PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Swarner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Mignone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Mignone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Swarner
vs
Mignone

190 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
216 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Swarner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Mignone!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swarner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mignone misses with a combination
and Swarner counters with a head kick. That will keep Mignone thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Swarner blocks a jab.
Mignone stuns Swarner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mike Mignone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mignone misses with the combination.
Swarner thumps Mignone with a low kick.
Mignone throws a series of punches but Swarner avoids them all with ease.
Swarner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mignone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Swarner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swarner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mignone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Swarner circles away quickly and effectively.
Mignone throws a series of punches but Swarner moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swarner misses with a wild combination.
Swarner dodges the punch combination from Mignone.
Mignone swinging wildly here.
Mignone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Swarner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Some bone on bone action there as Mignone checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Swarner moves out of range as Mignone strikes.
Mignone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swarner.

Oooooh!!! Mignone has knocked Swarner down with a huge combo! Mignone steps away and waves a wobbly Swarner back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mignone throws a right and a left that Swarner avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swarner thumps Mignone with a low kick.
A left lands for Mignone.
Swarner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mignone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Swarner takes one on the button.
Mignone misses with a wild combination.
Mignone throws a lazy uppercut
and Swarner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Swarner.
A combination from Mignone does no damage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Swarner.
Mignone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swarner.
Swarner slips a jab and a cross from Mignone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarner slips a jab and a cross from Mignone.
Swarner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mignone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mignone misses with a series of wild punches.
Swarner throws a head kick but Mignone moves out of range.
Swarner is looking to clinch but Mignone is avoiding it.
A combination from Mignone does no damage.
Mignone connects with a body shot.
Mignone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mignone misses with the combination.
Mignone throws a series of punches but Swarner moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mignone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Mignone.
A punch combination from Mignone misses.
A big left from Mignone misses.
Mignone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Swarner.
Mignone takes a swing at Swarner's ribcage but misses.
Swarner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mignone swings for the body but Swarner moves out of range.
Mignone fails to land with a series of punches.
Mignone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mignone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swarner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Mignone dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mignone stalks Swarner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Swarner's face. Swarner staggers backwards, shaken.
Mignone walks into a straight right hand from Swarner.
Mignone throws a series of punches but Swarner avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Mignone misses.
Mignone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Swarner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mignone misses with a straight left.
Mignone misses with a combination
and Swarner counters with a left and a right that stings Mignone.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Swarner, right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mignone throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Swarner on the side of the head.
Swarner misses with a wild body shot.
Mignone misses with a wild combination.
Mignone misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mignone misses with a wild combination.
Swarner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mignone looks to throw the jab but Swarner is out of range.
Swarner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mignone.
Mignone throws a body punch but Swarner moves out of range.
Swarner pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mignone back to the cage. Swarner follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Swarner staying out of range there.
Mignone misses with a body shot
and Swarner counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mignone is breathing heavily.
A combination from Mignone does no damage.
Mignone works over Swarner's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swarner misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mignone walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Swarner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mignone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mignone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swarner.
Swarner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mignone.
Mignone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mike Mignone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mignone throws a combination that misses
and Swarner counters with a low kick, right behind Mignone 's knee.
Swarner throws a leg kick which misses Mignone's front leg but catches the back leg as Mignone tries to avoid it.
Swarner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mignone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Swarner throws a leg kick which misses Mignone's front leg but catches the back leg as Mignone tries to avoid it.
Swarner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mignone counters with a left and a right that stings Swarner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swarner throws a right hand that Mignone ducks under and follows up with a left that Mignone also avoids with ease.
Swarner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mignone digs a good hook to Swarner's body.
Mignone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swarner.
Mignone lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mignone.
No joy there for Mignone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mignone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mignone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Swarner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Swarner is looking to clinch.
Swarner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mignone connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Swarner scrambles back to his feet.
Swarner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mignone misses with a wild body shot.
Swarner fails to land with a series of punches.
Mignone misses with a double jab.
Mignone dodges the punch combination from Swarner.
Mignone takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Swarner lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Swarner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swarner dodges the punch combination from Mignone.
Mignone throws a series of punches but Swarner avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mignone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swarner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mignone lands a lovely overhand right.
Swarner scores with the left hand. Mignone knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab lands there for Mignone.
Mignone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swarner misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Swarner does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Swarner.
Mignone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mignone misses with a shot to the body
and Swarner counters with a nice kick to the body.
Swarner tries to close the distance and clinch but Mignone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mignone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Swarner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mignone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mignone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Swarner counter with a right hand.
Swarner staying out of range there.
Mignone throws a poor cross that misses
and Swarner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mignone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Swarner closes the distance and clinches.
Mignone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mignone keeps control of Swarner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mignone is trying to break the clinch but Swarner is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swarner can't break the clinch.
Mignone wants to get back to striking at distance but Swarner won't allow it.
Swarner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mignone is trying to break free.
Swarner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mignone prevents Swarner from breaking the clinch.
Mignone tries to break free but Swarner pushes him back against the cage.

Mignone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mignone throws a series of punches but Swarner avoids them all with ease.
Swarner throws a right and a left that Mignone avoids nicely.
Bob Swarner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Swarner throws a leg kick but Mignone moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Swarner.
Mignone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swarner was well out of range. Poor timing from Mignone.
Mignone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Swarner fails to land with a series of punches.
Swarner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mignone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mignone swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Swarner misses.
Mignone throws a combination. Swarner tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mignone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Swarner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mignone takes a swing at Swarner's ribcage but misses.
Swarner scores with a head kick.
Swarner throws a right hand that Mignone ducks under and follows up with a left that Mignone also avoids with ease.
Swarner throws a right and a left that Mignone avoids nicely.
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!
Mignone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mignone misses with a wild body shot.
Mignone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swarner was well out of range. Poor timing from Mignone.
Decent striking displayed by Swarner there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mignone wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A punch combination from Mignone misses.
Mignone throws a right and a left that Swarner avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Swarner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Swarner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Swarner!