PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ross Kemp (ranked 1097 p4p, 121 weight class) and Paul McHeartney (ranked 1684 p4p, 183 weight class). McHeartney has chosen Jungle - Happy Man as his entrance music. Ross Kemp has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kemp
vs
McHeartney

202 cm
21
279 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
235 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear
Arcticus University: London

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Kemp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul McHeartney!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McHeartney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kemp counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Kemp closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that McHeartney has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kemp scores with a shoulder strike.
Kemp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kemp lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McHeartney backwards.
McHeartney swings wildly with an uppercut but Kemp uses good head movement to avoid it.
McHeartney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kemp.
McHeartney has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kemp after a bit of a struggle.
Kemp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Kemp.
Kemp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kemp blocks a body shot from McHeartney.
Kemp lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kemp scores with a shot to the side of McHeartney's head.

McHeartney is rocked!
Kemp lands a left hand.
McHeartney is still on wobbly legs! Can Kemp finish him?
Kemp scores with a hook to the body.
McHeartney looks winded!
Kemp creates a bit of distance for himself, with McHeartney pressed up against the ropes and cracks McHeartney with a massive uppercut! McHeartney goes down! He's out cold! Wow, that was some serious power there by Kemp!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ross Kemp!
Ross Kemp 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.
Paul McHeartney spoke after the fight, saying 'FE GODWN NI ETO'.