PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Decimus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaino Heikkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heikkinen has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Kaino Heikkinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Decimus Meridius
vs
Heikkinen

182 cm
26
200 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

190 cm
26
199 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear
Voodoo Nutrition

Spartan Nutrition
M.O. Fight Wear

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 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maximus Decimus Meridius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaino Heikkinen!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heikkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heikkinen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Decimus Meridius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Decimus Meridius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Heikkinen misses with a looping left.
As Heikkinen looks to move away, Decimus Meridius throws a big counter combo but Heikkinen just gets out of the way.
A lazy left from Heikkinen finds it's target.

It looks like Maximus Decimus Meridius has been cut.
Decimus Meridius doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Decimus Meridius lets loose with a powerful body kick. Heikkinen will feel that in the morning.
Heikkinen tries to clinch there but Decimus Meridius circles away.
Decimus Meridius throws a combination that misses
and Heikkinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Heikkinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Decimus Meridius scoring well with a low kick there.

Heikkinen closes the distance and pushes Decimus Meridius back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Heikkinen.
Decimus Meridius effectively controlling the action here.
Decimus Meridius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heikkinen backwards.
Decimus Meridius managing to block the knees to the body from Heikkinen.
Decimus Meridius pressing his opponent against the cage.
Heikkinen lands a shot to the body.
Heikkinen lands with a right to the head.
Decimus Meridius throws a punch but it's blocked by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen throws a head punch that misses.
Decimus Meridius is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Decimus Meridius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Heikkinen manages to break the clinch.
Heikkinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Decimus Meridius swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimus Meridius is looking to score with low kicks.

Heikkinen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Heikkinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Decimus Meridius.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decimus Meridius throws a head punch that misses.
Decimus Meridius lands with a short shot to the head.
Heikkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Decimus Meridius controls the action.
Decimus Meridius is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Decimus Meridius looking to stall.
Decimus Meridius can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Decimus Meridius lands a right hand.
Heikkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Decimus Meridius's elbow.
Heikkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heikkinen.
Heikkinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Decimus Meridius avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heikkinen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus Meridius lands a hook that snaps the head of Heikkinen backwards.
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heikkinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Decimus Meridius backwards.
Decimus Meridius has Heikkinen pressed against the cage, preventing Heikkinen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Good body shot from Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Decimus Meridius backwards.
Heikkinen scores with a shot to the side of Decimus Meridius's head.
Decimus Meridius blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Heikkinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heikkinen working aggressively here.
Heikkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heikkinen works on Decimus Meridius's body with a couple of short punches.
Heikkinen lands a right hand.
Heikkinen misses with the head strike.
Heikkinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heikkinen trying to land knees to the body.
Heikkinen wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen blocks an uppercut.
Decimus Meridius is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heikkinen tries to break free but Decimus Meridius pushes him back against the cage.
Heikkinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decimus Meridius is defending well for now.
Heikkinen misses with some punches.
Decimus Meridius lands a shoulder strike.
Heikkinen lands a knee to the body.
Decimus Meridius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heikkinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Heikkinen breaks the clinch.
Heikkinen blocks a head kick by Decimus Meridius.
Decimus Meridius looks to throw the jab but Heikkinen is out of range.
Decimus Meridius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heikkinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Decimus Meridius throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Decimus Meridius throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decimus Meridius throws a right and a left that Heikkinen avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaino Heikkinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maximus Decimus Meridius's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Decimus Meridius lands a glancing blow to the side of Heikkinen's head.
Heikkinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Heikkinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Heikkinen blocks a head kick by Decimus Meridius.
Decimus Meridius misses with a straight right.
Heikkinen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Decimus Meridius backs up against the cage.

