PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Laudrup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus Heaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laudrup comes to the cage accompanied by U2- Zoo Station. Hans Laudrup has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Laudrup
vs
Heaney

194 cm
27
217 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

178 cm
28
212 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

- - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - -

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 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hans Laudrup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Seamus Heaney!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heaney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laudrup.
Laudrup connects with the punch.

It looks like Seamus Heaney has been cut.
Laudrup throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Heaney looks to land a combination but Laudrup avoids it well.
A clash of legs there as Heaney blocks the low kick.
Laudrup misses with a low kick.
Laudrup throws a hook but Heaney avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heaney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laudrup.
Laudrup steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heaney.
A head kick misses from Laudrup.
Heaney on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laudrup. Laudrup obviously looking to wear him down.
Laudrup feints and then cracks Heaney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Heaney down.
Heaney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laudrup.
Heaney throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaney misses with a lunging right hand
and Laudrup counters with a nice kick to the body.
Laudrup is looking to chop away at Heaney's legs.
Heaney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Laudrup, as that shot connected.
Heaney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Heaney looks to land a right hand but Laudrup moved out of range.
Heaney swings away with a body shot that misses
and Heaney takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Laudrup walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Heaney checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Laudrup scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That has opened up Seamus Heaney's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heaney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laudrup.
Heaney closes this distance looking for a takedown but Laudrup circles away.
Heaney is trying hard to land a takedown here. Laudrup sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Laudrup tries to work over Heaney's front leg with a kick but Heaney checks it.
Laudrup is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaney misses the jab.
Heaney fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hans Laudrup has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seamus Heaney.
Heaney misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Laudrup.
Laudrup ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heaney misses the body punch
enabling Laudrup to counter with a crisp jab.

Heaney shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Laudrup avoids a series of strikes thrown by Heaney.
Heaney looking to finish with strikes here!
Heaney pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaney throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Laudrup because Heaney loaded up on that one.
Laudrup wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Heaney.
Laudrup is working to get back to half guard.
Laudrup blocking the ground and pound.
Heaney working away from the top, dropping strikes.

It looks like Hans Laudrup has been cut.
Laudrup tries to hold on but Heaney postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heaney throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Heaney misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Heaney throwing strikes here but Laudrup is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heaney wants to control the pace but Laudrup is squirming around nicely.
Heaney punching from mount but Laudrup doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Heaney misses with a head shot.
Heaney cracks Laudrup with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Laudrup avoids a series of strikes thrown by Heaney.
Laudrup is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Heaney dominating with strikes here.
Heaney misses with a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laudrup is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Poor strikes thrown by Heaney there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Seamus Heaney will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Heaney scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Heaney lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Laudrup down.
Laudrup avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Heaney.
Heaney fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ground and pound from Heaney seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Heaney throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Laudrup tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Heaney working the ground and pound.
Heaney throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Heaney takes a little break here. Laudrup wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaney trying to control the position but Laudrup is working away.
Heaney misses with the ground and pound.
Heaney throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Laudrup wants to control but Heaney postures up.
Laudrup regains half guard, as Heaney was trying to land strikes.
Laudrup keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Heaney is trying to control the action in half guard but Laudrup is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaney tries to pass the half guard into mount. Laudrup knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Laudrup blocking the ground and pound attempt from Heaney.
Heaney has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Laudrup avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Heaney.
Laudrup keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Laudrup trying to control from the bottom.
Heaney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Heaney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Heaney throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Laudrup to regain full guard.
Heaney slips nicely into half guard.
Heaney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Laudrup keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaney not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Heaney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Heaney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Laudrup defending well though.
Heaney is just content to waste time from the top position. Laudrup takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Laudrup keeping moving, preventing Heaney from controlling successfully.
Heaney with a nice head shot there.
Heaney prevents Laudrup from getting back to his feet.
Heaney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Laudrup swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Seamus Heaney has got the better of the ground game so far.
Heaney missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Heaney loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Heaney missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Laudrup wants to sweep here but Heaney controlling him for the moment.
Heaney with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heaney postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heaney scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heaney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus Heaney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Heaney moves out of range of the strikes.
Laudrup moves out of range of the strikes.
Laudrup misses with a wild combination.
Heaney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laudrup.
Laudrup displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heaney throws out the jab.
Laudrup fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Heaney looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Heaney shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Laudrup but Laudrup pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice jab there from Laudrup.
A bone on bone clash there as Heaney blocks the leg kick.
Laudrup dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laudrup throws an overhand right that lands on Heaney's shoulder, as Heaney tries to avoid the shot.
Laudrup lands with an uppercut that bounces Heaney off the cage and back into range.
Laudrup scores with a nice body kick.
Heaney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hans Laudrup is winning the standup battle so far.
Laudrup throws a jab when Heaney was well out of range.
Heaney moves out of range of the strikes.
Heaney shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Laudrup but Laudrup pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Heaney blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heaney. Laudrup does a little dance to reset his feet.
Horrible takedown by Heaney or perhaps it was just good defense by Laudrup which made him look bad.
Hans Laudrup has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seamus Heaney.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Heaney shoots in and bounces Laudrup off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Laudrup trying to control the position here.
Hans Laudrup has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heaney works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heaney looks to land a strike but Laudrup avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Laudrup is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Heaney throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaney looking to sit in guard and control but Laudrup gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Laudrup wanted to stand there but Heaney had control of the position.
Heaney wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Laudrup looking to pass the guard.
Heaney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Laudrup is one step ahead there.
Heaney is trying to keep Laudrup in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Heaney's guard.
Laudrup tries to pass the half guard into mount. Heaney knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Laudrup is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Heaney reverses the position - he's now on top in Laudrup's guard.
Laudrup is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heaney working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Laudrup showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Heaney has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seamus Heaney!