PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brian Eisner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heikki Heijari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heikki Heijari has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eisner
vs
Heijari

180 cm
19
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Eisner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Heikki Heijari!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eisner scores with a nice right hand.
Heijari misses with a looping left.
Eisner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heijari.
Heijari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eisner scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Heijari avoids a punch combination nicely.

Heijari feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Heijari is fighting to break Eisner's control of his arms but Eisner is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Heijari would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Eisner wriggles free and stands up.
Eisner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Heijari misses with a looping right.
Heijari ducks right into an uppercut from Eisner.
Heijari moves in looking to clinch but Eisner pushes him off.
Heijari is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Eisner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eisner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Eisner tests Heijari's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Heijari gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Heijari is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Eisner defends it well.
Heijari looks gassed!

Eisner is defending against the submission attempts here by Heijari.
Heijari prevents Eisner from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heijari throws a strike but Eisner avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Eisner seems keen to control Heijari's posture.
Heijari throws and elbow that misses. Eisner uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Heijari's guard. Nice move by Eisner!
Eisner trying to control but Heijari is working from the bottom.
Eisner tries to stand but Heijari is controlling from the bottom.
Heijari controls Eisner momentarily but Eisner frees himself.
Heijari utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Eisner wants to control from the top but Heijari keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eisner postures up in Heijari's guard and throws a big left but Heijari blocks it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Eisner lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Heijari backs up against the ropes.
Heijari thows a body shot but no joy.
Eisner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Eisner scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
No joy there for Eisner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eisner lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice shot by Eisner.
Heijari takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Eisner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Eisner throws a series of strikes that have Heijari backpedaling.
Eisner scores with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Eisner. That snapped Heijari's head back.
Eisner cracks a nice hook into Heijari's ribs.
Eisner works over Heijari's head and body with a nice combination.

Heijari is rocked!
Eisner lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Heijari falls backwards - clearly groggy! Eisner dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Eisner!