PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damian Swan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apu Nahasapimapetilan Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nahasapimapetilan Jr has chosen Who needs the Kwik - E - Mart as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Damian Swan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Swan
vs
Nahasapimapetilan Jr

190 cm
23
196 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
200 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Swan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Apu Nahasapimapetilan Jr!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Swan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nahasapimapetilan Jr moves away.
Swan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nahasapimapetilan Jr.

It looks like Damian Swan has been cut.
Swan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Swan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr tries to clinch but Swan is having none of it.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nahasapimapetilan Jr counters with a good low kick that Swan was not able to check.
Swan throws a poor cross that misses
and Nahasapimapetilan Jr counters with a head kick.
Swan misses with a double jab.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Swan misses its intended target.
Swan connects with a single shot there.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr moves in looking to clinch but Swan pushes him off.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr stalks Swan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Swan's face. Swan staggers backwards, shaken.
Damian Swan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Swan circles away quickly and effectively.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr cracks the inside of Swan's front leg.
Nahasapimapetilan Jr misses with a double jab.
Swan lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swan looks for the body kick but Nahasapimapetilan Jr saw that one coming.
Swan with a nice cross.

Nahasapimapetilan Jr is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swan lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Nahasapimapetilan Jr falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Damian Swan!