PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Vo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Heirt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carl Heirt will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Vo
vs
Heirt

175 cm
23
135 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

225 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Poison Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Vo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carl Heirt!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vo throws a right and a left that Heirt avoids nicely.
Vo misses with a series of wild punches.
Heirt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vo.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt avoids them all with ease.
Heirt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vo but Vo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
David Vo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heirt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Heirt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heirt blocks a jab.
Vo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heirt moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vo throws a looping overhand right but Heirt ducks down to avoid it.
Vo swinging wilding here.
Vo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heirt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vo.
Vo misses with a double jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vo.
Vo throws a combination. Heirt tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Heirt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vo throws a nice looking combination but Heirt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vo throws a right and a left that Heirt avoids nicely.
Heirt dodges the punch combination from Vo.
Vo misses with a wild combination.
Vo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vo throws a right and a left that Heirt avoids nicely.
Vo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heirt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heirt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
David Vo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Heirt.
Vo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heirt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt moves out of range.
Vo cracks a nice hook into Heirt's ribs.
Heirt shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vo swinging wilding here.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt avoids them all with ease.
Vo throws a right hand that Heirt ducks under and follows up with a left that Heirt also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vo throws a hook but Heirt blocks it.
Vo throws a nice looking combination but Heirt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vo misses with a double jab.
Vo tries to bum rush Heirt with a series of wild strikes but Heirt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A combination from Vo does no damage.
Vo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heirt moves away from the strike by Vo.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt avoids them all with ease.
Vo lands with a right hand.
Vo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Heirt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No joy there for Vo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vo takes a swing at Heirt's ribcage but misses.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt avoids them all with ease.
Vo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heirt circles away quickly and effectively.
Heirt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vo.
Vo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Heirt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Vo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Heirt's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vo is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Vo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vo fails to land with a series of punches.
Vo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heirt manages to avoid it.
Heirt moves out of range of the strikes.
David Vo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vo throws a jab but it's blocked by Heirt.
Vo is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Vo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Some wild striking there from Vo.
Vo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vo looks to score with a jab to the body but Heirt is just out of range.
Heirt staying out of range there.
Vo misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt moves out of range.
Vo misses with the combination.
Vo misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heirt staying out of range there.
Vo loads up on a big right hand but Heirt slips the punch.
Vo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heirt.
Vo misses with a two punch combination.
Heirt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vo.
Vo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vo lands a jab to the head.
No joy there for Vo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heirt ducks under a wild hook from Vo.
Vo throws a right hand that Heirt ducks under and follows up with a left that Heirt also avoids with ease.
Vo misses with a hook.
Heirt shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vo pinned against the cage. Vo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Heirt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
No joy there for Vo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vo tries to bum rush Heirt with a series of wild strikes but Heirt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt avoids them all with ease.
Vo misses with a body shot.
Heirt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vo's waist but Vo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Heirt off to one side.
Heirt slips a jab and a cross from Vo.
Heirt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
No joy there for Vo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vo throws a right and a left that Heirt avoids nicely.
Vo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vo throws a nice looking combination but Heirt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vo misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vo!
The fighters circle momentarily. Vo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heirt slips a straight right by Vo.
Vo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vo misses with a hook. Heirt ducked under it nicely.
Vo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heirt closes the distance and clinches up with Vo, looking for a takedown. Heirt pushes Vo against the cage but Vo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
David Vo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Heirt.
Vo throws a right hand that Heirt ducks under and follows up with a left that Heirt also avoids with ease.
David Vo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt avoids them all with ease.
Vo misses with a few strikes there.
Heirt dodges the punch combination from Vo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vo just misses with a punch to the body.
Heirt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vo is fending him off so far but Heirt persists. Nope, Vo circles away and we're back to standing.
Vo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vo misses with a wild body shot.
Heirt avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Vo does no damage.
Vo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
No joy there for Vo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vo misses with the combination.
Vo misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Vo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Vo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vo throws a jab when Heirt was well out of range.
Vo misses with a double jab.
Vo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Heirt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vo tries to avoid it but Heirt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vo to the ground. Vo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heirt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vo throws a big shot that misses.
Vo throws a series of punches but Heirt moves out of range.
Vo throws out a loose jab but Heirt uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vo misses with a few strikes there.
Vo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Vo misses.
Heirt shoots in but Vo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vo fails to land with a series of punches.
Vo fails to land with a series of punches.
Vo waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Heirt.
Vo fails to land with a series of punches.
Heirt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vo misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vo swinging wilding here.
Heirt moves away from the strike by Vo.
Vo misses with a few strikes there.
Vo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vo misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Vo.
Vo swinging wilding here.
Heirt slips a jab from Vo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Vo misses.
Heirt dodges the punch combination from Vo.
Vo throws the left hand but Heirt avoids the punch easily.
Heirt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heirt avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Vo does no damage.
Vo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heirt.
Vo misses with a two punch combination.
Heirt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

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.
Heirt dodges the punch combination from Vo.
Vo throws out a loose jab but Heirt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vo throws a jab when Heirt was well out of range.
Some wild striking there from Vo.
Vo throws an overhand right that lands on Heirt's shoulder, as Heirt tries to avoid the shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Heirt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vo.
Heirt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carl Heirt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David Vo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vo scores with a jab. Heirt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Vo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vo, 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Vo!