PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Heart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heart comes to the cage accompanied by Eric Church - Record Year. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Heart
vs
Pan

180 cm
24
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

177 cm
31
159 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Heart!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Pan!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heart throws a lazy right hand but Pan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pan tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Pan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Heart swivels and escapes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heart. Pan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pan lands a nice shot that snaps Heart's head back.
Pan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Heart avoids it really well and circles away.
Heart is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pan.
Pan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart misses with a hook.
Heart ducks under a wild hook from Pan.
Pan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heart manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Heart misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heart is looking to counter the offense by Pan and move into the clinch.
Jab, jab by Heart - just one landing.
Heart misses with a hook to the body
letting Pan counter with a right hand.
Heart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pan avoids the body shot from Heart.
Peter Heart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heart scores with a jab. Pan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heart was well out of range. Poor timing from Pan.
Heart throws a jab but it's blocked by Pan.
Heart listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Pan darts in and clinches Heart up against the cage.
Pan is leaning against Heart and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pan throws a head punch that misses.
Heart lands a right hand.
Heart lands a hook that snaps the head of Pan backwards.
Pan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heart avoids it.
Pan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heart is defending well for now.
Pan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heart lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Heart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heart on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Heart.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heart.
Heart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pan lands a knee to the head.
Pan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heart blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pan misses with a punch on the inside.
Pan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Peter Heart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Pan.
Pan tries to land knees in the clinch but Heart avoids the damage to the body.

Heart manages to break the clinch.
Pan throws a looping overhand right but Heart ducks down to avoid it.
Heart looks to land a right hand but Pan moved out of range.
Heart throws the left hand but Pan avoids the punch easily.
Heart swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Heart checks a leg kick.
Heart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pan manages to avoid it.
Pan just misses with a punch to the body.
Heart missing with a left hand there. Pan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heart sets himself, and Pan steps forward looking for the clinch! Heart avoids it this time.
Heart throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Heart misses its intended target.
Pan moves in looking to clinch but Heart pushes him off.
Heart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pan.
Pan is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Heart looks to land a right hand but Pan moved out of range.
Pan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Some wild striking there from Heart.
Heart misses with a hook
and Pan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pan tries to land a leg kick but Heart saw it coming and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Pan misses the target.
Pan doesn't manage to clinch there - Heart circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Heart dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight stays on the outside here - Pan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pan slips a straight right by Heart.
Pan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Heart leaves Pan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Heart misses with a straight left.
Pan thows a leg kick but Heart checks it

and Heart moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart managing to block the knees to the body from Pan.
Pan missing with knees to the body.
Heart can't find room to land a body shot as Pan controls the action.
Pan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Heart prevents it.
Peter Heart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Pan.
Pan with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Heart.
Pan tries to land a knee to the head but Heart blocks with his arms.
Heart is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Heart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Heart.
Pan misses with a knee to the head.
Heart lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pan.
Pan tries to pull guard but Heart holds him up against the cage and eventually Pan drops back down to his feet.
Peter Pan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heart blocks it with crossed arms.

Heart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pan moves away from the strike by Heart.
Pan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Heart checks the leg kick.
Pan misses with a hook to the body

and Heart moves into the clinch.
Pan lands a good knee to the midsection. Heart won't want to take too many of those.
Heart is struggling to control the position.
Heart blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Heart.
Pan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heart managing to block the knees to the body from Pan.
Pan takes a shot to the head.
Pan lands a nice knee to the body.
Pan missing with knees to the body.
Pan misses with a punch on the inside.
Pan jumps guard but Heart stands there with Pan around his waist. Pan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart blocks an uppercut.
Pan tries to land knees in the clinch but Heart avoids the damage to the body.
Heart avoiding damage as Pan throws knees to the body.
Pan's coach down at Soul Supremacy Rio was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Pan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

Heart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heart throws the left hand but Pan avoids the punch easily.
Pan throws a jab when Heart was well out of range.
Heart wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pan, right into the meat.
Heart throws a body shot but no joy.
Heart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pan misses with a low kick.
Heart swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Heart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pan.
A slow jab from Pan misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart lands with a hook. Pan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
An inside leg kick from Pan misses.
Heart looks to land a left hand but Pan moved out of range nicely.
Pan throws out a loose jab but Heart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heart looks to land a right hand but Pan moved out of range.
Pan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heart manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heart throws a jab but it's blocked by Pan.
Heart sets himself, and Pan steps forward looking for the clinch! Heart avoids it this time.
Heart lands a slapping body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Pan as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pan lands a glancing blow to the side of Heart's head.
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 Peter Heart will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pan slips a straight right by Heart.
Heart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Heart keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big right from Heart misses.
Heart is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Heart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pan.
As Pan tries to get set, Heart tries to push him back and clinch up but Pan manages to avoid the attempt.
Heart throws a lazy right hand but Pan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pan with the counter takedown but Heart avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart missing with a left hand there. Pan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Heart sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pan somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Pan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Heart throws a body punch but Pan moves out of range.
Heart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pan tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pan swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Heart counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Heart lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Heart is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pan can do to turn this around?
Pan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heart scores with a hook to the body.
Pan with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heart is leaning against Pan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pan can't find room to land a body shot as Heart controls the action.
I was talking to Heart's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Heart prevents a takedown attempt there.
Peter Heart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Pan.
Heart lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pan wants a takedown.
Heart throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pans head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heart lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Heart presses Pan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pan is trying to pull guard but Heart turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pan jumps guard but Heart stands there with Pan around his waist. Pan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heart scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart pushes Pan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pan.
Still in the clinch, Heart scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Heart - that landed with a thud.
Heart lands a left hand.
Heart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pan misses with some punches.
Heart holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pan works on Heart's body with a couple of short punches.
Heart avoiding damage as Pan throws knees to the body.
Heart lands a shoulder strike.
Heart lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pan fails to land.
A short right from Heart on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Heart after a bit of a struggle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pan tries a body shot but Heart blocks it.
Pan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heart lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pan or not.
Heart working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heart softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heart scores with a shoulder strike.
Heart presses Pan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heart avoids it.

Heart manages to break the clinch.
Pan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heart.
Pan throws a leg kick

and Heart counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heart.
Heart lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pan trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Heart clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pan slips under a jab from Heart.
Pan wants to counter with a clinch but Heart pushes him away.
Pan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice jab there from Heart.

Pan is rocked!
Heart fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Pan to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Pan looks to clinch but Heart throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Pan taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Peter Heart!
Peter Heart retains his featherweight title!
Peter Heart was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.