PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hendrik Velikopolje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eildon Heap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velikopolje's entrance music is Yngwie Malmsteen & Dio - Dream On. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Velikopolje
vs
Heap

188 cm
26
217 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
220 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hendrik Velikopolje!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Eildon Heap!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velikopolje connects with the punch.
Heap throws a leg kick that misses.
A big left from Velikopolje misses.
Hendrik Velikopolje seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from Heap lands.
Velikopolje misses with a kick to the body

and Heap moves into the clinch.
Velikopolje lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Heap tries to land knees in the clinch but Velikopolje avoids the damage to the body.
Heap prevents a body shot from Velikopolje.
Heap misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Velikopolje.
Velikopolje leaning against his opponent.
Heap scores with a shot to the side of Velikopolje's head.
Heap throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Velikopolje manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Heap throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heap throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heap tries a knee to the head but Velikopolje blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Velikopolje blocks the elbow strike.
Heap creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velikopolje's defenses.
Velikopolje wants to stall.
Heap missing with knees to the body.
Velikopolje managing to block the knees to the body from Heap.
Heap throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Heap creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Heap tries to land knees in the clinch but Velikopolje avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heap prevents Velikopolje from breaking the clinch.
Velikopolje misses with a punch on the inside.
Velikopolje blocks an elbow strike.
Velikopolje has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Velikopolje lands with a light punch inside.
Heap tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heap creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velikopolje's defenses.
Heap tries a knee to the head but Velikopolje blocks it.
Heap creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Heap throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Velikopolje blocks it with crossed arms.
Velikopolje takes an elbow to the forehead.
Heap misses with an elbow strike.
Velikopolje looking to stall.
Velikopolje blocks an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heap looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Velikopolje manages to break the clinch.
Heap throws a jab but it's blocked by Velikopolje.
Heap doesn't manage to clinch there - Velikopolje circles away.
Velikopolje wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Velikopolje takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heap throws a jab but it's blocked by Velikopolje.

Heap clinches with his opponent.
Velikopolje stalling.
Heap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Velikopolje backwards.
Velikopolje is trying to break the clinch but Heap is controlling him.
Velikopolje fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Velikopolje lands a nice shot to the body.
Heap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Velikopolje lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Velikopolje is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Heap.
Velikopolje managing to block the knees to the body from Heap.
Heap tries to land knees in the clinch but Velikopolje avoids the damage to the body.
Velikopolje is looking to control Heap's arms but Heap gets an underhook and turns him. Now Velikopolje has his back to the cage.
Velikopolje scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heap missing with knees to the body.
Velikopolje is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heap missing with knees to the body.

Velikopolje manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Velikopolje looks to land a body kick but Heap moved away.
Heap doesn't manage to clinch there - Velikopolje circles away.
Velikopolje scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Velikopolje tried to score with a low kick but Heap checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eildon Heap will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Velikopolje cracks Heap with an open hand slap.
Velikopolje misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Velikopolje.
Heap misses with an uppercut.
Velikopolje misses with an uppercut.
Heap will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Velikopolje lands a nice looking body kick.
Heap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Velikopolje manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Velikopolje thuds a left hand into Heap's body.
Velikopolje pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Velikopolje throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Velikopolje throws out a powerful jab.
Velikopolje misses with a head kick.
Heap moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Heap misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velikopolje on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Heap is looking to clinch.
Heap doesn't manage to clinch there - Velikopolje circles away.
Heap ducks under a wild hook from Velikopolje.
Velikopolje pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Velikopolje misses with a kick to the body.
Heap tries to clinch up but Velikopolje circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab lands there for Velikopolje.
Heap tries to clinch but Velikopolje is having none of it.
Heap takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Heap bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Velikopolje's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Heap tries to clinch but Velikopolje moves out of range.
Velikopolje throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Heap to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Velikopolje goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heap doesn't manage to clinch there - Velikopolje circles away.
Velikopolje dodges the punch combination from Heap.
Velikopolje is looking to land body kicks.
Heap slips a jab from Velikopolje.
Velikopolje delivers a nice body kick.
Velikopolje throws out a loose jab but Heap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heap throws a body punch but Velikopolje moves out of range.
Heap closes the distance looking to clinch
and Velikopolje counters with a nice low kick that buckles Heap's knee momentarily.
Hendrik Velikopolje is winning the standup battle so far.

