PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Schwager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maraco Draco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maraco Draco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Schwager
vs
Draco

175 cm
23
135 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

194 cm
28
142 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Norbert Schwager!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maraco Draco!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Draco closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Schwager to the mat! Schwager manages to get full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Draco lands a couple of digs.
Draco won't allow Schwager to get back to his feet.
Draco throws a big elbow that misses.
Draco postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Schwager working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Draco.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Schwager preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Draco stops Schwager from standing up.
Schwager trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Draco lands a couple of digs.
Draco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Schwager works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Draco stops Schwager from standing up.
Draco throws a big elbow that misses.
Draco working some strikes from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schwager wants to stand up but Draco is controlling him.
Draco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Schwager really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Draco throwing strikes but missing.
Schwager is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draco throws a big right hand that misses.

Schwager uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Schwager checks a low kick from Draco.
Schwager throws a series of punches but Draco moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schwager checks a leg kick.
Draco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schwager.
Schwager misses with a looping right.
Draco slips a jab and a cross from Schwager.
Schwager checks a leg kick nicely.
Draco misses with a leg kick.
Schwager takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Schwager throws a series of punches but Draco moves out of range.
Draco misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draco tried to score with a low kick but Schwager checks it.
Draco walks into a straight right hand from Schwager.
Schwager fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Schwager lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Draco circles away quickly and effectively.
Draco misses with a low kick.
Schwager blocks a leg kick.
Schwager misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schwager throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draco.
Schwager misses with a few strikes there.
Draco tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schwager is able to avoid easily.
Schwager will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schwager misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schwager ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager scores with the left hand. Draco knows he should have avoided that one.
Draco tries to work over Schwager's front leg with a kick but Schwager checks it.
Schwager uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draco.
Draco throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Draco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draco motions for Schwager to come forward. Draco throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Schwager misses.
Schwager darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Draco changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Schwager looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Draco creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Schwager sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Draco throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ground and pound from Draco seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Schwager is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Draco throws a strike aimed at the side of Schwager's head but Schwager avoids it well.
Schwager is trying to buck Draco off.
Schwager on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schwager pushes Draco away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Draco gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Schwager knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Draco on the ground.
Draco scoring with punches from side control.
Schwager wants to get back to his feet.

Schwager sneaks out the side door and pushes Draco away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Draco shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Schwager as he avoids it easily.
Schwager scores with a three punch combo!
Schwager tries to bum rush Draco with a series of wild strikes but Draco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Draco misses the shot to the body.
Schwager rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Draco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norbert Schwager is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Draco is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Draco closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Draco lands in his opponent's guard.
Schwager avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Schwager avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Maraco Draco will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Draco tries to land a leg kick but Schwager saw it coming and moves away.
Draco changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Schwager tries to avoid it but Draco manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Schwager to the ground. Schwager escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Schwager scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Draco doesn't seem bothered though.
Schwager throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draco.
Schwager lands with a hook. Draco tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Schwager throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draco.
Schwager lands with a good body shot.

Draco feints and as Schwager raises his hands in defense, Draco changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Maraco Draco has got the better of the ground game so far.
Draco lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Schwager uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Norbert Schwager is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Draco misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Schwager misses with a double jab.
Schwager misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Schwager.
Schwager throws a series of punches but Draco moves out of range.
Draco thows a body shot but no joy.
Norbert Schwager seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schwager misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Schwager.
Draco tried to score with a low kick but Schwager checks it.

Draco shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Draco slips a nice elbow through Schwager's hands, connecting with Schwager's forehead.
Schwager is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Draco there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Draco is working for a submission of some sort.
Draco scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Schwager is trying to stand.
Draco throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Draco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Draco lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Draco looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Schwager is trying to stand up here but Draco is controlling him well.

Draco is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Schwager sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draco stops Schwager from getting back to his feet.
Schwager avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Draco.
Schwager is trying to stand up here but Draco is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Schwager makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Draco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Draco or perhaps it was just good defense by Schwager which made him look bad.
Norbert Schwager has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maraco Draco.
Schwager moves out of range of the leg kick from Draco.
Schwager misses with a few strikes there.
Draco tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Schwager scores with a four punch combination!

Draco shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Draco showed some decent athleticism there.
Draco is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Draco is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Schwager defends it well.

Draco seems to be looking for submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwager is trying to stand.
Draco throwing shots but Schwager is blocking nicely.

Schwager manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Schwager paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Norbert Schwager is winning the standup battle so far.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Schwager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draco is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Schwager.
Schwager misses with a straight right.
Draco is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Schwager rather than just go for the knockout.
Schwager throws a nice looking combination but Draco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Maraco Draco will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.

Draco closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Draco lands an elbow.
Draco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Draco tries to score with some ground and pound. Schwager controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Draco creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Draco throws an elbow but Schwager slips to the side and avoids it well.

Schwager explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
No joy there for Schwager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schwager avoids the body shot from Draco.
Draco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Draco ducks under a wild hook from Schwager.
Draco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schwager.
Schwager stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Schwager wants it to stay on the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwager throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schwager fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Draco throws a chopping leg kick but Schwager manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draco.
Draco shoots in but Schwager avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Schwager will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schwager punishes Draco's body with a nice straight punch.
Schwager fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Draco on the side of the head.
Schwager will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schwager misses with a double jab.

