PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rylan Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Helix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardner comes to the cage accompanied by Goodtimes. Helix has chosen Whitechapel - Of Legions as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gardner
vs
Helix

191 cm
28
265 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

193 cm
32
286 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KO Clothing

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rylan Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Helix!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardner misses with a wild combination.

Helix gets tackled into the cage by Gardner. Gardner maintains the clinch.
Helix misses with a knee to the head.

Helix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gardner moves in looking to clinch but Helix pushes him off.
Gardner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Helix uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gardner.
Helix on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gardner throws a lazy right hand but Helix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've been informed that Helix has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Some wild striking there from Helix.
Helix missing with a left hand there. Gardner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gardner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helix moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Helix was well out of range. Poor timing from Gardner.
Bobby Helix is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Gardner has managed to clinch.
Helix tries to land knees in the clinch but Gardner avoids the damage to the body.
Gardner is trying to break the clinch but Helix has him pressed against the cage.
Gardner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Helix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helix misses with a body punch.
Helix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Helix tries to land knees in the clinch but Gardner avoids the damage to the body.
Gardner misses with a punch on the inside.
Helix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Helix manages to break the clinch.
Helix throws a looping overhand right but Gardner ducks down to avoid it.
Gardner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gardner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Gardner.
Helix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gardner was well out of range. Poor timing from Helix.

Gardner gets a clinch.
Gardner blocks a body shot from Helix.
Gardner prevents a body shot from Helix.

Helix manages to break the clinch.
Gardner tries to close the distance and clinch but Helix swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Helix connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Rylan Gardner has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner throws a one two combo.

It looks like Bobby Helix has been cut.
Gardner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Gardner.
Gardner throws a series of punches but Helix moves out of range.
Gardner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gardner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helix moves away.
Helix lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gardner slips under a jab from Helix.
Gardner takes one to the chin there.
Gardner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner looks to clinch
and Helix counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gardner misses with a body shot.
Rylan Gardner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gardner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gardner is looking to break free of the clinch but Helix has double underhooks.

Helix's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gardner checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gardner tries to score a power double leg takedown but Helix sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gardner somewhat.
Good exchange - Helix coming out on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Helix.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bobby Helix will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Helix lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Helix swats away the attempt to clinch by Gardner.
Gardner tries to clinch but Helix is having none of it.
Gardner has his takedown stuffed
and Helix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Helix lands a jab to the head.

Rylan Gardner's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gardner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Helix drops his hands momentarily and Gardner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gardner swings for the body but Helix moves out of range.
Gardner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner shoots in for a takedown but Helix shows good takedown defense.
Helix is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Helix misses with a kick to the body.
Gardner tries to bum rush Helix with a series of wild strikes but Helix uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Helix circles away from the clinch attempt.
Helix throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Helix throws a hook but Gardner avoids it easily.
Gardner missing with a left hand there. Helix was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Helix circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gardner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Helix wants to land a leg kick but Gardner is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner shoots in but Helix avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rylan Gardner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gardner throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardner displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Helix connects with a nice looking jab.

Rylan Gardner's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Helix takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Helix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gardner shoots for a takedown but Helix saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gardner walks into a straight right hand from Helix.
Gardner swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helix throws a low kick but Gardner moves out of range easily.

Gardner moves into range and clinches up with Helix.

Gardner breaks the clinch.
Gardner misses with a takedown attempt - Helix sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Gardner scores with a takedown into Helix's guard.
Gardner landing some decent shots from guard.
Gardner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Helix works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gardner being controlled here momentarily.
Gardner connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helix preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gardner wants to control from the top but Helix keeps moving.
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!
Gardner preventing the sweep.
Gardner trying to control but Helix is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rylan Gardner wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Helix misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner avoids a punch combination nicely.
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 Rylan Gardner will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gardner throws a body punch but Helix moves out of range.
Gardner connects with a jab.
Gardner misses with a hook.
Helix throws an off balance right hand
and Gardner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Helix fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gardner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Gardner. Those never looked like landing.
Gardner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helix moves away.
Gardner misses the jab.
Gardner moves out of range of the body kick from Helix.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gardner wants to clinch.
Gardner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Helix counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gardner tries to clinch up.

Gardner closes the distance and clinches.

Helix breaks the clinch.
Helix scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gardner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Helix can pounce on him.
Gardner tries to clinch
and Helix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Helix dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gardner misses the jab.
Gardner wants to clinch
and Helix counters with a nice uppercut.
Helix lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Helix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Helix throws a low kick but Gardner moves out of range easily.
Gardner looks to land a left hand but Helix moved out of range nicely.

Gardner moves into the clinch successfully.
Helix scores with a shot to the side of Gardner's head.

Jeez, Rylan Gardner's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gardner missing with knees to the body.
Helix misses with a hook from the clinch.

Helix breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gardner thuds his right hand into Helix's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gardner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Helix paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gardner tries to clinch up but Helix circles away and keeps his distance.
Gardner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Helix counters with a straight right hand.
Helix circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner is looking to clinch but Helix is avoiding it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardner shoots in for a takedown but Helix shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Helix circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Helix misses.
Helix connects with a crisp jab.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rylan Gardner's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bobby Helix!
Bobby Helix seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.