Heap closes the distance and pushes Velikopolje back into the cage.
Velikopolje goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Velikopolje can't find room to land a body shot as Heap controls the action.
Velikopolje misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heap misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Velikopolje.
Velikopolje can't find room to land a body shot as Heap controls the action.
Velikopolje stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Velikopolje tries to work over Heap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Velikopolje swings wildly with an uppercut but Heap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heap throws a punch but it's blocked by Velikopolje.
Velikopolje tries to circle away but Heap has him pinned against the cage.
Velikopolje presses Heap against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Velikopolje lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Velikopolje dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Velikopolje managing to block the knees to the body from Heap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heap crunches a lovely knee into Velikopolje's ribcage.
Heap misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Velikopolje.
Velikopolje goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Velikopolje stalling in the clinch.
Velikopolje is looking to control Heap's arms but Heap gets an underhook and turns him. Now Velikopolje has his back to the cage.
Heap tries to land knees in the clinch but Velikopolje avoids the damage to the body.
Heap throws an elbow but it misses.
Velikopolje looking to slow down the pace here.
Heap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Velikopolje avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heap creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Velikopolje.
Velikopolje displaying some good clinch control by pressing Heap up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hendrik Velikopolje dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!

Heap ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Velikopolje gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Heap doesn't manage to clinch there - Velikopolje circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Velikopolje cracks Heap with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heap moves in looking to clinch but Velikopolje pushes him off.
Heap is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Velikopolje.
Velikopolje with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Eildon Heap is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Velikopolje dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Velikopolje thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick by Velikopolje misses
and Heap counters with a three punch combo that has Velikopolje backing up. Velikopolje nods at Heap to acknowledge the strikes.
Velikopolje throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velikopolje swats away the attempt to clinch by Heap.
Velikopolje connects with a body shot.
Heap takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Heap gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Heap takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Heap gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Velikopolje takes an elbow to the forehead.
Heap trying to land knees to the body.
Heap creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Velikopolje stalling in the clinch but Heap improves position.
Heap lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Velikopolje backwards.
Heap prevents a body shot from Velikopolje.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heap unloads a knee to the mid-section. Velikopolje lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stalling in the clinch from Velikopolje.
Heap trying to land knees to the body.
Velikopolje slowing the pace effectively.
Heap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Velikopolje avoids it.
Velikopolje wants to break the clinch but can't.
Heap tries a knee to the head but Velikopolje blocks it.
Heap blocks a body shot from Velikopolje.
Heap lands a nice elbow.
Velikopolje tries to throw a body punch but Heap avoids it by throwing Velikopolje back against the cage.
Heap lands an elbow just above Velikopolje 's eye.
Heap pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Eildon Heap seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Heap throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Velikopolje avoids it.
Heap is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Velikopolje is defending well for now.
Heap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Velikopolje has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heap scores with a shot to the side of Velikopolje's head.
Heap tries a body shot but Velikopolje blocks it.
Velikopolje takes an elbow to the temple.
Velikopolje blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heap misses with an elbow over the top.
Velikopolje avoids the elbow strike from Heap, against the cage.
Heap misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Velikopolje.
Velikopolje avoids the elbow strike from Heap, against the cage.
Heap pushes off an throws an elbow but Velikopolje leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Velikopolje tries a body shot but Heap blocks it.
Velikopolje goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heap tries to land knees in the clinch but Velikopolje avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Heap lands a good knee to the midsection. Velikopolje won't want to take too many of those.
Heap throws an elbow but it misses.
Velikopolje lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Velikopolje can't find room to land a body shot as Heap controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Velikopolje trying to stall but Heap improves his position.
Nice body punch from Velikopolje.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Velikopolje blocks an elbow strike from Heap.
Velikopolje is trying to stall.
Velikopolje will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Heap up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eildon Heap.
I think Heap 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eildon Heap!