Draco shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Draco throwing strikes but missing.
Draco postures up and lands a big shot to Schwager's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Draco drops back looking for a leg! Schwager is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Schwager manages to kick Draco off! Draco jumps back into Schwager's guard.
Draco prevents Schwager from getting back to his feet.
Draco chips away with some ground and pound.
Schwager avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Draco stops Schwager from standing up.
Draco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draco stops Schwager from standing up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Draco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Draco lands a couple of elbows.
Draco throws a big right hand that misses.
Draco scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Schwager kicks Draco off and gets to his feet.
Draco throws a low kick, looking for Schwager's leg but Schwager calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schwager misses with the combination.
Schwager jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Schwager scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Draco is looking to chop away at Schwager's legs.
Schwager swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schwager scores with a one two! Draco had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Schwager misses with a few strikes there.
Draco throws a front kick aimed at Schwager's knee but Schwager avoids it well.
Draco tries a low kick but Schwager avoids it.

Draco drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Draco.
Schwager might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwager tries to escape but Draco is in control.
Draco landing strikes.
Draco landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwager is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Draco asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Draco lands a few punches from side control.
Draco working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Schwager is trying to get back to his feet.
Draco scoring with punches from side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Draco tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Draco has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Schwager is pushing Draco's head away, looking to escape. Draco manages to hold on to the position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Draco landing a few strikes.
Schwager is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maraco Draco really dominated that round.
That's time! Schwager's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Draco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Schwager throws a right hand that Draco ducks under and follows up with a left that Draco also avoids with ease.
Draco misses with a low kick.
Schwager misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draco.
Schwager rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Draco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schwager checks a low kick from Draco.
Draco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Schwager's waist but Schwager gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Draco off to one side.

Draco changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Schwager looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Draco is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Schwager wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Draco working the ground and pound.
Schwager wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draco working the ground and pound.
Schwager wants to get back to his feet but Draco drags him back down.
Schwager takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Draco grinds an elbow into Schwager's temple.

Schwager is rocked!
Schwager wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Oh Schwager is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Draco lands a nice forearm strike.
Draco in side control lands a decent elbow.
Schwager is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Draco grinds an elbow into Schwager's temple.
Schwager taking a bit of punishment here - Draco scoring with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Draco looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Schwager wants to get back to his feet but Draco drags him back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draco cracks Schwager with a big elbow.

Schwager explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Schwager gets caught napping as Draco dives in and scores a takedown. Schwager manages to retain guard.
Draco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Schwager has momentary wrist control but Draco slips an elbow through the middle.

Schwager is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Draco tries to break free but Schwager pushes him back against the cage.
Draco is looking for a takedown.
Norbert Schwager has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maraco Draco.

Schwager's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schwager throws a series of strikes that have Draco backpedaling.
Schwager seems to have got his legs back now.
Some wild striking there from Schwager.
Draco takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draco slips a jab and a cross from Schwager.
Schwager throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schwager lands a two punch combo.
Nice takedown defense from Schwager. No joy for Draco on that attempt.
Draco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Draco thows a body shot but no joy.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
Schwager misses with the combination.
Schwager throws a right hand that Draco ducks under and follows up with a left that Draco also avoids with ease.
Draco misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwager checks a low kick from Draco.
Schwager looks to land a combination but Draco avoids it well.
Draco misses with a low kick as Schwager jumps back.
Schwager throws a nice looking combination but Draco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Draco misses with a low kick.
Schwager misses with a wild body shot.
Draco wants to slow Schwager down by chopping away at his legs.
Draco takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Schwager misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draco lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Schwager has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Schwager and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Schwager throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schwager throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Schwager.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maraco Draco dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Draco shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Schwager is trying to defend but Draco finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Draco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Schwager avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Draco.
Draco throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Draco is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Draco is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Draco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Schwager defending well though.
Draco throwing shots but Schwager is blocking nicely.
Draco throwing shots but Schwager is blocking nicely.
Draco is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Schwager wants to get back to his feet.
Draco throwing shots but Schwager is blocking nicely.
Draco is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Schwager wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Draco is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Schwager has managed to free his arm - good work.
Schwager is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Draco scores with a couple of nice shots.
Schwager is trying to stand up here but Draco is controlling him well.
Draco winds up and cracks Schwager with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Schwager looks like he's trying to stand up.
Draco seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Schwager is trying to stand.
Draco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Draco takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Maraco Draco is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwager is trying to stand up here but Draco is controlling him well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwager is staying active underneath Draco, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Draco is taking a breather. Schwager says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Schwager is trying to stand up here but Draco is controlling him well.
Draco stalling.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Maraco Draco wasn't active enough on the ground.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schwager checks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Schwager blocks the low kick.
Schwager fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Draco is looking to score with low kicks.
Schwager closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Schwager displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Draco.
Draco misses with a low kick.
Schwager connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Schwager.
Schwager looks to land a combination but Draco avoids it well.
Draco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schwager looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwager fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Draco tries to work over Schwager's front leg with a kick but Schwager checks it.
Draco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Schwager rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Draco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schwager throws a right and a left that both miss.

Draco gets a takedown into half guard.
Draco seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Schwager does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norbert Schwager has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Schwager looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Draco wants to take a breather but Schwager is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maraco Draco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Draco 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 45:50
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 45:50
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maraco Draco!
Maraco Draco is the new bantamweight champion!