PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Fei Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Heinola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markus Heinola will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Fei Hong
vs
Heinola

178 cm
29
275 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

198 cm
23
270 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alan Fei Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Markus Heinola!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heinola misses with a head kick.
Heinola wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Fei Hong gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fei Hong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heinola avoids it.
Heinola swings wildly with an uppercut but Fei Hong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei Hong slows down the pace here.
Fei Hong keeps control of Heinola as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heinola.
Heinola taking a breather.
Fei Hong slowing the pace effectively.
Heinola misses with the head strike.
Heinola misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fei Hong tries to land knees in the clinch but Heinola avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei Hong slowing the pace effectively.
Heinola tries to work over Fei Hong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fei Hong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heinola stalls.
Fei Hong lands an elbow inside that Heinola shrugs off.
Heinola taking a breather.
Fei Hong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Heinola up against the cage.
Fei Hong being controlled against the cage.
Fei Hong lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heinola can't break the clinch.
Fei Hong misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heinola takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Markus Heinola has been cut.
Fei Hong leaning his opponent against the cage.
Heinola is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fei Hong lands with a left to the head.
Heinola tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fei Hong's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fei Hong is leaning against Heinola and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fei Hong.
Heinola is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Markus Heinola.
A jab from Heinola misses.
Fei Hong avoids the head kick by Heinola.
Heinola misses with a body shot.
Fei Hong takes a swing at Heinola's ribcage but misses.
Fei Hong jabs Heinola to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fei Hong's corner calls for a 1-2. Fei Hong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A head kick misses from Heinola.
Fei Hong misses with a straight left.
Heinola throws a head kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Fei Hong misses the target.
Fei Hong just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heinola darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fei Hong moves out of range of the body kick from Heinola.
Fei Hong misses with a body shot.
Fei Hong tries to clinch but Heinola is having none of it.
Heinola swats away the attempt to clinch by Fei Hong.
Heinola slips a jab from Fei Hong.
Heinola misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Heinola, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heinola misses with an attempted mid kick.
Heinola lands with a straight right. Fei Hong didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heinola misses with an uppercut.
Heinola defending well as Fei Hong loads up on a big left hand.
Heinola lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fei Hong circles away quickly and effectively.
Fei Hong misses with a right hand
and Heinola counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Fei Hong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Markus Heinola's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Heinola swings for the body but Fei Hong moves out of range.
Fei Hong throws a shot to the body.
Fei Hong ducks under a wild hook from Heinola.
Heinola misses with a straight right.
Heinola looks to land a body kick but Fei Hong moved away.
Fei Hong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fei Hong is looking to clinch.

