PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chu Ho Soon (ranked 1537 p4p, 2519 weight class) and Aleksi Heimo (ranked 96 p4p, 154 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ho Soon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Carl Orff - O Fortuna. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Ho Soon
vs
Heimo

175 cm
34
145
25 - 15 - 2

169 cm
34
146
14 - 29 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Fantasy Threads

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 25 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Chu Ho Soon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksi Heimo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho Soon staying out of range there.
Heimo throws an overhand right that lands on Ho Soon's shoulder, as Ho Soon tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Ho Soon misses the target.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Heimo moves out of range.
Heimo takes one to the chin there.
Heimo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Heimo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Heimo misses with a body shot.
Heimo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Ho Soon gets a clinch.
Ho Soon lands a right hand.
Heimo trying to control the position but instead, Ho Soon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Heimo into the cage.
Ho Soon lands an uppercut.
Heimo blocking some punches.
Ho Soon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ho Soon scores with a shoulder strike.
Heimo working hard to break the clinch.
Heimo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Heimo is trying to break free.
Ho Soon misses with the head strike.
Ho Soon lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Heimo manages to break the clinch.
Heimo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ho Soon.
The fighters circling - Heimo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ho Soon swings widly with a right hand
enabling Heimo to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Heimo.

Ho Soon closes the distance and clinches.
Ho Soon misses with the head strike.
Heimo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ho Soon lands an uppercut.
Ho Soon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ho Soon digs a right hand into Heimo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heimo's gas tank.
Ho Soon lands with a left to the head.
Heimo tries to break the clinch but Ho Soon is controlling the position.
Ho Soon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ho Soon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ho Soon tries a body shot but Heimo blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ho Soon is looking to control Heimo's arms but Heimo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ho Soon has his back to the cage.
Ho Soon stalling in the clinch but Heimo improves position.
Ho Soon has Heimo pressed against the cage, preventing Heimo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heimo.
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!

Ho Soon manages to break the clinch.
Ho Soon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Heimo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Heimo misses with a looping right.
Heimo throws out a loose jab but Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heimo scores with a jab to the head.
Heimo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Heimo looks to move away, Ho Soon throws a big counter combo but Heimo just gets out of the way.
Heimo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ho Soon pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Ho Soon clinches with his opponent.

Heimo breaks from the clinch.
Ho Soon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heimo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heimo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heimo looks to score with a jab to the body but Ho Soon is just out of range.
Ho Soon tries to clinch there but Heimo circles away.
Ho Soon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Ho Soon moves into the clinch.
Ho Soon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ho Soon taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ho Soon tries to work over Heimo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ho Soon misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ho Soon prevents a body shot from Heimo.
Nice body punch from Ho Soon.
Heimo blocking some punches.
Heimo is trying to push Ho Soon away but Ho Soon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Heimo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Heimo has a couple of punches blocked by Ho Soon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Heimo.
Ho Soon has a couple of punches blocked by Heimo.
Heimo being controlled against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon gets through Heimo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Heimo.
A frustrated look appears on Heimo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Heimo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heimo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heimo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Heimo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some bone on bone action there as Heimo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Heimo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Ho Soon moves into the clinch successfully.
Heimo misses with a knee to the head.
Ho Soon misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon swings wildly with an uppercut but Heimo uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chu Ho Soon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Heimo lands with an overhand left.
Ho Soon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heimo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Heimo wants to land a leg kick but Ho Soon is out of range.
Ho Soon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Heimo.

Ho Soon clinches with his opponent.
Heimo scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ho Soon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heimo can't break the clinch.

Ho Soon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heimo throws a body shot but no joy.
Heimo throws a shot from downtown. Ho Soon moves away and avoids it.
Heimo misses with a wild body shot.
Ho Soon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimo was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a head kick but Heimo moves out of range.

Ho Soon closes the distance and pushes Heimo back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho Soon taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ho Soon lands a nice uppercut.
Ho Soon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Ho Soon.
Heimo looking to slow down the pace here.

Ho Soon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chu Ho Soon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ho Soon misses with a double jab.

Ho Soon moves into range and clinches up with Heimo.
Heimo working hard to break the clinch.
Heimo gets through Ho Soon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Heimo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Heimo scores with the left hand. Ho Soon knows he should have avoided that one.
Ho Soon fails to land with a series of punches.
Heimo throws out a counter right but Ho Soon avoids it with no problem.
Heimo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Soon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho Soon tries to clinch but Heimo is having none of it.
Ho Soon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Heimo throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Ho Soon.
Heimo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ho Soon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Heimo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Heimo.
Heimo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ho Soon checks it well.
Heimo misses with a wild body shot.
Heimo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Soon tries to bum rush Heimo with a series of wild strikes but Heimo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heimo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ho Soon at a distance.
Ho Soon's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ho Soon duly obliges.

Heimo is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ho Soon.
Heimo is still on wobbly legs! Can Ho Soon finish him?
Aleksi Heimo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ho Soon feints a jab and as Heimo dips his head, Ho Soon unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Heimo right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Heimo falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Ho Soon smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Chu Ho Soon!
During a confident post fight interview, Chu Ho Soon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.