PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Decca Heggie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Makonnen Amore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Heggie
vs
Amore

199 cm
19
279 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
21
259 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Experienced

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Sun-Tzu
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Decca Heggie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Makonnen Amore!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heggie throws out a loose jab but Amore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heggie throws a right and a left that Amore avoids nicely.
Heggie throws out a loose jab but Amore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heggie 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.
Amore fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Amore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heggie.
Amore throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Amore. Heggie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amore connects with an inside leg kick.
Heggie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Amore can pounce on him.
Heggie missing with a left hand there. Amore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heggie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Amore looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Amore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Amore turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Amore throws a leg kick which misses Heggie's front leg but catches the back leg as Heggie tries to avoid it.
Decca Heggie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Amore.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heggie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Amore misses with a kick to the body.
Amore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Amore lands a nice hook to Heggie's body. Heggie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amore lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heggie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heggie tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Heggie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amore scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Amore lands with a thumping leg kick.
A big right from Heggie misses.
A swing and a miss from Heggie.
Heggie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Amore misses with a body shot.
Amore is looking to slow Heggie down with leg kicks.
Heggie misses with a lunging right hand
and Amore counters with a good low kick that Heggie was not able to check.
Heggie connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heggie throws a looping overhand right but Amore ducks down to avoid it.
Heggie is looking to clinch.
Amore throws a big counter head kick but Heggie avoids it with no problem.
Heggie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Heggie blocks the leg kick.

Heggie steps into range and cracks Amore with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Amore flops backwards and Heggie dives into his guard looking to finish!

It looks like Makonnen Amore has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amore lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Heggie looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Amore puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Heggie trying to control here.
Amore tries to pass to full mount but Heggie defends it.
Heggie tries to get to full guard but Amore has control of the leg.
Amore sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Amore is continuing to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heggie is looking for a sweep. Amore is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Amore moves nicely into side control.
Amore trying to control the action but Heggie is working from the bottom.
Amore has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Heggie!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Amore can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Heggie is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Amore might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Heggie haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Amore sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Heggie wants to control but Amore is having none of it.
Heggie is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Amore is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heggie squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Makonnen Amore will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Makonnen Amore's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Amore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Heggie.
Heggie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Heggie throws a jab but it's blocked by Amore.
Heggie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Heggie keeps the fight on the outside.
Heggie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Amore, right into the meat.
Amore avoids the body shot from Heggie.
Amore is trying to counter with his kicks.
Amore takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Amore tries to clinch but Heggie moves out of range.
Amore is looking to slow Heggie down with leg kicks.
Heggie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Amore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Heggie's calf.
Heggie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Amore.
Amore scores with a sloppy right hand. Heggie should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amore misses the shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Heggie.
Decca Heggie is winning the standup battle so far.
Heggie misses the jab.
Decca Heggie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heggie misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Amore.
Heggie misses with a body punch
and Amore counters with a nice uppercut.
Heggie swings for the body but Amore moves out of range.
Amore dodges the punch combination from Heggie.
Amore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heggie.
Sloppy strikes from Heggie. Those never looked like landing.
Heggie looks to land a left hand but Amore moved out of range nicely.
Amore ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Heggie misses with a straight right.
Heggie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Amore can pounce on him.
Heggie connects with a body shot.
Amore lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Amore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heggie.
Heggie takes a swing at Amore's ribcage but misses.
Makonnen Amore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heggie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amore moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heggie throws a hook but Amore blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amore slips a jab and a cross from Heggie.
Heggie throws an off balance right hand
and Amore counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Amore lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Heggie misses with a straight right.
Amore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Amore scores with a leg kick.
Amore throws a nice inside leg kick.
Heggie throws a hook but Amore blocks it.
Heggie looks to throw the jab but Amore is out of range.
Heggie looks for a takedown but Amore sprawls well.
Amore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Heggie's sensitive parts.
Heggie throws out a loose jab but Amore uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Heggie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Amore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heggie 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.
Heggie throws a jab when Amore was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Heggie.
Heggie looks to land a left hand but Amore moved out of range nicely.
Heggie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Amore misses the target.
Heggie's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Heggie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amore throws a quick inside leg kick.
Amore cracks the inside of Heggie's front leg.
Amore throws a head kick that Heggie semi-blocks.
Heggie avoids the head kick by Amore.
It looked like Heggie was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Amore.
Heggie misses with a few strikes there.
Amore fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Heggie swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Amore counter with a right hand.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Amore. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Heggie doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Amore to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Amore.
Amore lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amore lands with a slapping head kick.
Amore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heggie.
Amore slips a straight right by Heggie.
Amore blocks a jab.
Amore throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Heggie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Amore fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Heggie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Heggie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Heggie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heggie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Amore counters with a leg kick.
Amore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heggie.
Heggie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Amore jabs Heggie right on the nose. Heggie blinks but takes it well.
Amore misses with a few strikes there.
Heggie lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Amore.
Amore throws a big shot that misses.
Heggie needs to keep his hands up - Amore had a free shot at his head there.
Heggie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Makonnen Amore will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Makonnen Amore's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Amore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heggie slips a jab and a cross from Amore.
Heggie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Amore appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Heggie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Amore moves out of range as Heggie strikes.
Amore works the jab nicely.
Amore staying out of range there.
Amore connects with a single shot there.
Amore scores with a punch to the head.
Amore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Amore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Heggie's calf.
Heggie throws a series of punches but Amore avoids them all with ease.
Heggie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Amore scores with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amore throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Heggie to counter with a crisp jab.
Amore moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Amore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Heggie. Beautiful body shot.
Amore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amore ducks under a wild hook from Heggie.
The fight stays on the outside here - Amore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Amore walks into a jab.
Heggie misses with a body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Heggie!
Heggie works Amore's body with a nice hook.
Heggie misses with a body shot.
Amore only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Amore tries to work over Heggie's front leg with a kick but Heggie checks it.
Amore takes a jab right on the kisser.
Amore misses with a head kick.
Heggie is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Heggie looks to score with a jab to the body but Amore is just out of range.
Amore cracks the inside of Heggie's front leg.
Some wild striking there from Heggie.
Amore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amore blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heggie punishes Amore's body with a nice straight punch.
Amore looks to land a right hand but Heggie moved out of range.
Heggie looks to score with a jab to the body but Amore is just out of range.
Heggie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Decca Heggie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Amore lands a body shot.
Amore thumps Heggie with a low kick.
Heggie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heggie walks forward, straight into a front kick from Amore.
Heggie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Heggie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Amore. That one must have hurt.
Amore lands a leg kick that knocks Heggie off balance momentarily.
Heggie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heggie moves out of range as Amore strikes.
Heggie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Heggie misses its intended target.

Heggie catches Amore napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Amore to the canvas!

Amore is rocked!
Amore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amore bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Heggie's guard.

Amore gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Heggie misses.
Amore scoring well with a low kick there.
Heggie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amore was well out of range. Poor timing from Heggie.
Heggie just misses with a punch to the body.
Amore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Amore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Amore jabs Heggie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Amore throws a right hand that Heggie ducks under and follows up with a left that Heggie also avoids with ease.
Amore lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Amore takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Heggie throws a lazy right hand but Amore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Amore flicks out a counter leg kick but Heggie steps away.
Amore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Amore drops his hands for a split second and Heggie immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Amore face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Heggie follows up with a right hand that knocks Amore into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Decca Heggie!
A very excited looking Decca Heggie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.