PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puck Heidegger (ranked 946 p4p, 115 weight class) and Alexey Juravlev (ranked 985 p4p, 122 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Heidegger
vs
Juravlev

201 cm
30
264 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

182 cm
37
240 lbs
28 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puck Heidegger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Juravlev!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Juravlev misses.
Juravlev takes one to the chin there.
Heidegger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Juravlev.
Crunch! Heidegger slams his shin into Juravlev's torso.
Heidegger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Juravlev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Juravlev misses with the combination.
Heidegger lands a nice looking kick to the body. Juravlev takes a step back to recover.
Juravlev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heidegger throws out the jab.
Juravlev blocks a leg kick.
Juravlev looks to throw the jab but Heidegger is out of range.
Heidegger connects with a leg kick. Juravlev looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Juravlev moves out of range of the body kick.
Heidegger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Juravlev. That did some damage!
Heidegger throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juravlev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heidegger looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Juravlev scores with a punch to the head.
Heidegger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Juravlev manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juravlev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Heidegger on the side of the head.
Puck Heidegger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juravlev thuds a left hand into Heidegger's body.
Heidegger throws out a leg kick but Juravlev moves out of range and Heidegger only half commits.
Nice jab there from Heidegger.
Juravlev takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Heidegger throws a leg kick which misses Juravlev's front leg but catches the back leg as Juravlev tries to avoid it.
Heidegger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heidegger misses the jab.
Juravlev let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Juravlev is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Juravlev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Juravlev tests Heidegger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Heidegger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Juravlev moves away.
Juravlev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Juravlev checks a leg kick.
Heidegger thumps Juravlev with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Juravlev scores with a jab to the head.
Heidegger slips under a jab from Juravlev.
Juravlev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Juravlev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juravlev throws a sloppy body shot
and Heidegger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Juravlev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Juravlev takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Alexey Juravlev has been cut.
Juravlev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heidegger moves away.
Heidegger throws a hook but Juravlev blocks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Juravlev blocks the leg kick.
Juravlev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Heidegger throws a jab but it's blocked by Juravlev.
Heidegger lands a right hook to the body.
Heidegger throws a shot from downtown. Juravlev moves away and avoids it.
Juravlev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heidegger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heidegger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Juravlev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heidegger manages to avoid it.
Heidegger throws a leg kick which misses Juravlev's front leg but catches the back leg as Juravlev tries to avoid it.
Heidegger throws a leg kick but Juravlev sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Heidegger looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Heidegger staying out of range there.
Heidegger slips a jab from Juravlev.
Heidegger swings for the body but Juravlev moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Heidegger misses.
A little jabbing left from Juravlev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Juravlev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heidegger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Juravlev misses with a wild body shot.
Juravlev keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Heidegger fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Juravlev checks it well.
Heidegger thows a leg kick but Juravlev checks it
and Juravlev counters with a straight right hand.
Heidegger lands with a shot to the body.
Juravlev misses with a hook to the body
and Heidegger counters with an outside leg kick.
Heidegger throws a leg kick that misses.
Juravlev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Heidegger can pounce on him.
Juravlev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Heidegger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Juravlev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Juravlev just misses with a punch to the body.
Juravlev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Juravlev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Juravlev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Heidegger looks to score with a jab to the body but Juravlev is just out of range.
Heidegger throws a sloppy body shot
and Juravlev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heidegger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heidegger lands with a straight right. Juravlev didn't see that one coming.
Heidegger misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Juravlev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Heidegger thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heidegger clobbers Juravlev with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Juravlev throws a lazy right hand but Heidegger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heidegger misses with a looping left.
A lazy left from Juravlev finds it's target.
Heidegger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Heidegger misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Juravlev. Heidegger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heidegger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Juravlev slips under a jab.
Heidegger misses with a low kick.
Heidegger throws a low kick but Juravlev avoids it.
Juravlev wants to counter the offense by Heidegger and move into the clinch position.
