PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edison Atunes (ranked 47 p4p, 336 weight class) and Michael Swango (ranked 7 p4p, 46 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Atunes
vs
Swango

185 cm
24
190
15 - 0 - 0

195 cm
24
185
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY
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 15 - 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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Swango!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Atunes. That's going to slow Swango down.
Swango on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Atunes. Atunes obviously looking to wear him down.
Swango chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Swango rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Atunes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Swango scoring well with a low kick there.
Atunes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swango has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Swango swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Atunes is looking to counter with a body kick.
Swango fails to land with a series of punches.
Atunes scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Michael Swango has been cut.

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!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swango misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Atunes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Swango walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Swango misses with a jab to the body
and Atunes counters with a straight right hand.

Swango is rocked!
Atunes misses with a hook. Swango ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes throws a hook but Swango blocks it.
Atunes throws a sloppy head kick and Swango moves out of range easily.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Swango's head but Swango sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swango is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Swango swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Swango swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Atunes misses.
Swango avoids the head kick by Atunes.
Swango feints a counter leg kick.
Atunes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Atunes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Swango finds it's way round the side to connect with Atunes's head.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Swango's head but Swango sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atunes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Atunes is looking to counter the offense by Swango and move into the clinch.
Swango misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes keeps Swango at a distance using the push kick.
Swango throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Swango takes a kick to the side of the head.

That has opened up Michael Swango's cut even more.
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!
A big left from Atunes misses.
Nice body punch from Atunes.
Atunes 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.
Atunes scores with a jab. Swango acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Atunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swango manages to avoid it.
Swango misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
Swango connects with a solid leg kick.
Swango misses with a combination
and Atunes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Atunes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swango missing with a left hand there. Atunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atunes tries a head kick but it misses.
Swango moves forwards but Atunes connects with a nice, crisp jab.

The cut above Michael Swango's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Swango throws a right hand that misses
and Atunes counters with a leg kick.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Swango.
Atunes looks to throw the jab but Swango is out of range.
Atunes misses with a hook. Swango ducked under it nicely.
Swango swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Atunes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
Swango just misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Swango will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Swango counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Swango misses with a looping left.
Atunes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Atunes lands an overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swango moves out of range as Atunes strikes.
Swango slips under a jab.

Atunes lands a big uppercut and Swango crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Swango looks OK. Atunes waves Swango back to his feet!
Swango is still on wobbly legs! Can Atunes finish him?
Atunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swango manages to avoid it.
Swango seems to have recovered his senses.
A lazy left from Swango finds it's target.
Atunes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swango lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Edison Atunes has been cut.
Swango misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes connects with a body shot that sends Swango's belly button to the back.
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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Swango keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Edison Atunes is winning the standup battle so far.
Swango bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Swango throws out a counter right but Atunes avoids it with no problem.
Atunes misses with a looping right.
Swango throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Atunes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swango. Atunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Swango waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.
Atunes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Swango might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Atunes has got the better of the exchanges.
Atunes throws a lazy right hand but Swango sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Atunes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Swango moves forwards but Atunes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes scores with a hook to the body. Swango takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Swango keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes misses with a hook to the body
and Swango connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Michael Swango is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Atunes misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Swango, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Swango lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Atunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swango manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Swango! But no joy.
Swango throws a right hand that Atunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Atunes also avoids with ease.
Swango walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Atunes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Swango with a jab.
Atunes throws a lazy head kick
and Swango cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Atunes is rocked!
Swango misses with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Atunes misses
enabling Swango to counter with a crisp jab.
Swango takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Swango throws a series of punches but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes cracks Swango with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atunes throws a poor cross that misses
and Swango counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good work by Atunes as he checks the leg kick.
Swango misses with a wild combination.
Swango looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Atunes.
Swango is looking to score with low kicks.
Atunes slips a jab and a cross from Swango.
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.

Michael Swango's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Michael Swango's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Edison Atunes!
Edison Atunes retains his middleweight title!