PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Heino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Victorino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heino comes to the cage accompanied by Caesars - Jerk It Out. Vitor Victorino has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Heino
vs
Victorino

200 cm
23
260 lbs
6 - 7 - 1

190 cm
24
255 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pekka Heino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitor Victorino!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Heino is defended easily by Victorino.
Victorino doesn't manage to clinch there - Heino circles away.
Victorino tries to clinch there but Heino circles away.
Heino misses with a two punch combination.
Heino scores with a jab to the jaw.
Victorino doesn't manage to clinch there - Heino circles away.
Heino misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Victorino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victorino moves away.
Heino scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Vitor Victorino has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorino tries to clinch up but Heino circles away and keeps his distance.
Victorino tries to clinch there but Heino circles away.
Heino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Victorino stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Victorino wants it to stay on the feet.
Victorino ducks under a wild hook from Heino.
Victorino moves forwards but Heino connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Victorino tries to clinch up.
Heino shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pekka Heino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victorino is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Victorino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Victorino is looking to clinch but Heino is avoiding it.
Victorino throws a sloppy head kick and Heino moves out of range easily.
Victorino slips under a jab.
Victorino tries to close the distance and clinch but Heino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Victorino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Victorino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Victorino fails with the takedown
and Heino counters with a three punch combo that has Victorino backing up. Victorino nods at Heino to acknowledge the strikes.
Victorino wants to clinch
letting Heino counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorino tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Heino counters with a straight right hand.
Victorino misses with an attempted mid kick.
Heino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heino misses with a wild body shot.
Victorino tries to clinch but Heino moves away
enabling Heino to counter with a crisp jab.
Heino scores with a jab to the jaw.
Victorino takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Heino throws out a loose jab but Victorino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heino is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Victorino closes the distance looking to clinch
and Heino counters with a straight right hand.

That has opened up Vitor Victorino's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Victorino.
Heino throws a shot from downtown. Victorino moves away and avoids it.
Heino listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Victorino tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Heino counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Victorino looks gassed!
No joy there for Heino, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heino is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Heino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heino throws a right and a left that Victorino avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Victorino walks into a straight right hand from Heino.
Heino is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Heino's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Heino duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Heino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitor Victorino's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Victorino takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Heino shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Heino was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Victorino has left one of his arms exposed and Heino doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Victorino screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pekka Heino!