PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Swearingin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Swearingin
vs
Barbosa

185 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

193 cm
19
209 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Swearingin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diogo Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swearingin blocks a head kick by Barbosa.
Barbosa circles away from the clinch attempt
and Barbosa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Swearingin tries to clinch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Swearingin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Swearingin tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Barbosa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Swearingin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Swearingin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barbosa sitting in guard here, content to control.

Swearingin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barbosa is aware though and is defending well.
Barbosa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Swearingin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Swearingin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Barbosa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Barbosa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Swearingin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Diogo Barbosa wasn't active enough on the ground.
A head kick misses from Swearingin.
Swearingin tries to clinch up.
Swearingin is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swearingin looks to land a body kick but Barbosa moved away.
Swearingin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barbosa counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swearingin is looking to clinch but Barbosa is avoiding it.
Barbosa throws a head kick but Swearingin moves out of range.
Swearingin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barbosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Swearingin wants to clinch
and Barbosa counters with a straight right hand.
Swearingin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barbosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Swearingin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barbosa avoids the head kick by Swearingin.
Swearingin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbosa circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swearingin misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a head kick.
Swearingin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barbosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Swearingin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barbosa blocks a head kick by Swearingin.

Swearingin forces Barbosa back against the cage and clinches.
Swearingin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Barbosa manages to pull guard.
Swearingin stops Barbosa from standing up.
Swearingin passes Barbosa's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Barbosa keeping control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swearingin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barbosa is looking for a sweep. Swearingin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barbosa preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Barbosa wants to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Swearingin wants to pass to mount but Barbosa is defending the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Swearingin is looking for a kimura here.
Barbosa tries to roll over but Swearingin keeps him under control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Barbosa is holding on to half guard well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diogo Barbosa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Swearingin wants to clinch.
Swearingin misses with a straight right.
Swearingin is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Swearingin.
Swearingin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swearingin tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diogo Barbosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Barbosa.
Swearingin wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Swearingin.
Barbosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daniel Swearingin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Barbosa.
Swearingin wants to clinch up but Barbosa keeps it at a distance.
Swearingin misses with an uppercut.
Barbosa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Swearingin wants to clinch but Barbosa slips to the side
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa avoids the head kick by Swearingin.
Barbosa lands a big head kick that sends Swearingin to the canvas! Barbosa follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diogo Barbosa!
Diogo Barbosa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.