PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leon Swanson (ranked 4672 p4p, 5635 weight class) and Island Destroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Swanson
vs
Destroy

194 cm
25
270
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
265
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leon Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Destroy!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Leon Swanson has been cut.

Swanson clinches up against the cage.
Swanson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Destroy has Swanson pressed against the cage, preventing Swanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Destroy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.
Swanson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Swanson is looking to break free of the clinch but Destroy has double underhooks.
Destroy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Destroy has a couple of punches blocked by Swanson.
Destroy throws a head punch that misses.
Swanson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Swanson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Destroy has him pressed against the cage.
Destroy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Destroy.
Destroy prevents Swanson from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swanson is trying to break free.
Swanson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Destroy working aggressively here.
Swanson tries to break the clinch but Destroy is controlling the position.
Swanson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Destroy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Destroy misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson is trying to force a seperation but Destroy has the dominant position.
Destroy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Destroy has a couple of punches blocked by Swanson.
Swanson has had enough of the clinch but Destroy keeps him there for the moment.
Destroy misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Destroy.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.
Destroy throws a head punch that misses.
Destroy swings wildly with an uppercut but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Destroy working aggressively here.
Swanson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Destroy.
Destroy misses with a punch on the inside.
Destroy throws a head punch that misses.
Destroy working aggressively here.
Destroy misses with some punches.
Swanson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Destroy has him pressed against the cage.
Swanson working hard to break the clinch.
Swanson is looking to break free of the clinch but Destroy has double underhooks.
Destroy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson blocking some punches.
Destroy throws a punch but it's blocked by Swanson.
Swanson tries to circle away but Destroy has him pinned against the cage.
Swanson tries to circle away but Destroy has him pinned against the cage.
Swanson is trying to break the clinch but Destroy has him pressed against the cage.
Destroy working aggressively here.
Destroy working aggressively here.
Destroy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.
Swanson takes a shot to the head.
Destroy swings wildly with an uppercut but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swanson blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swanson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Destroy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swanson backwards.
Destroy has a couple of punches blocked by Swanson.
Swanson is trying to break the clinch but Destroy has him pressed against the cage.
Swanson is looking to break free of the clinch but Destroy has double underhooks.
Swanson has had enough of the clinch but Destroy keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.
Destroy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Swanson's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson is trying to push Destroy away but Destroy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Destroy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Swanson backwards.
Destroy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Swanson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Destroy.
Destroy swings wildly with an uppercut but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Destroy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Destroy throws a head punch that misses.
Destroy throws a punch but it's blocked by Swanson.
Destroy lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Swanson.
Swanson wants to break free but Destroy has control.
Swanson can't break the clinch.
Swanson blocks an uppercut.
Swanson wants to get back to striking at distance but Destroy won't allow it.
Destroy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Destroy misses with the head strike.
Destroy swings wildly with an uppercut but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroy working aggressively here.
Destroy swings wildly with an uppercut but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swanson is trying to break free.
Swanson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Destroy throws a head punch that misses.
Destroy has Swanson pressed against the cage, preventing Swanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Swanson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Destroy.
Swanson is trying to force a seperation but Destroy has the dominant position.
Destroy misses with some punches.
Swanson is trying to break the clinch but Destroy has him pressed against the cage.
Swanson blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Swanson.
Swanson can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Destroy fails to land.
Swanson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Destroy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Destroy throws a punch but it's blocked by Swanson.
Destroy misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Island Destroy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leon Swanson's cut.
That's time! Swanson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Destroy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Swanson. That did some damage!
Destroy scores with a kick to the body.
Swanson tries to clinch but Destroy moves out of range.
Destroy thuds his shin into the meat of Swanson's side.
Destroy lands a jab to the nose.
Swanson throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Island Destroy has been cut.

Destroy cracks Swanson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Destroy has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Swanson to stand back up!

Swanson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Destroy lands a brutal uppercut that launches Swanson off his feet! Swanson tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Island Destroy!