PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Flash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Hellstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lars Hellstrom told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Flash
vs
Hellstrom

187 cm
21
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
174 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75
Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Flash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Hellstrom!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hellstrom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hellstrom slips under a jab.
Flash throws a head kick but Hellstrom moves out of range.
Hellstrom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hellstrom on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hellstrom takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hellstrom looks to land a combination but Flash avoids it well.
Hellstrom punishes Flash's body with a nice straight punch.
Flash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Flash moves out of range of the body kick.
Hellstrom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flash.
Hellstrom throws an overhand right that lands on Flash's shoulder, as Flash tries to avoid the shot.
Flash is looking to land body kicks.
Hellstrom tries to score with a low kick but Flash moves his leg out of the way.
Hellstrom has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flash throws a lazy head kick
and Hellstrom counters with a nice uppercut.
Hellstrom with a jab.
Hellstrom throws a low kick but Flash avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flash lands with a thumping leg kick.
Flash looks to score with a jab to the body but Hellstrom is just out of range.
Hellstrom throws a lazy right hand but Flash sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Flash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Flash throws a head kick that misses
and Hellstrom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hellstrom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flash takes a swing at Hellstrom's ribcage but misses.
Flash goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Flash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flash tried to score with a low kick but Hellstrom checks it.
Hellstrom lands a nice hook to Flash's body. Flash takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Flash shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Hellstrom lands an impressive looking overhand right. Flash doesn't seem phased though.
Hellstrom scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Flash moves into the clinch successfully.
Flash lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hellstrom backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Flash throws a punch but it's blocked by Hellstrom.
Flash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flash lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flash looking to stall.
Hellstrom taking a breather.
Hellstrom receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Hellstrom presses Flash against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Flash stalling in the clinch but Hellstrom improves position.
Hellstrom will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Flash up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flash is pushing Hellstrom up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Flash tries to throw a body punch but Hellstrom avoids it by throwing Flash back against the cage.
Hellstrom stalling against the cage.
Flash throws a punch but it's blocked by Hellstrom.
Flash misses with some punches.
Hellstrom blocks an uppercut.
Flash throws a head punch that misses.
Hellstrom blocks an uppercut.
Flash misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Flash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellstrom stalling against the cage.
Hellstrom blocks an uppercut.
Flash has Hellstrom pressed against the cage.
Flash swings wildly with an uppercut but Hellstrom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hellstrom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flash is looking to break free of the clinch but Hellstrom has double underhooks.
Flash stalling in the clinch but Hellstrom improves position.
Hellstrom blocking some punches.
Flash throws a punch but it's blocked by Hellstrom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flash.
Hellstrom prevents a body shot from Flash.
A nice left hand lands by Hellstrom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flash misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Flash dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hellstrom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flash.
Hellstrom is looking to slow Flash down with leg kicks.
Hellstrom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hellstrom looks to land a left hand but Flash moved out of range nicely.
Flash misses with a body shot
and Hellstrom counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Flash gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Flash throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A jab from Hellstrom misses.
The Flash is winning the standup battle so far.
Flash avoids the body shot from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom misses with a straight right.
Hellstrom throws a left and a right that both miss
and Flash counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hellstrom thinking.
Hellstrom misses with a low kick.
Flash looks to land a body kick but Hellstrom moved away.
Flash takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Flash scores with a shot to the body.
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!
Flash scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellstrom throws a quick inside leg kick.

Flash clinches up with Hellstrom and pushes him back against the cage.
Flash slows down the pace here.
Flash misses with a punch to the body.
Flash tries to throw a body punch but Hellstrom avoids it by throwing Flash back against the cage.
Hellstrom is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Flash is keeping busy.
Flash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flash throws a punch but it's blocked by Hellstrom.
Hellstrom is pushing Flash up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hellstrom as Flash tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellstrom just leaning against Flash, taking a breather.
The Flash has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hellstrom.
Flash working aggressively here.
Flash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hellstrom blocking some punches.
Hellstrom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flash is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hellstrom is keeping busy.
Flash swings wildly with an uppercut but Hellstrom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hellstrom blocks a body shot from Flash.
Hellstrom leaning against his opponent.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hellstrom stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellstrom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hellstrom stalling in the clinch but Flash improves position.

Hellstrom breaks from the clinch.
Hellstrom with a nice cross.
Flash takes one to the chin there.
Hellstrom moves out of range as Flash throws a body kick.
Hellstrom misses with a looping left.
Nice jab there from Hellstrom.
Flash connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Flash scores with a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Flash.
Flash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flash throws a leg kick which misses Hellstrom's front leg but catches the back leg as Hellstrom tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flash pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hellstrom is out of range and Flash settles back down.

Flash takes the fight into the clinch.
Hellstrom working aggressively here.
Flash lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Flash misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Flash tries a body shot but Hellstrom blocks it.
Flash goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short left from Flash.

Hellstrom's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Flash.
Flash misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Flash dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Flash throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hellstrom's head.
Flash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hellstrom manages to avoid it.
Hellstrom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Flash is out of range.
Hellstrom will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Flash scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Flash lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hellstrom will feel that in the morning.
Hellstrom misses with a wild body shot.
Hellstrom misses with a few strikes there.
Hellstrom doesn't manage to clinch there - Flash circles away.
Hellstrom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flash misses with an attempted mid kick.
Flash pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flash throws a head kick but Hellstrom moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flash takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Flash has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hellstrom.
Flash turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellstrom cracks Flash with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hellstrom on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Flash on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Flash.
Hellstrom punishes Flash's body with a nice straight punch.
Flash is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Flash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hellstrom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hellstrom with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hellstrom looks to throw the jab but Flash is out of range.
Flash throws a head kick but Hellstrom moves out of range.
Hellstrom throws a wild body kick that Flash sees coming a mile off.
Flash lands with a good body shot.
Hellstrom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flash throws out the jab.
Flash motions for Hellstrom to come forward. Flash throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flash throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flash takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Flash.
Flash thows a body kick. Hellstrom tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Flash throws a push kick but Hellstrom slaps the foot to one side.
Flash misses with a low kick.
Hellstrom takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Flash is looking to land body kicks.
Hellstrom has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Flash.
Flash lands with a kick to the temple. Hellstrom shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Flash works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Flash thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hellstrom if he has to take too many more of those.
Flash on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hellstrom takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Flash lands a nice shot to the body.
Flash fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flash uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hellstrom.
Flash misses with a wild body shot.
Good leg kick by Flash there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hellstrom. Flash does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hellstrom throws a hook but Flash blocks it.
Hellstrom chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Flash can pounce on him.
Flash lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hellstrom takes a step back to recover.
Flash throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hellstrom's head.
Nice body kick there by Flash.
Hellstrom takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Flash is looking to wear down Hellstrom with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Flash ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hellstrom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flash.
A chopping leg kick lands by Flash.
A head kick misses from Flash.
Lars Hellstrom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flash attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Flash forces Hellstrom back against the cage and clinches.
Flash digs a right hand into Hellstrom's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hellstrom's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Flash scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flash misses with a punch on the inside.
Hellstrom's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Flash tries to throw a body punch but Hellstrom avoids it by throwing Flash back against the cage.
Flash fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hellstrom pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flash misses with a punch on the inside.
The Flash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hellstrom misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Flash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Flash 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Flash!
The Flash seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.