PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seelow Heights (ranked 1318 p4p, 2782 weight class) and Drizontay Wilder (ranked 176 p4p, 346 weight class). Heights comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Seelow Heights had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Heights
vs
Wilder

191 cm
22
209
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
28
212
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY
Heavy Metal Drugs

Brooklyn Apothecary

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seelow Heights!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drizontay Wilder!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilder misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wilder throws a hook but Heights avoids it easily.
Wilder with a nice cross.
Heights moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Heights misses the target.
Heights looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilder is just out of range.
Heights slips a jab from Wilder.
And Heights counters with a quick kick to the body but Wilder blocks it.
Wilder just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilder misses with a left hand
and Heights counters with a thumping low kick.
Heights avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heights works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Drizontay Wilder has been cut.
Wilder lands a slapping body shot.
Wilder looks to land a left hand but Heights moved out of range nicely.
We've been told by Heights's head coaches at Heavy Metal that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wilder looks to throw the jab but Heights is out of range.
Heights ducks under a wild hook from Wilder.
Wilder misses with a jab to the body
enabling Heights to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Wilder throws a right and a left that Heights avoids nicely.
Wilder throws a series of punches but Heights avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heights blocks a jab.
Wilder throws a poor cross that misses
and Heights connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wilder jabs at Heights's body.
Wilder misses with a straight right.
Heights slips a straight right by Wilder.
Heights throws a quick counter head kick but Wilder was just out of range.
Wilder throws a series of punches but Heights avoids them all with ease.
Wilder misses with an uppercut.
Heights slips under a jab.

Heights closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right from Heights on the inside.
Wilder working aggressively here.
Heights working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wilder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heights lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Heights.
A shot in the inside from Heights.
Wilder is trying to force a seperation but Heights has the dominant position.
Wilder lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wilder throws an elbow but misses.
Heights lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Heights lands with a short shot to the head.
Heights pushes Wilder back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wilder looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Heights.
Wilder gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Seelow Heights has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wilder.
Wilder misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heights lands a right hand.
Heights blocks an uppercut.

Heights breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilder has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Drizontay Wilder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heights lands a jab.
Heights fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wilder has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Heights takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heights. Wilder does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilder tries to bum rush Heights with a series of wild strikes but Heights uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heights lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilder circles away quickly and effectively.
Wilder throws a series of punches but Heights moves out of range.
Heights lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wilder lands with a shot to the body.
Heights lands a lovely overhand right.
Wilder throws the left hand but Heights avoids the punch easily.
Heights throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wilder sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Heights.

Heights forces Wilder back against the cage and clinches.
Wilder misses with some punches.
Wilder misses with a punch on the inside.
Wilder throws a punch but it's blocked by Heights.
Heights lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wilder backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heights takes a shot to the head.

Heights's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heights staying out of range there.
Wilder misses with a left hand
and Heights counters with a stiff right hand.
Wilder misses with an uppercut
letting Heights counter with a right hand.
Heights staying out of range there.
Heights looks to land a body kick but Wilder moved away.
Wilder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heights.
Heights misses with a looping left.
Heights throws a sloppy head kick and Wilder moves out of range easily.
Heights dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wilder. That did some damage!
Wilder loads up on a big right hand but Heights slips the punch.
Wilder throws a jab but it's blocked by Heights.
Heights throws a nice head kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilder misses with a looping right.
Wilder throws a body shot but no joy.
Heights throws a shot from downtown. Wilder moves away and avoids it.
Heights displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wilder throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seelow Heights dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wilder stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Heights.
Heights slips a straight right by Wilder.
Heights uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wilder.
Wilder throws a poor cross that misses
and Heights counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Heights scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wilder misses with a right hand

and Heights counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Still in the clinch, Heights scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heights blocks an uppercut.
Heights dodges an elbow strike from Wilder.
Heights blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Heights manages to break the clinch.
Heights keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wilder.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wilder tries to keep at a distance but Heights has taken the fight into the clinch.
Heights scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heights lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilder can't find room to land a body shot as Heights controls the action.
Wilder misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Heights breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Seelow Heights is winning the standup battle so far.
Heights uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wilder.
It looked like Heights wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Heights has Wilder up against the cage in a clinch.
Heights cracks Wilder with a nice body shot.
Wilder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilder.
Wilder blocking some punches.
Wilder tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heights avoids it.
Heights makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wilder taking a breather.
Heights lands with a left to the head.
Seelow Heights has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Heights.
Heights lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wilder backwards.

Wilder is rocked!
Heights lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wilder is still on wobbly legs! Can Heights finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heights throws a big uppercut that drops Wilder! More strikes from Heights and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Wilder lies dazed against the cage as Heights celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seelow Heights!
Seelow Heights 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.