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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chimpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Heizel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chimpo comes to the cage accompanied by On The Darkside. The crowd seem to be enjoying Heizel's choice of entrance music: Doctor Doctor. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
25 - 16 - 0 |
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198 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Chimpo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Heizel!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Heizel.
Heizel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chimpo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Heizel moves out of range of the leg kick from Chimpo.
Chimpo tries to clinch but Heizel is having none of it.
Chimpo swings for the body but Heizel moves out of range.
Chimpo throws a leg kick but Heizel checks it.
A leg kick checked by Heizel.
Chimpo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Heizel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chimpo throws a leg kick but Heizel checks it.
A cross from Heizel lands.
Chimpo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chimpo misses with a low kick.
Chimpo throws a low kick but Heizel avoids it.
Chimpo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chimpo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heizel moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chimpo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heizel misses with a head kick.
Chimpo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heizel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heizel throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Heizel checks a leg kick.
Heizel just misses with a punch to the body.
Chimpo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heizel moves away.
Chimpo ducks under a wild hook from Heizel.
Heizel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Johnny Chimpo has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chimpo.
Chimpo is looking to wear down Heizel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Heizel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chimpo moves away.
Heizel throws a shot to the body.
Chimpo cracks Heizel with a good jab.
Chimpo throws a sloppy head kick and Heizel moves out of range easily.
Heizel 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Chimpo instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chimpo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Heizel smiles and moves away.
Chimpo lands with a kick to the temple. Heizel shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Heizel throws a body punch but Chimpo moves out of range.
Heizel misses with a leg kick.
Heizel swinging wildly here.
Chimpo looks to clinch
and Heizel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chimpo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Heizel motions for Chimpo to come forward. Heizel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Heizel throws a leg kick but Chimpo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chimpo jabs at Heizel's body.
Chimpo works Heizel's body with a nice hook.
Heizel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Heizel.
Heizel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chimpo moves out of range as Heizel throws a body kick.
Chimpo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Heizel keeps the fight on the outside.
Chimpo throws a jab but it's blocked by Heizel.
Chimpo misses with the combination.
Chimpo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heizel moves away.
Heizel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chimpo checks it well.
Chimpo lands the left hand.
Chimpo blocks a head kick by Heizel.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heizel.
Heizel lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heizel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chimpo manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Heizel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chimpo just misses with a punch to the body.
Chimpo cracks Heizel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Chimpo checks a leg kick nicely.
Chimpo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Heizel is fending him off so far but Chimpo persists. Nope, Heizel circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Chimpo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heizel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chimpo was well out of range. Poor timing from Heizel.
Chimpo swings for the body but Heizel moves out of range.
Chimpo tries to clinch up but Heizel circles away and keeps his distance.
Heizel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chimpo was well out of range. Poor timing from Heizel.
Heizel stuffs the takedown attempt from Chimpo. Chimpo gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heizel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heizel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chimpo at a distance.
Heizel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chimpo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Matt Heizel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Chimpo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Heizel checks a low kick from Chimpo.
Heizel scores with a body shot.
Chimpo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chimpo connects with an inside leg kick.
Heizel throws a leg kick that misses.
Chimpo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heizel moves away.
Chimpo shoots in for a takedown but Heizel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Chimpo throws a leg kick but Heizel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chimpo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chimpo wants to clinch up but Heizel keeps it at a distance.
Heizel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Heizel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chimpo.
Chimpo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heizel.
Heizel scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Heizel.
Heizel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heizel tries a head kick but it misses.
Chimpo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Heizel is able to avoid easily.
Heizel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Chimpo!
Heizel slips under a jab.
Chimpo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chimpo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chimpo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heizel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chimpo shoots and misses
and Heizel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heizel throws a hook but Chimpo blocks it.
Heizel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chimpo. That did some damage!
Heizel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chimpo was well out of range. Poor timing from Heizel.
Matt Heizel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Heizel lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Heizel. That's going to slow Chimpo down.
A big right from Chimpo misses.
Chimpo checks a low kick from Heizel.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heizel. Chimpo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heizel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chimpo at a distance.
Chimpo throws a leg kick but Heizel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chimpo closes the distance and clinches up with Heizel, looking for a takedown. Chimpo pushes Heizel against the cage but Heizel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Chimpo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chimpo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Chimpo. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Heizel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chimpo on the side of the head.
Heizel thows a body shot but no joy.
Matt Heizel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heizel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chimpo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Heizel avoids the body shot from Chimpo.
Chimpo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Heizel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chimpo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chimpo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Heizel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heizel tries to land a leg kick but Chimpo saw it coming and moves away.
Chimpo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Heizel.
Chimpo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heizel throws a low kick but Chimpo avoids it.
Heizel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chimpo avoids the body shot from Heizel.
Heizel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chimpo manages to avoid it.
Heizel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chimpo is out of range.
Chimpo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heizel.
Chimpo misses the body punch
and Heizel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chimpo instigates a clinch.
Chimpo has picked Heizel up - he's going for a ride! Chimpo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Chimpo misses with a head shot. Heizel uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heizel pulls Chimpo in close to his closed guard and prevents Chimpo from doing any damage or advancing position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chimpo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chimpo throws an elbow that misses. Heizel uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chimpo's guard. Nice move by Heizel!
Chimpo working for a triangle but Heizel defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heizel controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Heizel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Chimpo'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!
Heizel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Heizel checks a low kick from Chimpo.
Chimpo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by Heizel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Heizel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chimpo was well out of range. Poor timing from Heizel.
Heizel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Heizel throws a nice inside leg kick.
A low kick from Chimpo misses
and Heizel counters with a leg kick.
Heizel throws a jab but it's blocked by Chimpo.
Heizel misses with a low kick as Chimpo jumps back.
Heizel slips a straight right by Chimpo.
Chimpo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heizel throws a leg kick but Chimpo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chimpo tries to clinch but Heizel moves out of range.
Chimpo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Heizel lands a right hook to the body.
Heizel checks the leg kick.
Chimpo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Heizel is out of range and Chimpo settles back down.
Nice uppercut lands for Chimpo. That snapped Heizel's head back.
Chimpo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Heizel thuds a left hand into Chimpo's body.
Chimpo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Heizel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heizel's corner calls for a 1-2. Heizel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice shot by Heizel.
Chimpo is rocked!
Chimpo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Oh Chimpo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chimpo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnny Chimpo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chimpo seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chimpo is looking to advance position but Heizel has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Heizel controlling the pace for now.
Chimpo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chimpo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Heizel controlling his opponent.
Chimpo is desperately trying to improve his position but Heizel has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heizel wants to control the pace but Chimpo is squirming around nicely.
Heizel controlling the pace for now.
Chimpo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Heizel tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Chimpo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Chimpo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chimpo is working hard here to advance position.
Chimpo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Heizel controlling the action here.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Matt Heizel hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Chimpo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heizel throws a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heizel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Heizel slips a straight right by Chimpo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Heizel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Heizel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Heizel!
Matt Heizel thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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