PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reinhard Heydrich (ranked 5769 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Spirit From Heaven (ranked 5908 p4p, 0 weight class). Reinhard Heydrich has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Heydrich
vs
Spirit From Heaven

205 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Reinhard Heydrich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, The Spirit From Heaven!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heydrich punishes From Heaven's body with a nice straight punch.
Heydrich cracks From Heaven with an open hand slap.
Heydrich dips to his left and cracks From Heaven with an uppercut!
From Heaven throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Heydrich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Heydrich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract From Heaven.
Heydrich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from From Heaven.
From Heaven doesn't manage to clinch there - Heydrich circles away.
Heydrich works From Heaven's body with a nice hook.
From Heaven slips under a jab from Heydrich.
From Heaven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
From Heaven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heydrich throws out the jab.
From Heaven is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Heydrich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice jab there from Heydrich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
From Heaven misses with a jab, cross combination.
Heydrich has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Heydrich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
From Heaven avoids the body shot from Heydrich.
From Heaven now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Heydrich is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Heydrich lands a head shot.
Heydrich lands a jab to the head.
Heydrich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
From Heaven tries to clinch up but Heydrich circles away and keeps his distance.
A right-left combo lands from Heydrich.
The fighters circle momentarily. Heydrich darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Heydrich throws a body punch but From Heaven moves out of range.
Heydrich is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
From Heaven moves out of range as Heydrich strikes.
From Heaven doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Heydrich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
From Heaven looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
From Heaven takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
From Heaven misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heydrich. From Heaven does a little dance to reset his feet.
From Heaven throws a poor cross that misses
and Heydrich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Heydrich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
From Heaven moves away from the strike by Heydrich.
Heydrich looks to land a right hand but From Heaven moved out of range.
Heydrich throws out a loose jab but From Heaven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heydrich tests From Heaven's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Heydrich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
From Heaven tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
From Heaven moves out of range of the strikes.
Heydrich connects with a crisp jab.
From Heaven misses the jab.
From Heaven moves to clinch but Heydrich breaks away
and Heydrich counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps From Heaven thinking.
From Heaven defending well as Heydrich loads up on a big left hand.
From Heaven throws out a counter right but Heydrich avoids it with no problem.
From Heaven gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Heydrich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as From Heaven throws out the jab.
Heydrich wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
From Heaven darts in trying to clinch
letting Heydrich counter with a right hand.
From Heaven is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
From Heaven misses with a straight right.
Heydrich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heydrich moves out of range of the strikes.
Heydrich looks to land a right hand but From Heaven moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from From Heaven! But no joy.
From Heaven throws a body shot but no joy.
Heydrich feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits From Heavens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
From Heaven drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Heydrich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A big left from Heydrich misses.
From Heaven wants to counter the offense by Heydrich and move into the clinch position.
From Heaven tries to clinch but Heydrich is having none of it.
From Heaven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heydrich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reinhard Heydrich dominated that round.
That's time! Heydrich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Heydrich works From Heaven's body with a nice hook.
Heydrich lunges at From Heaven with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by From Heaven's hand.
Heydrich takes a swing at From Heaven's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like From Heaven was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Heydrich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as From Heaven throws out the jab.
Heydrich is looking for a counter combo.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but From Heaven might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Heydrich has got the better of the exchanges.
Decent striking displayed by Heydrich there.
Reinhard Heydrich is winning the standup battle so far.
Heydrich throws a jab when From Heaven was well out of range.
Heydrich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that From Heaven can do to turn this around?
Heydrich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Heydrich throws a series of punches but From Heaven avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from From Heaven.
Heydrich misses with a wild combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from From Heaven! But no joy.
From Heaven keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heydrich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
From Heaven throws an overhand right that lands on Heydrich's shoulder, as Heydrich tries to avoid the shot.
Heydrich cracks From Heaven with a good jab.
From Heaven takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Heydrich throws a shot from downtown. From Heaven moves away and avoids it.
Heydrich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed From Heaven momentarily.
From Heaven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heydrich throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from From Heaven on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
From Heaven ducks under a wild hook from Heydrich.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from From Heaven! But no joy.
From Heaven looks to score with a jab to the body but Heydrich is just out of range.
Reinhard Heydrich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heydrich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
From Heaven tries to clinch up.
Heydrich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
From Heaven takes one to the side of the head.
Heydrich lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Heydrich scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from From Heaven misses.
Heydrich punishes From Heaven's body with a nice straight punch.
Heydrich throws out a loose jab but From Heaven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab from Heydrich.
From Heaven tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heydrich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
From Heaven misses with a hook.
Heydrich misses with a hook. From Heaven ducked under it nicely.
From Heaven ducks under a wild hook from Heydrich.
From Heaven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
From Heaven throws a left and a right that both miss
and Heydrich counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheers as Heydrich lands an impressive looking overhand right. From Heaven doesn't seem phased though.
A looping hook to the body misses from From Heaven. Heydrich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heydrich lands a body shot.
Heydrich connects with a single shot there.
From Heaven takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Heydrich lands a head shot.

From Heaven is rocked!
From Heaven finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Heydrich's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and From Heaven falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reinhard Heydrich!