PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Heggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rinta Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luther Heggs had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Heggs
vs
Pelle

198 cm
21
280 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

193 cm
26
276 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luther Heggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rinta Pelle!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelle throws a lazy right hand but Heggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pelle bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Heggs's head backwards.
Heggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle misses with the combination.
Pelle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pelle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Heggs counters by moving into the clinch.
Heggs has had enough of the clinch but Pelle keeps him there for the moment.
Pelle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pelle.
Pelle stalls.
Pelle throws a punch but it's blocked by Heggs.
Pelle avoiding damage.
Heggs controlling the action here for a moment.
Heggs lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Heggs misses with some punches.
Pelle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pelle avoiding damage.
Heggs is leaning against Pelle and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pelle looks gassed!
Heggs content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Heggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pelle backwards.

Pelle breaks the clinch.
Heggs lands a right hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Heggs there.
Heggs tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heggs is looking to clinch but Pelle is avoiding it.
Heggs tries to clinch there but Pelle circles away.
Pelle throws a right hand that misses
and Heggs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rinta Pelle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heggs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pelle throws a hook but Heggs avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pelle drives through and clinches with Heggs against the cage.
Pelle has Heggs pressed against the cage, preventing Heggs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Heggs lands a nice uppercut.
Heggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heggs working aggressively here.
Heggs taking a breather.
Pelle has a couple of punches blocked by Heggs.
A short right from Heggs on the inside.
Pelle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heggs is trying to break the clinch but Pelle is controlling him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heggs.
Pelle's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Heggs lands with a light punch inside.
Pelle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pelle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heggs is stalling here.
Heggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle takes a shot to the head.
Heggs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heggs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Pelle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heggs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Heggs.
Heggs can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Heggs as Pelle tries to tie him up.
Heggs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Heggs.
Heggs is trying to push Pelle away but Pelle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pelle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Heggs or not.

Heggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Heggs.
Pelle keeps the fight on the outside.
Pelle misses with a left hand
and Heggs counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pelle misses with a jab to the body
and Heggs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a shot from downtown. Heggs moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Heggs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pelle misses with a lunging right hand
and Heggs counters with a nice uppercut.
Heggs closes the distance but Pelle moves to the side
and Pelle counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Heggs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pelle misses with a double jab.
Pelle throws a right hand that misses
and Heggs counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pelle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Heggs is looking to clinch.
Pelle tries to clinch

and Heggs holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luther Heggs dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Heggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Pelle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Heggs, pushing him back against the cage.
Pelle lands a hook that snaps the head of Heggs backwards.
Heggs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Heggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heggs closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pelle counters with a right hand to the body.
Pelle swings widly with a right hand
and Heggs counters with a stiff right hand.
Donk. Pelle catches Heggs right on the button with a cross.
Pelle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pelle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Heggs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Heggs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luther Heggs is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Pelle.
Heggs slips a jab and a cross from Pelle.
Pelle throws the left hand but Heggs avoids the punch easily.
Heggs slips a straight right by Pelle.
Heggs moves out of range of the strikes.
Pelle misses with a lunging right hand
letting Heggs counter with a right hand.
Pelle misses with a left hand

and Heggs moves into the clinch.

Heggs manages to break the clinch.
Pelle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heggs.

Pelle has closed the distance and engaged Heggs in a clinch.
Heggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heggs.
Pelle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heggs misses with the head strike.
Pelle has a couple of punches blocked by Heggs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heggs.
Heggs blocks an uppercut.
Pelle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heggs is keeping busy.
Heggs lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Pelle breaks the clinch.
Pelle jabs Heggs to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pelle misses with an uppercut
and Heggs counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pelle is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pelle circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pelle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pelle tries to clinch but Heggs is having none of it.
Heggs ducks under a wild hook from Pelle.
Pelle swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Heggs counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Heggs breaks from the clinch.
Pelle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Heggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pelle can do to turn this around?
Pelle throws a lazy uppercut

and Heggs counters by clinching up.
Pelle misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pelle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Heggs.
Pelle working hard to break the clinch.
Heggs lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Heggs.
Heggs misses with some punches.
Heggs pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Heggs.
Pelle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Heggs's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Heggs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pelle keeps control of Heggs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Heggs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heggs tries to clinch up but Pelle circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heggs tries to clinch up.
Pelle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Heggs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heggs tries to bum rush Pelle with a series of wild strikes but Pelle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heggs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pelle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pelle misses with a hook
letting Heggs counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pelle with a hook.
Pelle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Heggs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pelle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luther Heggs dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Heggs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pelle counters with a nice uppercut.
Pelle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Heggs counters with a nice uppercut.
Pelle misses with a combination
and Heggs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heggs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pelle counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Heggs thinking.
Pelle throws an off balance right hand
and Heggs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pelle catches Heggs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Heggs has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heggs circles away quickly and effectively.
Pelle connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pelle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pelle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pelle swings widly with a right hand

and Heggs moves into the clinch.
Heggs wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelle won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pelle wants to break free but Heggs has control.
Pelle is trying to force a seperation but Heggs has the dominant position.
Pelle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Pelle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pelle slips a straight right by Heggs.
Heggs tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pelle throws a series of punches but Heggs moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Heggs looks to clinch
and Pelle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pelle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Heggs walks into a jab.
Pelle misses with a lunging right hand
and Heggs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Pelle misses the target.
Heggs tries to clinch up
and Pelle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pelle tries to land a body kick
and Heggs counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice shot lands for Pelle.
Heggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a left and a right that both miss

and Heggs counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Heggs.
Pelle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Heggs.
Heggs lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Heggs.
Pelle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heggs lands with a left to the head.

Heggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heggs is looking to clinch.
Heggs wants to clinch.
Rinta Pelle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pelle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Heggs counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Heggs.
Heggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heggs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Heggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Pelle uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Heggs fails to land.
Heggs prevents a body shot from Pelle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pelle.
Heggs is trying to break the clinch but Pelle has him pressed against the cage.
Pelle has had enough of the clinch but Heggs keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pelle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pelle avoids the body shot from Heggs.
Heggs throws a hook to the side of Pelle's head but Pelle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pelle might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Heggs looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pelle scores with a hook.
Heggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pelle throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Heggs counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Heggs.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pelle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Heggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pelle keeps control of Heggs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch on the inside from Pelle fails to land.

Heggs breaks from the clinch.
Pelle misses with a jab to the body

and Heggs counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Heggs.
Pelle working aggressively here.
Pelle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luther Heggs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Heggs 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luther Heggs!