PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Heggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Gorvinskichev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorvinskichev has chosen New Noise as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Heggs
vs
Gorvinskichev

198 cm
23
280 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

195 cm
27
245 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luther Heggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Gorvinskichev!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorvinskichev swats away the attempt to clinch by Heggs.
Heggs tries to clinch but Gorvinskichev is having none of it.
Heggs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gorvinskichev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gorvinskichev scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gorvinskichev gets tackled into the cage by Heggs. Heggs maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Heggs fails to land.
Heggs lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gorvinskichev backwards.

It looks like Steve Gorvinskichev has been cut.
Heggs pushes Gorvinskichev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gorvinskichev is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gorvinskichev continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

Heggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steve Gorvinskichev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gorvinskichev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heggs tries to clinch up but Gorvinskichev circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Gorvinskichev.
Heggs tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gorvinskichev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Gorvinskichev. Those never looked like landing.
Heggs tries to clinch there but Gorvinskichev circles away.
A combination from Gorvinskichev does no damage.
Heggs moves out of range as Gorvinskichev strikes.
Gorvinskichev getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Luther Heggs has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Heggs closes the distance and clinches.

Heggs breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorvinskichev throws a right hand that misses
and Gorvinskichev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gorvinskichev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gorvinskichev throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Heggs counters with a nice uppercut.
Heggs tries to clinch there but Gorvinskichev circles away.
Some wild striking there from Gorvinskichev.
Heggs moves out of range as Gorvinskichev strikes.
A jab from Gorvinskichev finds it's way through Heggs's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorvinskichev circles away from the clinch attempt.

Heggs gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nice body punch from Heggs - that landed with a thud.

Heggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heggs scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gorvinskichev looks gassed!
Heggs is looking to clinch but Gorvinskichev is avoiding it.
Heggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gorvinskichev paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Heggs gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heggs prevents the takedown attempt.
Heggs has a couple of punches blocked by Gorvinskichev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorvinskichev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gorvinskichev has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Heggs is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short left from Heggs.
Heggs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Heggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Heggs forces Gorvinskichev back against the cage and clinches.
Heggs lands a hook that snaps the head of Gorvinskichev backwards.
Heggs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gorvinskichev can't break the clinch.
Gorvinskichev takes a shot to the head.

Heggs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heggs doesn't manage to clinch there - Gorvinskichev circles away.
Gorvinskichev misses with a two punch combination.

Heggs closes the distance and pushes Gorvinskichev back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Luther Heggs will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Heggs wants to clinch up but Gorvinskichev keeps it at a distance.
Heggs misses with a wild body shot.
Heggs staying out of range there.
Gorvinskichev throws an overhand right that lands on Heggs's shoulder, as Heggs tries to avoid the shot.
Heggs tries to clinch but Gorvinskichev is having none of it.
Heggs moves in looking to clinch but Gorvinskichev pushes him off.
Gorvinskichev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heggs avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gorvinskichev fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Heggs on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorvinskichev stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Heggs avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gorvinskichev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gorvinskichev ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A punch combination from Gorvinskichev misses.
Heggs ducks under a wild hook from Gorvinskichev.
Heggs tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gorvinskichev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gorvinskichev throws a right hand that Heggs ducks under and follows up with a left that Heggs also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gorvinskichev misses with a lunging right hand
and Heggs counters with a stiff right hand.
Heggs looks to clinch
and Gorvinskichev counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Heggs! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Gorvinskichev!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Gorvinskichev!