PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bronson Steam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaino Heikkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Steam
vs
Heikkinen

183 cm
24
198 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

190 cm
25
199 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof
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 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bronson Steam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaino Heikkinen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steam scores with a jab to the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Steam.
Heikkinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heikkinen wants to counter the offense by Steam and move into the clinch position.
Steam takes one to the side of the head.
Steam ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Steam.
Heikkinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Steam walks into a left hand.
Heikkinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Heikkinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steam is looking to counter with a body kick.
Heikkinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heikkinen misses with a low kick as Steam jumps back.
Steam listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Heikkinen wants to land a leg kick but Steam is out of range.
Heikkinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Steam circles away quickly and effectively.
Steam was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heikkinen throws a hook but Steam blocks it.
Heikkinen misses with a hook
and Steam connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steam connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heikkinen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Steam counters with a nice body kick.
Heikkinen is looking to chop away at Steam's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steam.
Steam scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Steam misses its intended target.
Heikkinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Heikkinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steam ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Steam was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen lands with a nice body punch.
Steam scoring well with a low kick there.
Steam lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Heikkinen drives through and clinches with Steam against the cage.
Steam swings wildly with an uppercut but Heikkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steams head.
Steam blocks an uppercut.
Steam struggles to land a body shot inside as Heikkinen controls his hands.
Heikkinen stalling the fight.
Steam scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heikkinen tries a knee to the head but Steam blocks it.
Heikkinen lands a nice uppercut.

Steam breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steam blocks a leg kick.
Steam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Steam on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Heikkinen. Heikkinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Heikkinen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Steam throws a hook but Heikkinen avoids it easily.
Steam sets himself, and Heikkinen steps forward looking for the clinch! Steam avoids it this time.

Heikkinen rushes Steam and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Steam lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heikkinen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steam blocks it with crossed arms.
Steam throws a head punch that misses.
Heikkinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steam lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steam misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steam stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Steam.
Heikkinen looks winded!
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Steam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heikkinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steam.
Heikkinen throws a head kick but Steam moves out of range.
Steam throwing a counter right hand but Heikkinen manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen with a hook.
Heikkinen throws the left hand but Steam avoids the punch easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Steam.
Heikkinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Steam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heikkinen moves out of range as Steam throws a body kick.
Heikkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steam was well out of range. Poor timing from Heikkinen.
Steam avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Heikkinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heikkinen moves away from the strike by Steam.
Heikkinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd cheers as Steam lands an impressive looking overhand right. Heikkinen doesn't seem phased though.
Steam throws a body punch but Heikkinen moves out of range.
Steam lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Heikkinen moves out of range as Steam strikes.
Kaino Heikkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Heikkinen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Steam has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Steam and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Heikkinen scores with a nice strike.
Heikkinen cracks Steam with a right hand to the side of the head.
Steam lands a nice leg kick that just misses Heikkinen's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heikkinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Steam tries to score with a low kick but Heikkinen moves his leg out of the way.
Steam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Heikkinen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heikkinen.
Heikkinen takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Steam on the inside.
A short right from Steam on the inside.
I was talking to Steam's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Steam jumps guard but Heikkinen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Heikkinen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Heikkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Steam controls his hands.
Steam misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heikkinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heikkinen looking to throw knees to the head but Steam is blocking nicely.
Steam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Heikkinen looking to throw knees to the head but Steam is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bronson Steam will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Heikkinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Steam motions for Heikkinen to come forward. Steam throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Steam punishes Heikkinen's body with a nice straight punch.
Heikkinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Heikkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heikkinen.
Heikkinen misses with a few strikes there.
Steam cracks Heikkinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Steam looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Heikkinen. Those never looked like landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Steam.
Steam connects with a body shot that sends Heikkinen's belly button to the back.
Some wild striking there from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Steam.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen throws the left hand but Steam avoids the punch easily.
Steam lands a glancing blow to the side of Heikkinen's head.
Heikkinen ducks under a wild hook from Steam.
Heikkinen misses the jab.
Heikkinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Steam throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Heikkinen tries to clinch but Steam is having none of it.
Steam throws a push kick but Heikkinen slaps the foot to one side.
Steam throws a leg kick that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Steam scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A nice inside leg kick there by Steam. That's going to slow Heikkinen down.
Good leg kick by Steam there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Heikkinen tries to clinch up but Steam circles away and keeps his distance.
Steam connects with an inside leg kick.
Steam lands a right hook to the body.
Heikkinen slips a straight right by Steam.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heikkinen cracks the inside of Steam's front leg.
Steam is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heikkinen can do to turn this around?
Steam connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steam misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jab, jab by Steam - just one landing.
Bronson Steam is winning the standup battle so far.
Heikkinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Heikkinen walks into a left hand.
Heikkinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Steam takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Heikkinen is looking to clinch.
Steam scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Heikkinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Steam throws a big counter combination but Heikkinen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Heikkinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Heikkinen misses with a knee strike.
Heikkinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steam.
Steam lands a body punch in the clinch.
Heikkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Steam uses good head movement to avoid it.

