PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Heggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Herald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Heggs
vs
Herald

198 cm
29
280 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

190 cm
30
281 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 22 - 11 - 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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Herald!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herald throws a sloppy head kick and Heggs moves out of range easily.
Heggs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Herald.
Heggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Herald can pounce on him.
Herald throws a series of punches but Heggs moves out of range.
Herald connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Herald misses with an uppercut
and Heggs counters with a body kick that stops Herald in his tracks momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herald dodges the punch combination from Heggs.
A low kick from Herald is predictable there
and Heggs counters with an inside leg kick.
Heggs looks for the body kick but Herald saw that one coming.
Good exchange - Herald coming out on top.

It looks like Luther Heggs has been cut.

Herald drops Heggs with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Heggs looks back up at him and smiles so Herald waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Heggs is rocked!
Herald tries a low kick but Heggs avoids it.
Oh Heggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Herald misses with a wild combination.
Heggs seems to have got his legs back now.
Herald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heggs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heggs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Heggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Herald.
Herald slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Heggs has managed to clinch.

Heggs breaks from the clinch.
Herald lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Heggs is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herald circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Heggs to the canvas! Heggs doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Herald keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Herald!
Justin Herald decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.