PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Claus Clausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peerless Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Clausen
vs
Swagger

189 cm
27
195 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

191 cm
22
191 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Claus Clausen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peerless Swagger!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swagger wants to clinch
and Clausen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Clausen throws the left hand but Swagger avoids the punch easily.
Clausen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swagger tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clausen keeps the fight on the outside.
Swagger throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clausen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Swagger counters with a low kick, right behind Clausen 's knee.
Clausen slips a jab from Swagger.
Clausen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swagger.
Swagger ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Clausen digs a good body shot into Swagger's ribs.
Clausen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Swagger counters with an outside leg kick.
Swagger throws a low kick but Clausen avoids it.
Clausen looks to throw the jab but Swagger is out of range.
Swagger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Swagger tries to clinch up.
Swagger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Clausen is looking to wear down Swagger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Swagger.
Swagger misses with an uppercut.
Swagger throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Clausen on the side of the head.
Claus Clausen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clausen misses with a hook.
Swagger wants to slow Clausen down by chopping away at his legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clausen. Swagger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clausen scores with the left hand. Swagger knows he should have avoided that one.
Swagger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clausen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swagger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Clausen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Swagger connects with a single shot there.
Clausen misses with a jab, cross combination.

Swagger has Clausen up against the cage in a clinch.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swagger stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short uppercut from Swagger.
Swagger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clausen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Swagger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Swagger misses with a punch on the inside.
Clausen can't find room to land a body shot as Swagger controls the action.
Swagger struggles to land a body shot inside as Clausen controls his hands.
Swagger misses with a body punch.
Swagger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Swagger has Clausen pressed against the cage.
Clausen misses with a body punch.
Clausen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Swagger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clausen.
Swagger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clausen pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clausen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clausen blocking some punches.
Swagger landing knees to the body.
Swagger scores with a shot to the side of Clausen's head.
Clausen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Swagger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Swagger.
Clausen is looking to control Swagger's arms but Swagger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Clausen has his back to the cage.
Swagger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Swagger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clausen backwards.
Nice body punch from Clausen.
A head punch on the inside from Swagger fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clausen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clausen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Swagger backwards.
Swagger blocking some punches.
Clausen blocks a body shot from Swagger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swagger.
Clausen blocks a body shot from Swagger.

Clausen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clausen scores with a jab. Swagger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clausen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Clausen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Swagger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clausen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Swagger throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clausen misses with a few strikes there.
Swagger bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Clausen's head backwards.
Clausen throws a body punch but Swagger moves out of range.
Swagger throws a jab when Clausen was well out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swagger tries to land a leg kick but Clausen saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clausen. Swagger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clausen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice shot by Swagger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peerless Swagger dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Both fighters circling a little - Swagger finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Clausen misses the shot to the body.
Swagger throws a sloppy head kick and Clausen moves out of range easily.
Clausen scores with a nice right hand.
Swagger loads up on a big right hand but Clausen slips the punch.
Swagger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Swagger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Clausen lands a jab-cross combination.

Swagger is rocked!
Swagger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Clausen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Swagger is still on wobbly legs! Can Clausen finish him?
Clausen and Swagger are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Clausen throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Swagger into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Clausen knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Claus Clausen!