PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aima Hei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anders Tolborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolborg has chosen Because I Got High as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hei
vs
Tolborg

202 cm
24
212 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aima Hei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anders Tolborg!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hei rushes Tolborg and presses him up against the cage.
Hei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tolborg's elbow.
Tolborg prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hei blocking some punches.
Hei lands a shot to the body.
Hei tries to throw a body punch but Tolborg avoids it by throwing Hei back against the cage.
Hei lands a body punch.
Hei with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Hei.
Hei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Hei.
Tolborg trying to control the position but instead, Hei has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tolborg into the cage.
Hei pushes Tolborg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hei.
Hei misses with a punch to the body.
Tolborg stalling in the clinch but Hei improves position.
Hei digs a right hand underneath Tolborg's ribcage. Tolborg let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hei lands an uppercut.
Hei blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hei.
Hei can't find room to land a body shot as Tolborg controls the action.
Hei misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Hei scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Hei.
Tolborg looks gassed!
Tolborg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hei lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tolborg or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hei.
Hei lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from Hei.
Hei lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tolborg or not.
A short left from Hei.
The referee calls for Hei to work.
Hei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tolborg is trying to break the clinch but Hei has him pressed against the cage.
Hei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hei lands a nice uppercut.
Hei lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hei digs a right hand into Tolborg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tolborg's gas tank.
Hei is leaning against Tolborg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hei.
Tolborg avoiding damage as Hei throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hei.
Hei controlling the action here for a moment.
Hei lands with a light punch inside.
Hei lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hei obliges.
Hei prevents Tolborg from breaking the clinch.

Hei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anders Tolborg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hei lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hei misses the body punch
and Tolborg counters with a stiff right hand.
Crunch! Hei slams his shin into Tolborg's torso.
Hei keeps Tolborg at a distance using the push kick.
Tolborg checks a leg kick.
Tolborg throws a lazy uppercut
and Hei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hei scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tolborg throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hei counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hei is defended easily by Tolborg.
Tolborg throws a sloppy body shot
and Hei counters with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tolborg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hei.
Tolborg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tolborg throws a sloppy body shot
and Hei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hei lands with an uppercut that bounces Tolborg off the cage and back into rage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tolborg keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aima Hei. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hei moves in looking to clinch but Tolborg pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aima Hei dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tolborg misses with an uppercut
and Hei counters with a one-two to the body.
Tolborg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hei manages to avoid it.
Hei scores with a decent looking hook.
Tolborg avoids a kick to the body.
Hei takes a swing at Tolborg's ribcage but misses.
Hei explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hei misses the jab.
Tolborg misses with a left hand
and Hei counters with a right hand to the body.
Hei is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tolborg was well out of range. Poor timing from Hei.
Hei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tolborg can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anders Tolborg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hei misses with a hook. Tolborg ducked under it nicely.
Hei throws a series of punches but Tolborg avoids them all with ease.
Hei scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tolborg in his tracks.
Hei is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tolborg throws a lazy uppercut
and Hei counters with a right hand to the body.
Tolborg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An inside leg kick from Hei misses.
A head kick misses from Hei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hei. Tolborg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tolborg swings widly with a right hand
and Hei counters with a body kick.
Tolborg is breathing heavily.
A shot to the body from Tolborg misses
and Hei counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tolborg thinking.
Hei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolborg moves away.
Hei throws a head kick but Tolborg moves out of range.
Hei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tolborg throws a right hand that Hei ducks under and follows up with a left that Hei also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Hei. Those never looked like landing.
Hei tries a head kick but it misses.
Hei is looking to wear down Tolborg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tolborg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hei counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tolborg throws a lazy uppercut
and Tolborg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tolborg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tolborg throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Hei to counter with a crisp jab.
Tolborg throws a right hand that misses
and Hei counters with a left to the body.
Tolborg throws a poor cross that misses
and Hei counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hei throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Hei moves into the clinch successfully.
Tolborg is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hei scores with a shoulder strike.
Hei misses with a punch to the body.
Hei lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters up against the cage, Hei throws an elbow but misses.
Hei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tolborg backwards.

Hei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tolborg throws a lazy uppercut
and Hei counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tolborg moves out of range of the body kick from Hei.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tolborg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hei counters with an outside leg kick.

Hei gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aima Hei dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Hei looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hei on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hei.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Tolborg takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tolborg is looking to regain half guard here but Hei keeps moving and retains side control.
Hei working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tolborg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hei cracks Tolborg with a big elbow.
Hei in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hei 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.
Tolborg defending against the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hei trying to control the position but Tolborg is working away.
Check out the look on Hei's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hei in side control, throwing shots but Tolborg defends.
Tolborg struggling a bit here.
Hei sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tolborg is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hei throws an elbow but Tolborg slips to the side and avoids it well.
Tolborg takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tolborg is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hei lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tolborg manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolborg wants to sweep but no luck.
Anders Tolborg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hei thows a big elbow that misses.
Hei looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hei accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hei stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tolborg swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tolborg preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hei forces his way into half guard.
Hei slips a nice elbow through Tolborg's hands, connecting with Tolborg's forehead.
Hei throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tolborg wants to improve his position but Hei is controlling well.
Hei trying to control from half guard but Tolborg is working away.
Hei is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hei prevents Tolborg from improving his position.
Hei landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Aima Hei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hei thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Tolborg to regain full guard.
Hei will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hei controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hei wants to pass the guard but Tolborg is keeping the position.
Tolborg keeping moving, preventing Hei from controlling successfully.

Tolborg had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hei defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aima Hei showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hei has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aima Hei!