Heikkinen drives through and clinches with Decimus Meridius against the cage.
Decimus Meridius blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Heikkinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heikkinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Decimus Meridiuss head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heikkinen misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heikkinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen tries a body shot but Decimus Meridius blocks it.
Decimus Meridius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen tries a knee to the head but Decimus Meridius blocks it.
Heikkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Decimus Meridius.
Decimus Meridius is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Heikkinen manages to break the clinch.
Decimus Meridius takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen misses with a looping left.
Decimus Meridius checks a leg kick.
Heikkinen slips a straight right by Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen flicks out a counter leg kick but Decimus Meridius steps away.
Heikkinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Heikkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Decimus Meridius lands with a thumping leg kick.
Heikkinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Decimus Meridius tries to counter by clinching up but Heikkinen breaks away and moves out of range.
Heikkinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heikkinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heikkinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Decimus Meridius counters with a series of strikes. Heikkinen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Heikkinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Heikkinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decimus Meridius lands a head kick!
Decimus Meridius scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Heikkinen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Heikkinen lands a jab to the nose.
Decimus Meridius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heikkinen moves away.
Heikkinen moves out of range of the body kick from Decimus Meridius.
The fighters circling - Heikkinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heikkinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Decimus Meridius connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Decimus Meridius throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heikkinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Decimus Meridius ducks under a wild hook from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Decimus Meridius seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Decimus Meridius checks a leg kick.
Heikkinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus Meridius throws a head kick but Heikkinen moves out of range.
Heikkinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Heikkinen throws a sloppy head kick and Decimus Meridius moves out of range easily.
A jab from Heikkinen misses.
Heikkinen throws a head kick but Decimus Meridius moves out of range.
Decimus Meridius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Heikkinen.
Decimus Meridius swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen looks to land a right hand but Decimus Meridius moved out of range.
Heikkinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Decimus Meridius swats away the attempt to clinch by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen slips a straight right by Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen misses with a low kick.
Decimus Meridius cracks Heikkinen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Decimus Meridius does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimus Meridius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decimus Meridius throws a series of punches but Heikkinen moves out of range.
Heikkinen tried to score with a low kick but Decimus Meridius checks it.
Heikkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Decimus Meridius was well out of range. Poor timing from Heikkinen.
Decimus Meridius connects with a solid leg kick.
Maximus Decimus Meridius is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decimus Meridius connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Heikkinen is looking to chop away at Decimus Meridius's legs.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick but Decimus Meridius moved away.
Heikkinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decimus Meridius.
Decimus Meridius moves out of range as Heikkinen strikes.
Heikkinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Heikkinen misses with a low kick as Decimus Meridius jumps back.
Maximus Decimus Meridius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heikkinen throws out a powerful jab.
Heikkinen tries to clinch up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Decimus Meridius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaino Heikkinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maximus Decimus Meridius'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. This is the final round!

Decimus Meridius lands a nice leg kick that just misses Heikkinen's sensitive parts.
Some bone on bone action there as Heikkinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Heikkinen slips under a jab from Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Decimus Meridius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heikkinen moves away.
Heikkinen replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Decimus Meridius blocks it well.
Heikkinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Decimus Meridius momentarily.
Decimus Meridius connects with the punch.
Decimus Meridius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Decimus Meridius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heikkinen circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Decimus Meridius.
Decimus Meridius throws a series of punches but Heikkinen avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Decimus Meridius.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heikkinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heikkinen tries to clinch but Decimus Meridius moves away
and Decimus Meridius counters with a series of strikes. Heikkinen will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heikkinen tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimus Meridius on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Decimus Meridius takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Decimus Meridius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decimus Meridius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heikkinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Heikkinen wants to counter with a clinch but Decimus Meridius pushes him away.
Decimus Meridius scores with a nice strike.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen blocks the body kick.
Decimus Meridius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Heikkinen scores with a hook.
Heikkinen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Decimus Meridius misses with a combination
and Heikkinen counters with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decimus Meridius with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Heikkinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Decimus Meridius swats away the attempt to clinch by Heikkinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen dodges the punch combination from Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decimus Meridius seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Decimus Meridius slips under a jab.
Heikkinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Decimus Meridius.
Heikkinen throws a looping overhand right but Decimus Meridius ducks down to avoid it.
Heikkinen misses with a straight left.
Decimus Meridius slips under a jab.
Decimus Meridius takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Decimus Meridius throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heikkinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Decimus Meridius sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Decimus Meridius blocks a jab.
Heikkinen connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus Meridius throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Heikkinen misses its intended target.
Decimus Meridius was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Heikkinen wants to slow Decimus Meridius down by chopping away at his legs.
Heikkinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Decimus Meridius connects with a crisp jab.
Decimus Meridius misses with a few strikes there.
Decimus Meridius takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heikkinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kaino Heikkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heikkinen misses with a straight right.
Heikkinen throws an overhand right that lands on Decimus Meridius's shoulder, as Decimus Meridius tries to avoid the shot.
Heikkinen scores with a leg kick.
Decimus Meridius cracks Heikkinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Decimus Meridius misses with an uppercut. Heikkinen saw that one coming.
Heikkinen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Decimus Meridius.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Heikkinen tries to land a leg kick but Decimus Meridius saw it coming and moves away.
Decimus Meridius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heikkinen manages to avoid it.
Decimus Meridius throws a quick inside leg kick.
Heikkinen scores with a jab.
A slow jab from Heikkinen misses its intended target.
Heikkinen scores with a jab.
Decimus Meridius staying out of range there.
Decimus Meridius moves out of range of the body kick from Heikkinen.
Decimus Meridius shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Heikkinen eats them both and turns towards Decimus Meridius to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That kick from Heikkinen tenderised Decimus Meridius's leg. Decimus Meridius is trying to keep his angry face on.
Maximus Decimus Meridius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Decimus Meridius throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heikkinen scores with a nice strike.
A leg kick checked by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick but Decimus Meridius moved away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Maximus Decimus Meridius.
I think Heikkinen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaino Heikkinen!
A less than humble Kaino Heikkinen misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.