PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dee Dee Balasco (ranked 3404 p4p, 4145 weight class) and Tobey Heelan (ranked 385 p4p, 215 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Balasco
vs
Heelan

173 cm
25
155
2 - 1 - 0

169 cm
25
144
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dee Dee Balasco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tobey Heelan!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balasco takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Heelan defending well as Balasco loads up on a big left hand.
Heelan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Heelan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balasco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Heelan throws a nice looking combination but Balasco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Balasco misses its target.
Balasco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heelan.
Balasco throws a leg kick that misses.
Heelan lands a nice hook to Balasco's body. Balasco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Heelan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Heelan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balasco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balasco seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Balasco throws a jab when Heelan was well out of range.
Heelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Balasco.
Heelan swings for the body but Balasco moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heelan. Balasco does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Heelan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Balasco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heelan looks to score with a jab to the body but Balasco is just out of range.
Heelan takes one to the chin there.
Balasco slips a straight right by Heelan.
Heelan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balasco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heelan takes a swing at Balasco's ribcage but misses.
Balasco swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Balasco missing with a left hand there. Heelan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A countering left hand to the body from Heelan misses.
Heelan looks to score with a jab to the body but Balasco is just out of range.
Heelan swings for the body but Balasco moves out of range.
Heelan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Balasco as he connects with a hook.
Balasco misses with an uppercut.
Balasco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heelan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Balasco throws a jab when Heelan was well out of range.
Balasco misses with a hook.
Heelan tries to bum rush Balasco with a series of wild strikes but Balasco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Balasco connects with a solid leg kick.
Balasco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heelan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balasco throws a body punch but Heelan moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Heelan misses.
Balasco jabs Heelan right on the nose. Heelan blinks but takes it well.
Heelan throws a body shot but no joy.
Balasco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heelan.
Heelan avoids the head kick by Balasco.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heelan! But no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Heelan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heelan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Balasco looks to land a left hand but Heelan moved out of range nicely.
Heelan throws a big shot that misses.
Balasco misses with a hook. Heelan ducked under it nicely.
Heelan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Balasco rather than just go for the knockout.
A good leg kick by Balasco.
Balasco dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balasco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Balasco is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heelan. Balasco does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Balasco does no damage.
Heelan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A shot to the liver by Balasco. Beautiful body shot.
Heelan throws a shot to the body.
Heelan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balasco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Heelan connects with a single shot there.
Heelan throws a hook but Balasco avoids it easily.
Heelan digs a good body shot into Balasco's ribs.
Heelan cracks Balasco with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Heelan sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Balasco's defenses. It connects perfectly with Balasco's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tobey Heelan!
After winning the bout, Tobey Heelan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.