PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Swarowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samuel Jackson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Jackson
vs
Swarowski

200 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Swarowski!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swarowski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A punch combination from Swarowski misses.
Swarowski closes the distance but Jackson moves to the side

and Jackson counters with a takedown into side control.
Swarowski is looking to reverse the position.
Swarowski is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jackson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but Swarowski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Swarowski gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson working Swarowski over with strikes here.
Swarowski wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Swarowski wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Swarowski holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jackson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to control but Swarowski wriggling away.
Jackson 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.
Jackson punching from mount but Swarowski doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Swarowski is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Swarowski can do anything to dispel that myth.
Poor strikes thrown by Jackson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Jackson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Swarowski has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Swarowski is working to get back to half guard.
Swarowski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jackson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski wants to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swarowski is trying to stand up.
Swarowski avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jackson.
Jackson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Jackson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Jackson has control of Swarowski's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Swarowski regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackson unloads with some shots from mount but Swarowski bucks and avoids them well.
Jackson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jackson tries to control but Swarowski wriggling away.
Jackson throws some wild stikes that Swarowski manages to avoid easily.

Jackson working for a submission but Swarowski is keeping him at bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Jackson dominated that round.
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.

Swarowski tries to clinch

and Jackson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Swarowski won't be happy with that.
Jackson tries to score with some ground and pound. Swarowski controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jackson throwing strikes but Swarowski manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Swarowski working the strikes but Jackson uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Nice strikes from Swarowski there.
Swarowski wants to stand up but Jackson has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Jackson is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swarowski working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Swarowski is stalling here. Jackson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Swarowski seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jackson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Swarowski can't do much from the bottom here.
Swarowski wants to get back to his feet but Jackson drags him back down.

Jackson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Swarowski knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Swarowski is not content to let Jackson control the position.
Jackson is working Swarowski over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but Swarowski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Jackson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jackson is controlling him well.
Swarowski prevents Jackson from improving position.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Swarowski defending against the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jackson tries to score with some ground and pound. Swarowski controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jackson trying to control the position but Swarowski is working away.
Jackson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Swarowski is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Swarowski gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The referee warns Swarowski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Jackson dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Swarowski works the jab nicely.
The fighters circling - Swarowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Swarowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Jackson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Swarowski's guard.
Jackson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jackson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jackson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Swarowski's guard.
Jackson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swarowski's head.
Jackson lands strikes from half guard.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Samuel Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Jackson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Swarowski has one foot on Jackson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Swarowski has his takedown stuffed

and Jackson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Swarowski's guard.
Swarowski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jackson trying to control but Swarowski is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Swarowski controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Swarowski keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Samuel Jackson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Swarowski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Swarowski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jackson eats them both and turns towards Swarowski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Swarowski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Swarowski counters with a two punch combo.
Jackson fails with the takedown

and Swarowski counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jackson won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swarowski working the strikes but Jackson uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Chris Swarowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samuel Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swarowski is working for a submission of some sort.

Swarowski is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Swarowski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Swarowski's back!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Samuel Jackson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jackson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Jackson!