PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Heathen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerardo Pacheco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heathen comes to the cage accompanied by Twenty One Pilots - Heathens. 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 Gerardo Pacheco was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Heathen
vs
Pacheco

175 cm
20
166 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

174 cm
20
152 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeremy Heathen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Gerardo Pacheco!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heathen moves away from the strike by Pacheco.
Heathen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacheco connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Heathen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Heathen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pacheco throws out the jab.
Heathen wants to clinch.
Heathen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Heathen misses with a hook
and Pacheco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Heathen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pacheco to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heathen tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacheco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacheco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heathen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heathen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice straight punches there by Pacheco. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pacheco.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Heathen misses.
Heathen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Heathen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Heathen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Heathen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pacheco.
Heathen throws a combination that misses
letting Pacheco counter with a right hand.

Heathen is rocked!
Pacheco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pacheco scores with a jab to the body.
Heathen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heathen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pacheco counters with a straight right hand.
Pacheco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Heathen.
A nice side step and Pacheco releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pacheco misses with a wild body shot.
Pacheco has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pacheco.
Pacheco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heathen.
Pacheco bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Heathen's head backwards.
Oh Heathen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Heathen throws a one two combo.

It looks like Gerardo Pacheco has been cut.
Heathen tests Pacheco's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Heathen seems to have got his legs back now.

Pacheco is rocked!
Heathen misses with a lunging right hand

and Pacheco counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pacheco is still on wobbly legs! Can Heathen finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Heathen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heathen moves in looking to clinch but Pacheco pushes him off.
Pacheco seems to have recovered his senses.

Heathen has closed the distance and engaged Pacheco in a clinch.
Heathen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pacheco lands a nice shot to the body.
Heathen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heathen lands a left hand.
Pacheco is leaning against Heathen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pacheco looking to slow down the pace here.

Heathen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pacheco works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Heathen throws a hook but Pacheco blocks it.
Heathen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Heathen tries to clinch up.
Heathen looks to land a combination but Pacheco avoids it well.
Pacheco moves out of range of the strikes.
Pacheco tries to counter with a clinch but Heathen shakes him off and moves away.
Heathen slips under a jab.
Pacheco is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Heathen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pacheco ducks under a wild hook from Heathen.
Pacheco is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Heathen with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heathen doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacheco circles away.

Heathen closes the distance and clinches.
Heathen blocking some punches.
Pacheco lands a hook that snaps the head of Heathen backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pacheco.

Heathen breaks the clinch.
Heathen blocks a jab.
Heathen throws a series of punches but Pacheco avoids them all with ease.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Heathen, as that shot connected.
Heathen tries to clinch but Pacheco is having none of it.
Heathen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacheco scores with a jab. Heathen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Heathen tries to clinch there but Pacheco circles away.
Pacheco slips a jab and a cross from Heathen.
Heathen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pacheco throws a looping overhand right but Heathen ducks down to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pacheco scores with a hook to the body. Heathen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Heathen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pacheco, pushing him back against the cage.

Heathen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Heathen has closed the distance and engaged Pacheco in a clinch.
Pacheco tries to throw a body punch but Heathen avoids it by throwing Pacheco back against the cage.
Heathen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Pacheco.
Heathen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pacheco digs a right hand into Heathen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heathen's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heathen.
Pacheco gets through Heathen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pacheco scores with a shot to the side of Heathen's head.
Pacheco is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pacheco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Pacheco.
Heathen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacheco tries to throw a body punch but Heathen avoids it by throwing Pacheco back against the cage.
Pacheco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heathen is trying to maintain a safe position but Pacheco gets an underhook and turns Heathen into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gerardo Pacheco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Pacheco's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Heathen moves out of range as Pacheco strikes.
Heathen seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Heathen misses with a straight right.
Heathen cracks Pacheco with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Heathen tries to clinch there but Pacheco circles away.

Heathen moves into the clinch.
Heathen misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Heathen.

Heathen breaks from the clinch.
Pacheco moves out of range as Heathen strikes.
Heathen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Heathen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pacheco.
Pacheco scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circling - Heathen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacheco shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Heathen eats them both and turns towards Pacheco to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pacheco throws a poor cross that misses
and Heathen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pacheco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Heathen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heathen.
Pacheco lands a lovely overhand right.
Heathen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pacheco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heathen circles away quickly and effectively.
Heathen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pacheco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heathen sets himself, and Pacheco steps forward looking for the clinch! Heathen avoids it this time.
Pacheco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pacheco misses with a hook. Heathen ducked under it nicely.

