PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Brunson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikal Helio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brunson comes into the arena with Move blaring out of the sound system. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Brunson
vs
Helio

188 cm
23
191 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
195 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Brunson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikal Helio!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brunson ducks under a wild hook from Helio.
Brunson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brunson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Brunson.
Helio misses with a body kick.
Helio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brunson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Helio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brunson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Helio's head.
Helio scores with a leg kick.
Brunson throws a right and a left that Helio avoids nicely.
Helio dodges the punch combination from Brunson.
Helio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brunson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Helio. That one must have hurt.
Helio blocks a low kick nicely.
Brunson swings for the body but Helio moves out of range.
Helio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brunson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Helio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brunson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brunson tries to clinch up
and Brunson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Helio takes one to the chin there.
Good work by Brunson as he checks the leg kick.
Helio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brunson.
Helio throws a chopping leg kick but Brunson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Helio takes a swing at Brunson's ribcage but misses.
Helio cracks the inside of Brunson's front leg.
Donk. Brunson catches Helio right on the button with a cross.
Helio fails with a takedown attempt.
Helio misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunson throws a lazy right hand but Helio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Brunson has managed to clinch.
Helio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brunson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brunson struggles to land a body shot inside as Helio controls his hands.
Helio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Helio fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Brunson.
Brunson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Helio backwards.

Helio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Helio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brunson.
Helio throws a wild body kick that Brunson sees coming a mile off.
Helio moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Brunson throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunson throws a jab when Helio was well out of range.
Brunson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Helio.
Brunson looks to land a right hand but Helio moved out of range.
Helio moves out of range of the strikes.
Mike Brunson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brunson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Helio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Helio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Helio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Helio is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Helio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brunson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Helio. Helio obviously looking to wear him down.
Brunson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Helio gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Helio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brunson keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Helio trying to control from half guard but Brunson is working away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brunson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Helio slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brunson prevents Helio from improving position.
Helio works to advance to full mount. Brunson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mikal Helio will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Brunson misses with a series of wild punches.

Helio closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brunson is trying to stand back up but Helio is controlling him
Helio works his way into side control.
Brunson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brunson is trying to improve his position.
Helio trying to control the position but Brunson is working away.
Brunson is trying to control Helio's posture but Helio avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Helio trying to control the action but Brunson is working from the bottom.
Helio working the body and head with strikes.
Helio throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Brunson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Helio slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunson trying to control here.
Helio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Helio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Helio wants to advance to full mount but Brunson doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Helio is working Brunson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helio throws a big right hand that misses.
Helio trying to control but Brunson is working from the bottom.
Helio advances to half guard.
Brunson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Helio seems to be looking for submissions.
Brunson wants to get back to his feet.
Mikal Helio has got the better of the ground game so far.
Helio trying to control the action but Brunson is working from the bottom.
Helio stops Brunson from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio is trying to control the action in half guard but Brunson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Helio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brunson's head.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Helio winds up and cracks Brunson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Helio with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Helio wants to pass the guard but Brunson is defending well.
Helio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brunson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Helio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikal Helio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Brunson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Helio scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Helio.
Helio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brunson throws out a loose jab but Helio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helio thows a body kick. Brunson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Brunson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Helio throws out a leg kick but Brunson moves out of range and Helio only half commits.
Helio avoids the body shot from Brunson.
Brunson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brunson tries to close the distance and clinch but Helio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Helio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brunson is out of range and Helio settles back down.
Brunson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Helio backs up against the cage.
Brunson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Helio has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Helio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunson looks to land a left hand but Helio moved out of range nicely.
Brunson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Helio was well out of range. Poor timing from Brunson.
Helio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brunson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A head kick misses from Helio.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Helio.
Brunson checks a leg kick.
Brunson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Helio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brunson.

Brunson closes the distance and pushes Helio back into the cage.

Helio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brunson scores with a jab to the body.
Brunson throws a good cross that connects.
Helio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brunson.
Helio throws a head kick that misses.
Mikal Helio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helio throws a front kick aimed at Brunson's knee but Brunson avoids it well.
Helio delivers a nice body kick.
Helio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brunson throws a low kick but Helio moves out of range easily.
Brunson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helio moves away.
Helio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A cross from Brunson lands.
Brunson scores with a jab to the head.
Brunson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Helio thows a body kick. Brunson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Brunson tries to clinch there but Helio circles away.
Good exchange - Brunson coming out on top.
Helio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Helio throws a body punch but Brunson moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Brunson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brunson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Helio.
Helio throws a leg kick but Brunson checks it.
Brunson missing with a left hand there. Helio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brunson throws a hook but Helio avoids it easily.
Brunson takes a swing at Helio's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brunson.
Mike Brunson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brunson. Helio does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left lands for Brunson.
Brunson throws a looping overhand right but Helio ducks down to avoid it.
Brunson misses the jab.
Brunson cracks a nice hook into Helio's ribs.
A slow jab from Brunson misses its intended target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Helio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brunson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brunson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio slips a jab and a cross from Brunson.
A jab from Brunson misses.
Helio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brunson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Brunson clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Helio - that landed with a thud.
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!
Brunson can't find room to land a body shot as Helio controls the action.
Brunson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Helio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brunson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike Brunson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brunson misses with a punch on the inside.
Brunson misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Brunson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Helio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mikal Helio!