PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kirill Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Swearingen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirill Filipovic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Filipovic
vs
Swearingen

178 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kirill Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlie Swearingen!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swearingen scores with a nice right hand.
Filipovic is looking to clinch.

Filipovic moves into range and clinches up with Swearingen.
Swearingen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Filipovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Swearingen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filipovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swearingen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Swearingen is trying to break the clinch but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage.
Filipovic misses with a knee to the head.
Swearingen blocks an elbow strike from Filipovic.
Swearingen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Swearingen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filipovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Swearingen wants to break free but Filipovic has control.
Swearingen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swearingen takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Charlie Swearingen has been cut.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Swearingen's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Swearingen wants to get back to striking at distance but Filipovic won't allow it.
Filipovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swearingen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.
Filipovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Swearingen avoids the damage to the body.
Filipovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swearingen blocks it with crossed arms.
Filipovic is pushing Swearingen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Swearingen can't break the clinch.
Filipovic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Swearingen takes a knee right on the jaw!

Swearingen breaks the clinch.
Filipovic slips a straight right by Swearingen.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swearingen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swearingen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage.
Filipovic looking to throw knees to the head but Swearingen is blocking nicely.
Swearingen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Filipovic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Filipovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Filipovic misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic leaning his opponent against the cage.
A knee to the head by Filipovic.
Filipovic is breathing heavily.
Swearingen tries to break the clinch but Filipovic is controlling the position.
Filipovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swearingen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Swearingen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Swearingen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Filipovic moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Swearingen!
Kirill Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Swearingen with that takedown attempt.
Kirill Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Swearingen.
Filipovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Swearingen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Filipovic manages to avoid it.
Swearingen throws a big shot that misses.
Filipovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Swearingen blocks a head kick by Filipovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Swearingen.
Swearingen throws a lazy right hand but Filipovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Swearingen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Filipovic.
Filipovic is looking to clinch.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Filipovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Swearingen blocks a head kick by Filipovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirill Filipovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Swearingen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Swearingen cracks Filipovic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Swearingen wants to clinch up but Filipovic keeps it at a distance.
Filipovic swings for the body but Swearingen moves out of range.
Swearingen misses with a body punch

and Filipovic counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Filipovic.
Filipovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swearingen blocks it with crossed arms.
Filipovic misses with an elbow strike.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic misses with an elbow over the top.

Swearingen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Swearingen manages to end up in side control.
Swearingen in side control, throwing shots but Filipovic defends.
Swearingen working the ground and pound from side control.
Filipovic gets back to half guard.
Filipovic moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Filipovic manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swearingen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Filipovic in his tracks.
Kirill Filipovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Filipovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Swearingen misses with a shot to the body

and Filipovic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Filipovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swearingen blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Swearingen is breathing heavily.
Swearingen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Filipovic throws an elbow that misses.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Swearingen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic leaning his opponent against the cage.
Swearingen is trying to maintain a safe position but Filipovic gets an underhook and turns Swearingen into the cage.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but Swearingen blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swearingen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Swearingen's ribcage.
Filipovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Filipovic prevents the takedown attempt.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but Swearingen blocks with his arms.
Swearingen dodges an elbow strike from Filipovic.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swearingen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Swearingen gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swearingen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Filipovic looks like he's trying to stand up.
Filipovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic is working hard here to advance position.
Swearingen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Filipovic gets back to full guard.
Swearingen stopping the sweep attempt from Filipovic.
Swearingen stands and throws Filipovic's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Filipovic is not content to let Swearingen control the position.

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.
Filipovic is trying to get back to half guard.
Filipovic is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Swearingen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Filipovic regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swearingen scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Swearingen postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Filipovic to stand up.
Filipovic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Filipovic tries to clinch
and Swearingen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Filipovic thinking.
Filipovic walks into a stiff left hand from Swearingen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Charlie Swearingen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Charlie Swearingen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! 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.

Filipovic closes the distance but Swearingen moves to the side
and Swearingen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Filipovic walks into a straight right hand from Swearingen.
Swearingen tries to close the distance and clinch but Filipovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Filipovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swearingen lands a jab to the head.
Filipovic throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Filipovic drives through and clinches with Swearingen against the cage.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Swearingen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Swearingen manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Swearingen misses.
Swearingen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Filipovic throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Filipovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Swearingen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Filipovic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Swearingen.
Filipovic is looking for a sweep. Swearingen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Swearingen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Swearingen trying to control the action but Filipovic is working from the bottom.
Swearingen is controlling the pace.
Filipovic regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swearingen trying to stand up but can't free himself from Filipovic's guard.

Filipovic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Swearingen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Swearingen is working Filipovic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Filipovic controls Swearingen momentarily but Swearingen frees himself.
Filipovic wants to stand up but Swearingen is controlling him.
Swearingen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Filipovic's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swearingen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Filipovic's guard.

Filipovic is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Swearingen pulls his head out easily.

Swearingen stands up and beckons Filipovic to join him on the feet.
Swearingen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Filipovic makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Swearingen really felt that one!
Filipovic throws a head kick that Swearingen semi-blocks.

Filipovic has managed to clinch.
Filipovic looking to throw knees to the head but Swearingen is blocking nicely.

Swearingen breaks from the clinch.
Filipovic tries to clinch there but Swearingen circles away.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swearingen paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic loads up on a big right hand but Swearingen slips the punch.
Swearingen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Filipovic is looking to clinch.
Filipovic tries to clinch up.
Swearingen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Filipovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Swearingen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swearingen tries to pass to full mount but Filipovic defends it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Charlie Swearingen.
I think Swearingen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Charlie Swearingen!