PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Jean Siena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Heras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jean Siena
vs
Heras

167 cm
26
145 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

168 cm
20
145 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paolo Jean Siena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joshua Heras!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Heras instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Heras to work.
Heras tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jean Siena's elbow.
Jean Siena lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heras using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heras.
A frustrated look appears on Jean Siena's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Heras is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jean Siena jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Heras walks away with a smile on his face. Jean Siena gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Heras looks to land a combination but Jean Siena avoids it well.
Jean Siena is looking to counter punch.
Heras uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jean Siena.
Heras tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jean Siena paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Heras. That's going to slow Jean Siena down.
Jean Siena throws a jab when Heras was well out of range.
Heras thows a body kick. Jean Siena tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Heras slaps away a takedown attempt from Jean Siena, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Heras unleashes a big counter combination but Jean Siena bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Heras moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Siena swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jean Siena misses with some punches.
Heras digs a right hand into Jean Siena's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jean Siena's gas tank.
Jean Siena misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Jean Siena's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heras.
Heras blocking some punches.
Jean Siena misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jean Siena tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paolo Jean Siena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heras misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Jean Siena.
A head punch on the inside from Jean Siena fails to land.
Jean Siena tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Heras effectively controlling the action here.
Heras using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jean Siena is trying to pull guard but Heras has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Heras.
Jean Siena managing to block the knees to the body from Heras.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heras lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heras lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heras blocks an uppercut.
Jean Siena has a couple of punches blocked by Heras.
Jean Siena jumps guard but Heras turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jean Siena has a couple of punches blocked by Heras.
Jean Siena fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jean Siena throws a head punch that misses.
Heras leaning his opponent against the cage.
Heras scores a nice knee to the body.

Heras manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heras looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jean Siena was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jean Siena misses with a hook.
Heras moves out of range of the strikes.
Heras lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jean Siena lands with a nice body punch.
Heras moves away from the strike by Jean Siena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Siena throws a jab when Heras was well out of range.
Heras lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jean Siena misses with a takedown attempt - Heras sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Heras lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Heras lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jean Siena will feel that in the morning.
A telegraphed right hand from Jean Siena misses the target.
Heras just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Jean Siena wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Heras lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jean Siena avoids the body shot from Heras.
Jean Siena circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jean Siena counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jean Siena looks to throw the jab but Heras is out of range.
Jean Siena lands with a straight right. Heras didn't see that one coming.
Heras throws a front kick that sends Jean Siena stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heras throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Joshua Heras is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jean Siena avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heras feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jean Siena's calf.
Heras tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jean Siena swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jean Siena is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jean Siena looks to land a right hand but Heras moved out of range.

Heras takes the fight into the clinch.
Jean Siena lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jean Siena.

Heras pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Heras moves into the clinch.
Jean Siena tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jean Siena scores with a nice hook to the head.
Heras looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Heras blocks an uppercut.
Jean Siena fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Heras.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Heras dominated that round.
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.

Heras takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jean Siena shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jean Siena will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jean Siena.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paolo Jean Siena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heras.
Jean Siena keeps the fight on the outside.
Heras displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jean Siena throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Heras releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Jean Siena looking to score a takedown here. Heras is defending well but Jean Siena drives through and ends up in Heras's guard.
Jean Siena is fighting to break Heras's control of his arms but Heras is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Heras has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jean Siena off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Jean Siena shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Heras but Heras pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jean Siena swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Heras.
Heras has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heras moves out of range as Jean Siena strikes.
Heras misses with a combination
and Jean Siena counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Heras, right into the meat.
Heras throws a head kick that misses.
Heras works Jean Siena's body with a nice hook.
Jean Siena is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Heras fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heras is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jean Siena throwing a counter right hand but Heras manages to avoid it.
Jean Siena has his takedown stuffed
and Heras counters with an outside leg kick.
Joshua Heras seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick lands there from Heras.
Heras scores with a leg kick.
Heras tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jean Siena manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jean Siena swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jean Siena misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Heras forces Jean Siena back against the cage and clinches.
Jean Siena scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Heras pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heras tries to clinch but Jean Siena is having none of it.
Jean Siena shoots in for a takedown but Heras shows good takedown defense.
Jean Siena shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Heras counters with a two punch combo.

