PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Swano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Swano has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Geoffrey Powell's chin.

Powell
vs
Swano

192 cm
21
218 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
21
223 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Golden Supplements

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Geoffrey Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Swano!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell ducks under a wild hook from Swano.

Swano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Powell, pushing him back against the cage.

Powell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Geoffrey Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swano avoids a punch combination nicely.

Powell closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Swano is not content to let Powell control the position.
Powell trying to pass the guard but Swano defending well.
Powell is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Powell trying to pass the guard but Swano defending well.
Powell lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Powell is just content to waste time from the top position. Swano takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Powell looking to sit in guard and control but Swano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Powell manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Swano manages to get himself to full guard.
Powell throws a strike but Swano rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Powell scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Swano misses with a head kick.
Swano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Swano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Powell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Swano fails to land with a series of punches.
Powell thows a body shot but no joy.
Powell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Powell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Powell looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Swano!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swano keeps Powell under control for a moment.
Swano is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swano takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Powell trying to control the position but Swano is working away.
Powell looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Swano is avoiding damage well.
Swano is trying to get back to half guard.
Powell lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Swano down.
Swano parries the strikes from Powell easily there. Powell is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Swano to escape.
Swano is not content to let Powell control the position.
You can see the frustration on Swano's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Powell.
Powell lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Powell is trying to ground and pound but Swano uses the momentary lack of control by Powell to regain half guard.
Powell works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swano dodges the ground and pound from Powell.
Powell trying to control the action but Swano is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geoffrey Powell dominated that round.
That's time! Powell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Powell decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Swano is looking to control Powell's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Swano avoid being mounted?
Powell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Powell thows a huge punch but Swano dodges it nicely.
Powell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swano's head.
Powell wants to advance to full mount but Swano doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Powell cracks Swano with a solid left hand.
Swano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swano keeping moving, preventing Powell from controlling successfully.
Powell stopping the sweep attempt from Swano.

Swano working for a triangle but Powell defends it easily.
Powell wants to control from the top but Swano keeps moving.
Powell landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swano keeping moving, preventing Powell from controlling successfully.
Powell throwing strikes but missing.
Swano trying to control the position.
Powell throwing strikes but missing.
Powell chips away with some ground and pound.
Powell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Powell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swano manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Powell can't escape the position.
Swano trying to control but Powell is having none of it.
Swano unloads with some shots from mount but Powell bucks and avoids them well.

Swano is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Powell can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Powell is trying to escape the mount.
Powell really wants to buck Swano off and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Powell is trying to stand.
Swano thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Powell keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Powell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Geoffrey Powell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Powell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Swano throws an elbow that misses. Powell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Swano's guard. Nice move by Powell!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Powell throwing strikes from guard but Swano blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geoffrey Powell dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Swano wants to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Swano. No joy for Powell on that attempt.
Swano thuds his right hand into Powell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Powell misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Powell. Those never looked like landing.
Powell swinging wildly here.

Swano pushes Powell up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swano wants to take the fight to the mat but Powell manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Swano lands a shot to the body.
Swano misses with a knee strike.
Powell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Swano manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Swano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell avoids the head kick by Swano.
Powell has a takedown stuffed.
Powell cracks Swano with a good jab.
Swano moves in looking to clinch but Powell pushes him off.
Geoffrey Powell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Powell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swano.
Powell throws a shot from downtown. Swano moves away and avoids it.
Powell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Powell shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Swano is trying to defend but Powell finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Powell blocks the strikes from Swano.

Swano actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swano wants to improve his position but Powell is controlling well.
Powell seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Powell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Powell trying to mount his opponent but Swano defends it.
Swano blocking the ground and pound attempt from Powell.
Powell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Swano defending well though.
Powell looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Powell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swano taking some punishment here, with Powell in his half guard.
Powell throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Powell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Swano manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Powell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Powell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Swano is keeping the position for now.
Powell trying to control the position from guard on top but Swano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swano trying to control the position.
Powell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Swano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swano working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Powell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Powell manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Swano is on top in guard.
Powell trying to control the position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swano won't allow Powell to sweep him here.
Dan Swano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Geoffrey Powell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Powell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Geoffrey Powell.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Powell, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geoffrey Powell!
After winning the bout, Geoffrey Powell thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.