PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Helfrety (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Helfrety's choice of entrance music: This Calling by All that remains. Bryan White looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

White
vs
Helfrety

165 cm
20
168 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan White !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rob Helfrety!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helfrety pulls out of a head kick attempt.

White scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Helfrety is not content to let White control the position.
White tries to stand and escape but Helfrety is controlling the position.
White sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Helfrety is looking to improve his position.

Helfrety has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, White escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by White !
A lull in the action here as White stalls from top position.
White in side control lands a decent elbow.
White could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helfrety tries to strike but it doesn't land.
You can see the frustration on Helfrety's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
White tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
White works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
White trying to control the action but Helfrety is working from the bottom.
White controlling from side mount.
White has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Helfrety is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Helfrety parries the strikes from White easily there. White is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Helfrety to escape.
Helfrety is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on White 's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Helfrety wants to get back to full guard.
Helfrety looks gassed!
Helfrety trying to control but White postures up.
Helfrety is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but White is staying active.
White keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
White wants to lay and pray for a moment but Helfrety keeps working.
White perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helfrety is refusing to be controlled, as White sits in half guard.
White content to control rather than advance.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bryan White just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

White scores a takedown into full mount!
Helfrety is trying desperately to improve position.
White trying to control but Helfrety is having none of it.

White jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Helfrety is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Helfrety and White has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helfrety is trying to control White 's posture but White avoids it.
Helfrety is trying to buck White off.
Helfrety is trying to escape the position but White is controlling the position.
White works to advance to full mount. Helfrety defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
White controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

White is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by White !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bryan White !