PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Claus Clausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snihc Swyzcnski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snihc Swyzcnski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Clausen
vs
Swyzcnski

189 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

194 cm
22
197 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Claus Clausen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Snihc Swyzcnski!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Swyzcnski.
Swyzcnski fails to land with a series of punches.
Swyzcnski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clausen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swyzcnski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clausen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Swyzcnski defending well as Clausen loads up on a big left hand.
Swyzcnski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Clausen under the eye.
Clausen scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Snihc Swyzcnski has been cut.
Swyzcnski staying out of range there.
Nice shot lands for Clausen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Swyzcnski.
Clausen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Swyzcnski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Clausen swivels and escapes.
Swyzcnski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swyzcnski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clausen.
Swyzcnski thuds his shin into the meat of Clausen's side.
Swyzcnski scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Swyzcnski doesn't manage to clinch there - Clausen circles away.
Claus Clausen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clausen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Swyzcnski has time to react.

Swyzcnski is rocked!
Clausen thows a left - swing and a miss!

Clausen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Swyzcnski.
Swyzcnski tries a knee to the head but Clausen blocks it.
Swyzcnski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Swyzcnski missing with knees to the body.
Swyzcnski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Clausen blocks it with crossed arms.
Swyzcnski misses with a knee to the head.
Clausen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clausen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clausen working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clausen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Swyzcnski backwards.
Swyzcnski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Swyzcnski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clausen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Swyzcnski's elbow.
Clausen digs a right hand underneath Swyzcnski's ribcage. Swyzcnski let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clausen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Swyzcnski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Clausen blocks it with crossed arms.
Clausen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Clausen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clausen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Swyzcnski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Clausen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Swyzcnski, pushing him back against the cage.
Clausen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clausen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Clausen.
Swyzcnski manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clausen effectively controlling the action here.
Swyzcnski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Clausen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Swyzcnski backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Swyzcnski - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Swyzcnski with a knee to the head.
Clausen lands a body shot.
Clausen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Swyzcnski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clausen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clausen scores with a shoulder strike.
Clausen lands a left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clausen working aggressively here.
Swyzcnski tries to land knees in the clinch but Clausen avoids the damage to the body.
Clausen lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Clausen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clausen.
Swyzcnski is still on wobbly legs! Can Clausen finish him?
Clausen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Clausen.
Clausen lands a body shot.
Swyzcnski seems to have recovered his senses.
Clausen is pushing Swyzcnski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swyzcnski misses with a knee strike.
Clausen lands with a right to the head.
Swyzcnski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clausen scores with a shot to the side of Swyzcnski's head.
Swyzcnski avoiding damage.
Clausen misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clausen.
Swyzcnski tries a knee to the head but Clausen blocks it.
Swyzcnski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clausen throws a head punch that misses.
Swyzcnski tries to land knees in the clinch but Clausen avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clausen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Swyzcnski backwards.
Swyzcnski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Swyzcnski misses with a knee to the head.
Swyzcnski is trying to stall.
Clausen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swyzcnski backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claus Clausen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Snihc Swyzcnski's cut.
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.

