PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus Heaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinson Workman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Workman has chosen Godsmack-Time Bomb as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Heaney
vs
Workman

178 cm
35
212 lbs
19 - 12 - 1

192 cm
35
220 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Seamus Heaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinson Workman!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Workman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Heaney blocks a jab.

Heaney closes the distance and pushes Workman back into the cage.
Heaney lands a left hand.
Heaney is leaning against Workman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Workman blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Heaney has Workman pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Heaney pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Workman tumbling to the mat - Heaney dives into Workman's guard.
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!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Heaney working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Workman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Heaney accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Heaney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Workman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Heaney accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Heaney scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Heaney postures up in Workman's guard and throws a big left but Workman blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Workman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heaney wants to control from the top but Workman keeps moving.
Workman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heaney stopping the sweep attempt from Workman.
Heaney throws an elbow that misses. Workman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Heaney's guard. Nice move by Workman!
Heaney controlling Workman's posture.
Heaney tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaney has control of Workman's left arm, preventing Workman from doing any damage.
Heaney might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Heaney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Workman is one step ahead there.
Heaney can't keep his opponent in guard - Workman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Heaney has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Heaney is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Workman's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Workman's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaney is controlling the position but Workman somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Heaney is thwarting Workman's attempts to control the position.
Heaney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Workman is not content to let Heaney control the position.
Heaney lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Workman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Heaney.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Heaney lands a nice short elbow.
Workman is trying to get back to full guard.
Heaney looks to land a strike but Workman avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heaney with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heaney throws a big right hand that misses.
Workman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Heaney is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Workman trying to control the position.
Heaney won't allow Workman to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus Heaney dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Heaney closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Workman did well to prevent Heaney getting side control.
Heaney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Workman defending well though.
Heaney thows a huge punch but Workman dodges it nicely.
Heaney sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Heaney lands with a punch from half guard.
Heaney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Heaney looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Heaney looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Workman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Heaney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Workman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Heaney is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Heaney thows a huge punch but Workman dodges it nicely.
Heaney throwing shots but Workman is blocking nicely.
Heaney throws a strike but Workman avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Seamus Heaney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Workman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heaney trying to control but Workman is working from the bottom.
Heaney looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Workman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Heaney.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heaney lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Workman keeping moving, preventing Heaney from controlling successfully.
Workman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Workman can't keep his opponent in guard - Heaney advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Heaney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Workman keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Heaney there.
Heaney seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Workman regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Heaney.
Heaney wants to control from the top but Workman keeps moving.
Workman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heaney is looking to work some ground and pound but Workman has wrist control.
Heaney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heaney pushing down on Workman's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Heaney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heaney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heaney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heaney content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Heaney is nestled in close to Workman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heaney throws a strike but Workman avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Workman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heaney throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus Heaney dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Heaney scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Heaney seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Workman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Heaney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heaney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Workman defending well though.
Heaney slips a nice elbow through Workman's hands, connecting with Workman's forehead.
Heaney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Workman can do to turn this around?
Heaney is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Heaney lands a heavy elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heaney with the ground and pound from mount.
Heaney lands a couple of good shots and Workman has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Workman is trying to remain composed but Heaney is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaney missing with strikes from the back.
Heaney is landing with strikes. Workman can't take much more of this.
Workman covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Workman covering up well under a series of strikes from Heaney.
Heaney punches Workman on the ear.
Heaney thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Heaney lands with a hammerfist to the side of Workman's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heaney lands a shot to the body.

Workman is rocked!
Workman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Workman takes a huge shot to the dome and he's out cold! Big knockout! Heaney celebrates with his corner and points to his sponsors on a baseball cap.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Seamus Heaney!
As Seamus Heaney got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Clearly Holmes is the better fighter but I have a much better manager so I'd liek to thank Kevin Johnson for making this win happen, Holmes you need a new manager!'.