PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeroen Heijdens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armin Schwertfisch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Heijdens
vs
Schwertfisch

175 cm
23
158 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

170 cm
19
166 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeroen Heijdens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Armin Schwertfisch!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heijdens moves out of range as Schwertfisch strikes.
A cross from Schwertfisch lands.
Schwertfisch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schwertfisch looks to throw the jab but Heijdens is out of range.
Schwertfisch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heijdens lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Schwertfisch misses with a hook. Heijdens ducked under it nicely.
Schwertfisch avoids the head kick by Heijdens.
Heijdens slips a jab and a cross from Schwertfisch.
Schwertfisch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Heijdens rushes Schwertfisch and presses him up against the cage.
Heijdens will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Schwertfisch up against the cage.
Heijdens comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Come on Heijdens - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Schwertfisch is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijdens has double underhooks.
Schwertfisch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Schwertfisch is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijdens has double underhooks.
Schwertfisch tries to break the clinch but Heijdens is controlling the position.
Heijdens misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heijdens tries to land knees in the clinch but Schwertfisch avoids the damage to the body.
Schwertfisch wants to get back to striking at distance but Heijdens won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwertfisch is trying to break free.
Schwertfisch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schwertfisch is trying to break the clinch but Heijdens has him pressed against the cage.

Heijdens gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Heijdens trying to control from half guard but Schwertfisch is working away.

Heijdens is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Heijdens is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Heijdens is thwarting Schwertfisch's attempts to control the position.
Heijdens thows a huge punch but Schwertfisch dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Heijdens is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Heijdens sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Schwertfisch defending well though.

Heijdens is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Schwertfisch sees it coming and defends easily.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Heijdens defending well as Schwertfisch loads up on a big left hand.
Schwertfisch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schwertfisch throws a shot from downtown. Heijdens moves away and avoids it.

Heijdens darts in and clinches Schwertfisch up against the cage.
Heijdens crunches a lovely knee into Schwertfisch's ribcage.
Heijdens prevents Schwertfisch from breaking the clinch.
Heijdens trying to land knees to the body.
Schwertfisch is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijdens has double underhooks.
Heijdens misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heijdens tries to land knees in the clinch but Schwertfisch avoids the damage to the body.
Heijdens missing with knees to the body.
Schwertfisch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwertfisch is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijdens has double underhooks.
Heijdens tries a knee to the head but Schwertfisch blocks it.
Schwertfisch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Schwertfisch wants to get back to striking at distance but Heijdens won't allow it.
Schwertfisch is trying to break free.
Schwertfisch is trying to break free.
Schwertfisch can't break the clinch.
Heijdens stalling.
Knees to the body from Heijdens.
Heijdens keeps control of Schwertfisch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Heijdens stalling against the cage.
Schwertfisch wants to break free but Heijdens has control.

Schwertfisch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schwertfisch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Heijdens displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schwertfisch throws out the jab.

Heijdens drives through and clinches with Schwertfisch against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Heijdens.
Schwertfisch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schwertfisch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Heijdens lands a nice knee to the body.
Heijdens tries to land knees in the clinch but Schwertfisch avoids the damage to the body.
Heijdens prevents Schwertfisch from breaking the clinch.

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.
Heijdens keeps control of Schwertfisch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schwertfisch can't break the clinch.

Heijdens has Schwertfisch pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Heijdens pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Schwertfisch tumbling to the mat - Heijdens dives into Schwertfisch's guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Heijdens throwing strikes from guard but Schwertfisch blocks nicely.
Heijdens lands a couple of digs.

Heijdens is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Heijdens forces his way into half guard.
Schwertfisch slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeroen Heijdens dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Heijdens ducks right into an uppercut from Schwertfisch.
Schwertfisch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schwertfisch connects with a crisp jab.
Heijdens throws a leg kick but Schwertfisch moved away.
A punch combination from Schwertfisch misses.

