PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pete Schwetty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Cid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Schwetty
vs
Cid

170 cm
40
154 lbs
38 - 36 - 0

175 cm
41
155 lbs
41 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pete Schwetty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Cid!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Cid does no damage.
Cid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Schwetty swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Cid moves into the clinch.
Cid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schwetty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Schwetty.
Schwetty can't find room to land a body shot as Cid controls the action.
Cid working Schwetty over with knees to the body.
Schwetty taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Schwetty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cid takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schwetty trying to land knees to the body.
Schwetty working hard to break the clinch.
Schwetty managing to block the knees to the body from Cid.
Cid lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwetty tries a body shot but Cid blocks it.
Cid prevents a body shot from Schwetty.
Cid lands an elbow that stopped Schwetty in his tracks for a moment.
Cid looking for a takedown.

Cid manages to break the clinch.
Schwetty paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Schwetty avoids the head kick by Cid.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schwetty throws a leg kick but Cid sees it coming and moves out of range.
Schwetty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cid was well out of range. Poor timing from Schwetty.
Schwetty blocks a head kick by Cid.
Cid dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cid takes a swing at Schwetty's ribcage but misses.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schwetty scores with a jab to the head.
Cid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cid takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cid is looking to clinch.
Schwetty scores with a body shot.
Schwetty throws a low kick but Cid avoids it.
Cid throws a half hearted mid kick.
A quick step to the side and Schwetty tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwetty ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Schwetty misses the target.
A head kick misses from Cid.
Schwetty was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cid on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Schwetty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cid. That did some damage!
Nice jab there from Schwetty.
Schwetty doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cid throws a sloppy head kick and Schwetty moves out of range easily.
Schwetty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cid thuds his right hand into Schwetty's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Schwetty lands a jab to Cid's midsection.
Cid misses with a hook. Schwetty ducked under it nicely.
Cid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cid misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schwetty.
Schwetty attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cid misses with a body kick.

Cid gets a clinch.

Schwetty breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Schwetty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Schwetty misses with a hook to the body
and Cid counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwetty throws a body kick that misses.
Cid tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Schwetty manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schwetty circles away quickly and effectively.
Schwetty steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cid. That one must have hurt.
Schwetty throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cid.
Schwetty keeps the fight on the outside.
Cid misses with a body shot.
Schwetty looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Schwetty scoring well with a low kick there.
Schwetty misses with a looping right.
Cid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Schwetty has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cid misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body kick from Cid.
Cid throws a sloppy head kick and Schwetty moves out of range easily.
Cid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schwetty is looking to wear down Cid with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cid is looking to clinch but Schwetty is avoiding it.
Cid lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schwetty is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cid raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A clash of legs there as Cid blocks the low kick.
Schwetty lands a nice shot that snaps Cid's head back.

It looks like Xavier Cid has been cut.
Schwetty takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schwetty throws a jab but it's blocked by Cid.
We've been informed that Cid has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Cid scores with a nice right hand.

Cid closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cid struggles to land a body shot inside as Schwetty controls his hands.
Cid misses with a body punch.
Cid misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Cid.
Cid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schwetty's elbow.
Schwetty throws a punch but it's blocked by Cid.
The referee calls for Schwetty to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schwetty misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cid drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cid fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Xavier Cid will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Xavier Cid's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cid throws a head kick but Schwetty moves out of range.
Cid blocks the body kick.
Schwetty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cid scores with the left hand. Schwetty knows he should have avoided that one.
Pete Schwetty is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Schwetty misses.
Cid is looking for the big counter here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Schwetty digs a good body shot into Cid's ribs.
Cid lands with a slapping head kick.
Cid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schwetty moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Schwetty on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice jab there from Schwetty.
Cid blocks a low kick nicely.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schwetty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheers as Schwetty lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cid doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schwetty swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Cid clinches with his opponent.
Cid blocks an uppercut.
Cid blocks a body shot from Schwetty.
Cid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Cid scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cid tries to land a knee to the head but Schwetty blocks with his arms.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schwetty lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schwetty lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cid blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cid misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Cid breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cid throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cid throws a head kick but Schwetty moves out of range.
Schwetty tries a low kick but Cid avoids it.
Schwetty throws a low kick, looking for Cid's leg but Cid calmly moves out of range.
Cid throws a series of punches but Schwetty moves out of range.
Cid misses with the combination.
Cid throws a wild body kick that Schwetty sees coming a mile off.
Schwetty throws a leg kick but Cid sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A jab from Schwetty finds it's way through Cid's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwetty tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cid is able to avoid easily.

Cid has managed to clinch.
Schwetty tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cid's elbow.
A short right from Schwetty.
Schwetty slowing the pace effectively.
Schwetty stalling in the clinch but Cid improves position.
Schwetty looking to slow down the pace here.
Cid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cid with a knee to the head.
Schwetty managing to block the knees to the body from Cid.
Schwetty stalling against the cage.
Cid scores a nice knee to the body.
Cid is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schwetty is defending well for now.
Cid misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid tries to land knees in the clinch but Schwetty avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Cid.
Schwetty lands with a right to the head.
Cid struggles to land a body shot inside as Schwetty controls his hands.
Cid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Schwetty in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Cid breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schwetty is looking to chop away at Cid's legs.
Cid wants to clinch up but Schwetty keeps it at a distance.
Cid fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schwetty. Cid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schwetty pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cid back to the cage. Schwetty follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cid lands a jab to Schwetty's midsection.
Cid tries to land a leg kick but Schwetty saw it coming and moves away.
Schwetty attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Schwetty tried to score with a low kick but Cid checks it.
Cid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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!

Schwetty gets tackled into the cage by Cid. Cid maintains the clinch.
Cid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Schwetty.
Schwetty taking a breather.
Schwetty lands an uppercut.
Schwetty holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cid scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Cid pulls guard.
Schwetty stays in close to Cid's body and controls the position.

Cid looking for subs off his back but Schwetty has passed one foot through into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Decent striking displayed by Schwetty there.

Cid closes the distance and pushes Schwetty back into the cage.
Schwetty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cid lands a shot to the body.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schwetty's elbow.
Schwetty tries to stall but Cid uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schwetty scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cid lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schwetty backwards.
A short uppercut from Cid.
Cid lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cid lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cid dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cid managing to block the knees to the body from Schwetty.
Schwetty working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schwetty misses with a punch to the body.
Cid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Cid pulls Schwetty into guard.
Cid is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Schwetty is controlling him.
Schwetty trying to control the position from guard on top but Cid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schwetty seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pete Schwetty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cid has his foot on Schwetty's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Schwetty works his way back into a safe position though.
Cid looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Cid not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid wants to sweep here but Schwetty controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Xavier Cid is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schwetty takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cid punishes Schwetty's body with a nice straight punch.
Xavier Cid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schwetty missing with a left hand there. Cid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Schwetty scores with a jab to the jaw.
Schwetty misses with a straight right.
Schwetty looks to land a right hand but Cid moved out of range.
Cid tries a quick counter leg kick but Schwetty is wise to it.
Schwetty takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwetty changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cid tries to clinch but Schwetty is having none of it.
Cid throws a head kick that misses.
Cid lands a front kick.
Schwetty works the jab nicely.

Cid closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwetty lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cid backwards.
Schwetty has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schwetty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schwetty stops a takedown attempt from Cid.
Schwetty lands a left hand.
Schwetty makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cid.
Schwetty misses with a body punch.
Cid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cid jumps guard but Schwetty turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Schwetty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Xavier Cid.
I've got Cid 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Cid!
After the big win, Xavier Cid made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors V-Mask Clothing (10%) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.