PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Marduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dandy Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marduk comes to the cage accompanied by Three 6 Mafia - It's A Fight. The crowd seem to be enjoying Swanson's choice of entrance music: Kill For Satan. This should be a great matchup!

Marduk
vs
Swanson

202 cm
25
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Marduk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dandy Swanson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marduk darts in and clinches Swanson up against the cage.

Swanson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Marduk has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Swanson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marduk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marduk stopping the sweep attempt from Swanson.
Swanson trying to keep a closed guard but Marduk is proving a slippery customer.
Marduk wants to get up but he can't break Swanson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Our spies down at at Den of Tears (22 coaches, $425 fee) inform us that Swanson has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Swanson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marduk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marduk knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Swanson on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk tries to stand but Swanson is controlling from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Swanson working for a triangle but Marduk defends it easily.
Swanson has a closed guard, preventing Marduk from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Swanson trying to keep a closed guard but Marduk is proving a slippery customer.

Swanson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Marduk defends it easily.

Swanson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Marduk defends it easily.
Marduk preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Swanson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Marduk would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A low kick from Swanson is predictable there
and Marduk counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Marduk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marduk lands with a light punch inside.
Marduk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Swanson lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.

It looks like Craig Marduk has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk swings wildly with an uppercut but Swanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swanson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marduk digs a right hand underneath Swanson's ribcage. Swanson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Swanson misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Marduk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Swanson or not.
Swanson looks winded!
Marduk lands an uppercut.

It looks like Dandy Swanson has been cut.
Marduk is pushing Swanson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marduk.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Marduk gets through Swanson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marduk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Marduk dominated that round.
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.

Marduk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Swanson.

Marduk clinches up against the cage.
Swanson misses with a punch to the body.
Marduk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marduk is working Swanson over against the cage.

Swanson successfully pulls guard.
Marduk wants to stand and escape but instead Swanson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Swanson stops Marduk from standing up.
Marduk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swanson can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marduk trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Swanson wants to control from the top but Marduk keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk pulls Swanson in close to prevent any damage.
Swanson stops Marduk from standing up.
Marduk keeping full guard, as Swanson tries to pass.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Marduk definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Marduk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Swanson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marduk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Swanson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marduk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marduk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Swanson backwards.
Marduk blocks a body shot from Swanson.

Marduk drops Swanson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Swanson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Swanson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marduk throws a punch but it's blocked by Swanson.
Swanson is still on wobbly legs! Can Marduk finish him?
Swanson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Swanson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Swanson throws a head punch that misses.
Marduk stalling the fight.
Marduk misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marduk.
Swanson seems to have recovered his senses.
Marduk blocks a body shot from Swanson.
Craig Marduk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Swanson wants a takedown but no success here.
A shot in the inside from Marduk.

That has opened up Dandy Swanson's cut even more.
Marduk pushes Swanson against the cage. Marduk is working some dirty boxing. Marduk pushes off with a quick right hook! Swanson goes down! Swanson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Marduk moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig Marduk!
Craig Marduk managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, GREEN!160, into his post fight interview.