PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathaniel Swain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Swain
vs
Francis

201 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
243 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Francis!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Francis throws a lazy right hand but Swain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Francis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Francis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Swain darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Swain gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Swain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Francis misses with a takedown attempt

and Swain counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Swain lands with a punch from half guard.

It looks like Danny Francis has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swain uses his free foot to push down on Francis's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Francis.
Swain breaks from Francis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Swain breaks from Francis's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Swain controlling the position easily from mount.
Francis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Swain scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Francis tries to reverse the position but Swain maintains control.
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.
Swain controlling from the full mount.
Francis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Swain landing strikes from the mount and Francis is in trouble!
Swain lands a big shot there that rocks Francis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Francis is wriggling around trying to escape.
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.
Francis looks gassed!
Francis throwing hammer fists to the chest of Swain. What's that going to do exactly?
Swain working Francis over with strikes here.
Francis 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.
Swain has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Francis's face.
Swain controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swain breaks from Francis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swain controlling from mount.
Swain unloading with bombs!
Swain sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Swain tries to control but Francis wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Swain with a couple of short strikes.
Swain landing strikes from the mount and Francis is in trouble!
Swain scoring with strikes but Francis is staying in there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Swain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Swain has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swain scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Francis?
Swain tries to control but Francis wriggling away.
Swain will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Swain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Francis hang on?
Francis can't escape the position.
Swain can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Francis is looking to escape.
Swain controlling his opponent.
Francis is bucking up trying to escape but Swain cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The referee warns Francis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swain swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nathaniel Swain!