PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jake Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cub Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palhares comes to the cage accompanied by Flo Rida- 54321. Jake Palhares has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Palhares
vs
Swanson

173 cm
27
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake Palhares !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cub Swanson!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson scores with a head kick.
Cub Swanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swanson throws a head kick that Palhares semi-blocks.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Swanson - that will leave a mark!
Palhares is looking to land body kicks.
Swanson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Swanson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palhares .
Swanson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Palhares scores with a takedown into Swanson's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Palhares drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Palhares jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Palhares is in close to Swanson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Swanson wants to get back to his feet but Palhares is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Palhares missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares pushes down on Swanson's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Palhares is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Swanson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Palhares throwing shots but Swanson is blocking nicely.

Palhares seems to be looking for submissions.
Swanson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Palhares . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Palhares thows a huge punch but Swanson dodges it nicely.
Swanson is refusing to be controlled, as Palhares sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Palhares is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Swanson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Swanson is looking to escape.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Palhares is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Swanson has managed to free his arm - good work.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Palhares is looking for a kimura here.
Palhares tries to pass the half guard into mount. Swanson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Palhares passes to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Palhares stalls from top position.
Swanson defending against the ground and pound.

Palhares is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Swanson has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swanson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Swanson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Palhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swanson throws a head kick that misses.
Swanson throws a sloppy head kick and Palhares moves out of range easily.
Palhares fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Swanson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Palhares goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Swanson scores with the left hand. Palhares knows he should have avoided that one.
Swanson throws a head kick that Palhares semi-blocks.
Swanson throws a sloppy head kick and Palhares moves out of range easily.
Palhares avoids the head kick by Swanson.
A head kick misses from Swanson.
Swanson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swanson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Swanson is breathing heavily.
Swanson tries a head kick but it misses.
Swanson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swanson tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palhares looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Palhares swings for the body but Swanson moves out of range.
Palhares goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Swanson throws a head kick but Palhares moves out of range.
Palhares blocks a head kick by Swanson.
Palhares jabs Swanson right on the nose. Swanson blinks but takes it well.

Swanson is rocked!

Palhares moves into the clinch.
Swanson is still on wobbly legs! Can Palhares finish him?

Palhares has hold of one of Swanson's legs. Swanson is fighting the takedown attempt but Palhares gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Palhares with a nice head shot there.

Palhares thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palhares passes into half guard.
Palhares lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Palhares sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Palhares scores with a big shot! Swanson's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Swanson! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Palhares !
Jake Palhares is the new bantamweight champion!
A relieved looking Jake Palhares thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.