PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Heinonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuggy Propa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Propa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lonnie G - February Mix. Max Heinonen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chuggy Propa's chin.

Heinonen
vs
Propa

187 cm
23
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

191 cm
31
262 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max Heinonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Chuggy Propa!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Propa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heinonen.
Heinonen moves out of range as Propa strikes.
Heinonen throws out a loose jab but Propa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Propa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Heinonen throws a right hand that Propa ducks under and follows up with a left that Propa also avoids with ease.
Propa slips a straight right by Heinonen.

Heinonen cracks Propa with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Heinonen has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Propa to stand back up!

It looks like Chuggy Propa has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Heinonen rushes Propa and presses him up against the cage.
Propa works on Heinonen's body with a couple of short punches.
Heinonen gets through Propa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Propa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Propa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Propa is trying to break the clinch but Heinonen is controlling him.
Propa throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heinonen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Propa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Propa digs a good body shot into Heinonen's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Heinonen. That snapped Propa's head back.
Heinonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heinonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Propa defending well as Heinonen loads up on a big left hand.

Heinonen closes the distance and pushes Propa back into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Heinonen - that landed with a thud.
Propa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heinonen backwards.
Propa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heinonen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Heinonen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Propa has him pressed against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Propa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Heinonen moves into range and clinches up with Propa.

Propa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heinonen scores with a jab to the jaw.

Heinonen has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Heinonen's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Propa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Heinonen cracks Propa with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Heinonen has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Propa to stand back up!

Propa is rocked!

That has opened up Chuggy Propa's cut even more.

Heinonen rushes Propa and presses him up against the cage.
Propa is still on wobbly legs! Can Heinonen finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heinonen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Heinonen breaks the clinch.
Propa seems to have recovered his senses.
Heinonen misses with a body shot
and Propa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A combination from Propa does no damage.

Heinonen has managed to clinch.
Propa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Propa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Propa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Heinonen tries to circle away but Propa has him pinned against the cage.
Propa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Heinonen up against the cage.
Propa continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Propa is trying to break the clinch but Heinonen has him pressed against the cage.

Propa manages to break the clinch.

Heinonen instigates a clinch.

Heinonen manages to break the clinch.

Heinonen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Propa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heinonen tries to work over Propa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Heinonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuggy Propa's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Heinonen misses with a hook.
Heinonen misses with a straight right.
A big left from Heinonen misses.

Heinonen moves into the clinch.

Heinonen breaks from the clinch.

Heinonen gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Heinonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab from Heinonen.
Propa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heinonen.

Heinonen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Propa has Heinonen pressed against the cage, preventing Heinonen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Propa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Propa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Heinonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Heinonen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Heinonen is trying to break the clinch but Propa has him pressed against the cage.

Heinonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Max Heinonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Heinonen misses with a right hand
and Propa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Heinonen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Heinonen instigates a clinch.
Propa is trying to break free.
Propa tries to work over Heinonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Propa tries to break the clinch but Heinonen is controlling the position.
Propa stalls.
Propa keeps control of Heinonen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Propa is trying to push Heinonen away but Heinonen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Heinonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Propa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Propa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Propa misses with a punch on the inside.
Propa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heinonen's elbow.
Propa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heinonen backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heinonen keeps control of Propa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heinonen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heinonen tries to break free but Propa pushes him back against the cage.
Propa is stalling here.

Heinonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Propa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heinonen.

Heinonen has managed to clinch.
Propa tries to circle away but Heinonen has him pinned against the cage.
Propa tries to break the clinch but Heinonen is controlling the position.
Propa misses with a punch to the body.
Propa is looking to break free of the clinch but Heinonen has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Propa.
Heinonen tries to circle away but Propa has him pinned against the cage.
Heinonen is trying to break the clinch but Propa is controlling him.
Propa gets through Heinonen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Heinonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heinonen with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heinonen takes a swing at Propa's ribcage but misses.
Heinonen misses with an uppercut. Propa saw that one coming.

Heinonen clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Propa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heinonen has Propa pressed against the cage, preventing Propa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Heinonen misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Heinonen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chuggy Propa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Propa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good work by Propa as he checks the leg kick.

Heinonen clinches.
Propa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Propa misses with a body punch.
Propa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Propa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Heinonen has him pressed against the cage.
Propa wants to break free but Heinonen has control.

Heinonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Heinonen sends Propa crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Heinonen is motioning to the referee to let Propa up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heinonen misses with a left hand
and Propa counters with a straight right hand.
Heinonen closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Propa out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Max Heinonen!
Our winner, Max Heinonen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.