch.
Earl Vespa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Swift tries to clinch up.
Vespa keeps the fight on the outside.
Vespa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vespa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Swift wants to clinch.
Vespa keeps the fight on the outside.
Swift tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vespa counters with a single leg into guard. Swift didn't expect that.
Vespa decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Swift, up you get!
Vespa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Swift clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
Swift blocks an elbow strike from Vespa.
Vespa trying to land knees to the body.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
Swift swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Swift - that landed with a thud.
Vespa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Swift up against the cage.
Swift throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vespa.
Swift lands a knee to the body.
Vespa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Swift missing with knees to the body.
Swift misses with a knee to the head.
Vespa lands an elbow inside.
Vespa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Swift lands a hook that snaps the head of Vespa backwards.
Swift misses with a knee strike.
Swift with a knee to the head.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Vespa blocks with his arms.
Swift with a knee to the head.
Donald Swift has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Earl Vespa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Swift misses with a knee to the head.
Swift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Earl Vespa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vespa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Earl Vespa!
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energy
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hype
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