PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gennakin Golovdy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Swano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Golovdy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A New Beginning by Audiomachine. Dan Swano told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Golovdy
vs
Swano

185 cm
26
210 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

190 cm
27
223 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gennakin Golovdy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Swano!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Golovdy drives through and clinches with Swano against the cage.
Golovdy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Swano blocking some punches.

Swano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Golovdy is looking to clinch but Swano is avoiding it.
Dan Swano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golovdy tries to clinch but Swano is having none of it.
Decent striking displayed by Golovdy there.
Golovdy tries to close the distance and clinch but Swano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Golovdy forces Swano back against the cage and clinches.
Golovdy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Golovdy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Swano wants to break free but Golovdy has control.
Golovdy throws a head punch that misses.

Swano breaks from the clinch.
Swano misses with a low kick as Golovdy jumps back.
Golovdy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovdy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Golovdy doesn't manage to clinch there - Swano circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Swano keeps the fight on the outside.
Golovdy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Golovdy staying out of range there.
Golovdy misses with an uppercut.
Swano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Golovdy.
Nice defenses there by Golovdy.
Swano misses with a looping right.
Swano throws a predictable looking body shot
and Golovdy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Golovdy connects with a jab.
Golovdy moves away from the strike by Swano.
A shot to the liver by Golovdy. Beautiful body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Golovdy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swano cracks Golovdy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Swano jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Golovdy is rocked!
Golovdy throws a body punch but Swano moves out of range.
Oh Golovdy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovdy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Golovdy seems to have got his legs back now.
Golovdy wants to clinch up but Swano keeps it at a distance.

Swano has closed the distance and engaged Golovdy in a clinch.
Golovdy tries to break free but Swano pushes him back against the cage.

Swano manages to break the clinch.

Swano lands a left and a right that send Golovdy crashing to the mat, dazed. Swano thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Swano throws a shot from downtown. Golovdy moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Swano misses.
A jab lands there for Golovdy.

Swano is rocked!

It looks like Dan Swano has been cut.
Swano misses with a wild body shot.
Golovdy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Swano counters with a nice body shot.
Swano swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Golovdy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Swano is still on wobbly legs! Can Golovdy finish him?
Swano keeps the fight on the outside.
Golovdy avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovdy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Swano seems to have recovered his senses.
Swano connects with a body shot.
Swano looks to land a combination but Golovdy avoids it well.
Golovdy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swano tries to close the distance and clinch but Golovdy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Golovdy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Swano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Golovdy tries to clinch but Swano is having none of it.
Swano throws a hook but Golovdy avoids it easily.
Swano misses with a hook. Golovdy ducked under it nicely.
Golovdy connects with a looping right hand.
Golovdy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Golovdy tries to clinch but Swano is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swano throws a head kick that misses.
Golovdy moves in looking to clinch but Swano pushes him off.
Golovdy tries to clinch up.

Golovdy moves into range and clinches up with Swano.

Swano breaks from the clinch.
Golovdy is looking to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Golovdy lands a left and a right that send Swano crashing to the mat, dazed. Golovdy thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Swano misses with a body punch
and Golovdy counters with a huge left! Swano is in big trouble! He's backing up but Golovdy isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Swano from any more damage. A dominating finish by Golovdy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gennakin Golovdy!
Gennakin Golovdy thanked the fans post fight for their support.