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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathaniel Swain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and evan roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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250 lbs
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathaniel Swain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, evan roberts!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
roberts misses with a hook. Swain ducked under it nicely.
roberts throws a series of punches but Swain moves out of range.
roberts tries to clinch up but Swain circles away and keeps his distance.
roberts throws a lazy right hand but Swain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Swain avoids a punch combination nicely.
roberts looks to land a right hand but Swain moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from roberts.
roberts misses with a series of wild punches.
Swain slips a jab and a cross from roberts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for roberts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Swain slips under a jab from roberts.
Swain takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Nathaniel Swain has been cut.
roberts connects with a jab.
roberts moves in looking to clinch but Swain pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swain takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
roberts throws out a loose jab but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swain bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
roberts is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Swain is controlling him well.
Swain landing a few strikes.
Swain trying to control the position but roberts is working away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Swain has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
roberts pushes Swain away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Swain gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
roberts looks gassed!
Swain tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Swain has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
roberts is working to avoid the ground and pound but Swain connects with a decent elbow.
A lull in the action here as Swain stalls from top position.
roberts is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Swain has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swain in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swain passes to full mount! That's big trouble for roberts!
Swain lands a nice shot to the head.
Swain controlling the position easily from mount.
roberts is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Swain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. roberts can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The referee warns roberts that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Swain landing strikes from the mount.
Swain fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swain lands a nice shot to the head.
Swain controlling his opponent.
Swain raining down shots from the mount!
Swain is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
roberts in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Swain controlling the pace for now.
roberts is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Swain lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Swain trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Swain landing strikes from the mount.
Swain looking to control and managing it successfully.
Swain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can roberts hang on?
roberts is squirming around, avoiding Swain's attempts to control the action.
Swain lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swain controlling his opponent.
Swain fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swain is working for a guillotine from mount but roberts frees his head quite easily.
Swain fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Swain cracks roberts with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
roberts is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Swain tries to control but roberts wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swain scoring with strikes but roberts is staying in there.
Swain takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
roberts is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathaniel Swain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathaniel Swain'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.
Swain dodges the punch combination from roberts.
Swain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swain slips a jab and a cross from roberts.
roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Swain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
evan roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Swain lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as roberts backs up against the ropes.
It looks like evan roberts has been cut.
Swain feints and as roberts raises his hands in defense, Swain changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Swain trying to control the position from guard on top but roberts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
roberts is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Swain is controlling him.
roberts is breathing heavily.
Swain trying to control but roberts is working from the bottom.
Swain sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swain advances position into side control!
Swain controlling the position from side mount.
Swain is looking to take a break and control but roberts is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Swain will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Swain lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear roberts down.
Swain controlling the position.
Swain lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Swain controlling the position from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Nathaniel Swain just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
roberts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Swain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from roberts.
Swain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Swain.
Swain grinds an elbow into roberts's temple.
Swain trying to control the action but roberts is working from the bottom.
roberts tries to escape but Swain is in control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
roberts takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
roberts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Swain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
roberts is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Swain trying to control the action but roberts is working from the bottom.
Swain slows the pace down.
Nathaniel Swain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swain scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at roberts to see if he's OK.
roberts is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Swain is controlling him well.
roberts is being controlled here.
Swain wants to lay and pray for a moment but roberts keeps working.
Swain stands up and beckons roberts to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
roberts wants to clinch.
Swain closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming roberts to the mat! roberts manages to get full guard.
Swain postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Swain working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Swain won't allow roberts to get back to his feet.
Swain is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Swain postures up and lands a big shot to roberts's brow.
Swain scoring with punches to the head and body.
Swain working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of roberts's head.
Swain drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Swain jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathaniel Swain dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get 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.
roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Swain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
roberts connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Swain's hands.
roberts throws a combination that misses
and Swain counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
roberts is refusing to be controlled, as Swain sits in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Swain lands a nice short elbow.
roberts on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
roberts is staying active underneath Swain, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
roberts wants to get back to his feet.
Swain is looking to advance position but roberts won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Swain is tying to control. roberts wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
roberts wants to get back to his feet.
Swain is trying to control the action in half guard but roberts is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
roberts tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and roberts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
roberts gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Swain advances position into side control!
roberts wants to get back to his feet.
Swain working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Swain scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at roberts to see if he's OK.
roberts wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
roberts on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
roberts throws Swain to one side and escapes!
Swain decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
roberts is looking to escape.
Swain lands with a punch from half guard.
roberts is trying to stand back up but Swain is controlling him
roberts has hold of Swain's hands but Swain slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
roberts wants to get back to his feet.
Swain seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Swain content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Swain is keen to just control but roberts is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
roberts connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Swain's hands.
roberts stalks Swain and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Swain's face. Swain staggers backwards, shaken.
Swain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from roberts.
Swain shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
roberts is looking to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Swain winds up and cracks roberts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Swain is trying to control the action in half guard but roberts is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Swain working the head and body with strikes.
Swain takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Swain prevents roberts from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Swain ducks under a wild hook from roberts.
roberts misses with a combination
and Swain counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Swain.
Swain thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
evan roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Swain trying to control the position from guard on top but roberts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
roberts throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Swain stands up over roberts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nathaniel Swain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swain is stalling in the full guard.
roberts is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Swain is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathaniel Swain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Swain, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Nathaniel Swain!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Nathaniel Swain!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Nathaniel Swain!
Nathaniel Swain wins by unanimous decision!
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