PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anurak Bualuang (ranked 194 p4p, 554 weight class) and Bryce Helix (ranked 15 p4p, 37 weight class). Bualuang comes to the cage accompanied by シャンティ. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bualuang
vs
Helix

170 cm
37
142
28 - 11 - 3

167 cm
29
140
17 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
NARCOS

Conviction
Conquer

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 28 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Anurak Bualuang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryce Helix!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helix misses with a body shot.
Helix misses with a looping left.
Bualuang looks to land a right hand but Helix moved out of range.
Helix just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been told by Bualuang's head coaches at The Italian Job that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bualuang.
Helix has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bualuang ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Helix fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bualuang is out of range.
Helix steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bualuang. That one must have hurt.
Helix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Helix throws a combination that misses
enabling Bualuang to counter with a crisp jab.
Bualuang lunges at Helix with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Helix's hand.
Helix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helix takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Helix lands with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Bualuang lands.
Helix misses with an uppercut. Bualuang saw that one coming.
Nice shot lands for Bualuang.
Bualuang is looking to slow Helix down with leg kicks.
Helix feints and then cracks Bualuang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bualuang down.
Bualuang avoids the head kick by Helix.
Helix has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bualuang.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bualuang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Helix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bualuang's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Helix fails to land.
Bualuang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Helix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Helix's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bualuang lands with a left to the head.
Helix can't find room to land a body shot as Bualuang controls the action.
Bualuang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Helix's elbow.
Bualuang cracks Helix with a nice body shot.
Bualuang pushes Helix back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bualuang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Helix blocks a body shot from Bualuang.
Bualuang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bualuang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bualuang misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Helix.
Helix misses with some punches.
Bualuang throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Helix fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bualuang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bualuang lands with a light punch inside.
Bualuang throws a punch but it's blocked by Helix.
Bualuang misses with a body punch.
Bualuang tries a body shot but Helix blocks it.
Helix lands with a right to the head.
Bualuang lands a nice uppercut.
Helix blocking some punches.
Helix misses with some punches.
Bualuang misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Helix fails to land.
Helix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bualuang blocks a body shot from Helix.
Bualuang blocks an uppercut.
Bualuang wants to get back to striking at distance but Helix won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bualuang.

Bualuang breaks the clinch.
Bualuang lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bualuang throws a jab but it's blocked by Helix.
Bualuang jabs at Helix's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Helix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Helix moves out of range as Bualuang throws a body kick.
Helix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Bualuang.
Helix fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bualuang is out of range.
A lazy left from Bualuang finds it's target.
Bualuang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Helix avoids the body shot from Bualuang.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bualuang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Helix misses with a left hand
letting Bualuang counter with a right hand.
Bualuang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Bualuang does it's job there.
Helix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Helix lands a nice shot that snaps Bualuang's head back.
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!
Bualuang misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bualuang lands a leg kick that knocks Helix off balance momentarily.
Bualuang chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bualuang throws a hook but Helix blocks it.

Bualuang drives through and clinches with Helix against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bualuang misses with a punch to the body.
Bualuang misses with a punch to the body.
Bualuang gets through Helix's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Helix lands with a light punch inside.
Bualuang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bualuang misses with a punch on the inside.
Bualuang scores with a shot to the side of Helix's head.
Bualuang misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Helix fails to land.
Bualuang misses with the head strike.
Helix takes a shot to the head.
Bualuang swings wildly with an uppercut but Helix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bualuang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bualuang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Helix lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Helix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bualuang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bualuang misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anurak Bualuang dominated that round.
That's time! Bualuang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bualuang tests Helix's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bualuang tries to land a leg kick but Helix saw it coming and moves away.
Some wild striking there from Bualuang.
Helix is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bualuang blocks the body kick.
Helix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Helix misses with a leg kick
and Bualuang counters with a good, hard body kick but Helix shrugs it off.
Helix waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bualuang.
Helix swats away the attempt to clinch by Bualuang.
Helix throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Bualuang to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Bualuang.
Good standup being displayed there by Helix as he connects with a hook.
Nice jab there from Bualuang.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helix pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Bualuang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Helix loads up on a big right hand but Bualuang slips the punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Helix checks a leg kick.
Helix lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bualuang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Bualuang misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Helix! But no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Bualuang blocks the leg kick.
Bualuang is looking for a counter combo.
Bualuang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Helix has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bualuang.
Bualuang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Helix jabs Bualuang to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donk. Bualuang catches Helix right on the button with a cross.
Bualuang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Helix can do to turn this around?
Helix misses with a low kick.
It looked like Bualuang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Helix misses with a hook. Bualuang ducked under it nicely.
Anurak Bualuang is winning the standup battle so far.
Bualuang keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bualuang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bualuang checks the leg kick.
Helix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bualuang was well out of range. Poor timing from Helix.
Bualuang blocks a leg kick.
Helix throws a hook to the side of Bualuang's head but Bualuang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Helix throws an off balance right hand
and Bualuang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bualuang manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bualuang.
Bualuang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Helix throws a right and a left that Bualuang avoids nicely.
Helix ducks right into an uppercut from Bualuang.
Bualuang lands with an overhand left.
Bualuang scores with a jab to the head.
Bualuang fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Helix on the side of the head.
Nice shot by Bualuang.
Helix showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bualuang.
Bualuang scores with a leg kick.
Helix gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Helix misses with a straight right.
Helix connects with a jab.
Bualuang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Helix's head.
Helix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bualuang can pounce on him.
Helix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bualuang smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bualuang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helix misses with a hook. Bualuang ducked under it nicely.
Bualuang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Helix moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Helix misses with a straight right.
Helix is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Helix looks to score with a jab to the body but Bualuang is just out of range.
Helix thuds his shin into the meat of Bualuang's side.
Bualuang slips a straight right by Helix.
Bualuang moves away from the strike by Helix.
Bualuang lands a right hook to the body.
Bualuang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Helix counters with a thumping low kick.
Helix thuds his right hand into Bualuang's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bualuang lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bualuang misses with a wild combination.
Bualuang lands with a slapping head kick.
Bualuang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helix takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Helix swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bualuang.
Helix works the jab nicely.
Helix moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bualuang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Helix.

Helix cracks Bualuang with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Helix has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bualuang to stand back up!

Bualuang is rocked!
Bualuang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oh Bualuang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bualuang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Helix uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bualuang.
Bualuang misses with a low kick.
Helix ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Bualuang's jaw. Bualuang's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Helix does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bryce Helix!
Bryce Helix decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.