PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liu Xinchang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aribert Heim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liu Xinchang could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Aribert Heim's chin.

Xinchang
vs
Heim

196 cm
22
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
132 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Liu Xinchang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aribert Heim!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xinchang fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Xinchang closes the distance and pushes Heim back into the cage.
Heim tries to pull guard but Xinchang won't allow it.

Xinchang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Xinchang.
Xinchang throws a hook but Heim blocks it.
Xinchang throws a push kick but Heim slaps the foot to one side.
Heim moves out of range as Xinchang strikes.
Xinchang moves in looking to clinch but Heim pushes him off.
Xinchang throws a front kick aimed at Heim's knee but Heim avoids it well.
No luck for Heim with that takedown attempt.
Xinchang lands an overhand right.
Heim uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xinchang.
Xinchang with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heim throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Xinchang's waist but Xinchang gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Heim off to one side.
Liu Xinchang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aribert Heim.
Heim is trying hard to land a takedown here. Xinchang sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Xinchang fails to land with a series of punches.
Xinchang will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Xinchang misses the shot to the body.
Xinchang fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Xinchang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heim slips under a jab.
Xinchang keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Liu Xinchang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Xinchang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heim fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Heim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A nice leg kick lands there from Xinchang.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heim blocks a leg kick.
Xinchang tries to close the distance and clinch but Heim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heim shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Xinchang as he jumps to the side.
Xinchang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xinchang misses with an uppercut. Heim saw that one coming.
Heim is trying desperately to land a takedown but Xinchang is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Heim.
Xinchang throws a head kick but Heim moves out of range.
Xinchang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Heim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Xinchang throws a hook but Heim avoids it easily.
Xinchang misses with a body shot
and Heim counters with a series of strikes. Xinchang will be more careful next time no doubt.
Xinchang throws a shot from downtown. Heim moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xinchang jabs Heim to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Xinchang tries to clinch but Heim is having none of it.
Xinchang lands a nice shot that snaps Heim's head back.
Heim fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Xinchang throws a solid leg kick but Heim takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Xinchang.
Xinchang misses with a combination
and Xinchang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Xinchang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heim.
Xinchang misses with a right hand

so Heim counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Xinchang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xinchang keeping moving, preventing Heim from controlling successfully.
Xinchang preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xinchang keeping moving, preventing Heim from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Aribert Heim was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Xinchang misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liu Xinchang dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Heim ducks under a wild hook from Xinchang.
Xinchang works the jab nicely.
Xinchang tries to score with a low kick but Heim moves his leg out of the way.
Liu Xinchang is winning the standup battle so far.
Xinchang misses with an uppercut. Heim saw that one coming.
A cross from Xinchang lands.
Xinchang stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Xinchang wants it to stay on the feet.
Xinchang tries to clinch there but Heim circles away.
Xinchang throws a hook but Heim avoids it easily.
Xinchang missing with a left hand there. Heim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heim shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Xinchang as he avoids it easily.
Xinchang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heim manages to avoid it.
Aribert Heim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heim showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Xinchang.
A good leg kick by Xinchang.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Xinchang clinches up with Heim and pushes him back against the cage.
Xinchang misses with the head strike.
Heim jumps guard but Xinchang turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Liu Xinchang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aribert Heim.

Xinchang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Heim.
Xinchang lands a really nice looking cross but Heim seems unphased.
Heim shoots in looking for a takedown. Xinchang tries to sprawl out of it but Heim keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Xinchang manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A leg kick checked by Heim.
Xinchang misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heim walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Heim is rocked!
Heim shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Xinchang sprawls well. Xinchang wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Heim gets slowly back to his feet.
Xinchang tries to work over Heim's front leg with a kick but Heim checks it.
Heim closes this distance looking for a takedown but Xinchang circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xinchang misses with a few strikes there.
Xinchang wants to clinch up but Heim keeps it at a distance.
Xinchang scores with a crisp jab that stopped Heim in his tracks.
Heim is still on wobbly legs! Can Xinchang finish him?
Xinchang misses with a lunging right hand
and Xinchang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Xinchang lands with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xinchang misses with a wild body shot.
Heim takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Heim seems to have recovered his senses.
Xinchang tries a head kick but it misses.
Heim uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xinchang.
Xinchang misses the shot to the body.
Heim avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Xinchang tries to clinch there but Heim circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Xinchang. No joy for Heim on that attempt.
Heim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heim staying out of range there.
Xinchang tries to clinch but Heim is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xinchang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heim.
Xinchang looks to throw the jab but Heim is out of range.
Xinchang misses with an uppercut.
Xinchang throws a leg kick which misses Heim's front leg but catches the back leg as Heim tries to avoid it.
Xinchang misses the body punch

and Heim decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Xinchang's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heim pushes down on Xinchang's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Heim thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Xinchang's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heim throwing shots but Xinchang is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liu Xinchang dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Heim shoots in looking for a takedown but Xinchang manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Heim's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Xinchang throws an off balance right hand
and Heim counters with a straight right hand.
Xinchang connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Heim uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xinchang.
Xinchang misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Xinchang does no damage.
Heim shoots in for a double leg but Xinchang sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Heim avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - Xinchang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Xinchang throws a jab but it's blocked by Heim.
Heim blocks a jab.
Heim slips a jab and a cross from Xinchang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xinchang throws out a loose jab but Heim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heim fails with the takedown.
Liu Xinchang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aribert Heim.
Xinchang misses with a series of wild punches.
Xinchang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Xinchang connects with the punch.
Heim fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Heim slips under a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Xinchang.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heim takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Heim ducks under a wild hook from Xinchang.
Xinchang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Xinchang misses with an uppercut
letting Heim counter with a right hand.
Xinchang misses with a low kick as Heim jumps back.
Xinchang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Liu Xinchang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heim takes a kick to the side of the head.
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!
Xinchang tries to bum rush Heim with a series of wild strikes but Heim uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heim fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Xinchang wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xinchang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heim sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Xinchang thuds a left hand into Heim's body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Xinchang lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Heim has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Heim and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Heim shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Xinchang but Xinchang pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Xinchang scores with a spinning back kick!
Xinchang thows a body shot but no joy.
Heim shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Xinchang but Xinchang pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Heim moves out of range as Xinchang strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Xinchang finds it's way through Heim's defenses.
Heim slips a straight right by Xinchang.
Heim takes one to the chin there.
Heim misses with a takedown
and Xinchang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Xinchang throws the kick towards the body but Heim avoids it.
Heim on the wrong end of a nice hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Xinchang.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xinchang tries to clinch up.
Xinchang swings widly with a right hand

and Heim counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liu Xinchang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Xinchang, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liu Xinchang!