Heathen forces Pacheco back against the cage and clinches.
Pacheco lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Pacheco.
Heathen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pacheco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heathen being controlled against the cage.
Pacheco misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pacheco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heathen is looking to control Pacheco's arms but Pacheco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heathen has his back to the cage.
Pacheco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heathen misses with the head strike.
Pacheco misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heathen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pacheco.
Pacheco takes a shot to the head.
Pacheco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pacheco digs a right hand into Heathen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heathen's gas tank.
Pacheco throws a head punch that misses.
Pacheco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pacheco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacheco stalling against the cage.
Heathen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heathen tries to circle away but Pacheco has him pinned against the cage.

Heathen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Heathen looking to stall.
Pacheco blocking some punches.
Pacheco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pacheco.
Pacheco misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pacheco as Heathen tries to tie him up.
Pacheco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Heathen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pacheco.

Heathen breaks the clinch.

Heathen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pacheco trying to stall but Heathen improves his position.
Pacheco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heathen is trying to break the clinch but Pacheco is controlling him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heathen swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacheco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pacheco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heathen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pacheco in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pacheco taking a breather.
Pacheco misses with a punch to the body.
Heathen lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Pacheco fails to land.
Pacheco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Pacheco scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heathen misses with a body punch.
Pacheco misses with a punch to the body.
Heathen misses with a punch to the body.
Gerardo Pacheco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Heathen being controlled against the cage.
Pacheco throws a head punch that misses.
Pacheco blocks an uppercut.
Heathen looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gerardo Pacheco will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Pacheco's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Heathen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pacheco throws out the jab.
Jab by Pacheco.
Heathen is looking to clinch but Pacheco is avoiding it.
Gerardo Pacheco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab lands there for Pacheco.
Jeremy Heathen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacheco throws a hook but Heathen avoids it easily.
Pacheco punishes Heathen's body with a nice straight punch.
Pacheco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Heathen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacheco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heathen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pacheco.
Heathen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pacheco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heathen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Heathen clinches up with Pacheco and pushes him back against the cage.
Pacheco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pacheco lands a hook that snaps the head of Heathen backwards.

Heathen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heathen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Heathen.
Heathen tries to clinch there but Pacheco circles away.
Pacheco appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heathen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pacheco finds it's way round the side to connect with Heathen's head.
Pacheco getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Heathen misses with a series of wild punches.
Heathen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacheco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pacheco lands the left hand.

Pacheco gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Heathen.
Heathen is pushing Pacheco up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pacheco stalls.
Heathen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Heathen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pacheco has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pacheco as Heathen tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Heathen fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pacheco cracks Heathen with a nice body shot.
Pacheco takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heathen effectively controlling the action here.
Pacheco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacheco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pacheco.
Heathen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Heathen trying to stall but Pacheco improves his position.
Pacheco is trying to stall.
Pacheco has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pacheco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Heathen breaks from the clinch.
Heathen cracks Pacheco with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pacheco with a hook.
Heathen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pacheco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacheco misses the target.
Heathen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacheco digs a good hook to Heathen's body.
Heathen defending well as Pacheco loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Heathen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Pacheco moves out of range as Heathen strikes.
Pacheco uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heathen.
Heathen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pacheco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heathen looks to land a left hand but Pacheco moved out of range nicely.
Pacheco works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pacheco avoids the body shot from Heathen.
Heathen throws a right hand that Pacheco ducks under and follows up with a left that Pacheco also avoids with ease.
Pacheco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Pacheco throws a hook but Heathen avoids it easily.
Pacheco tests Heathen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pacheco lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Heathen takes the fight into the clinch.
Heathen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pachecos head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pacheco is leaning against Heathen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Heathen trying to stall but Pacheco improves his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Heathen looking to stall.
A short right from Pacheco on the inside.
Pacheco throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pacheco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heathen scores with a shot to the side of Pacheco's head.
A short right from Heathen on the inside.
Pacheco tries to work over Heathen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Heathen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pacheco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pacheco!
Heathen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little jabbing left from Pacheco on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pacheco slips a jab from Heathen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerardo Pacheco really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Pacheco's cut.
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.

Pacheco slips under a jab.
Pacheco looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pacheco lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Heathen falls backwards - clearly groggy! Pacheco dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gerardo Pacheco!
Gerardo Pacheco is the new lightweight champion!