PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Claude Blaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Blaine
vs
Swanson

190 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
24
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Claude Blaine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Swanson!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Swanson misses.
Blaine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Claude Blaine has been cut.
Swanson misses with a wild body shot.
Swanson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blaine staying out of range there.
Swanson lands a nice shot that snaps Blaine's head back.
Swanson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blaine.
Swanson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swanson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blaine shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Swanson defends it nicely.
Blaine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Swanson fails to land with a series of punches.
Swanson misses with the combination.
Blaine moves away from the strike by Swanson.
Dan Swanson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson throws a body punch but Blaine moves out of range.
Blaine throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Swanson.
Blaine takes one to the chin there.
Swanson scores with a sloppy right hand. Blaine should have avoided that one.
Blaine shoots for a double leg takedown but Swanson sprawls well. He's pushed Blaine's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claude Blaine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swanson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Swanson drops Blaine with a beautiful combination! Blaine stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Swanson is looking for the KO!

Blaine is rocked!
Blaine is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swanson throws the left hand but Blaine avoids the punch easily.
Dan Swanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaine fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Swanson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blaine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Swanson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Swanson lands a big right hand that sends Blaine crashing to the mat! Swanson stays standing though and waves Blaine back to his feet!
Oh Blaine is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Claude Blaine's cut is getting worse.
Blaine shoots in and drives through. Swanson sprawls well.
Swanson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaine seems to have got his legs back now.

Swanson has taken the fight to the clinch.

Swanson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Swanson tests Blaine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot by Swanson.
Swanson pounces like a tiger and cracks Blaine with a vicious hook! Blaine is down but not out! Swanson follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dan Swanson!
During a confident post fight interview, Dan Swanson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.