PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Helber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Helber's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, War is coming. Dance has chosen Broken Beating Scarred - Metallica as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Helber
vs
Dance

183 cm
27
174 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

177 cm
27
181 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
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Sublime Supplements

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rusty Helber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Dance!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Helber. No joy for Dance on that attempt.

Helber drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Helber postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dance is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Helber asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Dance dodges the ground and pound from Helber.
Dance avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Helber.

Dance explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Dance looks to land a right hand but Helber moved out of range.
Dance misses with a looping right.
Helber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dance moves away.
Helber scores with the left hand. Dance knows he should have avoided that one.
Dance blocks a head kick by Helber.
Helber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Helber throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dance swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Helber bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dance's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance lands with a nice combination. Helber backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Rusty Helber has been cut.
Dance punishes Helber's body with a nice straight punch.
Dance ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helber moves away.
Dance throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Helber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Helber!
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!
Dance catches Helber with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheers as Helber lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dance doesn't seem phased though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dance. Helber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Dance as Helber shoots in.

Helber shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dance is trying to stand up here but Helber is controlling him well.
Helber is looking to take a break and control but Dance is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Dance makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Helber misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dance avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Helber lands with a shot to the body.
Helber feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dance's calf.
Helber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dance throws a lazy right hand but Helber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Helber shoots in looking for a takedown but Dance manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Helber's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dance scores with a sloppy right hand. Helber should have avoided that one.
A punch combination from Dance misses.
Dance lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Helber keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Helber is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dance jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Helber is looking to slow Dance down with leg kicks.
Dance on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dance throws a looping overhand right but Helber ducks down to avoid it.
Helber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dance showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Helber.
Dance has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Helber.

Helber gets a double leg takedown into Dance's guard.
Helber throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dance works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dance wants to stand up but Helber is controlling him.
Helber trying to control but Dance is working from the bottom.
Dance wants to stand and escape but Helber is having none of it.
Helber throws a strike but Dance rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Helber trying to control the position.
Helber avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dance accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Helber is trying to control the position but Dance postures up.

Helber looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dance got a little sloppy there for a moment and Helber has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dance has managed to get both his arms back between Helber's legs - danger averted.
Helber trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dance postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Helber manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dance blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dance is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rusty Helber will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rusty Helber's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Helber looks for a takedown but Dance sprawls well.
Dance has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Helber.
Dance changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Helber tries to avoid it but Dance manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Helber to the ground. Helber escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Helber scores with a leg kick.
Dance attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Helber displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dance throws a jab but it's blocked by Helber.
Helber moves out of range as Dance strikes.
Dance misses with a takedown attempt - Helber sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Helber dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dance. That did some damage!
Helber looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Helber looks to land a combination. Dance sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dance misses with a body kick.
Helber fails to land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dance keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dance misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Helber.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance throws a head kick that half lands.
Dance rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Helber counters with a lovely straight right hand!
No joy there for Dance, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Helber scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dance is breathing heavily.
Helber scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dance takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Helber.
Dance throws a body punch but Helber moves out of range.
Dance misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Helber.
Dance with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Helber to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dance with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Helber to score with a decent uppercut.
Helber lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice sprawl there from Dance as Helber shoots in.
Dance throws out a loose jab but Helber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dance shoots in but no luck this time.
Rusty Helber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Dance.
Dance misses with a hook to the body
and Helber counters with a series of strikes. Dance will be more careful next time no doubt.
Helber throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dance misses with a lunging right hand
and Helber counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Helber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dance throws out the jab.
Helber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dance.
Helber misses with a double jab.
Helber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dance swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Helber buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Helber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dance.
Rusty Helber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dance throws the left hand but Helber avoids the punch easily.
Dance walks into a jab.

Dance is rocked!
Helber plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Dance swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Dance face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rusty Helber!
Rusty Helber very nearly forgot to thank Sublime Supplements amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.