PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lager Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch Heisenberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assassin comes to the cage accompanied by yes. Heisenberg has chosen Hope and Pray as his entrance music. Lager Assassin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Assassin
vs
Heisenberg

170 cm
37
149 lbs
36 - 16 - 1

167 cm
33
145 lbs
32 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Milwaukee's Best 160
Heisenberg

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Lager Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mitch Heisenberg!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heisenberg throws a leg kick which misses Assassin's front leg but catches the back leg as Assassin tries to avoid it.
Assassin connects with the punch.
Heisenberg is looking to slow Assassin down with leg kicks.
Heisenberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Heisenberg gets a clinch.
Heisenberg is leaning against Assassin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Heisenberg.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Heisenberg.
Assassin can't break the clinch.
Assassin is trying to push Heisenberg away but Heisenberg has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Assassin has had enough of the clinch but Heisenberg keeps him there for the moment.
Heisenberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heisenberg lands a left hand.
Heisenberg tries to work over Assassin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assassin blocking some punches.
Assassin tries to break the clinch but Heisenberg is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg lands a left hand.
Heisenberg lands with a left to the head.
Heisenberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heisenberg keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Assassin's efforts to push away.
Assassin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Heisenberg tries to throw a body punch but Assassin avoids it by throwing Heisenberg back against the cage.
Assassin is trying to push Heisenberg away but Heisenberg has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Heisenberg has Assassin pressed against the cage, preventing Assassin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Heisenberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Assassin controls his hands.
Assassin looking to stall.
Assassin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Heisenberg blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Heisenberg pulls his leg out and moves away.

Heisenberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Heisenberg has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Heisenberg breaks the clinch.
Heisenberg fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Assassin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Assassin has Heisenberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Assassin pushes Heisenberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Assassin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Assassin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heisenberg manages to avoid it.
Heisenberg is looking to score with low kicks.
Assassin looks to throw the jab but Heisenberg is out of range.
Heisenberg gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Assassin.
Heisenberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg swinging wildly here.
Heisenberg tries to clinch up.

Heisenberg closes the distance and clinches.
Heisenberg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Assassin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heisenberg.
Heisenberg lands a body shot.

Assassin manages to break the clinch.
Heisenberg takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Heisenberg throws a low kick but Assassin avoids it.
Assassin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heisenberg.
Heisenberg attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Heisenberg throws a body kick that misses.
Heisenberg ducks under a wild hook from Assassin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Heisenberg moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Heisenberg with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Assassin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heisenberg scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Heisenberg connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Assassin thuds a left hand into Heisenberg's body.
Heisenberg goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Heisenberg connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heisenberg tried to score with a low kick but Assassin checks it.
Mitch Heisenberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Assassin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heisenberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heisenberg connects with an inside leg kick.
Assassin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Heisenberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitch Heisenberg dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Assassin misses with a lunging right hand
and Heisenberg makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Assassin really felt that one!
Assassin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Assassin tries to clinch up.
Heisenberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Assassin.
Heisenberg throws a nice outside leg kick.
Assassin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Assassin dives in for a single leg takedown but Heisenberg sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Heisenberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heisenberg stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Heisenberg throws the kick towards the body but Assassin avoids it.
Assassin throws a jab but it's blocked by Heisenberg.
Heisenberg moves out of range of the strikes.
Heisenberg lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Assassin, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heisenberg throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg leaves Assassin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Heisenberg chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Assassin tries to score a power double leg takedown but Heisenberg sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Assassin somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lager Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heisenberg throws a leg kick but Assassin moved away.
Heisenberg scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Assassin doesn't seem bothered though.
Assassin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Assassin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heisenberg.
Assassin throws a hook to the side of Heisenberg's head but Heisenberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Assassin looks for a takedown but Heisenberg sprawls well.
A head kick misses from Heisenberg.
Assassin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Heisenberg connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Assassin scrambles back to his feet.
Assassin 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg looks to land a left hand but Assassin moved out of range nicely.
Heisenberg lands a leg kick that knocks Assassin off balance momentarily.
Heisenberg throws a good cross that connects.
Heisenberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A shot to the body from Assassin misses
and Heisenberg counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heisenberg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Assassin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heisenberg throws a jab but it's blocked by Assassin.
Decent striking displayed by Heisenberg there.
Assassin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heisenberg staying out of range there.
A good leg kick by Heisenberg.
Assassin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Heisenberg avoids it really well and circles away.

Assassin has closed the distance and engaged Heisenberg in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg tries a body shot but Assassin blocks it.
Assassin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Assassin tries to break the clinch but Heisenberg is controlling the position.
Heisenberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Assassin.
Assassin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heisenberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Heisenberg.
Heisenberg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Assassin's elbow.
Assassin tries to break free but Heisenberg pushes him back against the cage.
Heisenberg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Assassin manages to break the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Heisenberg as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assassin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Assassin lands a really nice looking cross but Heisenberg seems unphased.
Nice defenses there by Assassin.
Assassin tries to move into range but Heisenberg moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heisenberg lands a glancing blow to the side of Assassin's head.
Assassin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Heisenberg counters with a thumping low kick.

Heisenberg gets tackled into the cage by Assassin. Assassin maintains the clinch.
Heisenberg lands with a right to the head.
Assassin is trying to force a seperation but Heisenberg has the dominant position.
Heisenberg misses with some punches.
Heisenberg digs a right hand underneath Assassin's ribcage. Assassin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assassin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Assassin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitch Heisenberg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Heisenberg throws a hook to the side of Assassin's head but Assassin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heisenberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Assassin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Heisenberg did well to prevent Assassin getting side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Assassin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Assassin trying to mount his opponent but Heisenberg defends it.

Heisenberg looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Assassin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Assassin prevents Heisenberg from improving his position.
Assassin working Heisenberg over with strikes.
Assassin slips a nice elbow through Heisenberg's hands, connecting with Heisenberg's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assassin is stalling here. Heisenberg is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Assassin seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Heisenberg has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Heisenberg lands an elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Heisenberg.
Heisenberg throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Assassin is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Heisenberg has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Heisenberg taking a break here but Assassin is having none of it and regains half guard.
Assassin manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Heisenberg trying to control but Assassin is working from the bottom.
Assassin is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assassin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Heisenberg is pushing down on Assassin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Assassin is fighting to maintain full guard but Heisenberg has managed to sneak the leg through.
Heisenberg is looking to stall here but Assassin recovers full guard.
Heisenberg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Assassin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lager Assassin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assassin keeping moving, preventing Heisenberg from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Assassin is looking for a triangle but Heisenberg pushes his legs off easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lager Assassin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Heisenberg has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitch Heisenberg!
Mitch Heisenberg decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.