PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gouda Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomas Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swanson comes to the cage accompanied by Random audio book. Garcia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gravediggaz - Nowhere to Run kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Swanson
vs
Garcia

182 cm
23
196 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

182 cm
19
196 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

The Next Level Nutrition

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gouda Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomas Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Swanson just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swanson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Swanson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Swanson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Swanson.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Swanson takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia tries to clinch but Swanson moves out of range.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Swanson circles away.
Swanson throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swanson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garcia.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Swanson is avoiding it.
Swanson throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Gouda Swanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swanson works over Garcia's head and body with a nice combination.
Swanson misses with a looping right.
Swanson digs a good hook to Garcia's body.
Swanson throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Swanson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Swanson.
Swanson scores with a nice strike.
Swanson misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia moves away from the strike by Swanson.
Swanson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nice body punch from Swanson.
Donk. Swanson catches Garcia right on the button with a cross.
Swanson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Swanson thuds a left hand into Garcia's body.
Swanson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Swanson throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Swanson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gouda Swanson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Swanson misses with a few strikes there.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Swanson takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Swanson misses with a body shot.
Swanson tests Garcia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swanson throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Gouda Swanson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Swanson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Swanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Swanson circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Swanson throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.

That's two 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.
Garcia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Swanson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Swanson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Swanson misses with a wild combination.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Swanson pushes him off.
Swanson stalks Garcia and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Garcia's face. Garcia staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson scores with a hook to the body. Garcia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Swanson lands with a nice body punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Swanson.
Swanson lands a head shot.

Garcia is rocked!
Swanson fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Garcia out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Gouda Swanson!