Swyzcnski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Clausen misses with a wild body shot.
Clausen lands a jab to Swyzcnski's midsection.
Clausen misses with a two punch combination.
Clausen misses with a straight left.
Clausen misses the shot to the body.
Clausen lands a jab to the nose.
Claus Clausen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swyzcnski slips under a jab from Clausen.
Swyzcnski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clausen.
A jab from Clausen misses.
Clausen swings for the body but Swyzcnski moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice body punch from Clausen.
Swyzcnski moves in looking to clinch but Clausen pushes him off.
Clausen lands a jab to the nose.
Snihc Swyzcnski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clausen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Swyzcnski is out of range and Clausen settles back down.
Swyzcnski moves away from the strike by Clausen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clausen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Clausen throws a body punch but Swyzcnski moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clausen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swyzcnski connects with a solid leg kick.
Clausen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swyzcnski tries to move into range but Clausen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Swyzcnski tries to clinch up.
Clausen takes one to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Clausen.
Swyzcnski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Claus Clausen is winning the standup battle so far.
Clausen lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clausen avoids the head kick by Swyzcnski.
Clausen misses with a hook
and Swyzcnski counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Clausen misses.
Swyzcnski scores with a nice body kick.
Clausen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body kick there by Swyzcnski.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Swyzcnski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Clausen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clausen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Swyzcnski counters with a slapping leg kick.
Swyzcnski throws a sloppy head kick and Clausen moves out of range easily.
Clausen misses with a double jab.
Clausen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Swyzcnski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Swyzcnski.
A big left from Clausen misses.
Clausen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swyzcnski manages to avoid it.
Clausen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swyzcnski manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swyzcnski fails with a takedown attempt.
Clausen takes a swing at Swyzcnski's ribcage but misses.
Clausen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swyzcnski.
Clausen cracks Swyzcnski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Clausen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Swyzcnski closes the distance looking to clinch
and Clausen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Clausen misses the shot to the body.
Clausen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Swyzcnski.
Swyzcnski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swyzcnski throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Clausen with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swyzcnski tries to clinch
and Clausen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Clausen misses with an uppercut.
Clausen misses with a hook.
Swyzcnski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clausen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clausen throws out a loose jab but Swyzcnski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clausen stuns Swyzcnski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clausen takes a swing at Swyzcnski's ribcage but misses.
Clausen misses with a straight right.
Swyzcnski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clausen sprawls well. Clausen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Swyzcnski gets slowly back to his feet.
Clausen misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clausen misses with a straight left.
Swyzcnski tries to clinch up but Clausen circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claus Clausen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Snihc Swyzcnski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Swyzcnski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Clausen misses with a hook. Swyzcnski ducked under it nicely.
Clausen looks to throw a body kick
and Swyzcnski counters with a good low kick that Clausen was not able to check.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Swyzcnski.
Clausen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Clausen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swyzcnski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Clausen pinned against the cage. Clausen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Clausen throws an overhand right that lands on Swyzcnski's shoulder, as Swyzcnski tries to avoid the shot.
Clausen throws a shot to the body.
Swyzcnski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clausen.
Clausen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Swyzcnski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Clausen to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clausen just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Clausen as he connects with a hook.
Clausen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Swyzcnski. Swyzcnski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Clausen just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clausen. Swyzcnski does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Clausen misses.
Swyzcnski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clausen.
A slow jab from Clausen misses its intended target.
Swyzcnski tries to clinch up.
Swyzcnski shoots in for a double leg but Clausen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swyzcnski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swyzcnski tries to close the distance and clinch but Clausen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clausen thuds his right hand into Swyzcnski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Clausen scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Swyzcnski moves into the clinch successfully.
Clausen takes a shot 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!
Clausen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swyzcnski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clausen avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Clausen fails to land.
Clausen misses with a body punch.
Clausen pushes Swyzcnski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Swyzcnski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clausen.
Swyzcnski trying to land knees to the body.
Clausen has Swyzcnski pressed against the cage.
Swyzcnski misses with a knee to the head.
Swyzcnski tries to land knees in the clinch but Clausen avoids the damage to the body.
Clausen is stalling here.
Swyzcnski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Clausen blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clausen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Clausen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Swyzcnski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snihc Swyzcnski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Swyzcnski avoids the body shot from Clausen.
Clausen lands a jab to Swyzcnski's midsection.
Clausen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Swyzcnski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clausen was well out of range. Poor timing from Swyzcnski.
Swyzcnski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clausen.
Clausen looks to land a right hand but Swyzcnski moved out of range.
Swyzcnski tries to clinch but Clausen is having none of it.
Swyzcnski wants to land a leg kick but Clausen is out of range.
Swyzcnski tries a low kick but Clausen avoids it.
Clausen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swyzcnski.
Swyzcnski is looking to land body kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swyzcnski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Swyzcnski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clausen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Clausen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clausen thuds his right hand into Swyzcnski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Clausen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Clausen scores with the left hand. Swyzcnski knows he should have avoided that one.
Clausen throws an overhand right that drops Swyzcnski like a sack of potatoes! Clausen dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Claus Clausen!