PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sexy Helmet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogun Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Helmet
vs
Rua

179 cm
25
202 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

150 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sexy Helmet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shogun Rua!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Rua.
Helmet throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Helmet misses with a few strikes there.
Helmet throws a right and a left that Rua avoids nicely.
Helmet throws a nice looking combination but Rua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Helmet avoids a punch combination nicely.
Helmet throws a right hand that Rua ducks under and follows up with a left that Rua also avoids with ease.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Helmet.
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
Helmet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Helmet is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Helmet throws a right and a left that Rua avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua misses with the combination.
Rua swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Helmet misses.
Helmet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Helmet. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Rua swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Rua misses.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Helmet looks to land a combination but Rua avoids it well.
Helmet tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Helmet dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Some wild striking there from Helmet.
A punch combination from Helmet misses.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Helmet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.
Helmet misses with a two punch combination.
Rua swinging wildly here.
Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Helmet. Those never looked like landing.
Helmet misses with a double jab.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
Helmet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Helmet does no damage.
Helmet avoids a punch combination nicely.
Helmet tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Helmet misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rua!
Some wild striking there from Helmet.
Helmet slips a jab and a cross from Rua.
Helmet tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rua.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
Helmet throws a right hand that Rua ducks under and follows up with a left that Rua also avoids with ease.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Helmet looks to land a combination but Rua avoids it well.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet moves out of range.
Rua misses with a few strikes there.
Rua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rua.
Helmet slips a jab and a cross from Rua.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Helmet misses with a jab, cross combination.
Helmet misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Helmet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Helmet. Those never looked like landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A combination from Helmet does no damage.
Helmet lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rua circles away quickly and effectively.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Helmet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Helmet throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rua swinging wildly here.
Helmet throws a right hand that Rua ducks under and follows up with a left that Rua also avoids with ease.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Helmet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Helmet, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rua misses with the combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Helmet scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Helmet throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Helmet throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shogun Rua will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Helmet will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Helmet tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.
Rua throws a nice looking combination but Helmet bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Helmet swinging wildly here.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet moves out of range.
Helmet misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Helmet misses.
Helmet slips a jab and a cross from Rua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helmet misses with a few strikes there.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rua in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Helmet misses with a two punch combination.
Helmet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rua looks to land a combination but Helmet avoids it well.
Rua misses with the combination.
Rua swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helmet throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rua misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Helmet misses.
Helmet avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Helmet. Those never looked like landing.
Rua tries to bum rush Helmet with a series of wild strikes but Helmet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Helmet misses with a series of wild punches.
Helmet misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Rua misses.
Helmet tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rua lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Helmet circles away quickly and effectively.
Rua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Helmet.
Helmet misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Helmet misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sexy Helmet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Helmet scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rua swinging wildly here.
Helmet throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rua swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Helmet does no damage.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Helmet misses with a wild combination.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Helmet misses with the combination.
Helmet throws a nice looking combination but Rua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rua misses with a few strikes there.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Helmet throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Helmet.
Rua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helmet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rua.
Helmet fails to land with a series of punches.
Rua tries to bum rush Helmet with a series of wild strikes but Helmet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Helmet.
Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Helmet swinging wildly here.
Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Helmet misses with a series of wild punches.
Rua slips a jab and a cross from Helmet.
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
Rua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Helmet misses with the combination.
Rua lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Helmet circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Helmet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Helmet tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Helmet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Helmet does no damage.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Rua dodges the punch combination from Helmet.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Helmet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet moves out of range.
Helmet throws a series of punches but Rua avoids them all with ease.
Helmet swinging wildly here.
Rua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
Helmet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rua.
Helmet lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Helmet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sexy Helmet dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Helmet misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Helmet does no damage.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Helmet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Helmet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Helmet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet avoids them all with ease.
Rua tries to bum rush Helmet with a series of wild strikes but Helmet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
Helmet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Rua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
Helmet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rua.
Rua misses with a two punch combination.
Helmet tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Helmet throws a nice looking combination but Rua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Helmet misses with a wild combination.
Helmet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Helmet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Helmet. Those never looked like landing.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Helmet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Helmet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Helmet swinging wildly here.
Rua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Helmet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet avoids them all with ease.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Rua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Helmet.
Helmet misses with a wild combination.
Helmet looks to land a combination but Rua avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Rua.
Helmet throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Helmet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Helmet misses with a jab, cross combination.
Helmet misses with a double jab.
Helmet throws a nice looking combination but Rua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet moves out of range.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Helmet lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Helmet.
Helmet throws a series of punches but Rua avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
Helmet fails to land with a series of punches.
Helmet dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Helmet moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rua throws a series of punches but Helmet avoids them all with ease.
Rua throws a nice looking combination but Helmet bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helmet throws a right and a left that Rua avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Rua.
Helmet throws a one two combo.
Helmet slips a jab and a cross from Rua.
Helmet misses with a wild combination.
Rua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rua throws a nice looking combination but Helmet bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rua throws a nice looking combination but Helmet bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Rua swinging wildly here.
A combination from Helmet does no damage.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
Rua misses with a double jab.
A combination from Helmet does no damage.
Helmet rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Helmet will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Some wild striking there from Helmet.
Rua swinging wildly here.
Helmet throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Helmet misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Helmet misses.
Rua tries to bum rush Helmet with a series of wild strikes but Helmet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Helmet throws a right hand that Rua ducks under and follows up with a left that Rua also avoids with ease.
Rua throws a right hand that Helmet ducks under and follows up with a left that Helmet also avoids with ease.
Rua throws a right hand that Helmet ducks under and follows up with a left that Helmet also avoids with ease.
Helmet misses with a series of wild punches.
Rua misses with a two punch combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Helmet misses with the combination.
Rua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Helmet.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Helmet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sexy Helmet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Helmet 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sexy Helmet!