PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leo Vuce (ranked 1586 p4p, 1833 weight class) and Aleksi Heimo (ranked 113 p4p, 127 weight class). Vuce's entrance music is MC Yankoo. A fine choice. Leo Vuce has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Vuce
vs
Heimo

180 cm
40
145
30 - 32 - 0

169 cm
37
146
19 - 37 - 1

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Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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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 30 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Vuce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 37 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksi Heimo!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vuce drives through and clinches with Heimo against the cage.
Vuce misses with an elbow over the top.
Heimo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Heimo blocks an elbow strike.
Heimo avoiding damage as Vuce throws knees to the body.
Heimo misses with a body punch.
Vuce lands an elbow inside.
Heimo blocks an elbow strike from Vuce.
Vuce creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Heimo's defenses.

It looks like Aleksi Heimo has been cut.
Vuce lands an elbow that stopped Heimo in his tracks for a moment.
Vuce tries to land knees in the clinch but Heimo avoids the damage to the body.
Vuce throws an elbow but it misses.
Heimo blocks an elbow strike from Vuce.
Vuce misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vuce throws an elbow but misses.
Heimo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vuce lands an elbow that stopped Heimo in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vuce.
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!
Vuce pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Heimo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Heimo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Heimo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Vuce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Vuce rushes Heimo and presses him up against the cage.
Heimo lands a nice shot to the body.
Heimo avoids the elbow strike from Vuce, against the cage.
Heimo dodges an elbow strike from Vuce.
Heimo avoiding damage.

Heimo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heimo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vuce looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heimo raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Heimo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vuce seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Heimo throws a body punch but Vuce moves out of range.
Vuce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vuce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heimo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vuce looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vuce forces Heimo back against the cage and clinches.
I was talking to Vuce's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Heimo dodges an elbow strike from Vuce.

Heimo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vuce tries to clinch there but Heimo circles away.
Heimo misses with a looping left.
Vuce wants to clinch up but Heimo keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vuce tries to clinch there but Heimo circles away.
Heimo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Vuce blocks the leg kick.
Vuce throws a big counter combination but Heimo scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Heimo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Heimo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vuce under the eye.
Vuce takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Aleksi Heimo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vuce is looking to clinch.
Heimo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Heimo lands a nice looking body shot.
Heimo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vuce moves out of range as Heimo strikes.
Vuce tries to clinch up
and Heimo counters with a body kick that stops Vuce in his tracks momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimo scores with a jab.

Vuce is rocked!
Vuce on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oh Vuce is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Heimo steps in with a hook that catches Vuce right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Heimo follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Vuce looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksi Heimo!
Aleksi Heimo thanked the fans post fight for their support.