PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Huw Swettenham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Vasconcellos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huw Swettenham had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Swettenham
vs
Vasconcellos

200 cm
21
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Huw Swettenham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Vasconcellos!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasconcellos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swettenham doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Vasconcellos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Swettenham trying to strike off his back.
Vasconcellos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Vasconcellos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Swettenham throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Vasconcellos escapes and throws Swettenham's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Swettenham is trying to get back to half guard.

Vasconcellos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Swettenham manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swettenham trying to hold on to Vasconcellos's head to control him but Vasconcellos postures up.
Vasconcellos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Vasconcellos stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Swettenham to get to his feet.

Vasconcellos moves into the clinch successfully.
Swettenham is trying to pull guard but Vasconcellos turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vasconcellos turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Vasconcellos manages to end up in side control.
Vasconcellos wants to control but Swettenham is keeping him busy.
Swettenham prevents Vasconcellos from moving into mount.
Swettenham tries to improve position but can't.
Vasconcellos trying to control the position but Swettenham is working away.
Vasconcellos prevents Swettenham from escaping the position.
Swettenham struggling a bit here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vasconcellos decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Vasconcellos clinches up with Swettenham and pushes him back against the cage.
Vasconcellos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Vasconcellos works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Vasconcellos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Swettenham dives in and grabs Vasconcellos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vasconcellos pushes down on Swettenham's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Huw Swettenham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swettenham is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vasconcellos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Vasconcellos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Swettenham is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vasconcellos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Vasconcellos works his foot free and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasconcellos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Vasconcellos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Vasconcellos gets the takedown into side control.
Swettenham pushes Vasconcellos away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Vasconcellos gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Swettenham avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Vasconcellos.
Swettenham prevents Vasconcellos from moving into mount.

Vasconcellos decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Vasconcellos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Swettenham manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Vasconcellos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Swettenham pulls Vasconcellos in to control the position.
Vasconcellos wants to control from the top but Swettenham keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swettenham is trying to keep Vasconcellos in close.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Vasconcellos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Swettenham avoids the head kick by Vasconcellos.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vasconcellos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vasconcellos fails to land the takedown.
Good work by Swettenham as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcellos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Swettenham as he avoids it easily.
Vasconcellos walks into a left hand.
Swettenham shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vasconcellos but Vasconcellos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Swettenham throws a nice inside leg kick.
Swettenham tries to close the distance and clinch but Vasconcellos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swettenham slaps away a takedown attempt from Vasconcellos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Huw Swettenham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fernando Vasconcellos.
Swettenham scores with a nice body kick.
Horrible takedown by Swettenham or perhaps it was just good defense by Vasconcellos which made him look bad.
Swettenham shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vasconcellos but Vasconcellos pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swettenham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Swettenham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Swettenham swats away the attempt to clinch by Vasconcellos.
Vasconcellos throws a head kick that misses.
Swettenham misses with a takedown attempt - Vasconcellos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vasconcellos misses with a takedown attempt - Swettenham sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vasconcellos swats away the attempt to clinch by Swettenham.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swettenham lands a right hook to the body.
Swettenham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vasconcellos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Swettenham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No joy there for Swettenham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Swettenham tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vasconcellos fails to land the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vasconcellos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vasconcellos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Swettenham's waist but Swettenham gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vasconcellos off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Vasconcellos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Swettenham tries to clinch but Vasconcellos moves out of range.
Vasconcellos tries to close the distance and clinch but Swettenham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swettenham fails with the takedown.
Swettenham misses the shot to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Vasconcellos.

Vasconcellos stands up and beckons Swettenham to his feet.
Vasconcellos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Swettenham but Swettenham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vasconcellos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Swettenham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vasconcellos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vasconcellos closes the distance and clinches.
Swettenham is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Vasconcellos is defending well.
Vasconcellos looking for a takedown.
Swettenham landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Swettenham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Swettenham with a lazy takedown attempt
and Vasconcellos counters with a series of strikes. Swettenham will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Huw Swettenham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swettenham shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vasconcellos defends it nicely.
Huw Swettenham is winning the standup battle so far.
Swettenham shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vasconcellos as he avoids it easily.

Swettenham gets tackled into the cage by Vasconcellos. Vasconcellos maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swettenham is trying to pull guard but Vasconcellos has him pressed against the cage.

Swettenham is fighting off a takedown attempt but Vasconcellos is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Swettenham to the mat. Swettenham regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swettenham controls Vasconcellos momentarily but Vasconcellos frees himself.
Swettenham keeping moving, preventing Vasconcellos from controlling successfully.
Vasconcellos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Swettenham keeping moving, preventing Vasconcellos from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Fernando Vasconcellos wasn't active enough on the ground.
Swettenham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Swettenham shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vasconcellos as he avoids it easily.

Vasconcellos feints and as Swettenham raises his hands in defense, Vasconcellos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vasconcellos trying to control the position from guard on top but Swettenham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swettenham is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Swettenham wants to improve his position but instead Vasconcellos has moved into half guard.
Vasconcellos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcellos is thwarting Swettenham's attempts to control the position.
Vasconcellos working Swettenham over with strikes.
Vasconcellos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Vasconcellos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasconcellos uses his free foot to push down on Swettenham's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Swettenham.
Huw Swettenham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fernando Vasconcellos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vasconcellos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Vasconcellos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vasconcellos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Vasconcellos!