PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roland Deschain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Heke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deschain comes to the cage accompanied by Giving In-- As made famous by Adema. Heke comes into a darkened arena with his song building. She Hates Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jake Heke is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Deschain
vs
Heke

185 cm
21
210 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
217 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roland Deschain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Heke!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deschain on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Heke staying out of range there.
Jake Heke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deschain scores with a shot to the body.
Deschain lands a nice shot to the body.
Deschain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heke.

Deschain closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heke struggling a bit here.
Deschain wants to control but Heke is keeping him busy.

Deschain looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Heke tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Deschain wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Deschain throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Heke is looking for a sweep.
Deschain has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Heke tries to lock up and control but Deschain gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Deschain controlling from the full mount.
Deschain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Heke hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deschain lands with some strikes.
Deschain breaks from Heke's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Heke is in a horrible position here. Deschain smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Deschain goes for an armbar but Heke turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Heke.
Heke won't allow Deschain to sweep him here.
Heke wants to stand and escape but instead Deschain has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Deschain wants to control from the top but Heke keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heke utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Deschain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Heke wants to control the position but Deschain says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Deschain trying to control from half guard but Heke is working away.
Heke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Deschain.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Deschain shoots in for a double leg but Heke sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danga de danga de dang - Heke scores with a four punch combination!
Deschain uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Deschain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Heke in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deschain takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heke throws a series of punches but Deschain avoids them all with ease.
Heke looks to throw the jab but Deschain is out of range.
Heke misses the shot to the body.
Heke throws a jab when Deschain was well out of range.
Heke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Deschain.
Deschain moves away from the strike by Heke.
Heke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Deschain looks to land a right hand but Heke moved out of range.

Deschain looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Heke!
Deschain lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heke is looking to improve his position but Deschain isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roland Deschain dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Heke looks to land a left hand but Deschain moved out of range nicely.
Deschain throws a big shot that misses.
Heke swings away with a body shot that misses
and Deschain counters with a nice body shot.
Deschain cracks Heke with a right hand to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Heke misses the target.
Deschain scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Deschain lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deschain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heke.
Roland Deschain is winning the standup battle so far.
Heke misses with a combination
and Deschain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Deschain closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Deschain lands in his opponent's guard.
Deschain with a nice head shot there.
Heke is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deschain looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Deschain tries to free his leg and advance position but Heke is retaining full guard.
Heke is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Roland Deschain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Deschain pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Heke is keeping the position for now.
Deschain missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Deschain trying to control the position from guard on top but Heke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heke is trying to control the position but Deschain postures up.
Deschain 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.
Deschain missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Deschain slips under a jab from Heke.
Heke swings away with a body shot that misses
and Deschain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Deschain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heke lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Heke.
Deschain slips a jab and a cross from Heke.
Deschain has a takedown stuffed.
A shot to the body from Heke misses

and Deschain counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Heke!
Heke really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Deschain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Deschain with shots to the head and body - Heke looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deschain content just to control the position here.
Deschain seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Heke for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Deschain working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Heke looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Deschain! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Roland Deschain!