PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gouda Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janjalani Abu Bakhar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swanson comes to the cage accompanied by . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Swanson
vs
Abu Bakhar

182 cm
26
196 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

178 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gouda Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Janjalani Abu Bakhar!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson staying out of range there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Abu Bakhar is defended easily by Swanson.
Abu Bakhar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Swanson avoids it really well and circles away.
Swanson tries to clinch but Abu Bakhar is having none of it.

Swanson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Swanson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Swanson won't allow Abu Bakhar to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Abu Bakhar's head.
Swanson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Abu Bakhar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Swanson defends it easily.
Abu Bakhar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Swanson passes into half guard.
Abu Bakhar moves into full guard.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Abu Bakhar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Swanson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Abu Bakhar has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Swanson has managed to get both his arms back between Abu Bakhar's legs - danger averted.
Abu Bakhar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Abu Bakhar is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Abu Bakhar jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Swanson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Swanson and Abu Bakhar has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Swanson pushes Abu Bakhar away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Abu Bakhar gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Abu Bakhar lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Swanson tries to bench press Abu Bakhar off him but Abu Bakhar keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Swanson is breathing heavily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Abu Bakhar lands a nice forearm strike.

Abu Bakhar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Swanson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Swanson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Abu Bakhar asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Abu Bakhar works to advance to full mount. Swanson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

Abu Bakhar is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Swanson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Swanson shrugs it off.
Abu Bakhar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Swanson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Abu Bakhar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abu Bakhar punching from mount but Swanson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Abu Bakhar fails to move to back control.
Abu Bakhar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Swanson looks a forlorn figure.

Abu Bakhar is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Swanson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Abu Bakhar won't let Swanson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Abu Bakhar throwing strikes but Swanson recovers to half guard. A much better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janjalani Abu Bakhar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Abu Bakhar wants to clinch

and Swanson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Swanson.
Swanson is working for takedown but Abu Bakhar is calmly controlling the position for now.

Abu Bakhar ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Abu Bakhar no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Swanson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Abu Bakhar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Swanson!
Abu Bakhar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Swanson hang on?
Janjalani Abu Bakhar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Abu Bakhar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Swanson is desperately trying to improve his position but Abu Bakhar has a good base and remains in mount.
Swanson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Swanson wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abu Bakhar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abu Bakhar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Swanson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Swanson is looking for a sweep. Abu Bakhar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Abu Bakhar is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Abu Bakhar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Abu Bakhar throwing shots but Swanson is blocking nicely.

Abu Bakhar is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Abu Bakhar is trying to work for a kimura but Swanson is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Abu Bakhar wants to pass the guard but Swanson is keeping the position.
Abu Bakhar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Swanson wants to get back to his feet but Abu Bakhar passes into half guard.
Abu Bakhar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Abu Bakhar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Abu Bakhar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abu Bakhar stops Swanson from getting back to his feet.
Abu Bakhar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Swanson defending well though.

Abu Bakhar is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Swanson is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Janjalani Abu Bakhar!