PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Heimlich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sharp comes to the cage accompanied by Immortal Technique-Cause Of Death. Heimlich is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Lifesaver. Victor Sharp has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sharp
vs
Heimlich

225 cm
21
224 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

200 cm
20
250 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Kangaroo Punch $50 Dollar Sale
Arcticus University: London

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Heimlich!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heimlich throws a leg kick but Sharp sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sharp staying out of range there.
Heimlich tries to land a front kick but Sharp steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sharp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heimlich throws out the jab.
Sharp thuds his right hand into Heimlich's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Johnny Heimlich has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heimlich. Sharp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sharp misses with a looping right.
A punch lands to the side of Sharp 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Heimlich thuds his shin into the meat of Sharp's side.
Sharp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heimlich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heimlich lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Heimlich with a jab.
Sharp misses with an attempted mid kick.
Heimlich only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Heimlich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sharp. Sharp obviously looking to wear him down.
Sharp scores with a leg kick.
Sharp throws a series of punches but Heimlich avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heimlich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heimlich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sharp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sharp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Heimlich scores with a spinning back kick!
Heimlich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sharp avoids a kick to the body.
A big left from Heimlich misses.
Sharp throws a leg kick that is checked
and Heimlich counters with a good, hard body kick but Sharp shrugs it off.

Heimlich clinches up with Sharp and pushes him back against the cage.
Sharp working aggressively here.
Heimlich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sharp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heimlich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sharp lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sharp.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp lands a nice uppercut.
Heimlich tries to work over Sharp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heimlich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sharp.
Sharp blocks a body shot from Heimlich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp blocks a body shot from Heimlich.
Heimlich takes a shot to the head.
Heimlich tries to work over Sharp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sharp misses with some punches.
Heimlich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Sharp breaks the clinch.
A jab from Heimlich misses.
Sharp scores with a nice right hand.
Sharp scores with a jab to the head.
Sharp fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Heimlich.
Sharp misses with an uppercut. Heimlich saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Heimlich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heimlich connects with a high kick.
Sharp is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

Heimlich has closed the distance and engaged Sharp in a clinch.
Sharp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Sharp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharp throws a sloppy head kick and Heimlich moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Heimlich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heimlich.
Heimlich throws a big counter head kick but Sharp avoids it with no problem.
Heimlich slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sharp throws a front kick aimed at Heimlich's knee but Heimlich avoids it well.
Heimlich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Heimlich scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sharp lands with a cross.
Heimlich throws a leg kick that misses.
Sharp slips under a jab.
Heimlich fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sharp is out of range.
Sharp's corner calls for a 1-2. Sharp obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sharp misses with a shot to the body
and Heimlich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sharp digs a good hook to Heimlich's body.
Heimlich connects with a single shot there.
Sharp blocks a head kick by Heimlich.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp throws a leg kick but Heimlich sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Heimlich swings widly with a right hand
and Sharp counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Heimlich closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heimlich.
Sharp gets through Heimlich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sharp lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sharp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heimlich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heimlich tries to throw a body punch but Sharp avoids it by throwing Heimlich back against the cage.
Sharp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heimlich lands with a light punch inside.
Heimlich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sharp's elbow.

Sharp breaks from the clinch.
Heimlich ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Heimlich moves forwards but Sharp connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Heimlich lands a glancing blow to the side of Sharp's head.
Heimlich avoids the body shot from Sharp.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharp takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Heimlich throws a front kick that sends Sharp stumbling back into the cage.
Sharp clobbers Heimlich with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johnny Heimlich will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Heimlich's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sharp circles away from the clinch attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heimlich.
Johnny Heimlich seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Heimlich gets a clinch.
Heimlich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sharp's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heimlich.
Heimlich will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sharp up against the cage.
Sharp scores with a shot to the side of Heimlich's head.
Heimlich presses Sharp against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sharp swings wildly with an uppercut but Heimlich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharp misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Sharp.
Victor Sharp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sharp working hard to break the clinch.
Heimlich working aggressively here.
Heimlich lands an uppercut.
Sharp working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp blocking some punches.
Sharp is trying to push Heimlich away but Heimlich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Heimlich throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sharp creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Heimlich misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Sharp.
Heimlich taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sharp has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Heimlich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heimlich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Heimlich tries a body shot but Sharp blocks it.
Heimlich has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sharp seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Heimlich can turn it around.
Sharp throws a head punch that misses.
Heimlich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heimlich takes a shot to the head.
Sharp tries a body shot but Heimlich blocks it.
Heimlich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heimlich throws a head punch that misses.
Heimlich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Heimlich fails to land.
Nice body punch from Sharp - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Heimlich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp prevents a body shot from Heimlich.
Heimlich misses with the head strike.
Sharp is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Heimlich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Heimlich misses with some punches.
Heimlich throws a punch but it's blocked by Sharp.
Sharp's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sharp lands with a light punch inside.
Sharp struggles to land a body shot inside as Heimlich controls his hands.
Heimlich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Heimlich.
Heimlich misses with a body punch.
Sharp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heimlich cracks Sharp with a nice body shot.
Heimlich misses with a punch to the body.
Sharp lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sharp blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heimlich throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Heimlich lands a shoulder strike.

