PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Albear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mihkel Heino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Albear comes to the cage accompanied by Bucket Full of Teeth - Oceans of Dead Bosses. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Albear
vs
Heino

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Albear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mihkel Heino!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albear goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Albear is looking to clinch but Heino is avoiding it.

Heino shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Heino showed some decent athleticism there.
Albear tries to roll over but Heino keeps him under control.
Heino is looking to take a break and control but Albear is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Heino is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Heino is looking for a kimura here.
Albear is pressing down on Heino's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heino trying to control the position from guard on top but Albear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heino working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Albear wants to stand up but Heino is controlling him.
Heino wants to pass the guard but Albear is keeping the position.

Albear has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Heino can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Heino must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Albear is breathing heavily.
Heino lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Heino working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Albear's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Albear can't keep his opponent in guard - Heino advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Heino is looking to take a break and control but Albear is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Heino should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Heino wants to pass to mount but Albear is defending the position.
Heino trying to control from half guard but Albear is working away.
Heino seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Heino looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Heino scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Heino trying to mount his opponent but Albear defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heino lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heino is looking to take a break and control but Albear is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Heino stops Albear from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heino is trying to control the action in half guard but Albear is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Heino missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Heino slips a nice elbow through Albear's hands, connecting with Albear's forehead.
Albear gets full guard.

Albear is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Heino missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heino lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Heino trying to control the position from guard on top but Albear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heino preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Heino's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Albear tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Heino is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Heino postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Heino is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Heino stands up over Albear, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Heino with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Heino scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mihkel Heino dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Albear throws a chopping leg kick but Heino manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mihkel Heino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Heino shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Heino takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heino slips a nice elbow through Albear's hands, connecting with Albear's forehead.
Ground and pound from Heino.
Heino lands strikes from half guard.
Heino lands with a punch from half guard.
Heino passes the guard and advances to mount!
Albear tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Heino with good strikes from the mount here!
Heino is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heino scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Albear can't escape the position.
Albear tries to hold on but Heino pushes him away.
Heino lands a heavy elbow.
Heino is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Albear can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Heino postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Albear looks a forlorn figure.
Heino lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mihkel Heino has got the better of the ground game so far.
Albear is looking to improve his position but Heino isn't that keen on the idea.
Albear is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albear taking shots to the head.
Heino unloading with bombs!
Albear is in a horrible position here. Heino smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Heino landing punches.
BOOM! Heino connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Heino working Albear over with strikes here.
Heino controlling the position easily from mount.
Heino landing strikes from the mount and Albear is in trouble!
BOOM! Heino connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Albear sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Heino throwing shots but Albear is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heino throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Albear wants to improve his position but Heino is controlling well.
Heino scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Albear tries to kick Heino off but Heino keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Albear misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Albear trying to hold on to Heino's head to control him but Heino postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Heino drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Albear is looking for a sweep.
Heino scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albear manages to get back to half guard.
Heino wants to pass to mount but Albear is defending the position.
Heino with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Heino scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Albear makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Albear.
Heino won't allow Albear to sweep him here.
Heino postures up.
Heino trying to control the position from guard on top but Albear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heino throwing strikes from guard but Albear blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mihkel Heino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Albear lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Albear rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heino moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Heino takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Heino tries for a takedown but Albear sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Heino has a takedown stuffed.
Heino takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Heino swats away the attempt to clinch by Albear.
Albear tries to clinch but Heino is having none of it.

Heino decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Heino lands with a punch from half guard.
Heino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Albear with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Heino scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Albear is trying to stand up here but Heino is controlling him well.
Heino not doing much here.
Albear misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albear wants to get back to full guard.

Albear looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Heino trying to control from Albear's half guard. Albear has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Heino with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Heino bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Albear wants to control but Heino postures up.
Albear is looking to regain half guard here but Heino keeps moving and retains side control.
Albear is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albear is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Heino asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Heino cracks Albear with a big right hand but Albear just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Albear taking a bit of punishment here - Heino scoring with strikes.
Heino is putting a hurting on Albear here, landing some big shots from side control.
Albear tries to escape but Heino is in control.
Albear is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Heino's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Albear manages to get to full guard.
Heino missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heino is in close to Albear's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Heino wanted to stand there but Albear had control of the position.
Heino throws a strike but Albear rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Albear wants to stand but Heino has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Albear postures up.
Heino looking to hit a scissor sweep but Albear is one step ahead there.
Albear throwing strikes from guard but Heino blocks nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Heino shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Albear's guard.
Paul Albear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albear can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Heino controls the pace.
Heino trying to control but Albear is working from the bottom.
Heino throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Heino wants to control from the top but Albear keeps moving.
Heino stands and throws Albear's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Albear wants to control but Heino postures up.
Heino trying to control the action but Albear is working from the bottom.
Albear tries to improve position but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mihkel Heino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Heino winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mihkel Heino!