Heijdens takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heijdens is looking to control Schwertfisch's arms but Schwertfisch gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heijdens has his back to the cage.
Heijdens keeps control of Schwertfisch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Heijdens prevents Schwertfisch from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heijdens.
Schwertfisch is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijdens has double underhooks.
Heijdens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schwertfisch.
Heijdens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schwertfisch.
Schwertfisch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heijdens landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heijdens just leaning against Schwertfisch, taking a breather.
Schwertfisch tries to break the clinch but Heijdens is controlling the position.
Heijdens crunches a lovely knee into Schwertfisch's ribcage.
Schwertfisch wants to get back to striking at distance but Heijdens won't allow it.
Schwertfisch is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heijdens lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Heijdens.
Schwertfisch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Heijdens creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Schwertfisch's defenses.
Heijdens lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Heijdens scores a nice knee to the body.
Heijdens lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schwertfisch being controlled against the cage.
Schwertfisch is trying to break free.
Heijdens tries a knee to the head but Schwertfisch blocks it.
Schwertfisch can't break the clinch.
Schwertfisch wants to break free but Heijdens has control.
Schwertfisch wants to break free but Heijdens has control.
Heijdens prevents Schwertfisch from breaking the clinch.
Knees to the body from Heijdens.
Heijdens content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Heijdens.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heijdens with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schwertfisch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Heijdens has him pressed against the cage.
Schwertfisch wants to get back to striking at distance but Heijdens won't allow it.
Heijdens tries to land knees in the clinch but Schwertfisch avoids the damage to the body.
Schwertfisch letting Heijdens take a breather here.

Schwertfisch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A telegraphed right hand from Schwertfisch misses the target.
Jeroen Heijdens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schwertfisch misses with a two punch combination.

Heijdens has closed the distance and engaged Schwertfisch in a clinch.
Schwertfisch is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijdens has double underhooks.

Heijdens has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Schwertfisch uses from the top position.

Heijdens working for a triangle but Schwertfisch defends it easily.
Schwertfisch trying to control the position from guard on top but Heijdens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Heijdens escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Schwertfisch gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Heijdens working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schwertfisch.
Schwertfisch sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Heijdens throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Schwertfisch controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Heijdens isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Schwertfisch stacks Heijdens on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Schwertfisch!
Heijdens is letting Schwertfisch control him for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heijdens throws an elbow that doesn't really do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Armin Schwertfisch will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Heijdens takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Schwertfisch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heijdens.

Heijdens closes the distance and pushes Schwertfisch back into the cage.
Heijdens connects with a nasty looking knee right to Schwertfisch's face.
Schwertfisch is trying to break free.
Schwertfisch wants to break free but Heijdens has control.
Heijdens stalls.
Schwertfisch wants to get back to striking at distance but Heijdens won't allow it.
Schwertfisch is trying to break free.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Schwertfisch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Heijdens crunches a lovely knee into Schwertfisch's ribcage.
Schwertfisch wants to break free but Heijdens has control.
Heijdens tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schwertfisch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schwertfisch is trying to break the clinch but Heijdens has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Heijdens.
Heijdens landing knees to the body.
Heijdens throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schwertfisch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwertfisch is trying to break the clinch but Heijdens has him pressed against the cage.
Heijdens lands a damaging elbow.
Schwertfisch has had enough of the clinch but Heijdens keeps him there for the moment.
Heijdens landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heijdens stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Heijdens lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Heijdens landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Heijdens jumps guard.
Heijdens controls Schwertfisch momentarily but Schwertfisch frees himself.

Schwertfisch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Schwertfisch trying to control but Heijdens is working from the bottom.

Heijdens working for a triangle but Schwertfisch defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heijdens looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Heijdens is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Heijdens throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Schwertfisch slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heijdens tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Heijdens looking for a guillotine here but Schwertfisch defends easily.
Schwertfisch loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Heijdens has his foot on Schwertfisch's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Schwertfisch works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Schwertfisch sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Schwertfisch passes Heijdens's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Heijdens is looking to improve his position.
Schwertfisch is controlling the pace.
Heijdens is refusing to be controlled, as Schwertfisch sits in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeroen Heijdens showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Heijdens has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeroen Heijdens!