PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alceu Dispor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus Heaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seamus Heaney acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dispor
vs
Heaney

191 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alceu Dispor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seamus Heaney!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heaney scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dispor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heaney scores with a jab.

Dispor pushes Heaney up against the cage in a clinch.
Heaney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dispor avoids it.
Heaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dispor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Heaney has him pressed against the cage.
Heaney lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dispor avoids a wild elbow strike from Heaney.

Dispor successfully pulls guard.
Dispor avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heaney throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dispor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Heaney.
Heaney throwing strikes from guard but Dispor blocks nicely.
Heaney loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Heaney lands a couple of elbows.
Heaney is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Heaney trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaney trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Heaney slips nicely into half guard.
Heaney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heaney takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heaney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dispor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Heaney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ground and pound from Heaney.
Dispor is breathing heavily.
Heaney working the head and body with strikes.
Heaney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Heaney lands with a punch from half guard.
Heaney slips a nice elbow through Dispor's hands, connecting with Dispor's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Heaney landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dispor trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heaney is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Heaney working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dispor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Heaney.
Heaney lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heaney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Heaney working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaney lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heaney winds up and cracks Dispor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dispor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Heaney on the ground.
Nice strikes from Heaney there.
Heaney takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dispor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Heaney lands strikes from half guard.
Heaney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Heaney there.
Heaney working the head and body with strikes.
Heaney working Dispor over with strikes.
Heaney is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heaney with a couple of short strikes.

Dispor is rocked!
Heaney has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Heaney postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Dispor out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Heaney goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Seamus Heaney!