PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blake Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Swan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edwards comes to the cage accompanied by Like a surgeon. Blake Edwards has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Edwards
vs
Swan

192 cm
23
199 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
196 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blake Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Swan!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Edwards looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Swan just misses with a punch to the body.
Swan misses with a looping right.
Swan throws a sloppy head kick
and Edwards counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Swan. Edwards does a little dance to reset his feet.
Swan tests Edwards's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Blake Edwards has been cut.
Swan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Edwards counter with a right hand.

Edwards closes the distance and clinches.
Edwards lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swan backwards.
Swan is trying to push Edwards away but Edwards has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Edwards working aggressively here.
Edwards keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Swan's efforts to push away.
Edwards slows down the pace here.
Edwards has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Swan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Swan takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Damian Swan has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards can't find room to land a body shot as Swan controls the action.
Edwards stalling.

Edwards is trying to trip Swan. He has hold of a leg but Swan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Edwards persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Swan wants to get back to his feet but Edwards is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edwards throwing strikes but missing.
Swan wants to get back to his feet but Edwards is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Edwards has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Swan controls Edwards momentarily but Edwards frees himself.
Edwards postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Edwards is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Swan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Edwards is controlling him.
Edwards trying to control the position from guard on top but Swan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swan is looking to stand up but Edwards isn't so interested in that idea.

Edwards postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Swan is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Edwards, into his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swan wanted to stand there but Edwards had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swan wants to pass the guard but Edwards is keeping the position.
Swan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Swan won't allow Edwards to sweep him here.
Edwards bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Swan's guard.
Edwards stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Swan swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four 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.
Swan keeping moving, preventing Edwards from controlling successfully.
Edwards prevents Swan from getting back to his feet.
Edwards looking to pass the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Edwards's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Edwards throwing strikes from guard but Swan blocks nicely.
Edwards trying to control but Swan is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blake Edwards dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Swan misses the target.

Edwards takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Edwards.
Edwards misses with a punch on the inside.
Edwards stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Edwards leaning against his opponent.
Edwards gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Edwards lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Edwards blocks a body shot from Swan.
Edwards scores with a hook to the body.
Swan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The referee calls for Swan to work.
Knees to the body from Edwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swan wants to get back to striking at distance but Edwards won't allow it.

Edwards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Edwards fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Swan misses with a lunging right hand
and Edwards counters with a nice uppercut.
Swan throws a lazy head kick
and Edwards counters with a leg kick.
Damian Swan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swan throws a lazy uppercut
and Edwards counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Swan misses with a shot to the body
and Edwards counters with a left to the body.
Swan is breathing heavily.
Swan misses with an uppercut
and Edwards counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sloppy strikes from Edwards. Those never looked like landing.
Edwards feints and then cracks Swan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Swan down.
Damian Swan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Edwards decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edwards perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Swan is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards slows the pace down in half guard.
Edwards passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Swan!
Edwards working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Swan wants to hold on but Edwards pushes him away.
Swan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Edwards kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Edwards there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Edwards thowing shots but they're missing.
Edwards with shots to the head and body - Swan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Edwards is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Edwards throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Swan because Edwards loaded up on that one.
Swan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Edwards.
Edwards prevents Swan from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards looking to finish with strikes here!
Edwards lands a heavy elbow.
Edwards thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Edwards raining down shots from the mount!
Swan is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Edwards fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blake Edwards dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Swan misses with a double jab
and Edwards counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Edwards avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Edwards fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Swan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Edwards makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Edwards thuds a left hand into Swan's body.
Swan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swan misses with a left hand
and Edwards counters with a leg kick.
Swan misses with a double jab
and Edwards makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Edwards lands with a good body shot.
Blake Edwards is winning the standup battle so far.
Edwards fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swan.

Edwards is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Swan's half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swan is in trouble now - Edwards has advanced to mount!
Swan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Edwards landing punches.
Edwards scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Edwards sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Edwards in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Edwards wants to control the pace but Swan is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Edwards is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Swan is squirming around, avoiding Edwards's attempts to control the action.
Edwards sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Swan is desperately trying to improve his position but Edwards has a good base and remains in mount.
Edwards throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Damian Swan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edwards thowing shots but they're missing.
Blake Edwards is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Swan because Edwards loaded up on that one.
Swan can't escape the position.
Blake Edwards overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Swan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Edwards tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Edwards raining down hammerfists from mount.
Swan tries to hold on but Edwards postures up.
Edwards cracks Swan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Edwards wants to control the pace but Swan is squirming around nicely.
Swan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Edwards controlling from the full mount.
BOOM! Edwards connects with a massive shot to the dome!

And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Edwards showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Edwards has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blake Edwards!