PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vitali Jucho (ranked 4546 p4p, 4390 weight class) and Angel Heart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jucho
vs
Heart

167 cm
18
155
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitali Jucho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angel Heart!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jucho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heart was well out of range. Poor timing from Jucho.
Jucho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Heart takes a jab right on the kisser.
Heart lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jucho connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Heart's hands.
Heart misses with a head kick.
Heart throws a head kick that Jucho semi-blocks.
Heart lands a head kick. Jucho smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jucho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jucho takes a kick to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heart throws a sloppy head kick and Jucho moves out of range easily.
As Heart looks to move away, Jucho throws a big counter combo but Heart just gets out of the way.
Jucho blocks a head kick by Heart.
Jucho seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jucho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jucho misses the shot to the body.
Heart shapes to counter with a head kick.
Jucho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heart throws a head kick that misses.
Heart throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Heart misses with a head kick.
Jucho misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jucho throws a hook to the side of Heart's head but Heart sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jucho connects with a right hand. Heart shakes it off.
Jucho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heart.
Jucho takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Heart goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jucho misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Heart.
Heart looks winded!
Jucho misses with a hook. Heart ducked under it nicely.
Jucho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jucho misses with an uppercut.
Heart throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jucho.
Heart throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jucho looks to land a combination. Heart sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heart blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Heart.
Jucho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heart.
Jucho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Heart.
Heart lands a high kick!
Jucho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jucho scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice uppercut there from Jucho.
Jucho is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Heart connects with a high kick.
Heart throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jucho.
Jucho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Jucho catches Heart right on the button with a cross.
Heart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jucho.
Jucho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heart moves away.
Heart pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jucho lands a glancing blow to the side of Heart's head.
Jucho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jucho jabs Heart right on the nose. Heart blinks but takes it well.
Jucho clobbers Heart with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jucho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Heart walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Angel Heart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heart scores with a head kick. Jucho tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jucho's corner calls for a 1-2. Jucho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Jucho.
Decent striking displayed by Jucho there.
Heart lands with a kick to the temple. Jucho shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jucho scores with a nice right hand.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jucho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jucho connects with a body shot.
Jucho lands with a straight right. Heart didn't see that one coming.
Heart on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Heart pushes Jucho away with a front kick.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jucho scores with a decent looking hook.
Heart throws a sloppy head kick
and Jucho counters with a two punch combo.
Heart staying out of range there.
Heart steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jucho.
Heart drops his hands momentarily and Jucho takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jucho lands a lovely overhand right.
Jucho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heart.
Jucho lands with a right hand.
Heart scores with a head kick. Jucho tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vitali Jucho dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jucho throws a right and a left that Heart avoids nicely.
Jucho is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heart can do to turn this around?
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jucho crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Heart - the referee stops the clock and Jucho gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Heart. Jucho manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Heart throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Heart looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Heart slips under a jab.
Jucho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vitali Jucho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heart connects with a solid leg kick.
Heart ducks right into an uppercut from Jucho.
Nice defenses there by Heart.
Jucho takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Heart throws a lazy head kick
enabling Jucho to counter with a crisp jab.
Heart lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heart throws a head kick that misses
and Jucho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Heart thinking.
Heart is breathing heavily.
Jucho scores with a crisp jab that stopped Heart in his tracks.
A head kick misses from Heart.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jucho lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jucho takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jucho misses with a hook. Heart ducked under it nicely.
Jucho with a nice cross.
Jucho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heart.
A head kick by Heart misses
enabling Jucho to counter with a crisp jab.
Jucho lands a jab to the nose.
Heart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jucho throws a shot from downtown. Heart moves away and avoids it.
Heart takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jucho throws a right hand that Heart ducks under and follows up with a left that Heart also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heart throws a head kick that misses.
Jucho clobbers Heart with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Heart walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jucho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Heart lands a high kick!
Jucho jabs at Heart's body.
Heart with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jucho to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick misses from Heart.