Heras closes the distance and clinches.
Heras comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jean Siena working aggressively here.
Jean Siena misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heras blocks an uppercut.
Heras tries to work over Jean Siena's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Heras as the two fighters clinch.
Jean Siena jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Heras walks away with a smile on his face. Jean Siena gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jean Siena shoots in looking for a takedown. Heras tries to sprawl out of it but Jean Siena keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Heras manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heras throws a head kick that half lands.

Heras moves into the clinch successfully.
Heras lands with a short shot to the head.
Heras connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jean Siena's face.
Jean Siena tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Heras smiles and moves away.
Heras scores with a leg kick.
Heras lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jean Siena backs up against the cage.
Jean Siena is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Heras tries a head kick but it misses.
Heras wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Siena throws a big shot that misses.
Heras works Jean Siena's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heras connects with a solid leg kick.
Jean Siena throws the left hand but Heras avoids the punch easily.
Jean Siena lands a really nice looking cross but Heras seems unphased.
Jean Siena fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Heras looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heras misses with a two punch combination.
Heras lands a head kick!
Jean Siena lands a nice hook to Heras's body. Heras takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Heras tries to clinch there but Jean Siena circles away.
Heras throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jean Siena's head.
Heras tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jean Siena manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Heras showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Heras will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jean Siena misses with a straight left.

Heras rushes Jean Siena and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jean Siena tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Heras smiles and moves away.
Jean Siena lands with an uppercut that bounces Heras off the cage and back into range.
Jean Siena misses with a looping right.
Heras uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jean Siena.
Jean Siena dodges the punch combination from Heras.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice cross by Jean Siena.
Heras swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jean Siena counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jean Siena with a poor takedown
and Heras counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Heras pushes Jean Siena up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heras.
Jean Siena being controlled against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Heras takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heras.

Heras manages to break the clinch.
Heras tries to clinch up.
Jean Siena is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jean Siena scores with a sloppy right hand. Heras should have avoided that one.
Heras keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jean Siena. Heras does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heras slips a straight right by Jean Siena.
A punch combination from Heras misses.
Jean Siena fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paolo Jean Siena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heras throws a right and a left that Jean Siena avoids nicely.
Jean Siena lands a head shot.
Heras throws a sloppy head kick and Jean Siena moves out of range easily.
A solid body kick from Heras.
Heras tries to clinch but Jean Siena moves away
and Jean Siena counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heras tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jean Siena misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Heras misses with a double jab
and Heras takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heras stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Heras wants it to stay on the feet.
Heras keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A nice inside leg kick there by Heras. That's going to slow Jean Siena down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Heras gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jean Siena fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heras.
Heras blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jean Siena working aggressively here.
Heras blocks an uppercut.
Heras blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Heras scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jean Siena throws a punch but it's blocked by Heras.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heras.
Heras lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jean Siena throws a punch but it's blocked by Heras.
Jean Siena is trying to pull guard but Heras turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jean Siena takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jean Siena blocks a body shot from Heras.
Heras trying to stall but Jean Siena improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Siena tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Heras breaks the clinch.
Jean Siena shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Heras sprawls well. Heras wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jean Siena gets slowly back to his feet.
Heras wants to clinch up but Jean Siena keeps it at a distance.
Heras scoring well with a low kick there.
Paolo Jean Siena has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jean Siena takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick from Heras lands but Jean Siena takes it in his stride.
Jean Siena jabs at Heras's body.
Jean Siena throws a big shot that misses.
Jean Siena looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Heras is fending him off so far but Jean Siena persists. Nope, Heras circles away and we're back to standing.
Jean Siena keeps the fight on the outside.

Heras fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jean Siena, pushing him back against the cage.
Joshua Heras is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Heras escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua Heras comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Heras 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joshua Heras!
Joshua Heras bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.