PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Swanzky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swanzky has chosen Indestructible as his entrance music. Mike Swanzky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Escobar
vs
Swanzky

183 cm
24
197 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Escobar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Swanzky!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Escobar shoots in and bounces Swanzky off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Swanzky looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Escobar prevents Swanzky from getting back to his feet.
Escobar stays in close to Swanzky's body and controls the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Escobar throwing strikes from guard but Swanzky blocks nicely.
Swanzky really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Escobar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Escobar gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Escobar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Escobar tries to free his leg and advance position but Swanzky is retaining full guard.
Escobar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Escobar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanzky is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Escobar is controlling him.
Escobar throws a big right hand that misses.
Escobar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Escobar passes into half guard.

Escobar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Swanzky has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar controlling the action here.

Escobar stands up out of the half guard.

Escobar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Escobar drops an elbow to the side of Swanzky's head.
Escobar passes the guard and advances to mount!
Escobar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Escobar scoring with strikes but Swanzky is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Escobar get's back to his feet.
Mike Swanzky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Escobar looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Escobar passes the guard and advances to mount!
Escobar looking to finish Swanzky with some ground and pound. This is bad for Swanzky!

Escobar is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Swanzky is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aaron Escobar!
Aaron Escobar is the new middleweight champion!