PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Hecker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cassit Heiluu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hecker kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Ultimate Warrior. Heiluu is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kerrankin Tarpeekseen. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hecker
vs
Heiluu

175 cm
38
135 lbs
24 - 19 - 0

176 cm
43
139 lbs
36 - 36 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeff Hecker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 36 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cassit Heiluu!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hecker forces Heiluu back against the cage and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hecker.
Heiluu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hecker walks away with a smile on his face. Heiluu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Hecker moves into range and clinches up with Heiluu.
Hecker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heiluu is defending well for now.

Heiluu gets control of Hecker's arms and successfully pulls guard. Heiluu will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Heiluu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Heiluu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hecker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hecker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hecker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Heiluu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hecker manages to get himself to full guard.

Heiluu cracks Hecker with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hecker keeping full guard, as Heiluu tries to pass.
Heiluu throws a big right hand that misses.
Hecker is adopting a defensive guard.
Heiluu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hecker is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heiluu lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Heiluu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Heiluu landing with the ground and pound.
Heiluu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Heiluu stopping the sweep attempt from Hecker.
Heiluu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hecker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Heiluu.
Heiluu looking to pass the guard.
Hecker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hecker pulls Heiluu in close to prevent any damage.
Hecker looking for a sweep. Not yet Hecker, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hecker is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Hecker has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Heiluu off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hecker blocks a head kick by Heiluu.
Hecker tries to clinch up.
Heiluu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Heiluu misses with a double jab.
Heiluu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hecker's sensitive parts.

Hecker clinches up with Heiluu and pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Heiluu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hecker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hecker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heiluu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hecker smiles and moves away.
Jeff Hecker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cassit Heiluu.

Heiluu is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hecker's half guard.
Hecker trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heiluu throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Heiluu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hecker pushes Heiluu off looking to stand but Heiluu dives back in and keeps control.
Heiluu has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at The Factory. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Hecker won't allow Heiluu to pass to mount.

Heiluu is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Heiluu seems to be working for a kimura but Hecker defends the submission attempt.
Hecker is trying to control but can't.
Hecker is trying to stand.

Heiluu is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hecker is just riding it out for now. Heiluu eventually gives up the hold.
Heiluu stops Hecker from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heiluu is nestled in close to Hecker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Heiluu wants to pass the guard but Hecker is defending well.
Heiluu thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hecker's head.

Heiluu is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Heiluu is pressing down on Hecker's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hecker is holding on for now.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hecker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Hecker escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Heiluu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Heiluu won't allow Hecker to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Heiluu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hecker.

Hecker clinches up with Heiluu and pushes him back against the cage.
Heiluu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hecker leaning against his opponent.
Hecker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heiluu backwards.
Heiluu is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hecker to keep the fight standing.
Heiluu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hecker walks away with a smile on his face. Heiluu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jeff Hecker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cassit Heiluu.
Heiluu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hecker counters with a two punch combo.

Heiluu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hecker lands with a short shot to the head.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker holds him up against the cage and eventually Heiluu drops back down to his feet.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker holds him up against the cage and eventually Heiluu drops back down to his feet.
Heiluu fails to pull guard.
Hecker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heiluu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hecker smiles and moves away.
Heiluu shoots in for a double leg but Hecker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
As Heiluu looks to move away, Hecker throws a big counter combo but Heiluu just gets out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Heiluu. Those never looked like landing.
Hecker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Heiluu jumps guard but Hecker stands there with Heiluu around his waist. Heiluu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Heiluu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hecker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hecker tries a body shot but Heiluu blocks it.
Hecker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hecker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hecker tries to throw a body punch but Heiluu avoids it by throwing Hecker back against the cage.
Heiluu jumps guard but Hecker turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker holds him up against the cage and eventually Heiluu drops back down to his feet.
Hecker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hecker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker holds him up against the cage and eventually Heiluu drops back down to his feet.

