PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Huang Di (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Heines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joshua Heines has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Di
vs
Heines

175 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huang Di!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joshua Heines!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Di is looking to clinch.
Di tries to clinch up but Heines circles away and keeps his distance.
Di tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heines swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heines throws a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Di looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heines throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Di sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Di takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Di moves in looking to clinch but Heines pushes him off.
Di throws a head kick that misses.
Di tries to clinch but Heines moves out of range.
Di doesn't manage to clinch there - Heines circles away.
Heines jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Di tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Di scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di tries to clinch up.
Di moves out of range of the strikes.
Heines swats away the attempt to clinch by Di.
Heines stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Huang Di seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Di tries to close the distance and clinch but Heines swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Di looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Di fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Di looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heines fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di manages to avoid it.
Di throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heines swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Di takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Di is looking to clinch but Heines is avoiding it.
Heines throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Di moves out of range as Heines strikes.
Heines keeps the fight on the outside.
Heines digs a good body shot into Di's ribs.
Heines is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Di.

Di moves into range and clinches up with Heines.
A knee to the head by Di.
Di utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Heines is looking to break free of the clinch but Di has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heines blocks the elbow strike.
Heines is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Heines misses with a punch to the body.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heines blocks it with crossed arms.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heines blocks it with crossed arms.
Heines just leaning against Di, taking a breather.
Heines is working Di over against the cage.
Di trying to land knees to the body.
Heines is trying to break free.
Heines leaning his opponent against the cage.
Di misses with a knee strike.
Heines digs a right hand into Di's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Di's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Heines.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Heines avoiding damage.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
Heines is trying to stall.
Heines on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Di blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heines looking to slow down the pace here.
Heines misses with a short punch on the inside.
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heines has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heines lands a body punch in the clinch.
Heines is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Di is keeping busy.
Heines goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heines working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Di is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heines throws a jab when Di was well out of range.
Heines throws an overhand right that lands on Di's shoulder, as Di tries to avoid the shot.
Di attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Di tries to clinch up.
Di uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heines.
Di slips a jab from Heines.
Di moves away from the strike by Heines.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heines jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Di doesn't manage to clinch there - Heines circles away.
Di tries to clinch but Heines moves out of range.
Di tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di keeps Heines at a distance using the push kick.
Di tries to clinch but Heines moves out of range.
Di tries to clinch but Heines moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Di.
Di is looking to clinch.
Di tries to clinch up.
Di tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Di throws a body kick that misses.
Di slips a straight right by Heines.
Di fails in his attempt to clinch.
Di wants to clinch up but Heines keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Di looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heines misses with a wild body shot.
Di throws a wild body kick that Heines sees coming a mile off.
Di misses with a head kick.
Di tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Di tries to clinch there but Heines circles away.
Heines avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Di is looking to clinch.
Di defending well as Heines loads up on a big left hand.
Di keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heines throws the left hand but Di avoids the punch easily.
Heines scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di moves out of range as Heines strikes.
Di blocks a jab.
Di throws a leg kick which misses Heines's front leg but catches the back leg as Heines tries to avoid it.
Di is looking to clinch.
Di tries to clinch but Heines is having none of it.
Di tries to close the distance and clinch but Heines swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Di wants to clinch.
Di is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Di keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The fight stays on the outside here - Di looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heines throws a hook to the side of Di's head but Di sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Di pushes Heines up against the cage in a clinch.
Heines is trying to break the clinch but Di has him pressed against the cage.
Di landing knees to the head.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Heines is blocking nicely.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Heines is blocking nicely.
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heines has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Di misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heines.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Heines throws a head punch that misses.
Heines is trying to break the clinch but Di has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Di tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heines avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Huang Di will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Di fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Heines, pushing him back against the cage.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heines blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but Heines blocks with his arms.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Di connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heines's face.
Di keeps control of Heines as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Heines taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Di missing with knees to the body.
Heines tries a body shot but Di blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.

Heines breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Di wants to clinch up but Heines keeps it at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Heines.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Di clinches up with Heines and pushes him back against the cage.
Di is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Heines lands a body shot.
Heines goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heines dodges an elbow strike from Di.
Heines avoiding damage as Di throws knees to the body.
Heines blocks the elbow strike.
Di putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Heines in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Di putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Heines in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Heines on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Heines is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Di is keeping busy.
Heines lands an uppercut.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Heines is blocking nicely.
Di missing with knees to the body.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Heines is blocking nicely.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heines stalling.
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heines has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Di.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee calls for Heines to work.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heines wants to stall.
Heines tries to work over Di's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heines slows down the pace here.
Di blocks a body shot from Heines.
Di blocks a body shot from Heines.
Di blocks a body shot from Heines.
Di misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di misses with a knee strike.
Heines fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Heines is blocking nicely.
Heines misses with a hook to the ribs.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Di with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heines is trying to break the clinch but Di has him pressed against the cage.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Heines is blocking nicely.
Heines lands a right hand.
Heines lands a nice uppercut.
Di misses with a knee strike.
Di misses with an elbow strike.
Heines is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heines lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knees to the body from Di.
Di utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Di misses with an elbow strike.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Di is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heines is defending well for now.
Di keeps control of Heines as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heines working aggressively here.
Heines has Di pressed against the cage.
Di misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heines.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Heines is blocking nicely.

Heines manages to break the clinch.
Di slips under a jab.
Di on the wrong end of a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua Heines comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Heines 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Joshua Heines!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Joshua Heines!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Joshua Heines!

Joshua Heines wins by unanimous decision!