PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Heisman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marsh
vs
Heisman

208 cm
38
238 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

195 cm
38
275 lbs
28 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stan Marsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TJ Heisman!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Heisman both land. Nice combination.
Heisman lands with a shot to the body.
Marsh moves away from the strike by Heisman.
Some wild striking there from Heisman.
Marsh staying out of range there.
A lazy body kick from Heisman
and Marsh counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Heisman has closed the distance and engaged Marsh in a clinch.
Heisman lands with a light punch inside.
Heisman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Heisman fails to land.
Heisman blocks a body shot from Marsh.
Marsh throws a punch but it's blocked by Heisman.

Heisman breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Heisman. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Heisman.
Heisman misses with a combination
and Marsh counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marsh closes the distance and pushes Heisman back into the cage.
Marsh lands a hook that snaps the head of Heisman backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Heisman scores with a hook to the body.
Heisman lands a left hand.
Marsh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heisman avoiding damage.
Heisman throws a head punch that misses.
Marsh lands with a light punch inside.
Heisman blocking some punches.
Heisman working aggressively here.
Heisman is leaning against Marsh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marsh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heisman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Heisman manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisman throws out a loose jab but Marsh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marsh wants to clinch.

Heisman moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Heisman on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marsh can't find room to land a body shot as Heisman controls the action.
Heisman'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.
Marsh prevents a body shot from Heisman.
Marsh takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Heisman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisman leaning his opponent against the cage.
Heisman digs a right hand underneath Marsh's ribcage. Marsh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marsh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heisman lands a body shot.
A short right from Heisman on the inside.
Marsh misses with some punches.
Marsh lands a hook to the side of the head.

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

Heisman instigates a clinch.

Heisman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marsh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heisman feints and then cracks Marsh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marsh down.
Heisman thows a body kick. Marsh tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heisman lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heisman lands a right hook to the body.

Heisman has managed to clinch.
Marsh tries to throw a body punch but Heisman avoids it by throwing Marsh back against the cage.
The referee calls for Heisman to work.
Marsh is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Heisman lands with a left to the head.
Heisman misses with a punch to the body.
Marsh is looking to control Heisman's arms but Heisman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marsh has his back to the cage.
Heisman throws a punch but it's blocked by Marsh.
Heisman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heisman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marsh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heisman's elbow.
Marsh misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Heisman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice body punch from Marsh.
Heisman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marsh. That did some damage!
Marsh misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Heisman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Heisman darts in and clinches Marsh up against the cage.
Heisman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marsh tries to work over Heisman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marsh misses with a punch on the inside.

Marsh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Heisman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marsh, pushing him back against the cage.
Heisman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marsh struggles to land a body shot inside as Heisman controls his hands.
Marsh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Heisman.
Heisman lands a shoulder strike.

Heisman breaks the clinch.
A low kick from Heisman misses
and Marsh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisman lands the left hand.
Heisman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marsh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
TJ Heisman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Heisman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Heisman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Heisman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Heisman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heisman's corner calls for a 1-2. Heisman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Heisman darts in and clinches Marsh up against the cage.
Marsh blocks an uppercut.
TJ Heisman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Heisman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Heisman tries to work over Marsh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Heisman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heisman loads up on a big right hand but Marsh slips the punch.
Heisman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
TJ Heisman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heisman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Heisman misses with a straight right.
Heisman misses with a looping right.
Heisman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Heisman moves into the clinch.
Marsh swings wildly with an uppercut but Heisman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marsh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marsh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marsh tries to throw a body punch but Heisman avoids it by throwing Marsh back against the cage.
Marsh slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Heisman.
Marsh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marsh struggles to land a body shot inside as Heisman controls his hands.
Marsh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heisman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Heisman digs a right hand underneath Marsh's ribcage. Marsh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heisman lands a right hand.

Heisman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marsh blocks a head kick by Heisman.
Heisman has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Heisman tries to clinch but Marsh moves out of range.
Marsh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Heisman.
An attempted straight right counter from Marsh misses the target.
Heisman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marsh blocks a low kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Heisman!

It looks like Stan Marsh has been cut.
Heisman cracks Marsh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heisman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marsh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Heisman closes the distance and pushes Marsh back into the cage.
Heisman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Heisman - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Heisman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heisman.
Marsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heisman lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Heisman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marsh takes one to the side of the head.
Heisman throws a leg kick which misses Marsh's front leg but catches the back leg as Marsh tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Heisman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stan Marsh's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Marsh takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Heisman's corner calls for a 1-2. Heisman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Heisman lands a jab to the head.
Heisman misses with a wild combination.
Marsh feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Marsh tries to land a leg kick but Heisman saw it coming and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heisman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marsh is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Heisman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A hook to the body from Heisman.
Heisman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Heisman breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Heisman does it's job there.
Marsh avoids the head kick by Heisman.
Heisman works over Marsh's head and body with a nice combination.
Marsh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heisman.

Heisman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marsh can't find room to land a body shot as Heisman controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Marsh fails to land.
Heisman misses with a body punch.
Marsh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heisman throws a punch but it's blocked by Marsh.

Heisman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heisman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Heisman.
Heisman connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Marsh misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heisman.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Heisman.

Heisman clinches up against the cage.

Heisman breaks from the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Marsh 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Heisman stuns Marsh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Heisman closes the distance and pushes Marsh back into the cage.
A body shot lands from Heisman.
Marsh blocks an uppercut.

Heisman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heisman throws a right hand that Marsh ducks under and follows up with a left that Marsh also avoids with ease.
Stan Marsh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Heisman closes the distance and pushes Marsh back into the cage.
Marsh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heisman's elbow.
Heisman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Heisman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
TJ Heisman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Heisman forces Marsh back against the cage and clinches.
Marsh working aggressively here.
TJ Heisman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Heisman tries to land knees in the clinch but Marsh avoids the damage to the body.
Marsh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marsh is trying to break the clinch but Heisman is controlling him.
Marsh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heisman lands with a left to the head.
Marsh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Heisman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh can't find room to land a body shot as Heisman controls the action.
Marsh misses with a punch on the inside.
Marsh misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Heisman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marsh is pushing Heisman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Heisman prevents a body shot from Marsh.
Marsh misses with a body punch.
Heisman has a couple of punches blocked by Marsh.
Marsh misses with the head strike.
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!
Marsh misses with a punch to the body.
Marsh can't find room to land a body shot as Heisman controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
TJ Heisman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Heisman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... TJ Heisman!
After the fight, TJ Heisman was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.