PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Andrade (ranked 977 p4p, 698 weight class) and Seelow Heights (ranked 143 p4p, 104 weight class). Heights has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Seelow Heights was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Andrade
vs
Heights

192 cm
25
205
11 - 5 - 1

191 cm
25
209
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hardcore Alchemy
HARDCORE (For Sale DM me)

MKFC
Heavy Metal Drugs

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 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joao Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seelow Heights!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrade tries to close the distance and clinch but Heights swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andrade avoids the head kick by Heights.
Andrade jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A slapping leg kick lands for Heights.
Heights throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Andrade counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Seelow Heights has been cut.
Andrade connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Andrade throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Heights digs a good body shot into Andrade's ribs.
Heights missing with a left hand there. Andrade was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Andrade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heights has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Andrade pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heights! But no joy.
Andrade scoring well with a low kick there.
Heights throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Andrade with a hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Andrade. That snapped Heights's head back.
Heights misses with a right hand
and Andrade counters with a leg kick.
Heights throws a lazy body kick

and Andrade counters by moving into the clinch.
Andrade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heights misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heights blocks an uppercut.
Andrade scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Andrade.
Andrade swings wildly with an uppercut but Heights uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heights lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Andrade or not.
Andrade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andrade 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.
Andrade looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Andrade as the two fighters clinch.
Heights softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heights lands a shoulder strike.
Andrade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heights's elbow.
Heights tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andrade misses with a punch on the inside.
Andrade lands a shoulder strike.
Heights takes a shot to the head.
Andrade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Andrade.
Andrade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Heights breaks the clinch.
Andrade tries to land a front kick but Heights steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Andrade throws a hook but Heights blocks it.
Andrade scores with a decent looking hook.
Heights turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Andrade takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrade takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Joao Andrade has been cut.
A lazy left from Heights finds it's target.
Heights throws a series of punches but Andrade avoids them all with ease.
Heights misses with an uppercut
and Andrade makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Heights slips under a jab.
Heights avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Heights throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Andrade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heights.
Andrade tries to clinch up
enabling Heights to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heights's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Andrade connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Heights scrambles back to his feet.
Andrade throws the left hand but Heights avoids the punch easily.
Nice straight punches there by Andrade. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Andrade.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andrade looks for the body kick but Heights saw that one coming.
Heights cracks Andrade with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Andrade just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heights! But no joy.
Heights dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heights tests Andrade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Andrade circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andrade misses with a left hand
and Heights counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joao Andrade will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Andrade looks to throw the jab but Heights is out of range.
Andrade misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from Heights on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Heights rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Andrade moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Heights misses the shot to the body.
Andrade ducks under a wild hook from Heights.
Andrade checks a low kick from Heights.
Heights misses with a straight right.
Heights pushes Andrade away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heights lands with a hook. Andrade tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Heights throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Andrade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Heights keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Andrade.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heights misses with a hook
and Andrade counters with a nice uppercut.
Heights misses with a looping left.
Heights lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Andrade throws a hook but Heights blocks it.
Andrade blocks the body kick.
Andrade connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Heights.
Andrade throwing a counter right hand but Heights manages to avoid it.
Heights takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seelow Heights seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Heights throws a looping overhand right but Andrade ducks down to avoid it.
Andrade throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heights misses with a few strikes there.
Heights wants to clinch
and Andrade counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Heights thinking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andrade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Andrade staying out of range there.
Andrade lands a nice shot to the body.
Andrade gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Andrade connects with a leg kick.
Heights moves out of range of the body kick from Andrade.
Andrade defending well as Heights loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heights missing with a left hand there. Andrade was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Andrade lands a head kick. Heights smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Andrade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slow jab from Heights misses its intended target.
Andrade steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heights.
Andrade scores with the left hand. Heights knows he should have avoided that one.

Andrade has Heights up against the cage in a clinch.
Andrade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heights wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Andrade creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Andrade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heights lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrade lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joao Andrade has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Andrade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andrade gets through Heights's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Andrade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heights backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Andrade fails to land.
Andrade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andrade struggles to land a body shot inside as Heights controls his hands.
Heights has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Andrade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Andrade working aggressively here.
Andrade misses with a punch on the inside.
Andrade lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Heights swings wildly with an uppercut but Andrade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andrade swings wildly with an uppercut but Heights uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heights misses with some punches.
Andrade has a couple of punches blocked by Heights.
Andrade misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joao Andrade dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Andrade throws a push kick but Heights slaps the foot to one side.
Heights misses with a combination
and Andrade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Andrade looks to land a body kick but Heights moved away.
Andrade takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Heights bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Andrade's head backwards.
Heights blocks a head kick by Andrade.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Heights misses.
Heights connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Andrade momentarily.
Heights thows a body kick. Andrade tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Heights throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrade stuns Heights with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Andrade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Andrade lands an overhand right.
Andrade punishes Heights's body with a nice straight punch.
Heights is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andrade lands a right hook to the body.
Andrade throws a head kick but Heights moves out of range.
Seelow Heights has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrade checks a leg kick.
Andrade tries a head kick but it misses.
Andrade slips under a jab.
Andrade tried to counter with a leg kick but Heights avoided it.
Decent striking displayed by Heights there.
Good exchange - Andrade coming out on top.
Heights throws a hook but Andrade avoids it easily.
Andrade looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Andrade scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heights misses with the combination.
Andrade just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrade throws an off balance right hand
and Andrade takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heights cracks a nice hook into Andrade's ribs.
Heights moves out of range of the leg kick from Andrade.
Andrade lands with a shot to the body.
Andrade swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joao Andrade is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice uppercut there from Andrade.
Heights throws a hook to the side of Andrade's head but Andrade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Andrade darts in trying to clinch
and Heights counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrade throws a body punch but Heights moves out of range.
Heights throws out a loose jab but Andrade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andrade pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Heights throws a lazy uppercut
and Heights takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heights misses with a low kick.
Heights blocks the body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Andrade.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andrade works Heights's body with a nice hook.
Andrade takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Heights misses with a right hand
and Andrade counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joao Andrade showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Andrade has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao Andrade!
A relieved looking Joao Andrade thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.