As Heart looks to move away, Jucho throws a big counter combo but Heart just gets out of the way.
Jucho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heart lands with a slapping head kick.
Heart fakes the leg kick and cracks Jucho in the body.
A jab from Jucho misses.
Heart throws a head kick that misses.
Heart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jucho blocks a head kick by Heart.
Heart throws a sloppy head kick
and Jucho counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jucho lands a jab to the nose.
Jucho misses with a hook. Heart ducked under it nicely.
Heart throws a nice head kick!
Jucho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jucho misses with a hook. Heart ducked under it nicely.
Jucho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Heart lands with a kick to the temple. Jucho shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vitali Jucho is winning the standup battle so far.
Jucho throws a looping overhand right but Heart ducks down to avoid it.
Jucho changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Heart throws a head kick that half lands.
Jucho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heart lands with a slapping head kick.
Jucho avoids the head kick by Heart.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heart takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart throws a head kick that Jucho semi-blocks.
Jucho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heart.
Jucho takes a kick to the side of the head.
Heart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Heart has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jucho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heart.
Heart throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jucho's head.
Jucho lands an overhand right.
A head kick from Heart lands but Jucho takes it in his stride.
Jucho takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jucho fails to land with a series of punches.
Heart throws a front kick that sends Jucho stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jucho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heart throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Vitali Jucho will probably get the nod.
That's time! Jucho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jucho lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Heart throws a head kick that half lands.
Heart moves away from the strike by Jucho.
Heart lands with a kick to the temple. Jucho shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Heart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heart plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jucho uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Heart has time to react.
Jucho looks to throw the jab but Heart is out of range.
Heart throws a head kick but Jucho moves out of range.
Jucho throws an overhand right that lands on Heart's shoulder, as Heart tries to avoid the shot.
Heart lands a head kick!
Heart throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jucho blocks a head kick by Heart.
Jucho connects with a good right hand that stumbles Heart. Heart circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jucho connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Heart scrambles back to his feet.
Jucho thuds a left hand into Heart's body.
Jucho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heart sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heart slips a jab and a cross from Jucho.
Jucho moves out of range as Heart throws a body kick.
Jucho scores with a crisp jab that stopped Heart in his tracks.
Jucho throws a lazy right hand but Heart sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heart lands a head kick. Jucho smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jucho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jucho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heart manages to avoid it.
Heart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heart tries a head kick but it misses.
Jucho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heart has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Heart there as he acknowledges the shot.
Angel Heart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart looks for the body kick but Jucho saw that one coming.
It looked like Jucho wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jucho throws a nice looking combination but Heart bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Heart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jucho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heart throws a fast counter high kick but Jucho manages to duck under it in time.
Heart plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jucho throws a shot from downtown. Heart moves away and avoids it.
Heart moves out of range as Jucho strikes.
Heart throws a nice head kick!
Heart moves out of range of the strikes.
Jucho dips to his left and cracks Heart with an uppercut!
Jucho takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jucho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Heart throws a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jucho misses with a series of wild punches.
Heart plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jucho lands with a good body shot.
Jucho cracks Heart with a right hand to the side of the head.
A head kick from Heart lands but Jucho takes it in his stride.
Jucho walks forward, straight into a front kick from Heart.
Jucho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heart sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heart lands a head kick. Jucho smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jucho throws out a powerful jab.
A head kick by Heart misses
and Jucho counters with a left and a right that stings Heart.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heart lands with a kick to the temple. Jucho shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Heart lands a high kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Heart.
Jucho will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jucho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jucho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heart moves away.
Heart looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
A head kick from Heart lands but Jucho takes it in his stride.
Heart staying out of range there.
Jucho scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Heart fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jucho chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Heart can pounce on him.
Heart throws a lazy head kick
and Jucho counters with a stiff right hand.
Jucho misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heart throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jucho.
Vitali Jucho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jucho scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jucho scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vitali Jucho.
Well Jucho has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitali Jucho!