PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Brunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Brunch
vs
Swanson

180 cm
20
222 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brad Brunch!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Swanson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Swanson misses the target.
Swanson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brunch lands with an overhand left.
Dan Swanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swanson ducks under a wild hook from Brunch.
Swanson lands a really nice looking cross but Brunch seems unphased.
Brunch throws a left and a right that both miss
and Swanson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brunch lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brunch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swanson was well out of range. Poor timing from Brunch.
Swanson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brunch manages to avoid it.
Brunch's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Brunch duly obliges.
Brunch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Swanson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big left from Swanson misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson misses with a hook. Brunch ducked under it nicely.
Brunch misses with a straight right.
Brunch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Swanson tries to bum rush Brunch with a series of wild strikes but Brunch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Swanson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brunch counters with a nice uppercut.
Brunch defending well as Swanson loads up on a big left hand.
Swanson misses with a looping right.
Swanson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brunch throws out the jab.
Swanson just misses with a punch to the body.
Brunch throws a poor cross that misses
and Swanson counters with a straight right hand.
Good exchange - Swanson coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunch connects with a nice looking jab.
Swanson throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Brunch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brunch throws a big shot that misses.
Brunch throws a big shot that misses.
Swanson throws the left hand but Brunch avoids the punch easily.
Brunch throws a right and a left that both miss.
A swing and a miss from Brunch.
Swanson misses with a few strikes there.
Swanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swanson throws a right hand that misses
and Brunch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Swanson thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunch misses with a straight right.

Swanson rushes Brunch and presses him up against the cage.
Swanson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Swanson.
Swanson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Swanson blocks an uppercut.
Brunch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brunch stalling in the clinch but Swanson improves position.
Brunch seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Swanson is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Brunch tries to circle away but Swanson has him pinned against the cage.
Brunch stalling in the clinch but Swanson improves position.
Brunch can't break the clinch.
Swanson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunch lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Swanson tries a body shot but Brunch blocks it.
Brunch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Swanson stalling.
Brunch takes a shot to the head.
Swanson tries to throw a body punch but Brunch avoids it by throwing Swanson back against the cage.
Brunch wants to stall.
Swanson working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brunch swings wildly with an uppercut but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swanson pushes Brunch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swanson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Swanson lands an uppercut.
Brunch is trying to push Swanson away but Swanson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brunch tries to break the clinch but Swanson is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Brunch dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Swanson throws a hook but Brunch blocks it.
Swanson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Swanson misses with an uppercut
letting Brunch counter with a right hand.
Brunch throws a hook to the side of Swanson's head but Swanson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swanson misses with a left hand
and Brunch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donk. Swanson catches Brunch right on the button with a cross.
Brunch throws a hook to the side of Swanson's head but Swanson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swanson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brunch ducks under a wild hook from Swanson.
Brunch defending well as Swanson loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Swanson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Swanson swings widly with a right hand
and Brunch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brunch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Swanson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Swanson misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brunch. Swanson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Swanson slips a jab from Brunch.
Swanson lands with a cross.
Brunch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Swanson's head.
Swanson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Swanson ducks under a wild hook from Brunch.
Brunch throws an off balance right hand

and Swanson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Swanson.
A nice left hand lands by Brunch.
Swanson lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brunch has a couple of punches blocked by Swanson.
Brunch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Swanson is keeping busy.
Swanson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brunch content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Brunch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brunch throws a hook but Swanson blocks it.
Brunch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A telegraphed right hand from Swanson misses the target.
Brunch slips a jab from Swanson.
Swanson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Brunch misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunch throws a shot from downtown. Swanson moves away and avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Swanson.
Brunch walks into a left hand.
A slow jab from Swanson misses its intended target.
Swanson connects with a looping right hand.
Swanson throws a big shot that misses.
Swanson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brunch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big right from Swanson misses.
Brunch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brunch clobbers Swanson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Swanson ducks under a wild hook from Brunch.
Swanson tries to clinch but Brunch is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Swanson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Swanson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Brunch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Swanson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brunch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swanson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brunchs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brunch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swanson avoids the body shot from Brunch.
Brunch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swanson.
Brad Brunch is winning the standup battle so far.
Swanson ducks under a wild hook from Brunch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dan Swanson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brunch scores with a nice head shot.
Brunch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swanson.
Swanson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brunch was well out of range. Poor timing from Swanson.
Swanson misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut lands for Brunch. That snapped Swanson's head back.
Brunch throws a poor cross that misses
and Swanson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brunch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swanson.
Swanson cracks a nice hook into Brunch's ribs.