Fei Hong moves into the clinch.
Heinola is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fei Hong blocking some punches.
Heinola trying to control the position but instead, Fei Hong has worked for underhooks and has pushed Heinola into the cage.
Heinola misses with the head strike.
Fei Hong stalling.
Fei Hong is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Heinola's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heinola throws a punch but it's blocked by Fei Hong.
Alan Fei Hong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fei Hong content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fei Hong as Heinola tries to tie him up.
Fei Hong missing with knees to the body.
Fei Hong has Heinola pushed against the cage.
Fei Hong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heinola backwards.
Heinola wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Heinola takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Heinola wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fei Hong lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fei Hong.
Fei Hong misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fei Hong drops Heinola onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Heinola is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Heinola is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fei Hong misses with some punches.
Heinola is still on wobbly legs! Can Fei Hong finish him?
Heinola blocking some punches.
Fei Hong misses with the head strike.
Fei Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fei Hong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Fei Hong fails to land.
Fei Hong pushes off an throws an elbow but Heinola leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Heinola blocks an elbow strike from Fei Hong.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heinola.
Fei Hong throws an elbow but it misses.
Fei Hong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fei Hong misses with an elbow over the top.
Heinola avoids the elbow strike from Fei Hong, against the cage.
Fei Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Heinola.
Fei Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Fei Hong misses with an elbow strike.
Heinola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fei Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fei Hong slowing the pace effectively.
Fei Hong throws an elbow but it misses.
Fei Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Fei Hong has a couple of punches blocked by Heinola.
Heinola blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heinola blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fei Hong misses with some punches.
Fei Hong working aggressively here.
Fei Hong throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fei Hong misses with the head strike.
Fei Hong misses with an elbow over the top.
Heinola dodges an elbow strike from Fei Hong.
Heinola blocking some punches.
Fei Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Heinola uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei Hong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fei Hong misses with the head strike.
Fei Hong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fei Hong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Heinola blocks the elbow strike.
Fei Hong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fei Hong misses with an elbow over the top.
Heinola avoids the elbow strike from Fei Hong, against the cage.
Fei Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fei Hong avoiding damage.
Heinola blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Hong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fei Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heinola blocking some punches.
Fei Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fei Hong misses with an elbow over the top.
Heinola blocks an uppercut.
Fei Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fei Hong.
Heinola avoids a wild elbow strike from Fei Hong.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heinola.
Fei Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fei Hong.
Fei Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fei Hong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Heinola blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heinola.
Fei Hong misses with some punches.
Fei Hong pushes off an throws an elbow but Heinola leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fei Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Heinola blocks an uppercut.
Heinola avoids the elbow strike from Fei Hong, against the cage.
Fei Hong blocking some punches.
Fei Hong has a couple of punches blocked by Heinola.
Heinola blocks an elbow strike from Fei Hong.
A frustrated look appears on Heinola's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fei Hong has a couple of punches blocked by Heinola.
Fei Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heinola.
Heinola avoids a wild elbow strike from Fei Hong.
Fei Hong misses with the head strike.
Fei Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heinola avoids the elbow strike from Fei Hong, against the cage.
Heinola has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Heinola seems to have recovered his senses.
Heinola is trying to push Fei Hong away but Fei Hong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fei Hong is pushing Heinola up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fei Hong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Heinola throws a punch but it's blocked by Fei Hong.

Heinola breaks from the clinch.
Heinola throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fei Hong takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Heinola misses with a hook to the body

and Fei Hong counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Heinola can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Fei Hong fails to land.
A hook to the body from Fei Hong.
Heinola is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fei Hong is looking to control Heinola's arms but Heinola gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fei Hong has his back to the cage.
Fei Hong digs a right hand into Heinola's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heinola's gas tank.
Fei Hong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heinola avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Fei Hong dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Markus Heinola's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Fei Hong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heinola just misses with a punch to the body.
Fei Hong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Heinola manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fei Hong is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fei Hong slips under a jab.
Heinola throws the kick towards the body but Fei Hong avoids it.
Fei Hong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heinola.
A head kick from Heinola lands but Fei Hong takes it in his stride.
Fei Hong tries to clinch up.
Heinola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fei Hong moves out of range of the strikes.
Fei Hong ducks under a wild hook from Heinola.
Fei Hong misses the shot to the body.
Heinola tries to land a front kick but Fei Hong steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Heinola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fei Hong.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fei Hong moves into range and clinches up with Heinola.
Fei Hong is stalling here.
Heinola wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fei Hong works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heinola misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fei Hong lands an elbow just above Heinola 's eye.
Heinola blocks a body shot from Fei Hong.
Fei Hong keeps control of Heinola as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Heinola has Fei Hong pressed against the cage.

Heinola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heinola ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Markus Heinola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heinola scores with a shot to the body.
Heinola connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fei Hong doesn't manage to clinch there - Heinola circles away.
Heinola tries to bum rush Fei Hong with a series of wild strikes but Fei Hong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heinola bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fei Hong's head.
Fei Hong staying out of range there.
Fei Hong is looking to wear down Heinola with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fei Hong ducks under a wild hook from Heinola.
Heinola thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fei Hong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fei Hong blocks a head kick by Heinola.
Fei Hong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Heinola manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Markus Heinola seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Heinola misses with an uppercut. Fei Hong saw that one coming.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heinola misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Fei Hong as the two fighters clinch.
Heinola takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice elbow from Fei Hong.
Fei Hong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heinola is defending well for now.
Heinola doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heinola is trying to stall.
Fei Hong creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Heinola! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Fei Hong.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Fei Hong!
A relieved looking Alan Fei Hong thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.