PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luis Helguera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shannon Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shannon Bailey is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Helguera
vs
Bailey

190 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
169 lbs
5 - 10 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luis Helguera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Shannon Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey shoots in and drives through. Helguera sprawls well.
Helguera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bailey.
Helguera misses with a series of wild punches.

Helguera drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Helguera thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Helguera preventing the sweep.
Bailey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Helguera is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bailey throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bailey is trying to control the position but Helguera postures up.
Bailey is looking to stand up but Helguera isn't so interested in that idea.

Helguera drops back looking for a leg! Bailey is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bailey manages to kick Helguera off! Helguera jumps back into Bailey's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bailey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Helguera.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Helguera feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bailey keeping full guard, as Helguera tries to pass.

Helguera thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Helguera drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Helguera jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Helguera is breathing heavily.
Bailey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Helguera manages to get himself to full guard.

Helguera throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Helguera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helguera keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
Bailey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Helguera works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bailey trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bailey wants to control from the top but Helguera keeps moving.

Helguera has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bailey can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bailey trying to control but Helguera is working from the bottom.

Helguera has his foot on Bailey's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bailey works his way back into a safe position though.
Bailey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bailey looking to pass the guard.

Helguera throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bailey wants to control from the top but Helguera keeps moving.
Bailey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Helguera. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Helguera works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Helguera throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Helguera working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bailey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bailey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bailey trying to control the position from guard on top but Helguera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Helguera looking for a guillotine here but Bailey defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bailey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Helguera working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bailey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bailey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Helguera keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
Bailey tries to stand but Helguera is controlling from the bottom.

Helguera working for a triangle but Bailey defends it easily.

Bailey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Helguera dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bailey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bailey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bailey throws a combination that misses

and Helguera counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Helguera blocks the strikes from Bailey.

Helguera is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Helguera in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Bailey tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Helguera!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Luis Helguera!