PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Heales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Velazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velazquez has chosen Since the Flood- as his entrance music. Taylor Heales has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Heales
vs
Velazquez

178 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taylor Heales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hector Velazquez!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velazquez tries to bum rush Heales with a series of wild strikes but Heales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Velazquez lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Taylor Heales has been cut.
Velazquez throws a shot to the body.
Velazquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heales slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Heales throws a right and a left that Velazquez avoids nicely.
Velazquez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heales circles away quickly and effectively.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Velazquez, as that shot connected.
Heales takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Heales tries to clinch there but Velazquez circles away.
Velazquez looks to land a right hand but Heales moved out of range.

Heales looking to score a takedown here. Velazquez is defending well but Heales drives through and ends up in Velazquez's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Velazquez keeping moving, preventing Heales from controlling successfully.
Heales throwing strikes from guard but Velazquez blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velazquez wants to stand and escape but Heales is having none of it.
Heales missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Velazquez is looking to stand up but Heales isn't so interested in that idea.
Heales working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Heales trying to control the position from guard on top but Velazquez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Taylor Heales wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Velazquez lands a two punch combo.
Velazquez misses with a straight right.
Velazquez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Velazquez looks to score with a jab to the body but Heales is just out of range.
Velazquez connects with a body shot that sends Heales's belly button to the back.
Heales avoids the body shot from Velazquez.
Velazquez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Heales on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Velazquez.
Heales shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Velazquez as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velazquez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Heales takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heales looks to score with a jab to the body but Velazquez is just out of range.
Velazquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Velazquez misses with a body shot.
Velazquez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heales defending well as Velazquez loads up on a big left hand.
Velazquez jabs Heales to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Heales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Velazquez misses the shot to the body.
Velazquez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Taylor Heales's cut is getting worse.
Hector Velazquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Velazquez.

Heales is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Velazquez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Heales is breathing heavily.
Velazquez lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Velazquez.
Heales looks to throw the jab but Velazquez is out of range.
Velazquez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Heales rather than just go for the knockout.
Velazquez scores with a hook.
Oh Heales is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Velazquez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Heales.
Heales seems to have got his legs back now.
Velazquez lands a nice looking body shot.

Velazquez lands a big right hand that sends Heales crashing to the mat! Velazquez stays standing though and waves Heales back to his feet!

Taylor Heales's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Velazquez catches Heales with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Heales forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hector Velazquez!
Hector Velazquez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.