PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaine de La Valliere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathew Swoop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think de La Valliere might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Showtek - Black 2008. Mathew Swoop has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

de La Valliere
vs
Swoop

191 cm
24
223 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

197 cm
25
212 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

RAW Nutrition * Recovery 159 : 65$ *

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaine de La Valliere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mathew Swoop!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de La Valliere throws a right and a left that both miss.
Swoop misses with a jab, cross combination.
Swoop tries to clinch up.
Swoop dodges the punch combination from de La Valliere.
de La Valliere looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body kick there by Swoop.
de La Valliere lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
de La Valliere rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Swoop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Swoop gets a takedown into half guard.

Swoop gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Swoop has taken the fight to the clinch.
de La Valliere can't get the takedown.

Swoop drags the fight down to the ground.
de La Valliere looking to pass the guard.
de La Valliere won't allow Swoop to sweep him here.
Swoop is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swoop is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst de La Valliere is controlling him.
Swoop manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. de La Valliere manages to get himself to full guard.
de La Valliere trying to strike off his back.
de La Valliere wants to stand but Swoop is controlling the position.

de La Valliere had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Swoop defends it easily.
Swoop trying to stand up but can't free himself from de La Valliere's guard.
Swoop tries to free his leg and advance position but de La Valliere is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Swoop drops back looking for a leg! de La Valliere is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and de La Valliere manages to kick Swoop off! Swoop jumps back into de La Valliere's guard.
Swoop trying to control the position from guard on top but de La Valliere is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de La Valliere working a defensive guard here.
de La Valliere can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Swoop controls the pace.
Swoop must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
de La Valliere trying to keep a closed guard but Swoop is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de La Valliere throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swoop.
de La Valliere misses with a jab, cross combination.

Swoop shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
de La Valliere tries to get to full guard but Swoop has control of the leg.

de La Valliere manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Mathew Swoop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swoop fails with an attempt to clinch.
de La Valliere shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
de La Valliere waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Swoop.
Swoop is looking to clinch but de La Valliere is avoiding it.
de La Valliere takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Swoop.
de La Valliere is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Swoop has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de La Valliere is looking to reverse the position.
de La Valliere struggling a bit here.
de La Valliere is looking to regain half guard here but Swoop keeps moving and retains side control.
de La Valliere is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Swoop off and has taken his back!
Swoop trying to control the action but de La Valliere just sinks the hooks in.
de La Valliere missing with strikes.
Swoop has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from de La Valliere.

de La Valliere looking for the choke from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Swoop dominated that round.
That's time! de La Valliere's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Swoop throws a combination. de La Valliere tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swoop. de La Valliere does a little dance to reset his feet.
Swoop dives in and grabs de La Valliere's left leg, looking for a takedown. de La Valliere pushes down on Swoop's head and hops out.
Swoop moves out of range of the strikes.
de La Valliere scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Swoop fails to land with a series of punches.
Swoop shoots and misses
and de La Valliere counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Swoop shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
de La Valliere throws a series of punches but Swoop avoids them all with ease.
Swoop shoots in and drives through. de La Valliere sprawls well.
Kaine de La Valliere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mathew Swoop.

Swoop gets a clinch.

Swoop breaks from the clinch.
de La Valliere thows a body shot but no joy.
de La Valliere stuffs the takedown attempt from Swoop. Swoop gets slowly back to his feet.
de La Valliere avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
de La Valliere throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Swoop lets loose with a powerful body kick. de La Valliere will feel that in the morning.
de La Valliere misses with an uppercut. Swoop saw that one coming.

Swoop closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
de La Valliere looks to move to half guard but instead Swoop has passed into mount! Damn!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de La Valliere is squirming around, avoiding Swoop's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swoop prevents de La Valliere from getting the reversal.
de La Valliere is trying to stand.
de La Valliere is looking to get to half guard.
Swoop looking to control but de La Valliere is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
de La Valliere is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
de La Valliere is squirming around, avoiding Swoop's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swoop takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
de La Valliere is looking to get to half guard.
Swoop wants to control the pace but de La Valliere is squirming around nicely.
Swoop is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
de La Valliere can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that de La Valliere really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Swoop can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as de La Valliere is looking to escape.