Hecker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jeff Hecker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hecker drives through and clinches with Heiluu against the cage.
Come on Hecker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hecker tries to land knees in the clinch but Heiluu avoids the damage to the body.
Hecker is pushing Heiluu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Heiluu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hecker smiles and moves away.
Hecker swinging wildly here.
Heiluu will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hecker went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heiluu with a nice cross.
Hecker wants to clinch
and Heiluu counters with a stiff right hand.
Hecker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heiluu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heiluu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Hecker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Heiluu fails to pull guard.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker holds him up against the cage and eventually Heiluu drops back down to his feet.

Hecker breaks from the clinch.
Heiluu takes one to the side of the head.

Hecker instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Hecker.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hecker tries a body shot but Heiluu blocks it.
Heiluu is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hecker to keep the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heiluu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hecker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heiluu fails to pull guard.
Heiluu is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hecker to keep the fight standing.
Hecker lands a nice shot to the body.
Heiluu is breathing heavily.
Hecker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heiluu avoids it.
Hecker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heiluu's elbow.
Hecker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heiluu avoids it.
Heiluu letting Hecker take a breather here.
Heiluu jumps guard but Hecker stands there with Heiluu around his waist. Heiluu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hecker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heiluu is keeping busy.
Heiluu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Heiluu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Heiluu is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hecker to keep the fight standing.
Heiluu jumps guard but Hecker stands there with Heiluu around his waist. Heiluu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jeff Hecker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hecker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heiluu is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Hecker dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hecker takes the fight into the clinch.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hecker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Heiluu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hecker smiles and moves away.
Heiluu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hecker stalks Heiluu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Heiluu's face. Heiluu staggers backwards, shaken.
Jeff Hecker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hecker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hecker doesn't manage to clinch there - Heiluu circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heiluu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hecker is looking to clinch.
Hecker throws a right and a left that Heiluu avoids nicely.
Heiluu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heiluu tries to score with a low kick but Hecker moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hecker is looking to clinch but Heiluu is avoiding it.

Heiluu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Heiluu jumps guard but Hecker stands there with Heiluu around his waist. Heiluu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jeff Hecker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cassit Heiluu.
Hecker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Heiluu backwards.
A shot in the inside from Hecker.
Hecker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hecker lands a nice uppercut.
Heiluu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hecker smiles and moves away.
Hecker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heiluu throws out a counter right but Hecker avoids it with no problem.
Heiluu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hecker tries to close the distance and clinch but Heiluu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heiluu swats away the attempt to clinch by Hecker.
A telegraphed right hand from Heiluu misses the target.
Heiluu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hecker wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Heiluu misses.
Hecker has his takedown stuffed
and Heiluu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Heiluu swats away the attempt to clinch by Hecker.

Hecker closes the distance and pushes Heiluu back into the cage.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hecker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hecker tries to work over Heiluu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heiluu is trying to pull guard but Hecker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hecker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heiluu.
Hecker missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hecker works on Heiluu's body with a couple of short punches.
Knees to the body from Hecker.
Hecker misses with a punch to the body.
Hecker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but Hecker holds him up against the cage and eventually Heiluu drops back down to his feet.
Heiluu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hecker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Heiluu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heiluu jumps guard but Hecker turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Heiluu drags the fight down to the ground.
Heiluu wants to sweep but no luck.
Hecker content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Heiluu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Heiluu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hecker content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hecker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hecker trying to control the position from guard on top but Heiluu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hecker is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Heiluu is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hecker not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hecker is in close to Heiluu's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Heiluu has his foot on Hecker's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hecker works his way back into a safe position though.
Heiluu looking for a sweep. Not yet Heiluu, not yet.

Heiluu is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hecker slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Heiluu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hecker trying to control the action but Heiluu is working from the bottom.

Hecker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Heiluu knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hecker is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Heiluu's shoulder. That is not cool.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Hecker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hecker 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Hecker!
Jeff Hecker decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.