PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tap Taparoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Swanson
vs
Taparoo

190 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tap Taparoo!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson is looking to clinch.
Swanson doesn't manage to clinch there - Taparoo circles away.
Swanson moves in looking to clinch but Taparoo pushes him off.
Jason Swanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swanson fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Swanson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taparoo has Swanson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Swanson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Swanson prevents a body shot from Taparoo.
Taparoo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Taparoo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Swanson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jason Swanson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tap Taparoo.
Swanson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taparoo won't allow it.
Taparoo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Swanson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Swanson tries to break the clinch but Taparoo is controlling the position.

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

Swanson closes the distance and clinches.
Swanson lands with a right to the head.

Taparoo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taparoo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Swanson misses with a head kick.
Swanson tries to clinch up but Taparoo circles away and keeps his distance.
Taparoo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Swanson but Swanson pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Swanson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taparoo.
Swanson throws a right hand that Taparoo ducks under and follows up with a left that Taparoo also avoids with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Swanson.
Swanson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taparoo.
Taparoo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swanson tries to clinch there but Taparoo circles away.
Swanson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Swanson tries to clinch but Taparoo moves out of range.

Swanson clinches.
Swanson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taparoo won't allow it.

Taparoo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taparoo misses with a low kick as Swanson jumps back.
Swanson wants to clinch.
Taparoo fails with the takedown.
Taparoo looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Swanson moves into the clinch successfully.
Taparoo misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Swanson - that landed with a thud.
A short body shot lands from Swanson as the two fighters clinch.
Swanson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Taparoo or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swanson lands a shot to the body.
Taparoo prevents Swanson from breaking the clinch.
Taparoo prevents Swanson from breaking the clinch.
Taparoo prevents Swanson from breaking the clinch.
Swanson wants to break free but Taparoo has control.
Taparoo wants to stall.
Swanson lands with a left to the head.
Taparoo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Swanson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Swanson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Swanson tries to break the clinch but Taparoo is controlling the position.
Swanson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Taparoo backwards.
Swanson prevents Taparoo from breaking the clinch.
Taparoo misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taparoo goes for a takedown attempt but Swanson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Swanson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Swanson throws a right and a left that Taparoo avoids nicely.
Taparoo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Swanson throws a series of strikes that have Taparoo backpedaling.
Taparoo looks for a takedown but Swanson sprawls well.

Swanson darts in and clinches Taparoo up against the cage.
Swanson lands an uppercut.
Swanson has had enough of the clinch but Taparoo keeps him there for the moment.
Swanson controlling the action here for a moment.
Taparoo prevents Swanson from breaking the clinch.
Taparoo can't get the takedown.
Swanson lands a body shot.
Swanson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taparoo looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Swanson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Swanson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right handed body shot lands from Swanson.

Taparoo tightens his grip and picks Swanson up, before dumping him to the ground. Swanson manages to land in guard.

Taparoo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Taparoo advances to half guard.
Taparoo is trying to control the action in half guard but Swanson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Swanson pushes Taparoo off looking to stand but Taparoo dives back in and keeps control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Taparoo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Swanson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Taparoo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taparoo is looking to take a break and control but Swanson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Swanson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Swanson.
Taparoo keeps the fight on the outside.
Swanson misses with a low kick.
Taparoo moves in looking to clinch but Swanson pushes him off.
Swanson misses with a body kick.

Taparoo closes the distance and clinches.
Swanson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taparoo can't get the takedown.
Taparoo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Swanson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Swanson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Swanson managing to block the knees to the body from Taparoo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Taparoo manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Taparoo misses.
Taparoo avoids a punch combination nicely.

Swanson moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taparoo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taparoo prevents Swanson from breaking the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Swanson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taparoo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Swanson has had enough of the clinch but Taparoo keeps him there for the moment.

Swanson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Swanson wants to clinch but Taparoo slips to the side
and Taparoo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Taparoo gets a clinch.
Taparoo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Swanson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Swanson is trying to break free.
Taparoo tries a body shot but Swanson blocks it.
Swanson cracks Taparoo with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Swanson.
Taparoo tries to pull guard but Swanson won't allow it.
Jason Swanson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tap Taparoo.
Swanson tries to break the clinch but Taparoo is controlling the position.
Taparoo looking for a takedown.

Swanson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taparoo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Swanson but Swanson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Taparoo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jason Swanson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taparoo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Swanson circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taparoo moves out of range of the body kick from Swanson.

Taparoo moves into range and clinches up with Swanson.
Swanson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taparoo has him pressed against the cage.
Taparoo can't get the takedown.
Taparoo tries to score a body lock takedown but Swanson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Swanson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taparoo won't allow it.

Taparoo successfully pulls guard.

Taparoo looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Swanson is defending well. Taparoo quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Swanson has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Taparoo celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tap Taparoo!