PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edison Atunes (ranked 101 p4p, 17 weight class) and Michael Swango (ranked 371 p4p, 56 weight class). Michael Swango has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Atunes
vs
Swango

185 cm
22
190 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
185 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edison Atunes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Swango!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swango throws a one two combo.

It looks like Edison Atunes has been cut.
Swango misses the jab.
Atunes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Swango.
Atunes lands with a shot to the body.
Atunes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crassus in the buildup to the fight.
Atunes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Swango takes a step back to recover.
Swango misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
Swango swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Michael Swango has been cut.
Swango slips a straight right by Atunes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swango. Atunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Atunes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Swango lands a jab to Atunes's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swango misses with a body shot.
Swango throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Atunes.
Swango is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Swango steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Atunes. That one must have hurt.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Swango doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Atunes throws a head kick but Swango moves out of range.
Atunes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Swango misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swango on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Swango uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atunes.
Swango misses with the combination.
Swango swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Atunes slips a jab from Swango.
Swango throws a combination that misses
and Atunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Atunes takes a swing at Swango's ribcage but misses.
Swango stalks Atunes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Atunes's face. Atunes staggers backwards, shaken.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on Swango's shoulder, as Swango tries to avoid the shot.
Atunes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Swango.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Swango.
Atunes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Swango.

Atunes lands a big head kick that sends Swango tumbling to the mat! Atunes takes a step backwards and waves Swango back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Atunes lands with a hook. Swango tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A head kick misses from Atunes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swango bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Swango.
Atunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Swango throws a nice looking combination but Atunes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Atunes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Swango moves away.
Swango checks the leg kick.
Atunes lands a nice looking body shot.
Swango throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Swango throws a series of punches but Atunes avoids them all with ease.
Atunes takes a swing at Swango's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Atunes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Swango! But no joy.
Atunes's corner calls for a 1-2. Atunes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Swango misses with a wild body shot.
Swango scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Swango misses with a body shot.
Edison Atunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swango takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swango just misses with a punch to the body.
Swango scores with a jab.
Swango misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Atunes.
Atunes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Atunes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Swango misses.
Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Swango on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Swango misses with a double jab
and Atunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Atunes swings for the body but Swango moves out of range.
Swango appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Atunes connects with a body shot that sends Swango's belly button to the back.
Swango uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Swango uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atunes.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
Atunes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Swango throws the left hand but Atunes avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Atunes misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Swango crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Atunes - the referee stops the clock and Swango gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Atunes. Swango manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Atunes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Atunes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Atunes has Swango pressed against the cage, preventing Swango from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Swango breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Atunes moves into the clinch successfully.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Atunes.
Atunes blocks an uppercut.
Atunes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Atunes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Swango throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Atunes misses with a straight right.
Swango is looking for the big counter here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes lands a body shot.
Atunes connects with a looping right hand.
Atunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swango.
Atunes connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edison Atunes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Swango stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
Swango fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Atunes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Swango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swango walks into a left hand.
Atunes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Atunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swango.
Atunes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Swango misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Atunes throws a jab when Swango was well out of range.
Swango lands a jab to Atunes's midsection.
Swango pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Swango swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes thows a body kick. Swango tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atunes throws a hook but Swango blocks it.
Atunes throws an off balance right hand
and Swango counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Swango misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes throws a head kick that misses.
Swango gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That has opened up Michael Swango's cut even more.
Swango shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Atunes eats them both and turns towards Swango to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Swango throws out the jab.
Edison Atunes is winning the standup battle so far.
Swango throws a hook to the side of Atunes's head but Atunes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swango blocks the body kick.
Michael Swango is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Swango misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Swango throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
Swango connects with a jab.
Swango throws a right hand that Atunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Atunes also avoids with ease.
Swango uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
Swango throws a counter combo.
Swango moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes scores with a jab. Swango acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swango misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Atunes misses.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Swango was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sloppy strikes from Swango. Those never looked like landing.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Swango jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
Swango is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Swango was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atunes with a jab.
Atunes connects with a body shot that sends Swango's belly button to the back.
A thudding body kick lands there by Atunes!
Swango is breathing heavily.
Swango closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Atunes scoring well with a low kick there.
Swango misses with a hook.
Swango misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swango with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Atunes to score with a decent uppercut.

Swango is rocked!

The cut above Michael Swango's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Atunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
Swango connects with a nice looking jab.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Swango throws out the jab.
Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Swango.
Swango misses with a hook.
Swango looks to land a combination but Atunes avoids it well.
It looked like Atunes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Swango tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Swango.
Atunes throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Swango to counter with a crisp jab.
Swango misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Swango misses its intended target.
Atunes misses with a hook to the body
and Swango counters with a stiff right hand.
Swango misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Swango misses.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Swango.
Swango on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Swango slips a straight right by Atunes.

Swango tries to keep at a distance but Atunes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Atunes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Atunes.
Swango's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Atunes just leaning against Swango, taking a breather.
A short right from Atunes on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Atunes breaks the clinch.
Nice body kick from Atunes.
A lazy left from Atunes finds it's target.
Atunes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Swango's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Edison Atunes will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Atunes cracks Swango with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Atunes has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Swango to stand back up!
Swango is still on wobbly legs! Can Atunes finish him?
Swango steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
A little jabbing left from Swango on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Atunes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
Swango walks into a stiff left hand from Atunes.
Atunes tests Swango's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Swango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swango getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes knocks out Swango with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Atunes before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Atunes picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edison Atunes!
Edison Atunes retains his middleweight title!
Edison Atunes thanked the fans post fight for their support.