PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Bruise (ranked 3573 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bright Heather (ranked 21499 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Bright Heather enters the cage!

Bruise
vs
Heather

173 cm
27
142 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

169 cm
27
139 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Bruise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bright Heather !
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruise throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bruise fails to land with a series of punches.
Heather walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A lazy body kick from Heather
and Bruise counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bruise paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bruise wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Heather doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bruise counters with a right hand to the body.
Heather tries for a takedown but Bruise circles away easily
and Bruise counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heather tries to close the distance and clinch but Bruise swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bruise lands a glancing blow to the side of Heather 's head.
Heather is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bruise is looking for a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruise lunges at Heather with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Heather 's hand.
Bruise looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Bruise fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Heather sprawls well initially but Bruise persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Heather wants to sweep but Bruise has passed to side control!
Heather tries to buck Bruise off but Bruise is having none of it.
Bruise working the ground and pound.
Bruise is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Heather will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bruise seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Heather for as long as he can get away with.
Bruise continues to stall.
Bruise lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heather trying to control but Bruise flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Bruise scores with punches and elbows.
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!
Heather is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Heather covers up after that shot from Bruise.
Bruise has good solid back control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heather can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heather covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Bruise scores with strikes from the back.
Bruise is hanging on to Heather 's back as he tries to escape.
Bruise has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bruise is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Heather is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Bruise off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heather trying to control the position but Bruise manages to sink in the hooks.
Bruise connects with a big shot to the side of Heather 's head.

Bruise working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Bruise lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Heather hold on?!
Bruise controls the position.
Bruise looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heather is covering up but some of the strikes from Bruise are getting through and doing damage.
Bruise punishes Heather with strikes from the back mount.
Bruise controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Bruise dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bruise connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Heather momentarily.

Heather is rocked!
Bruise slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Heather looks for a takedown but Bruise sprawls well.
Bruise seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bruise's jab looks to have found its range, popping Heather under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heather shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bruise counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bruise's jab looks to have found its range, popping Heather under the eye.
Heather with a poor takedown
and Bruise counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Heather thinking.
Dominick Bruise has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bright Heather .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruise throws a series of strikes that have Heather backpedaling.
Heather is still on wobbly legs! Can Bruise finish him?
Heather misses with a combination

and Bruise counters with a left hand that sends Heather to the canvas!
Bruise slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bruise works over Heather with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruise controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bruise's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bruise is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Heather seems to have recovered his senses.
Bruise postures up.
Heather wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Bruise is now in half guard.
Heather is looking to get back to is feet but Bruise passes into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruise staying calm.
Check out the look on Bruise's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bruise is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heather can do to turn this around?
Heather is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bruise lands a few punches from side control.
Bruise scoring with punches from side control.
Heather is being controlled here.
Bruise in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bruise staying calm.
Bruise landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heather is looking for a sweep.
Bruise gets to mount! Heather was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Heather working to try and regain half guard.
Heather is breathing heavily.
BOOM! Bruise connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bruise controlling his opponent.
Bruise working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruise with the ground and pound from mount.
Bruise working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A big strike lands for Bruise! That's really hurt Heather and he's turned his back - Bruise keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Bruise jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominick Bruise!