PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hard Hitta (ranked 5972 p4p, 198 weight class) and Bruce Swayne (ranked 4560 p4p, 156 weight class). Bruce Swayne will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hitta
vs
Swayne

199 cm
19
265 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

210 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hard Hitta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruce Swayne!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitta tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Swayne defends well and Hitta ends up having to push Swayne into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hitta doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Swayne counter with a right hand.
Swayne circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Swayne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Swayne falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Hitta counter with a right hand.
Hitta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swayne lands a body shot.
We've been informed that Swayne has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hitta misses with a wild combination.
Swayne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swayne misses with a wild combination.
Swayne lands with a hook. Hitta tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hitta misses with a combination
and Swayne counters with a nice uppercut.
Hitta fails with a takedown attempt.
Hitta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hard Hitta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swayne cracks Hitta with a good jab.
Hitta tries to clinch but Swayne moves away
and Swayne scores with a counter punch that sends Hitta to the canvas! Swayne smells blood - he's punishing Hitta with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Hitta has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Swayne!
An out of breath Bruce Swayne thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.