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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathaniel Swain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Redof Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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250 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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194 cm
20
245 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathaniel Swain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Redof Castro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro thumps Swain with a low kick.
Castro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Castro connects with a body shot.
Swain avoids the head kick by Castro.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Swain throws a body punch but Castro moves out of range.
Castro lands a head kick. Swain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Nathaniel Swain has been cut.
Swain shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Castro but Castro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Castro scores with the left hand. Swain knows he should have avoided that one.
Castro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Castro throws a series of punches but Swain moves out of range.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Swain.
Castro is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Swain is looking to take a break and control but Castro is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Swain has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Castro!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Castro punching from the bottom.
Swain passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Castro!
Swain trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Swain dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Castro defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Swain.
Swain looking to finish Castro with some ground and pound. This is bad for Castro!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Swain can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Castro is looking to escape.
Castro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swain lands a big elbow.
Castro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Castro swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Swain landing strikes from the mount and Castro is in trouble!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castro is squirming around, avoiding Swain's attempts to control the action.
Swain fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swain is going olschool here, as he tries to force Castro to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Castro shrugs it off.
Swain landing strikes from the mount and Castro is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Swain cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Swain in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Swain landing shots from mount.
Castro is trying to escape the mount.
Swain blocks Castro's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Swain connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Swain is landing with some decent strikes but Castro is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Swain tries to control but Castro wriggling away.
Castro tries to reverse the position but Swain maintains control.
Castro swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Castro swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Castro taking shots to the head.
Swain trying to control but Castro is having none of it.
Castro is trying desperately to improve position.
Swain working the ground and pound effectively.
Swain looking to control but Castro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swain is landing with some decent strikes but Castro is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Swain.
Castro flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Swain working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swain unloading with bombs!
Castro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Swain trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Swain with shots to the head and body - Castro looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castro is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Castro is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathaniel Swain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathaniel Swain's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Swain shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Swain showed some decent athleticism there.
Swain moves nicely into side control.
Swain looks up at the clock and then as Castro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Swain smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Castro is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Castro missing with punches from the bottom.
Castro is not content to let Swain control the position.
Swain working the head and body with strikes.
Swain passes to side control.
Castro connects with an elbow from the bottom.
Swain avoids the strikes from the bottom by Castro.
Swain working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swain working the ground and pound.
Castro regains half guard.
Swain working over Castro with some ground and pound. Castro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Castro looking for submissions off his back.
Castro is breathing heavily.
Swain is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Castro doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Swain.
Swain slips a nice elbow through Castro's hands, connecting with Castro's forehead.
Swain wants to pass to mount but Castro is defending the position.
Castro is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Castro misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Swain drops an elbow to the side of Castro's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swain looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Castro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Swain is nestled in close to Castro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Castro is refusing to be controlled, as Swain sits in half guard.
Castro tries to roll over but Swain keeps him under control.
Castro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Swain scores with a couple of nice shots.
Castro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Castro gets full guard.
Swain distracts Castro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Swain postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Swain trying to control but Castro is working from the bottom.
Castro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Swain's guard.
Swain is adopting a defensive guard.
Swain on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Swain tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro got a little sloppy there for a moment and Swain has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Castro has managed to get both his arms back between Swain's legs - danger averted.
Castro drops back, looking for a kneebar! Swain looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Swain looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Swain!
Castro tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Swain wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Swain wants to control but Castro is keeping him busy.
Swain looks up at the clock and then as Castro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Swain smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Castro throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Castro is not content to let Swain control the position.
Nathaniel Swain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Castro manages to work his way to half guard, despite Swain's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro taking some punishment here, with Swain in his half guard.
Castro moves into full guard.
Castro is looking for a triangle but Swain pushes his legs off easily.
Swain trying to control but Castro is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Swain's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Swain scoring with punches to the head and body.
Castro will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swain wants to control from the top but Castro keeps moving.
Castro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Swain doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Swain manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Swain is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Castro is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Castro has escaped and now he's on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathaniel Swain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathaniel Swain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A shot to the body from Castro misses
and Swain counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Swain is nestled in close to Castro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Swain is trying to control. Castro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Castro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Swain scores with a couple of nice shots.
Castro connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Swain sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Swain blocks the strikes from Castro.
Swain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castro can do to turn this around?
Castro is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Swain is nestled in close to Castro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Swain blocks the strikes from Castro.
Castro is looking to improve his position.
Swain blocks the strikes from Castro.
Castro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Castro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro is looking for a sweep. Swain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Castro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swain blocks the strikes from Castro.
Castro wants to improve his position but Swain is controlling well.
Swain wants to control but Castro is keeping him busy.
Castro throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Swain manages to pass to side control.
Castro is looking to reverse the position.
Swain lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Swain has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Castro!
Swain lands a big shot there that rocks Castro but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Castro flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Castro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Swain wants to control the pace but Castro is squirming around nicely.
Swain is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swain raining down shots from the mount!
Swain throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Castro has his hands clasped together but Swain breaks the hold and Castro is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Swain!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nathaniel Swain!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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