PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anders Heinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Hua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Heinen
vs
Hua

186 cm
23
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

162 cm
21
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anders Heinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Hua!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hua throws a looping overhand right but Heinen ducks down to avoid it.
Heinen avoids the head kick by Hua.
Heinen wants to clinch.
Heinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hua swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hua moves into the clinch.

Hua jumps guard and drags Heinen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Hua is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Heinen defends well.
Hua looking to hit a scissor sweep but Heinen is one step ahead there.
Heinen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hua is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heinen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hua is adopting a defensive guard.
Heinen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Heinen postures up.
Hua is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Heinen is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heinen trying to control but Hua is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Anders Heinen just wasn't active enough.
Hua defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Heinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hua gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Heinen.
Heinen works over Hua with some ground and pound from guard.
Heinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Hua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hua looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Heinen working some strikes from top position.
Hua is trying to control the position but Heinen postures up.
Heinen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Heinen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Heinen wants to control from the top but Hua keeps moving.
Hua looking to control.
Heinen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heinen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hua keeping moving, preventing Heinen from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hua wants to stand and escape but Heinen is having none of it.
Heinen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Anders Heinen just wasn't active enough.
Heinen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hua but Hua pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hua throws a wild body kick that Heinen sees coming a mile off.
Hua avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Hua.
Hua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hua tries to clinch but Heinen moves out of range.
Hua should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hua throws a head kick but Heinen moves out of range.

Heinen has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hua gets control of Heinen's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hua will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hua keeping moving, preventing Heinen from controlling successfully.
Hua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hua shoots and misses
and Heinen counters with a leg kick.
Hua tries for a takedown but Heinen circles away easily

and Heinen counters with a takedown into side control.
Heinen takes a little break here. Hua wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Heinen working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
A control attempt from Hua but he's now mounted!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heinen landing strikes from the mount.
Heinen controlling the position easily from mount.
Hua taking shots to the head.
Hua is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua tries to reverse the position but Heinen maintains control.
Hua takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Heinen looking to finish Hua with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hua!
Hua taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Hua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Heinen landing strikes from the mount.
Hua tries to hold on but Heinen postures up.
Heinen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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!
Heinen controlling the pace for now.
Heinen landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heinen is landing with some decent strikes but Hua is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Heinen landing strikes from the mount and Hua is in trouble!
Heinen with shots to the head and body - Hua looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hua is squirming around, avoiding Heinen's attempts to control the action.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hua can do anything to dispel that myth.
Heinen controlling from mount.
Heinen landing strikes from the mount and Hua is in trouble!
Hua taking shots to the head.
Heinen tries to control but Hua wriggling away.
Hua wants to hold on but Heinen pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heinen scoring with strikes but Hua is staying in there.
Heinen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hua looks a forlorn figure.
Heinen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hua is desperately trying to improve his position but Heinen has a good base and remains in mount.
Heinen working Hua over with strikes here.
Heinen unloading with bombs!
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!
Hua is squirming around, avoiding Heinen's attempts to control the action.
Heinen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hua looks a forlorn figure.

Hua is rocked!
Heinen softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Hua is out cold! Heinen jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anders Heinen!