PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swanson has chosen Push It By Static-X as his entrance music. The key to victory for Bas Rutten has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Rutten
vs
Swanson

187 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bas Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl Swanson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Swanson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Swanson throws a series of punches but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten misses with a takedown attempt
and Swanson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swanson looks to land a left hand but Rutten moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Swanson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bas Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Swanson scores with a takedown into Rutten's guard.
Rutten keeping full guard, as Swanson tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swanson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Swanson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Swanson content to stall in guard here.
Swanson looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson stands up over Rutten, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Swanson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Swanson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Rutten is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swanson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Karl Swanson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rutten has his takedown stuffed

and Swanson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Swanson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bas Rutten. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swanson is looking to work some ground and pound but Rutten has wrist control.

Rutten wriggles free and stands up.
Rutten shoots and misses

and Swanson counters with a single leg into guard. Rutten didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swanson with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson postures up.
Rutten is breathing heavily.
Swanson trying to control but Rutten is working from the bottom.
Swanson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Swanson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rutten is keeping the position for now.
Rutten is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Swanson landing some decent shots from guard.
Swanson connects with a couple of short punches.
Swanson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Swanson postures up and lands a big shot to Rutten's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rutten's head.
Swanson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Swanson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Swanson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Swanson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Swanson content to stall in guard here.
Swanson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Swanson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Swanson controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Swanson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Swanson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rutten is keeping the position for now.
Swanson postures up in Rutten's guard and throws a big left but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten keeping full guard, as Swanson tries to pass.
Swanson controlling from the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A decent looking cross lands there for Swanson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Swanson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rutten with a lazy takedown attempt

and Swanson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Swanson working the head and body with strikes.
Swanson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Swanson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rutten keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Swanson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Swanson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Swanson passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutten in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Swanson avoids the attempt from Rutten to control.
Swanson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson with good strikes from the mount here!
Swanson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

It looks like Bas Rutten has been cut.
Rutten tries to reverse the position but Swanson maintains control.
Rutten is in a horrible position here. Swanson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Swanson lands a heavy elbow.
Swanson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rutten?

Bas Rutten's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swanson landing strikes from the mount and Rutten is in trouble!
Swanson landing strikes from the mount.

Jeez, Bas Rutten's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bas Rutten's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Karl Swanson!