PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between En Esch (ranked 5227 p4p, 80 weight class) and Heath Bace (ranked 9395 p4p, 286 weight class). Esch's entrance music is Imperial March (L.O.D. Rage Mix). A fine choice. Bace has chosen All the single ladies as his entrance music. En Esch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Esch
vs
Bace

192 cm
19
238 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

IniTech Nutrition

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, En Esch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heath Bace!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esch tries to close the distance and clinch but Bace swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bace looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Esch fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bace, pushing him back against the cage.
Bace stalling in the clinch but Esch improves position.
Esch avoids the elbow strike from Bace, against the cage.
Esch connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bace's face.
Esch lands a nice elbow.
Esch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bace's defenses.
Esch using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Esch with a knee to the head.
Bace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Esch connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bace's face.
A right hook to the body lands for Esch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bace misses with a takedown
and Esch counters with a nice uppercut.
Bace looks winded!

Bace gets tackled into the cage by Esch. Esch maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esch working Bace over with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bace fails to land.
Esch is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Esch.
Esch scores with a nice hook to the head.
Esch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Esch.
Bace takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bace has a couple of punches blocked by Esch.
I was talking to Esch's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Esch putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Esch landing knees to the body.
Esch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Esch connects with a knee to the head.
Esch lands an elbow that stopped Bace in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Esch obliges.
Esch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bace or not.
Bace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Esch lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esch lands a body shot in the clinch.
Esch putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Esch scores a nice knee to the body.
Esch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baces head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Esch obliges.
Esch with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Esch lands a knee to the head.
Esch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bace's defenses.
Esch pushes Bace back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bace is rocked!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Esch obliges.
Bace is still on wobbly legs! Can Esch finish him?
Esch has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Bace - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Esch, and another! Bace is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). En Esch!
En Esch spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Heath Bace had this to say: 'Fuck Trump, Bernie Sanders is the true president and he was cheated like i was here tonight black lives matter'.