PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eildon Heap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trudeau's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Negative Creep. Eildon Heap has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Trudeau
vs
Heap

188 cm
41
215 lbs
37 - 21 - 2

185 cm
36
220 lbs
34 - 20 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
Hellbent

Bos Energy MMA159.4

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 37 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcello Trudeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Eildon Heap!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trudeau scores with a leg kick.
Trudeau lands with a good body shot.
Heap tries to clinch but Trudeau moves out of range.
Trudeau attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Heap slips a straight right by Trudeau.
Heap misses with a wild body shot.
Trudeau lands a leg kick that knocks Heap off balance momentarily.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut.
Heap let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Heap takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Heap tries to clinch up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Heap checks a leg kick.
Heap looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heap keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trudeau.
A nice side step and Heap releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Trudeau throws a hook but Heap avoids it easily.
Heap throws out a counter right but Trudeau avoids it with no problem.
Trudeau ducks under a wild hook from Heap.
Trudeau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heap let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Trudeau misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trudeau lands with a slapping head kick.
Trudeau scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Heap doesn't seem bothered though.
Trudeau misses with a wild combination.
As Trudeau backs off Heap throws a huge counter combo but Trudeau manages to avoid it all.
Trudeau scores with a hook to the body. Heap takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Heap tries to land a leg kick but Trudeau saw it coming and moves away.
Trudeau scores with a hook to the body. Heap takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Trudeau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Heap counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trudeau is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
A big right from Trudeau misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heap! But no joy.
Heap swinging wildly here.
Heap moves in looking to clinch but Trudeau pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau works Heap's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heap tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trudeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Heap.
Trudeau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trudeau cracks Heap with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heap tries to clinch but Trudeau is having none of it.
Trudeau throws a low kick but it's checked well by Heap.
Trudeau throws a body punch but Heap moves out of range.
Marcello Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Heap as he checks the leg kick.
A lazy left from Heap finds it's target.
Trudeau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heap.
Trudeau digs a good body shot into Heap's ribs.
Trudeau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heap digs a good body shot into Trudeau's ribs.
A head kick misses from Trudeau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heap uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trudeau.
A lazy body kick from Trudeau
and Heap makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Trudeau on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Heap bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heap just misses with a punch to the body.
Trudeau misses with a shot to the body
and Heap connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trudeau is looking to wear down Heap with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Trudeau shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Heap trying to control from the bottom.
Trudeau looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heap trying to control here.
Well, if Trudeau is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Heap wants to control but Trudeau passes into side.
Trudeau taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Trudeau dominated that 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.

Trudeau throws a head kick that misses.
Trudeau misses with a few strikes there.
Trudeau is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heap can do to turn this around?
Heap connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Trudeau's hands.
Trudeau dodges the punch combination from Heap.
Heap tries to move into range but Trudeau moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Trudeau misses with a head kick.
Trudeau misses with a combination
and Heap counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heap connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Trudeau throws the left hand but Heap avoids the punch easily.
Trudeau throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Heap counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau throws the left hand but Heap avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heap! But no joy.
Heap lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Marcello Trudeau has been cut.
Heap slips a jab and a cross from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a chopping leg kick but Heap manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Heap digs a good body shot into Trudeau's ribs.
Trudeau misses the shot to the body.
Trudeau takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Trudeau goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Trudeau missing with a left hand there. Heap was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trudeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heap now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Heap steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trudeau.
Trudeau lands with an uppercut that bounces Heap off the cage and back into range.
Trudeau just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trudeau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heap throws out the jab.
It looked like Trudeau wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heap avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Heap just misses with a punch to the body.
Heap digs a good body shot into Trudeau's ribs.
Heap throws a leg kick which misses Trudeau's front leg but catches the back leg as Trudeau tries to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Trudeau there.
Trudeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heap takes one on the button.
Trudeau fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Heap is out of range.
Heap doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heap was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and Heap counters with a stiff right hand.
Heap moves away from the strike by Trudeau.
Trudeau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trudeau. Heap does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heap moves out of range of the leg kick from Trudeau.
Trudeau takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Heap steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trudeau.
Heap swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Trudeau lands with a hook. Heap tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heap was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Trudeau staying out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from Trudeau misses its target.
Trudeau slips a jab from Heap.
Trudeau misses with a hook. Heap ducked under it nicely.
Heap misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Heap ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau.
Heap dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heap throws the left hand but Trudeau avoids the punch easily.
Trudeau looks to score with a jab to the body but Heap is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau throws a poor cross that misses
and Heap counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Trudeau misses with a two punch combination.
Trudeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trudeau swings for the body but Heap moves out of range.
Heap throws out a counter right but Trudeau avoids it with no problem.
Heap uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heap sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heap looks to score with a jab to the body but Trudeau is just out of range.
Trudeau lunges at Heap with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Heap's hand.
Marcello Trudeau is winning the standup battle so far.
Heap connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trudeau momentarily.
Heap tries to clinch but Trudeau is having none of it.
Heap on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trudeau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trudeau lands a body shot.
Trudeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marcello Trudeau will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcello Trudeau's cut.
That's time! Trudeau's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Trudeau throws a head kick that misses
and Heap counters with a good low kick that Trudeau was not able to check.
Trudeau shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Heap eats them both and turns towards Trudeau to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Heap steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Trudeau. That one must have hurt.
Heap has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Heap moves in looking to clinch but Trudeau pushes him off.
Heap is looking to clinch but Trudeau is avoiding it.
Trudeau circles away from the clinch attempt.

Heap moves into the clinch.
Trudeau tries to work over Heap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trudeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heap's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heap looking to throw knees to the head but Trudeau is blocking nicely.
Heap prevents a body shot from Trudeau.
Heap tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Heap.
Heap blocks a body shot from Trudeau.
Heap scores with a shoulder strike.
Trudeau tries a body shot but Heap blocks it.
Trudeau is stalling here.
A body shot lands from Heap.
Heap working Trudeau over with knees to the body.
Trudeau is trying to pull guard but Heap turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Trudeau tries to pull guard but Heap forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heap tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trudeau looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Trudeau.
Heap prevents a body shot from Trudeau.
Heap throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Heap comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Heap tries a body shot but Trudeau blocks it.
Heap trying to land knees to the body.
Heap pushes off an throws an elbow but Trudeau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trudeau has Heap pressed against the cage.
Trudeau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau is struggling to control the position.
Trudeau misses with a body punch.
Trudeau can't find room to land a body shot as Heap controls the action.
Trudeau misses with a body punch.
Heap tries to throw a body punch but Trudeau avoids it by throwing Heap back against the cage.
Trudeau struggles to land a body shot inside as Heap controls his hands.
Eildon Heap seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Heap lands a knee to the head.

Marcello Trudeau's cut is getting worse.
Trudeau pressing his opponent against the cage.
Heap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trudeau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trudeau moves out of range of the strikes.
Trudeau misses with a head kick.
Heap misses with an uppercut.
Eildon Heap has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heap with a nice cross.
Trudeau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heap.
Trudeau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heap moves in looking to clinch but Trudeau pushes him off.
Heap avoids the body shot from Trudeau.
Heap looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws the kick towards the body but Heap avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eildon Heap comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Trudeau 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcello Trudeau!
In his post fight interview, Marcello Trudeau started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Eildon Heap was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm so handome I'm not surprised this guy was all over me!!'.