PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack London (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stroope Heineken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack London could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Stroope Heineken's chin.

London
vs
Heineken

180 cm
24
187 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
197 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Аптека

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack London!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stroope Heineken!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
London slips a straight right by Heineken.
London ducks under a wild hook from Heineken.
London dodges the punch combination from Heineken.

London looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Heineken avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Heineken looking for a guillotine here but London defends easily.
London is working Heineken over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Heineken is trying to control the position from the bottom.
London pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Heineken is keeping the position for now.
London loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heineken working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from London.
London with a nice head shot there.
London is in close to Heineken's body, working some short punches and elbows.
London landing some decent shots from guard.
London loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as London accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
London stands up over Heineken, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
London is looking to work some ground and pound but Heineken has wrist control.
London missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
London stands up over Heineken, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
London trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
London with a flurry of punches that miss.
London keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Heineken's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
London works over Heineken with some ground and pound from guard.
London throws and elbow that misses. Heineken uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in London's guard. Nice move by Heineken!
Heineken trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
London has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Heineken looks gassed!
London bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Heineken's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
London lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Heineken working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from London.
London chips away with some ground and pound.
London throwing strikes from guard but Heineken blocks nicely.
London distracts Heineken with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
London throwing strikes but missing.
London loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
London with a nice head shot there.
London throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
London lands a couple of digs.
London in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
London throws and elbow that misses. Heineken uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in London's guard. Nice move by Heineken!
London throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
London striking off his back but it's not causing Heineken any problems.
London looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Heineken must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
London is working hard here to advance position.
London is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
London thows a huge punch but Heineken dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. London lands a nice short elbow.
Heineken is trying to control but can't.
London landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
London not landing any meaningful shots this time.
London working Heineken over with strikes.
London winds up and cracks Heineken with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
London is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
London sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Heineken defending well though.
Heineken tries to roll over but London keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ground and pound from London.
London not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack London 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.

London slips a jab from Heineken.
London fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
London ducks right into an uppercut from Heineken.
London slips under a jab from Heineken.
Heineken throws the left hand but London avoids the punch easily.
Heineken just misses with a punch to the body.
London staying out of range there.
Heineken missing with a left hand there. London was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
London closes this distance looking for a takedown but Heineken circles away.
Heineken throws out a loose jab but London uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heineken is breathing heavily.
Heineken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. London sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heineken lands with a right hand.
Stroope Heineken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heineken misses with a body shot.
London fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack London. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Heineken does no damage.
London looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Heineken is fending him off so far but London persists. Nope, Heineken circles away and we're back to standing.
London shoots in but Heineken avoids the takedown attempt easily.

London shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. London showed some decent athleticism there.
London winds up and cracks Heineken with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
London looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Heineken with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
London looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
London landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
London lands strikes from half guard.
London uses his free foot to push down on Heineken's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Heineken.
London landing shots from mount.

Heineken is rocked!
Jack London overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
London lands a big elbow - Heineken is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Heineken is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jack London!