Swanson rushes Brunch and presses him up against the cage.
Swanson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brunch backwards.
Brunch looking to slow down the pace here.
Swanson can't find room to land a body shot as Brunch controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson tries to work over Brunch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brunch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Swanson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brunch tries to circle away but Swanson has him pinned against the cage.
Swanson digs a right hand underneath Brunch's ribcage. Brunch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Swanson lands a shoulder strike.
Brunch can't find room to land a body shot as Swanson controls the action.
Brunch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Swanson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Swanson blocks an uppercut.
Brunch is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Swanson fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunch tries to stall but Swanson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brunch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Swanson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Swanson on the inside.
Swanson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brunch backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Swanson.
Brunch is trying to break the clinch but Swanson has him pressed against the cage.
Swanson lands an uppercut.
Brunch misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Swanson.
Swanson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Swanson lands with a light punch inside.
Brunch wants to get back to striking at distance but Swanson won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson blocking some punches.
Brunch wants to get back to striking at distance but Swanson won't allow it.
Swanson struggles to land a body shot inside as Brunch controls his hands.
Brunch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swanson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brunch is trying to break the clinch but Swanson has him pressed against the cage.
Swanson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Swanson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Swanson.
Swanson throws a head punch that misses.
Brunch lands a body punch in the clinch.
Swanson taking a breather.

Swanson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brunch moves out of range as Swanson strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunch misses with a body shot.
Swanson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brunch.
Swanson slips a straight right by Brunch.
Brunch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice jab there from Swanson.
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!
Swanson needs to keep his hands up - Brunch had a free shot at his head there.
Brunch lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Swanson at a distance.
Brunch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swanson moves out of range of the strikes.
Brunch ducks right into an uppercut from Swanson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Swanson really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Swanson throws a right hand that misses
and Brunch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brunch takes a jab right on the kisser.
Swanson staying out of range there.
Brunch misses with a double jab.
Swanson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Brunch.
Swanson misses with a lunging right hand
and Brunch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brunch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swanson.

Swanson clinches up with Brunch and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Swanson.
Brunch is trying to force a seperation but Swanson has the dominant position.
Brunch throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunch throws a punch but it's blocked by Swanson.
A nice left hand lands by Swanson.
Swanson is struggling to control the position.
Brunch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Swanson.
Swanson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Swanson.
Swanson gets through Brunch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Swanson.

Brunch breaks the clinch.
Swanson looks to land a left hand but Brunch moved out of range nicely.
Brunch throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Brunch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brunch misses with an uppercut

and Swanson counters by clinching up.
Swanson gets through Brunch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Swanson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Swanson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brunch working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Brunch fails to land.
Swanson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brunch is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Swanson breaks from the clinch.
Swanson tries to bum rush Brunch with a series of wild strikes but Brunch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson slips under a jab from Brunch.
Brunch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Swanson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Swanson misses the jab.
Swanson throws a body punch but Brunch moves out of range.
Swanson missing with a left hand there. Brunch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Swanson lands with an uppercut that bounces Brunch off the cage and back into range.
Swanson scores with a three punch combo!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brunch.
Swanson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Swanson.
Swanson misses with a hook. Brunch ducked under it nicely.
Swanson slips a jab and a cross from Brunch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Swanson slips a jab from Brunch.
Brunch scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Swanson doesn't seem bothered though.
Brunch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brunch throws a shot from downtown. Swanson moves away and avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brunch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brunch misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Swanson dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Brunch's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Swanson misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swanson. Brunch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Swanson misses with a hook to the body
and Brunch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Swanson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brunch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Brunch.
Swanson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Swanson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Swanson thuds his right hand into Brunch's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Swanson throws a hook to the side of Brunch's head but Brunch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brunch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Swanson.
Swanson misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunch walks into a jab.
Swanson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Swanson throws a jab but it's blocked by Brunch.
Swanson throws a hook to the side of Brunch's head but Brunch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brunch blocks a jab.
Swanson throws a right hand that misses
and Brunch counters with a nice uppercut.
Swanson cracks a nice hook into Brunch's ribs.
Brunch looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Swanson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brunch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Swanson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Swanson catches Brunch with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swanson just misses with a punch to the body.
Swanson connects with a right hand. Brunch shakes it off.
Swanson scores with a hook to the body. Brunch takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Brunch staying out of range there.
Brunch swings away with a body shot that misses
and Brunch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brunch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Brunch misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brunch throws a looping overhand right but Swanson ducks down to avoid it.
Swanson throws out a loose jab but Brunch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brunch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brunch misses with a straight right.
Brunch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swanson misses with a hook.
Swanson misses with a wild body shot.
Brunch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Swanson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brunch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brunch closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dan Swanson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Swanson darts in and clinches Brunch up against the cage.
Brad Brunch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brunch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Swanson lands with a light punch inside.
Brunch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Swanson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brunch has a couple of punches blocked by Swanson.
Swanson stalling.
Swanson has Brunch pressed against the cage, preventing Brunch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Swanson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Swanson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 46:49
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49
Judge William Gold scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Swanson!
Dan Swanson is the new super heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Dan Swanson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.