PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Fitzmagic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Swarowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitzmagic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fitzmagic. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fitzmagic
vs
Swarowski

178 cm
25
152 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Fitzmagic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Swarowski!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swarowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fitzmagic circles away quickly and effectively.
Fitzmagic darts in trying to clinch

and Swarowski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Swarowski misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Swarowski is trying to break the clinch but Fitzmagic has him pressed against the cage.
Fitzmagic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fitzmagic tries to land a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks with his arms.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee to the head.
Swarowski is struggling to control the position.
Fitzmagic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Swarowski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right from Swarowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swarowski pushes Fitzmagic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Swarowski.
Swarowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fitzmagic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fitzmagic tries to land knees in the clinch but Swarowski avoids the damage to the body.
Swarowski avoiding damage as Fitzmagic throws knees to the body.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee strike.
Fitzmagic looking to throw knees to the head but Swarowski is blocking nicely.
Swarowski is stalling here.
Swarowski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fitzmagic backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swarowski.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Swarowski.
Swarowski wants to get back to striking at distance but Fitzmagic won't allow it.
Swarowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzmagic misses with some punches.
Swarowski can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzmagic controls the action.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee strike.
Swarowski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Swarowski is trying to push Fitzmagic away but Fitzmagic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fitzmagic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Swarowski pressing his opponent against the cage.
Fitzmagic tries a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks it.
Fitzmagic with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzmagic tries a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks it.
Fitzmagic tries to land a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks with his arms.
Fitzmagic misses with a punch to the body.
Swarowski lands a hook that snaps the head of Fitzmagic backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Swarowski dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fitzmagic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Swarowski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Swarowski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Swarowski wants to break free but Fitzmagic has control.
Swarowski blocks an uppercut.
Fitzmagic lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Fitzmagic.
Fitzmagic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swarowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Fitzmagic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swarowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Swarowski working hard to break the clinch.
Swarowski is trying to force a seperation but Fitzmagic has the dominant position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fitzmagic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swarowski's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fitzmagic has him pressed against the cage.
Swarowski wants to get back to striking at distance but Fitzmagic won't allow it.
Swarowski manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Fitzmagic tries a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fitzmagic throws an elbow that misses.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee to the head.
Swarowski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swarowski stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzmagic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Swarowski lands with a left to the head.
Swarowski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fitzmagic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Swarowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fitzmagic moves to clinch but Swarowski breaks away

and Swarowski counters by clinching up.
Fitzmagic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swarowski.
Fitzmagic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fitzmagic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Swarowski stalls.
Fitzmagic trying to control the position but instead, Swarowski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fitzmagic into the cage.
Swarowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzmagic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fitzmagic looking to throw knees to the head but Swarowski is blocking nicely.
Fitzmagic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Come on Fitzmagic - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Swarowski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Swarowski.
Fitzmagic scores with a knee to the head.
Fitzmagic controlling the action here for a moment.
Swarowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Swarowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Swarowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Swarowski lands an uppercut.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee strike.
Fitzmagic tries to land a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks with his arms.
Swarowski lands a body shot.
Fitzmagic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swarowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A shot in the inside from Swarowski.
Fitzmagic is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Swarowski is trying to force a seperation but Fitzmagic has the dominant position.
Swarowski is struggling to control the position.
Fitzmagic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swarowski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Swarowski just leaning against Fitzmagic, taking a breather.
Swarowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Swarowski effectively controlling the action here.
Swarowski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Swarowski leaning against his opponent.
Swarowski trying to stall but Fitzmagic improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by George Swarowski.
Swarowski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fitzmagic.
Fitzmagic wants to clinch up but Swarowski keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Fitzmagic.
Fitzmagic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swarowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fitzmagic closes the distance but Swarowski moves to the side
and Swarowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Swarowski tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fitzmagic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fitzmagic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swarowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Swarowski closes the distance and clinches.
Swarowski wants to get back to striking at distance but Fitzmagic won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Swarowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Swarowski is looking to clinch but Fitzmagic is avoiding it.
Swarowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fitzmagic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swarowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Swarowski tries to clinch but Fitzmagic is having none of it.
Swarowski clobbers Fitzmagic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Swarowski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fitzmagic is looking to clinch but Swarowski is avoiding it.
Swarowski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swarowski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fitzmagic wants to clinch.
Swarowski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fitzmagic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Swarowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Swarowski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
George Swarowski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fitzmagic tries a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks it.
Fitzmagic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swarowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Fitzmagic has double underhooks.
Fitzmagic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swarowski avoids it.
Swarowski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee strike.
Swarowski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fitzmagic backwards.
Swarowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzmagic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swarowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Swarowski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fitzmagic up against the cage.
Swarowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee strike.
Swarowski tries to circle away but Fitzmagic has him pinned against the cage.
Swarowski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fitzmagic is keeping busy.
Swarowski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fitzmagic throws an elbow but misses.
Swarowski tries a body shot but Fitzmagic blocks it.
Swarowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski is trying to force a seperation but Fitzmagic has the dominant position.
Swarowski is trying to force a seperation but Fitzmagic has the dominant position.
Fitzmagic misses with a knee strike.
Fitzmagic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swarowski avoids it.
Fitzmagic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Swarowski's face.
Fitzmagic misses with some punches.
Fitzmagic is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Swarowski stalling in the clinch but Fitzmagic improves position.
Swarowski is trying to break the clinch but Fitzmagic is controlling him.
Swarowski scores with a shoulder strike.
Fitzmagic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swarowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Swarowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Swarowski working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swarowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Swarowski working hard to break the clinch.
Fitzmagic tries to land a knee to the head but Swarowski blocks with his arms.
Swarowski controlling the action here for a moment.
Fitzmagic prevents a body shot from Swarowski.
Fitzmagic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swarowski working hard to break the clinch.
Swarowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ryan Fitzmagic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
George Swarowski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fitzmagic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Swarowski's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Swarowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Swarowski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Swarowski!