Sharp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heimlich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Sharp tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sharp stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Heimlich.
Heimlich misses with a combination
and Sharp counters with a head kick. That will keep Heimlich thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sharp misses with a straight left.
Heimlich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heimlich dodges the punch combination from Sharp.
Sharp tests Heimlich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sharp motions for Heimlich to come forward. Sharp throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Heimlich connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich throws a right hand that Sharp ducks under and follows up with a left that Sharp also avoids with ease.
A swing and a miss from Heimlich.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slapping leg kick lands for Heimlich.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Heimlich.
Sharp walks forward, straight into a front kick from Heimlich.
Sharp chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sharp throws a body shot but no joy.
Sharp will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sharp throws a solid leg kick but Heimlich takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sharp.
Sharp takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sharp throws a lazy uppercut
and Heimlich counters with a nice uppercut.
Heimlich looks to land a right hand but Sharp moved out of range.
Sharp throws a low kick but it's checked well by Heimlich.
Heimlich throws a head kick but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Heimlich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Heimlich'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. This is the final round!

Sharp keeps Heimlich at a distance using the push kick.
Sharp connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sharp darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Heimlich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharp tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sharp takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sharp takes a swing at Heimlich's ribcage but misses.
Heimlich throws a low kick but Sharp avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Heimlich.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heimlich moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp misses the shot to the body.
Heimlich digs a good body shot into Sharp's ribs.

Heimlich closes the distance and pushes Sharp back into the cage.
Heimlich struggles to land a body shot inside as Sharp controls his hands.
Heimlich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sharp.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimlich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Sharp's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heimlich throws a poor cross that misses
and Sharp counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Heimlich misses with a head kick.
Sharp tries to land a body kick
and Heimlich counters with a leg kick.
Heimlich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sharp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heimlich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Heimlich throws a head kick that misses.
Heimlich throws out a loose jab but Sharp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharp is looking to counter punch.
Heimlich defending well as Sharp loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Heimlich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sharp takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Heimlich lands a really nice looking cross but Sharp seems unphased.
Sharp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heimlich.
Sharp was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Heimlich throws a lazy uppercut
and Sharp counters with a stiff right hand.
Victor Sharp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp cracks Heimlich with an open hand slap.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Heimlich throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sharp comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Heimlich goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sharp misses with a low kick.
Heimlich 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.
Heimlich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sharp blocks a head kick by Heimlich.
Sharp slips a jab and a cross from Heimlich.
Sharp half committed to a counter leg kick.
Heimlich takes one on the button.
Sharp is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Heimlich throws a jab but it's blocked by Sharp.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Heimlich.
Nice straight punches there by Heimlich. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Heimlich.

Heimlich darts in and clinches Sharp up against the cage.
Heimlich tries to throw a body punch but Sharp avoids it by throwing Heimlich back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Sharp.
Heimlich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sharp lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Heimlich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Sharp scores with a nice short uppercut.

Sharp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharp on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Heimlich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp lands with a thumping leg kick.
Heimlich swings for the body but Sharp moves out of range.
Heimlich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sharp swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Heimlich lands with a straight right. Sharp didn't see that one coming.
Sharp looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sharp lands a glancing blow to the side of Heimlich's head.
Heimlich slips under a jab from Sharp.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich looks to land a combination but Sharp avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Heimlich does it's job there.
Good exchange - Sharp coming out on top.
Sharp scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sharp staying out of range there.
Sharp connects with an inside leg kick.
Heimlich moves in looking to clinch but Sharp pushes him off.
Heimlich throws a sloppy head kick and Sharp moves out of range easily.
Heimlich throws a head kick that misses.
Sharp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heimlich manages to avoid it.
Heimlich throws a leg kick that misses.
Heimlich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Heimlich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sharp stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnny Heimlich is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Heimlich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharp moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Victor Sharp.
Well Heimlich has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Heimlich!
An out of breath and clearly excited Johnny Heimlich thanked Big Bear Nutrition 160Q for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Victor Sharp spoke after the fight, saying 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.