PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Swan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Swan has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Emelianenko
vs
Swan

179 cm
26
185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
196 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™
O'Brannigan's Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mirko Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Swan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko tries to clinch up but Swan circles away and keeps his distance.
Swan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Swan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
Swan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Swan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Emelianenko clinches with his opponent.
Emelianenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Swan's face.

It looks like Damian Swan has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Emelianenko fails to land.

Emelianenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swan.
Swan swats away the attempt to clinch by Emelianenko.
Swan clobbers Emelianenko with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Swan swinging wildly here.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up.
Swan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Emelianenko's head backwards.

It looks like Mirko Emelianenko has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Swan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Emelianenko circles away quickly and effectively.
Swan tries to bum rush Emelianenko with a series of wild strikes but Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Swan misses with a double jab

and Emelianenko moves into the clinch.
A short right from Emelianenko on the inside.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Swan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Swan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Emelianenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swan.
Swan wants to clinch.
Damian Swan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Swan tries to keep at a distance but Emelianenko has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Emelianenko digs a right hand into Swan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Swan's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Swan.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelianenko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Swan working hard to break the clinch.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swan.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Swan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Emelianenko pushes Swan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
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!
Emelianenko scores a nice knee to the body.
Swan looks gassed!
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
Swan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Emelianenko misses with some punches.
Emelianenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swan backwards.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Swan's ribcage.
Emelianenko scores with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Emelianenko with a knee to the head.
Swan trying to stall but Emelianenko improves his position.
Emelianenko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Emelianenko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A frustrated look appears on Swan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Emelianenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Swan avoids the damage to the body.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Swan blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Emelianenko.
Swan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Swan is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Emelianenko throws a head punch that misses.
Swan is looking to break free of the clinch but Emelianenko has double underhooks.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Swan managing to block the knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Emelianenko missing with knees to the body.
Emelianenko misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swan blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelianenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Emelianenko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Emelianenko prevents Swan from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Emelianenko dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Emelianenko takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Swan throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Emelianenko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Swan misses with a body punch
and Emelianenko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Emelianenko misses the jab.
Swan lands with an overhand left.
Swan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emelianenko.
Swan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slow jab from Swan misses its intended target.
Emelianenko lands a jab-cross combination.
Emelianenko throws a leg kick which misses Swan's front leg but catches the back leg as Swan tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Swan counters with a two punch combo.
Emelianenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Swan dips to his left and cracks Emelianenko with an uppercut!

Emelianenko is rocked!
Swan throws a series of punches but Emelianenko avoids them all with ease.
Oh Emelianenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swan cracks Emelianenko with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Emelianenko tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Swan pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Emelianenko is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damian Swan!