Swoop goes for an armbar but de La Valliere turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from de La Valliere.
de La Valliere throws and elbow that misses. Swoop uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in de La Valliere's guard. Nice move by Swoop!

Swoop stands and steps away. de La Valliere gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That kick from Swoop tenderised de La Valliere's leg. de La Valliere is trying to keep his angry face on.

Swoop drives through and clinches with de La Valliere against the cage.
de La Valliere goes for a takedown in the clinch but Swoop prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swoop gets through de La Valliere's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Swoop breaks the clinch.
de La Valliere rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Swoop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Swoop lands with a shot to the body.
Swoop fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
de La Valliere defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Swoop.
de La Valliere misses with a few strikes there.
Swoop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as de La Valliere throws out the jab.
Swoop misses with a shot to the body
and de La Valliere makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Swoop throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Swoop gets a double leg takedown into de La Valliere's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de La Valliere wants to get back to his feet but Swoop is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Swoop engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Swoop stands up from de La Valliere's guard - Swoop perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Swoop showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

de La Valliere looks to land a combination but Swoop avoids it well.
Swoop connects with a high kick.

Swoop closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. de La Valliere quickly recovers to half guard.
de La Valliere tries to kick Swoop off but Swoop keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Swoop is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
de La Valliere wants to stand back up but Swoop manages to pass into side control.

Swoop decides to stand back up. Swoop steps back and let's de La Valliere get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Swoop looks to land a combination but de La Valliere avoids it well.
Swoop pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swoop ducks under a wild hook from de La Valliere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swoop tries to clinch up but de La Valliere circles away and keeps his distance.
Kaine de La Valliere is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by de La Valliere!
Nice straight punches there by de La Valliere. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of de La Valliere.
A punch combination from de La Valliere misses.
A combination from de La Valliere does no damage.
de La Valliere jabbing away but nothing is landing.
de La Valliere takes a kick to the side of the head.
de La Valliere misses with a body shot.

Swoop throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. de La Valliere was covering up waiting for the punch and Swoop finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Swoop trying to control the position from guard on top but de La Valliere is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

de La Valliere wriggles free and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swoop scores with a crisp jab that stopped de La Valliere in his tracks.
de La Valliere leaves Swoop with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
de La Valliere misses with the combination.
Swoop tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Swoop. Those never looked like landing.
Swoop shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts de La Valliere as he jumps to the side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Swoop gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from de La Valliere.

Swoop is trying to trip de La Valliere. He has hold of a leg but de La Valliere is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Swoop persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

de La Valliere has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Swoop is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for de La Valliere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Swoop decides to stand back up. Swoop steps back and let's de La Valliere get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de La Valliere throws a leg kick but Swoop sees it coming and moves out of range.
de La Valliere lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Swoop shoots in but de La Valliere avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kaine de La Valliere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mathew Swoop.
Swoop fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but de La Valliere avoids it really well and circles away.
Swoop misses with a series of wild punches.
Swoop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swoop tries to clinch there but de La Valliere circles away.
Swoop tries to close the distance and clinch but de La Valliere swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swoop shoots in but no luck this time.
Swoop is looking to clinch.
de La Valliere fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
de La Valliere throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Swoop changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. de La Valliere tries to avoid it but Swoop manages to keep hold of a leg and drag de La Valliere to the ground. de La Valliere escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from de La Valliere. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de La Valliere throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
de La Valliere ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Swoop tries to clinch there but de La Valliere circles away.
Kaine de La Valliere has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Swoop just misses with a punch to the body.
Kaine de La Valliere is winning the standup battle so far.
Swoop tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
de La Valliere throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
de La Valliere tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
de La Valliere misses with a few strikes there.

Swoop rushes de La Valliere and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Swoop pulls guard effortlessly.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Swoop holds on and takes a little breather.
de La Valliere loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mathew Swoop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mathew Swoop has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swoop lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for de La Valliere!
Swoop tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mathew Swoop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Swoop winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mathew Swoop!