PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Viggo Heitannan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Heitannan
vs
Harris

175 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Arcticus
Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Viggo Heitannan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hector Harris!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heitannan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harris looks to clinch
and Heitannan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Heitannan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heitannan.

Harris clinches up against the cage.
Harris tries to stall but Heitannan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Harris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heitannan.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heitannan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Heitannan.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Harris to work.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Heitannan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the cage.
Heitannan blocking some punches.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris darts in trying to clinch
and Heitannan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Heitannan keeps the fight on the outside.
Heitannan tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Heitannan throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heitannan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris wants to clinch.
Heitannan takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Heitannan is looking to wear down Harris with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heitannan.
Harris tries to clinch there but Heitannan circles away.
Viggo Heitannan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heitannan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Harris clinches with his opponent.
Heitannan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Heitannan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
I was talking to Heitannan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Harris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heitannan looking to slow down the pace here.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Heitannan avoids the damage to the body.
Heitannan has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
Heitannan can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harris taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Heitannan gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Heitannan pushes him off.
Harris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Heitannan tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
Heitannan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Heitannan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Harris.
Heitannan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heitannan avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heitannan gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Heitannan taking a breather.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris slips under a jab from Heitannan.
Heitannan throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Crunch! Harris slams his shin into Heitannan's torso.
Harris takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Heitannan tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Heitannan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Heitannan throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heitannan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Heitannan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heitannan misses with a body punch.
Heitannan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viggo Heitannan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Heitannan throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Heitannan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harris wants to clinch up but Heitannan keeps it at a distance.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heitannan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris tries to clinch but Heitannan is having none of it.
Heitannan swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Heitannan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Harris in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Harris drives through and clinches with Heitannan against the cage.
Heitannan has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heitannan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heitannan misses with a punch on the inside.
Heitannan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Heitannan is working Harris over against the cage.
Harris controlling the action here for a moment.
Heitannan can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heitannan blocks it with crossed arms.
Heitannan tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Heitannan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heitannan tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heitannan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heitannan has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heitannan backwards.
Viggo Heitannan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Heitannan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heitannan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris is struggling to control the position.
Heitannan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heitannan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heitannan taking a breather.
Heitannan letting Harris take a breather here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris is looking to control Heitannan's arms but Heitannan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hector Harris.
Heitannan throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Heitannan misses the target.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Heitannan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.

Harris forces Heitannan back against the cage and clinches.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heitannan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris lands a body punch in the clinch.
Heitannan tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Heitannan.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heitannan lands a right hand.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Heitannan.
Heitannan misses with a punch on the inside.
Heitannan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Heitannan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heitannan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heitannan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harris momentarily.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Heitannan.

Harris gets a clinch.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris tries to clinch up but Heitannan circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris moves out of range as Heitannan strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heitannan throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a nice kick to the body.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Harris is looking to clinch but Heitannan is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hector Harris will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Heitannan swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Heitannan misses with a wild body shot.
That kick from Harris tenderised Heitannan's leg. Heitannan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Harris tries to clinch but Heitannan moves out of range.
Harris wants to clinch up but Heitannan keeps it at a distance.
Hector Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris tries to clinch there but Heitannan circles away.

Harris has Heitannan up against the cage in a clinch.
Heitannan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Heitannan is trying to break free.
Heitannan tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Heitannan back against the cage.
Heitannan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heitannan misses with a punch to the body.
Heitannan lands a body punch.
Heitannan misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heitannan misses the jab.
Heitannan stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heitannan.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Heitannan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heitannan tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Heitannan swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Heitannan circles away.
Heitannan looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heitannan works Harris's body with a nice hook.
Heitannan misses with an uppercut
and Harris counters with an inside leg kick.
Heitannan throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heitannan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Heitannan circles away.

Harris clinches up against the cage.
Heitannan working aggressively here.
Heitannan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Heitannan throws a head punch that misses.
Heitannan cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Heitannan blocking some punches.
Heitannan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harris is keeping busy.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Heitannan gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Heitannan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Heitannan's efforts to push away.
Heitannan tries to break free but Harris pushes him back against the cage.
Harris is pushing Heitannan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harris prevents a body shot from Heitannan.
Heitannan cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Heitannan has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Heitannan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heitannan is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Heitannan tries to circle away but Harris has him pinned against the cage.
Heitannan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Heitannan.
Heitannan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harris has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heitannan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris has Heitannan pressed against the cage.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris is looking to clinch.

Harris drives through and clinches with Heitannan against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heitannan avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Heitannan gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Heitannan works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.
Heitannan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harris has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Viggo Heitannan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Heitannan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viggo Heitannan!
Viggo Heitannan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.