PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eildon Heap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Syn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franky Syn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Heap
vs
Syn

185 cm
33
220 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

190 cm
32
212 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
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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 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eildon Heap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franky Syn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Heap rushes Syn and presses him up against the cage.
Heap utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Heap throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Syn blocks it with crossed arms.
Syn wants to stall.
Heap blocks a body shot from Syn.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Heap just misses with a elbow thrown towards Syn's brow.
Heap lands an elbow inside that Syn shrugs off.
Heap crunches a lovely knee into Syn's ribcage.
Syn avoiding damage as Heap throws knees to the body.
Syn misses with a body punch.
Heap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Heap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Syn avoids it.
Heap blocks a body shot from Syn.
Heap landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Syn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Syn is trying to maintain a safe position but Heap gets an underhook and turns Syn into the cage.
Syn tries to work over Heap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Syn avoiding damage as Heap throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syn tries a body shot but Heap blocks it.
Syn misses with the head strike.
Heap throws an elbow but it misses.
Heap is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Syn is defending well for now.
Syn can't find room to land a body shot as Heap controls the action.
Syn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Syn managing to block the knees to the body from Heap.
Syn lands with a left to the head.
Heap putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Syn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Heap blocks an uppercut.
Syn throws a head punch that misses.
Syn blocks the elbow strike.
Syn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heap lands a damaging elbow.
Syn digs a right hand underneath Heap's ribcage. Heap let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Syn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heap blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syn is leaning against Heap and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good body shot from Syn.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Syn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Syn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Syn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heaps head.
Heap pushes off an throws an elbow but Syn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Heap blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Syn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Heap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Syn backwards.
Heap lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heap throws an elbow but misses.
Syn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Heap seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Syn can turn it around.
Syn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Syn.
Heap blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heap misses with an elbow strike.
Syn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Syn scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syn lands with a short shot to the head.
Syn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heap is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Syn is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Syn fails to land.
Syn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heap is keeping busy.
Syn struggles to land a body shot inside as Heap controls his hands.
Syn lands a body shot.
Syn tries to stall but Heap uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Syn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Syn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heap backwards.
Syn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Syn wants to break free but Heap has control.
Still in the clinch, Syn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heap tries to land knees in the clinch but Syn avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Syn.
Heap looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Syn.
Heap crunches a lovely knee into Syn's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heap lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Syn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heap backwards.
Heap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Heap lands a knee to the body.
Syn pushes Heap back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heap lands an elbow inside that Syn shrugs off.
Syn blocks the elbow strike.
Syn lands with a left to the head.
Syn taking a breather.
Heap tries to land knees in the clinch but Syn avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Syn on the inside.

Heap is rocked!
Syn just leaning against Heap, taking a breather.
Heap with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hook to the body lands for Syn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Syn working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Franky Syn will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Syn throws a hook but Heap blocks it.
Heap misses the shot to the body.
Syn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A combination from Syn does no damage.
Syn punishes Heap's body with a nice straight punch.
Heap fails in his attempt to clinch.

Syn drops Heap with a beautiful combination! Heap stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Syn is looking for the KO!
Oh Heap is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Heap gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Syn avoiding damage as Heap throws knees to the body.
Heap lands a good knee to the midsection. Syn won't want to take too many of those.
Heap seems to have got his legs back now.
Heap throws an elbow that misses.
Syn swings wildly with an uppercut but Heap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Syn misses with a punch on the inside.
Heap misses with an elbow over the top.
Heap lands a nice uppercut.
Syn gets through Heap's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heap pushes off an throws an elbow but Syn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heap pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Heap trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Syn.
Heap lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Syn has a couple of punches blocked by Heap.
A head punch on the inside from Syn fails to land.
Syn avoids a wild elbow strike from Heap.
Syn is trying to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Heap as Syn tries to tie him up.
Heap blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Syn breaks from the clinch.
Heap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Syn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Syn lands a nice shot that snaps Heap's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A nice combination there by Heap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Syn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Heap throws a hook but Syn blocks it.
Heap listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Heap tries to clinch but Syn moves out of range.
Syn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Heap uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Syn.
Heap moves away from the strike by Syn.
A quick step to the side and Heap tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Syn just misses with a punch to the body.
Heap was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Heap throws a body shot but no joy.
Syn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heap.
Syn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Heap closes the distance and pushes Syn back into the cage.
Heap working Syn over with knees to the body.
Heap throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syn throws a punch but it's blocked by Heap.
Heap blocking some punches.
Syn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Heap obliges.
Franky Syn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Syn is breathing heavily.
Syn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Heap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Heap as Syn tries to tie him up.
Heap landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heap working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heap lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Syn takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Franky Syn has been cut.
Heap putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Syn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Syn avoids a wild elbow strike from Heap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Syn takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Syn avoiding damage as Heap throws knees to the body.
Syn blocks the elbow strike.
Syn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Heap missing with knees to the body.
Syn swings wildly with an uppercut but Heap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Heap creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees to the body from Heap.
Heap lands an elbow inside that Syn shrugs off.
Heap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heap comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Heap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Heap misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Syn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eildon Heap dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Franky Syn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Heap blocks a leg kick.
Eildon Heap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Syn cracks Heap with a good jab.
Heap tries to close the distance and clinch but Syn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heap wants to slow Syn down by chopping away at his legs.
Heap throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Syn unleashes a big counter combination but Heap bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Syn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Syn misses with a straight left.
Syn tried to score with a low kick but Heap checks it.
Syn throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Heap counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Heap wants to clinch up but Syn keeps it at a distance.
Heap tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Heap takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Syn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heap moves away from the strike by Syn.
Syn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Syn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Syn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heap.
Syn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Syn checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heap swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heap catches Syn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A looping hook to the body misses from Syn. Heap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heap misses the shot to the body.
Syn wants to counter with a clinch but Heap pushes him away.
Heap misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Syn.
Syn tries to counter by closing the distance.
Heap tries to clinch up
enabling Syn to counter with a crisp jab.
Heap scores with a nice body kick.

Syn closes the distance and pushes Heap back into the cage.
Heap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Syn avoids it.
Syn misses with a punch on the inside.
Syn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heap tries a knee to the head but Syn blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heap.
Heap tries to work over Syn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syn misses with some punches.
Syn trying to control the position but instead, Heap has worked for underhooks and has pushed Syn into the cage.
Heap lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Heap with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heap using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heap unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Heap misses with a knee strike.
Heap throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Syn blocks it with crossed arms.
Syn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Syn takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Franky Syn's cut even more.
Heap misses with an elbow strike.
Syn takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heap throws an elbow but misses.
Syn trying to control the position but instead, Heap has worked for underhooks and has pushed Syn into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Syn.
Syn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Syn has a couple of punches blocked by Heap.
Syn blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Syn fails to land.
Syn takes an elbow to the temple.
Syn misses with a punch on the inside.
Heap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Syn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heap being controlled against the cage.
Syn swings wildly with an uppercut but Heap uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Heap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Syn.
Syn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Syn stalls.
Syn blocks the elbow strike.
Syn lands a right hand.
Syn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heap's elbow.
Syn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heap pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Syn blocks the elbow strike.
Syn avoiding damage as Heap throws knees to the body.
Heap missing with knees to the body.
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!
Heap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Syn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heap pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

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 Eildon Heap.
I think Heap has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

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