PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Heller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gummi Tarzan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Heller
vs
Tarzan

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
169 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Heller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gummi Tarzan!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarzan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Heller keeps the fight on the outside.
Tarzan moves out of range as Heller throws a body kick.
Heller stuffs the takedown.
Tarzan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tarzan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tarzan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Heller scores with a leg kick.
Heller looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Heller misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Heller.
Heller misses with a double jab.
Heller throws a right and a left that Tarzan avoids nicely.
Heller misses with a kick to the body.
Tarzan tries to clinch but Heller is having none of it.
Heller keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ryan Heller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gummi Tarzan.
Tarzan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Heller throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Tarzan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Heller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heller throws a right and a left that both miss.
Heller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryan Heller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heller is breathing heavily.
Tarzan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tarzan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Tarzan gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Tarzan tries to clinch but Heller moves out of range.
Heller throws a combination that misses
and Tarzan counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tarzan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Heller scores with a kick to the body.
Heller scoring well with a low kick there.
Heller misses with the combination.
Heller tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarzan tries to close the distance and clinch but Heller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heller is looking to land body kicks.
Tarzan shoots for a double leg takedown but Heller sprawls well. He's pushed Tarzan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Heller misses with a body kick.
Heller throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tarzan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Heller lands a jab.
Tarzan walks into a straight right hand from Heller.
Tarzan shoots for a takedown but Heller saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Heller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters circling a little - Heller finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Heller misses with a double jab
and Tarzan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Heller's knee momentarily.
Heller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tarzan drives through and clinches with Heller against the cage.
Heller just leaning against Tarzan, taking a breather.
Heller blocks the elbow strike.
Heller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tarzan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heller tries a body shot but Tarzan blocks it.
Tarzan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tarzan lands an elbow that stopped Heller in his tracks for a moment.
Heller landing knees to the body.
Tarzan tries to land knees in the clinch but Heller avoids the damage to the body.

Heller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No luck for Tarzan with that takedown attempt.
Heller swats away the attempt to clinch by Tarzan.
Tarzan takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Heller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Tarzan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Heller can't break the clinch.
Tarzan tries a knee to the head but Heller blocks it.
Heller works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tarzan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tarzan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heller's face.
Heller stalling against the cage.
Heller wants to get back to striking at distance but Tarzan won't allow it.
Tarzan missing with knees to the body.

Heller manages to break the clinch.
Heller thows a left - swing and a miss!
Heller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Tarzan has Heller up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ryan Heller will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Heller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heller throws a body kick the misses

and Tarzan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tarzan.
Heller missing with knees to the body.
Tarzan is looking to break free of the clinch but Heller has double underhooks.

Heller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heller throws a chopping leg kick but Tarzan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tarzan shoots for a double leg takedown but Heller sprawls well. He's pushed Tarzan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice sprawl there from Heller as Tarzan shoots in.
Heller tries to land a body kick

so Tarzan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Heller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Heller is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tarzan is controlling him.
Heller keeping moving, preventing Tarzan from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarzan passes Heller's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heller is looking to improve his position.
Heller pushes Tarzan off looking to stand but Tarzan dives back in and keeps control.
Tarzan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Heller knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Tarzan is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Heller sees it coming and defends easily.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tarzan dodges the punch combination from Heller.
Heller thows a left - swing and a miss!

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.
Tarzan wants to clinch.
Tarzan lands a two punch combo.
Heller misses with a double jab

and Tarzan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tarzan trying to control but Heller is working from the bottom.
Heller is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tarzan postures up in Heller's guard and throws a big left but Heller blocks it.
Heller on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Heller tries to get out of the position.
Tarzan wants to control from the top but Heller keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heller wants to stand up but Tarzan is controlling him.
Tarzan is fighting to break Heller's control of his arms but Heller is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tarzan won't allow Heller to get back to his feet.
Heller seems keen to control Tarzan's posture.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A combination from Heller does no damage.
Heller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Heller goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by Tarzan.
Tarzan shoots in but Heller avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ryan Heller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gummi Tarzan.
Tarzan staying out of range there.
Tarzan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Heller but Heller pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tarzan slips a jab and a cross from Heller.
A solid leg kick lands there for Heller.

Tarzan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Heller is trying to buck Tarzan off.
Heller is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gummi Tarzan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Heller misses the jab.

Tarzan scores a takedown into full mount!
Heller can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tarzan controlling the pace for now.
Heller is looking to improve his position but Tarzan isn't that keen on the idea.
Heller regains half guard.
Tarzan tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarzan trying to control from half guard but Heller is working away.
The fighters are battling for position here. Heller manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Heller manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tarzan tries to hold on but Heller postures up.
Heller tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two 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.
Tarzan tries to lock up and control but Heller gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heller controlling from the full mount.
Tarzan tries to hold on but Heller postures up.
Heller controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryan Heller just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Heller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tarzan shoots for a double leg takedown but Heller sprawls well. He's pushed Tarzan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ryan Heller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heller moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tarzan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Heller stuffs the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Heller showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Heller 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Heller!