PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Quijivix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taichi Heleno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quijivix comes to the cage accompanied by In The Morning. Heleno has chosen weird Japanese music as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Quijivix
vs
Heleno

176 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

168 cm
25
167 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Quijivix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taichi Heleno!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quijivix shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Heleno sprawls well. Heleno wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Quijivix gets slowly back to his feet.
Quijivix lands with a hook. Heleno tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Heleno misses with a body kick.
Heleno scores with a spinning back kick!
Quijivix misses with an uppercut.
Quijivix dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Quijivix closes the distance and pushes Heleno back into the cage.
Quijivix throws a head punch that misses.
Heleno is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Quijivix lands with a right to the head.
Quijivix cracks Heleno with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heleno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Quijivix.
Heleno looks gassed!
Quijivix's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Heleno trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quijivix lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heleno backwards.
Quijivix scores with a nice hook to the head.
Quijivix lands a body punch in the clinch.
Quijivix scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Quijivix.
Quijivix lands an uppercut.
Quijivix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quijivix.
Heleno missing with knees to the body.
Quijivix stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Quijivix lands a nice uppercut.
Quijivix lands with a right to the head.
Heleno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quijivix is defending well for now.
Quijivix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Quijivix.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quijivix digs a right hand into Heleno's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heleno's gas tank.
Quijivix lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quijivix lands a shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Quijivix.
Heleno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Heleno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Quijivix tries a body shot but Heleno blocks it.
Quijivix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heleno backwards.
Quijivix lands a shoulder strike.
Heleno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quijivix.
A right hook to the body lands for Quijivix.
Quijivix scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Quijivix.
Quijivix swings wildly with an uppercut but Heleno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quijivix managing to block the knees to the body from Heleno.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quijivix leaning against his opponent.
Quijivix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heleno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Heleno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Quijivix avoiding damage as Heleno throws knees to the body.
Quijivix misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Quijivix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quijivix has a couple of punches blocked by Heleno.
Quijivix lands a nice uppercut.

Quijivix pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heleno dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quijivix. That did some damage!
Quijivix tries for a takedown but Heleno sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quijivix shoots in looking for a takedown but Heleno manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Quijivix's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Quijivix. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quijivix tries to close the distance and clinch but Heleno swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quijivix lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Heleno walks into a left hand.
Quijivix thows a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quijivix throws a series of punches but Heleno moves out of range.
Heleno throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Quijivix forces Heleno back against the cage and clinches.
Quijivix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the head but Quijivix blocks with his arms.
Quijivix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quijivix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quijivix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Quijivix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heleno backwards.
Quijivix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A good leg kick by Heleno.
Quijivix throws out a loose jab but Heleno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quijivix misses with an uppercut.
Quijivix throws a looping overhand right but Heleno ducks down to avoid it.
Heleno chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quijivix looks to throw the jab but Heleno is out of range.
Heleno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heleno scores with a spinning back kick!
Quijivix wants to clinch.
Heleno leaves Quijivix with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heleno.

Heleno rushes Quijivix and presses him up against the cage.
Quijivix misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quijivix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heleno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quijivix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quijivix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heleno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Quijivix working aggressively here.
Heleno blocks a body shot from Quijivix.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quijivix working aggressively here.
Heleno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Quijivix misses with some punches.
Quijivix tries to throw a body punch but Heleno avoids it by throwing Quijivix back against the cage.
Heleno stalling in the clinch but Quijivix improves position.
Heleno takes a shot to the head.
Heleno with a knee to the head.
Quijivix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quijivix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quijivix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heleno's elbow.
Quijivix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heleno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Quijivix.
Heleno displaying some good clinch control by pressing Quijivix up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heleno misses with a knee strike.
Quijivix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Quijivix.
Quijivix swings wildly with an uppercut but Heleno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heleno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quijivix blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heleno tries to land knees in the clinch but Quijivix avoids the damage to the body.
Quijivix digs a right hand into Heleno's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heleno's gas tank.
Heleno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quijivix is defending well for now.
Heleno blocks an uppercut.
Quijivix stalls.
A short left from Quijivix.
Quijivix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quijivix avoiding damage as Heleno throws knees to the body.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quijivix lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quijivix misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Quijivix.
Quijivix lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heleno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heleno blocks an uppercut.
Quijivix throws a punch but it's blocked by Heleno.
Quijivix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quijivix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quijivix works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Quijivix misses with a punch to the body.
Quijivix swings wildly with an uppercut but Heleno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heleno connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quijivix scores with a shot to the side of Heleno's head.
Heleno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quijivix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heleno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quijivix.
Quijivix misses with the head strike.
Miguel Quijivix has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Quijivix throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Heleno prevents a body shot from Quijivix.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Miguel Quijivix will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Heleno has managed to clinch.
Quijivix tries to throw a body punch but Heleno avoids it by throwing Quijivix back against the cage.
Quijivix throws a head punch that misses.
Heleno taking a breather.
Heleno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heleno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Miguel Quijivix has been cut.
Quijivix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Quijivix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quijivix misses with a punch on the inside.
Quijivix misses with some punches.
Quijivix swings wildly with an uppercut but Heleno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heleno misses with a knee to the head.
Heleno blocks an uppercut.
Heleno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heleno blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heleno blocking some punches.
Quijivix taking a breather.
Quijivix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quijivix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quijivix scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heleno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Quijivix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the head but Quijivix blocks with his arms.
Heleno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quijivix blocks it with crossed arms.
Quijivix misses with some punches.
Quijivix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quijivix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quijivix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heleno blocks a body shot from Quijivix.
Miguel Quijivix is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heleno leaning his opponent against the cage.
Heleno tries to land knees in the clinch but Quijivix avoids the damage to the body.
Heleno misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quijivix.
Quijivix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Quijivix fails to land.
Heleno has Quijivix pushed against the cage.
Heleno tries to land knees in the clinch but Quijivix avoids the damage to the body.
Taichi Heleno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heleno looking to throw knees to the head but Quijivix is blocking nicely.
Quijivix takes a knee to the side of the body.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the head but Quijivix blocks with his arms.
Heleno trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heleno misses with a knee strike.
Heleno tries to land knees in the clinch but Quijivix avoids the damage to the body.
Heleno trying to land knees to the body.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quijivix avoids it.
Heleno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heleno missing with knees to the body.
Quijivix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taichi Heleno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Quijivix 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Miguel Quijivix!