Steam pulls Heikkinen into guard.
Heikkinen being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steam looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Heikkinen slips nicely into half guard.
Heikkinen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Heikkinen tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Steam.
Heikkinen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Steam gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Heikkinen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Steam bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Heikkinen's guard.

Steam postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Heikkinen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Steam.
Heikkinen is trying to control the position but Steam postures up.
Steam 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.
Heikkinen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Steam is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Steam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Heikkinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Heikkinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Steam is one step ahead there.
Steam trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Steam trying to control but Heikkinen is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Steam blocks a jab.
Heikkinen misses with a left hand
and Steam counters with a leg kick.
Heikkinen throws a hook to the side of Steam's head but Steam sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Steam misses.
Steam throws an overhand right that lands on Heikkinen's shoulder, as Heikkinen tries to avoid the shot.
Steam throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Heikkinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Steam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steam jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Heikkinen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Steam with a body shot.
Heikkinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Heikkinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Heikkinen slips a jab from Steam.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steam lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Steam misses with a wild body shot.
Heikkinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Heikkinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steam looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Heikkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Steam.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steam misses the jab.
Steam finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Steam takes a kick to the side of the head.
Steam throws a body punch but Heikkinen moves out of range.
Heikkinen takes a swing at Steam's ribcage but misses.
Heikkinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steam's hands.
Steam chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Heikkinen staying out of range there.
Heikkinen tries to clinch there but Steam circles away.
Steam swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A thudding body kick lands there by Heikkinen!
Heikkinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Heikkinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Steam takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Steam moves out of range of the leg kick from Heikkinen.
Steam throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steam is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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 throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Heikkinen throws a hook to the side of Steam's head but Steam sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heikkinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Heikkinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Steam buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Heikkinen misses with a body shot.
Heikkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steam swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heikkinen replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Steam blocks it well.
Heikkinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Some bone on bone action there as Heikkinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Heikkinen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Heikkinen throws an overhand right that lands on Steam's shoulder, as Steam tries to avoid the shot.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick but Steam moved away.
Heikkinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Heikkinen slips a straight right by Steam.
Heikkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steam lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Heikkinen lands a front kick.
Heikkinen walks into a straight right hand from Steam.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steam feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Heikkinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Heikkinen tries to clinch but Steam is having none of it.
Heikkinen throws a looping overhand right but Steam ducks down to avoid it.
Steam throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Steam fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Heikkinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Heikkinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Steam checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Heikkinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steam looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steam looks for the body kick but Heikkinen saw that one coming.
Heikkinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Steam scores with a hook to the body. Heikkinen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Heikkinen tries to clinch but Steam is having none of it.
Steam lands the left hand.
Heikkinen thumps Steam with a low kick.
Heikkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steam was well out of range. Poor timing from Heikkinen.
Steam blocks a leg kick.
Heikkinen walks into a jab.
Bronson Steam is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steam tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Steam smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steam throws a body punch but Heikkinen moves out of range.
Steam circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steam misses with a body shot.
Heikkinen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Steam displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Heikkinen throws a hook but Steam blocks it.
Steam throws a leg kick but Heikkinen moved away.
Heikkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steam throws a low kick but it's checked well by Heikkinen.
Steam throws an overhand right that lands on Heikkinen's shoulder, as Heikkinen tries to avoid the shot.
Heikkinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steam.
Heikkinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Steam is out of range.
Heikkinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steam.
Steam stuns Heikkinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kaino Heikkinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good leg kick by Steam there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Steam.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bronson Steam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Steam, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bronson Steam!
A victorious Bronson Steam thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.