PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hellio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Maximillian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hellio comes to the cage accompanied by Wild Boys. Maximillian has chosen Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hellio
vs
Maximillian

215 cm
27
140 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

171 cm
19
144 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Untouchable Fight Gear

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hellio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arturo Maximillian!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maximillian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hellio backs up against the cage.
Nice uppercut lands for Hellio. That snapped Maximillian's head back.

Maximillian drives through and clinches with Hellio against the cage.
Maximillian is stalling here.
Hellio wants a takedown.

Maximillian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maximillian pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hellio back to the cage. Maximillian follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hellio misses the shot to the body.
Hellio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hellio misses with a body kick.
Hellio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hellio really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Maximillian defending well as Hellio loads up on a big left hand.

Maximillian drives through and clinches with Hellio against the cage.
Hellio goes for a takedown in the clinch but Maximillian prevents it.
Hellio is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Maximillian pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hellio. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellio is looking for a takedown.

Maximillian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Maximillian has Hellio up against the cage in a clinch.
Maximillian prevents a takedown attempt there.

Maximillian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hellio shoots for a takedown but Maximillian saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Maximillian closes the distance and pushes Hellio back into the cage.
Hellio wants a takedown.
Maximillian prevents the takedown attempt.

Maximillian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Maximillian moves into the clinch.

Maximillian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maximillian misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Maximillian. That snapped Hellio's head back.
Hellio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Maximillian tries to clinch up.

Maximillian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hellio, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Maximillian breaks from the clinch.
Maximillian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hellio.
Hellio misses with the combination.
Hellio throws a series of punches but Maximillian avoids them all with ease.

Maximillian gets a clinch.
Hellio misses with some punches.
Maximillian stops a takedown attempt from Hellio.

Maximillian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hellio misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maximillian lands with a shot to the body.
Hellio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hellio is breathing heavily.

Maximillian rushes Hellio and presses him up against the cage.

Maximillian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maximillian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab by Maximillian.
Maximillian connects with a jab.
Hellio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Maximillian pinned against the cage. Maximillian gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hellio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice uppercut there from Maximillian.
Maximillian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Maximillian jabs Hellio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maximillian stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Maximillian wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hellio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Maximillian drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Maximillian decides to stand back up. Maximillian steps back and let's Hellio get back to his feet.
Maximillian lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Maximillian lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hellio. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Maximillian scores with a shot to the body.

Maximillian instigates a clinch.
Hellio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Maximillian pulls his leg out and moves away.
Maximillian lands a jab to Hellio's midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Maximillian darts in and clinches Hellio up against the cage.
Hellio tries to pull guard but Maximillian holds him up against the cage and eventually Hellio drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Maximillian dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Maximillian lands with a nice combination. Hellio backs away looking to recover.
Hellio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hellio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maximillian.
Maximillian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hellio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hellio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maximillian.
Arturo Maximillian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maximillian lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Maximillian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hellio is desperately trying to improve his position but Maximillian has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maximillian takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellio keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Maximillian is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Hellio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hellio moves away from the strike by Maximillian.
Maximillian misses with a series of wild punches.
Maximillian listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Maximillian on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Maximillian closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellio can't get the takedown.

Maximillian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hellio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Maximillian throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Maximillian throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maximillian lands with a straight right. Hellio didn't see that one coming.
Dan Hellio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maximillian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hellio's head.
Maximillian scores with a body shot.
Hellio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Maximillian fails with a takedown attempt.
Maximillian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hellio.
Maximillian lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Maximillian leaves Hellio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Maximillian connects with a jab.

Maximillian shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maximillian showed some decent athleticism there.
Maximillian perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hellio regains full guard. Nicely done.
Maximillian has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hellio is proving hard to escape from.
Hellio trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Maximillian must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hellio looking for subs off his back but Maximillian has passed one foot through into half guard.
Maximillian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hellio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hellio is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Hellio looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Maximillian stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maximillian shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hellio eats them both and turns towards Maximillian to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Maximillian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Maximillian closes the distance and pushes Hellio back into the cage.
Hellio fails to pull guard.

Maximillian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maximillian lands with an uppercut that bounces Hellio off the cage and back into range.
Maximillian throws a combination. Hellio tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Maximillian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hellio.
Nice sprawl there from Maximillian as Hellio shoots in.
Hellio shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hellio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hellio is looking to score with low kicks.
Hellio shoots in but Maximillian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hellio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hellio takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Maximillian darts in and clinches Hellio up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hellio wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellio drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Maximillian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maximillian lands a two punch combo.
Hellio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Maximillian moves into range and clinches up with Hellio.

Maximillian breaks the clinch.

Maximillian has Hellio up against the cage in a clinch.

Maximillian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maximillian scores with a jab to the body.
Maximillian scores with a three punch combo!
Maximillian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maximillian connects with a body shot that sends Hellio's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maximillian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hellio.
Maximillian is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hellio rather than just go for the knockout.

Maximillian rushes Hellio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Maximillian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arturo Maximillian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Maximillian connects with a right hand. Hellio shakes it off.
Maximillian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hellio throws a body punch but Maximillian moves out of range.

Maximillian feints and as Hellio raises his hands in defense, Maximillian changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hellio wants to stand up but Maximillian is controlling him.

Maximillian is posturing up here but Hellio has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Maximillian tries to roll out but it's too tight and Maximillian has to tap! Slick submission there by Hellio!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dan Hellio!
Dan Hellio seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.