PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mateusz Wiaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Swenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thor Swenson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Wiaz
vs
Swenson

170 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
19
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mateusz Wiaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thor Swenson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wiaz drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wiaz stands up over Swenson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Swenson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Wiaz stopping the sweep attempt from Swenson.
Wiaz throwing strikes but missing.
Wiaz connects with a couple of short punches.
Swenson trying to control the position.
Swenson can't keep his opponent in guard - Wiaz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wiaz 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.
Wiaz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wiaz passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swenson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wiaz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Swenson down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swenson is trying to escape the position but Wiaz is controlling the position.
Wiaz scores with punches from side control.
Wiaz working the ground and pound.
Wiaz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wiaz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wiaz landing a few strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiaz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Swenson struggling a bit here.
Wiaz lands a nice forearm strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiaz taking a breather here.
Wiaz grinds an elbow into Swenson's temple.
Swenson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Swenson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Swenson tries to improve position but can't.
Swenson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wiaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wiaz grinds an elbow into Swenson's temple.
Wiaz works to advance to full mount. Swenson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Swenson is working to get back to half guard.
Wiaz controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wiaz with a couple of short strikes.
Wiaz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wiaz scoring with strikes but Swenson is staying in there.
Swenson is in a horrible position here. Wiaz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swenson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Wiaz looking to isolate an arm here. Swenson doesn't see it coming and as Wiaz extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Wiaz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mateusz Wiaz!
Mateusz Wiaz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.