Heidegger sizes up Juravlev with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Good exchange - Juravlev coming out on top.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juravlev checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Juravlev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Heidegger fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Juravlev looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Heidegger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Juravlev swings for the body but Heidegger moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Puck Heidegger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Juravlev's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Heidegger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Juravlev throws a good cross that connects.
Heidegger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juravlev.
Heidegger fires out a quick counter leg kick but Juravlev just manages to avoid it.
Juravlev moves out of range of the body kick from Heidegger.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Juravlev! But no joy.
Heidegger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Heidegger throws a chopping leg kick but Juravlev manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Juravlev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Juravlev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heidegger.
Juravlev connects with a right hand. Heidegger shakes it off.
A low kick from Heidegger misses
and Juravlev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Juravlev misses the target.
It looked like Heidegger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Heidegger throws a leg kick but Juravlev checks it.
Heidegger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Heidegger throws a wild body kick that Juravlev sees coming a mile off.
Heidegger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Juravlev's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juravlev on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Heidegger works the jab nicely.
Juravlev misses with a body punch
and Heidegger counters with a good low kick that Juravlev was not able to check.
Juravlev scores with the left hand. Heidegger knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heidegger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Juravlev.
Heidegger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heidegger throws a low kick but Juravlev avoids it.
Heidegger looks to throw the jab but Juravlev is out of range.
Juravlev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Juravlev slips a jab from Heidegger.
Heidegger takes a swing at Juravlev's ribcage but misses.
Heidegger slips a jab from Juravlev.
Good work by Juravlev as he checks the leg kick.
Heidegger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Juravlev.
Juravlev misses with a straight right.
Heidegger ducks under a wild hook from Juravlev.
Heidegger misses with a low kick.
Juravlev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Heidegger 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 Juravlev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Juravlev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It seemed like Juravlev was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Heidegger throws a sloppy body shot
letting Juravlev counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheers as Juravlev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Heidegger doesn't seem phased though.
Juravlev ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juravlev takes a swing at Heidegger's ribcage but misses.
Heidegger tried to score with a low kick but Juravlev checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Juravlev! But no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Juravlev misses.
Juravlev throws a lazy right hand but Heidegger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heidegger slips a jab and a cross from Juravlev.
Heidegger throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A looping hook to the body misses from Juravlev. Heidegger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heidegger looks to throw the jab but Juravlev is out of range.
Juravlev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Heidegger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Juravlev.
Juravlev misses with a straight right.
Juravlev sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Heidegger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Heidegger throws a body shot but no joy.
Heidegger feints and then cracks Juravlev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Juravlev down.
Juravlev lands a right hook to the body.
Heidegger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heidegger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Puck Heidegger is winning the standup battle so far.
Heidegger throws a shot to the body.
Juravlev doesn't manage to clinch there - Heidegger circles away.
Heidegger misses with a hook.
Heidegger thuds his shin into the meat of Juravlev's side.
Heidegger scores with a nice strike.
Juravlev misses the body punch
and Heidegger counters with a nice uppercut.
Heidegger throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Juravlev! But no joy.
Jab, jab by Juravlev - just one landing.
An inside leg kick from Heidegger misses.
Heidegger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Heidegger lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Juravlev connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Juravlev misses with a wild body shot.
Heidegger staying out of range there.
Heidegger blocks a jab.
Heidegger is looking to counter punch.
Heidegger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heidegger throws an overhand right that lands on Juravlev's shoulder, as Juravlev tries to avoid the shot.
Juravlev looks to throw the jab but Heidegger is out of range.
Heidegger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Juravlev's calf.
Juravlev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heidegger throws a leg kick which misses Juravlev's front leg but catches the back leg as Juravlev tries to avoid it.
Heidegger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Juravlev might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Heidegger has got the better of the exchanges.
Heidegger on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Juravlev misses with a wild body shot.
Heidegger connects with an inside leg kick.
