PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus Heaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Webb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Heaney
vs
Webb

178 cm
23
212 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

201 cm
21
215 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Seamus Heaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Webb!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Webb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Heaney shoots in and bounces Webb off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Heaney thows a big elbow that misses.
Heaney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Heaney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Heaney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Webb works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Heaney lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Heaney looking to pass the guard.
Heaney with a flurry of punches that miss.
Heaney trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaney works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Heaney is taking a breather. Webb says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Webb avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Heaney.
Webb avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Heaney.
Heaney not doing much here.
Heaney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Webb's head.
Heaney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two 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.
Heaney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Heaney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Heaney not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Heaney seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Webb is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Heaney scores with a couple of nice shots.
Webb is trying to escape back to his feet but Heaney uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Heaney is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaney is staying tight to Webb's torso, preventing him from escaping.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Webb can do anything to dispel that myth.
Heaney throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Heaney throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Webb works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Heaney drops an elbow to the side of Webb's head.
Heaney passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Webb!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Heaney cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Webb is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heaney postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Webb 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 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Seamus Heaney!