Heidegger avoids the body shot from Juravlev.
Good shot there by Heidegger.
Heidegger throws a leg kick but Juravlev sees it coming and moves out of range.
Heidegger is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juravlev misses with a body shot.
Juravlev displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Heidegger with a nice cross.
Juravlev cracks Heidegger with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alexey Juravlev will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alexey Juravlev's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Juravlev misses the shot to the body.
Heidegger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Juravlev.
Heidegger swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Juravlev counters with a right hand to the body.
Heidegger scores with a decent looking hook.
Heidegger throws a solid leg kick but Juravlev takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Heidegger.
Juravlev misses with a wild body shot.
Heidegger bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Juravlev swings for the body but Heidegger moves out of range.
Juravlev blocks a low kick nicely.
Juravlev misses the shot to the body.
Juravlev throws a looping overhand right but Heidegger ducks down to avoid it.
Juravlev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heidegger avoids the body shot from Juravlev.
Heidegger misses with a hook to the body
and Juravlev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Heidegger tries to land a leg kick but Juravlev saw it coming and moves away.
Heidegger looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Heidegger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Juravlev.
Heidegger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Juravlev.
Juravlev misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heidegger throws a jab when Juravlev was well out of range.
Juravlev looks to land a combination but Heidegger avoids it well.
That kick from Heidegger tenderised Juravlev's leg. Juravlev is trying to keep his angry face on.
A big right from Juravlev misses.
Heidegger misses with the body kick
and Juravlev counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Juravlev has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Juravlev there as he acknowledges the shot.
Heidegger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Heidegger takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Heidegger is looking to slow Juravlev down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Heidegger.
Heidegger throws a big shot that misses.
Heidegger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Juravlev throws a poor cross that misses
and Heidegger makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Juravlev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heidegger throws a solid leg kick but Juravlev takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Heidegger.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heidegger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heidegger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Heidegger slips under a jab from Juravlev.
Juravlev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heidegger throws a looping overhand right but Juravlev ducks down to avoid it.
Juravlev looks to land a right hand but Heidegger moved out of range.
Heidegger jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice shot by Heidegger.
Heidegger lands a really nice looking cross but Juravlev seems unphased.
Juravlev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Heidegger cracks Juravlev with a good jab.
Heidegger looks to score with a jab to the body but Juravlev is just out of range.
Juravlev misses the shot to the body.
Juravlev misses with a wild body shot.
Heidegger is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Heidegger getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Juravlev's corner calls for a 1-2. Juravlev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Juravlev swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Heidegger counters with a nice kick to the body.
Juravlev with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Juravlev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heidegger throws a body kick that misses.
Heidegger misses with a shot to the body
and Juravlev counters with a stiff right hand.
Heidegger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Juravlev throws a body shot but no joy.
Heidegger throws a body kick that misses.
Heidegger throws a wild body kick that Juravlev sees coming a mile off.
Heidegger connects with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Juravlev, as that shot connected.
Juravlev checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Juravlev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Juravlev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Juravlev misses with a looping right.
Juravlev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Juravlev scores with a jab to the head.
Juravlev scores with the left hand. Heidegger knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juravlev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Juravlev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heidegger manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juravlev misses with a body shot.
Heidegger wants to slow Juravlev down by chopping away at his legs.
Heidegger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick from Heidegger misses.
Juravlev has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Heidegger.
Heidegger throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Heidegger pivots, looking for a leg kick but Juravlev is out of range and Heidegger settles back down.
Heidegger motions for Juravlev to come forward. Heidegger throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Heidegger takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heidegger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Juravlev looks to land a left hand but Heidegger moved out of range nicely.
Heidegger is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Heidegger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Juravlev moves into the clinch successfully.
Juravlev blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Heidegger breaks from the clinch.
Juravlev misses with an uppercut. Heidegger saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heidegger misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alexey Juravlev.
I think Juravlev 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

The fight is ruled a draw!