PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Kallio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Helwani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Kallio
vs
Helwani

180 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Kallio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leon Helwani!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kallio misses with a low kick.
Kallio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kallio throws the left hand but Helwani avoids the punch easily.
Helwani checks a leg kick nicely.
Kallio misses with a low kick.
Kallio looks to score with a jab to the body but Helwani is just out of range.
Helwani avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kalle Kallio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kallio slips a jab and a cross from Helwani.
Kallio does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Helwani throws an overhand right that lands on Kallio's shoulder, as Kallio tries to avoid the shot.
Kallio ducks under a wild hook from Helwani.
Kallio tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Helwani is able to avoid easily.
Kallio really is a fat lump.
Helwani takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kallio looks to throw the jab but Helwani is out of range.
Helwani thows a left - swing and a miss!
Helwani keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kallio misses with a wild body shot.
Kallio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Helwani checks a leg kick.
Kallio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kallio wants to slow Helwani down by chopping away at his legs.
Helwani cracks a nice hook into Kallio's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helwani doesn't manage to clinch there - Kallio circles away.
Kallio fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Helwani is out of range.
Helwani moves out of range as Kallio throws a body kick.
Kallio swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Helwani drives through and clinches with Kallio against the cage.
Kallio blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kallio can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Kallio is pushing Helwani up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Kallio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kallio misses with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Helwani checks a leg kick.
Kallio misses with a low kick.
Kallio throws a low kick but Helwani moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helwani moves out of range of the body kick.
A clash of legs there as Helwani blocks the low kick.
Kallio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kallio ducks under a wild hook from Helwani.
Kallio fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Helwani is out of range.
Kallio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helwani moves away.
Helwani blocks a low kick nicely.
Helwani throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kallio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Helwani. Those never looked like landing.

Kallio gets tackled into the cage by Helwani. Helwani maintains the clinch.
Kallio blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Helwani lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Helwani lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kallio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Helwani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kallio blocking some punches.
Helwani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helwani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helwani throws a punch but it's blocked by Kallio.
Helwani lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Helwani has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Helwani misses with a punch on the inside.
Helwani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kallio just leaning against Helwani, taking a breather.
Helwani misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Helwani.
Kallio blocks an uppercut.
Kallio holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kalle Kallio.
Helwani throws an overhand right that lands on Kallio's shoulder, as Kallio tries to avoid the shot.
Kallio throws a leg kick but Helwani checks it.
Kallio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kallio swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kallio misses with a looping right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Kallio.
Kallio takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kallio throws a hook to the side of Helwani's head but Helwani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kallio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Helwani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kallio was well out of range. Poor timing from Helwani.
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 Kalle Kallio will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Helwani avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kallio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kalle Kallio is winning the standup battle so far.
Kallio finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kallio misses with a low kick.
Kallio moves away from the strike by Helwani.
Kallio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Helwani is out of range and Kallio settles back down.
Helwani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Helwani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Helwani moves out of range of the leg kick from Kallio.
A leg kick checked by Helwani.
Helwani slips under a jab.
Kallio tries to score with a low kick but Helwani moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick from Kallio misses.
Helwani moves out of range of the body kick from Kallio.
An inside leg kick from Kallio misses.
Kallio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kallio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kallio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kallio scores with a body shot.
Helwani thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helwani bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Helwani checks a low kick from Kallio.
Kallio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Helwani swings for the body but Kallio moves out of range.
Kallio misses with the combination.
Kallio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kallio tries to work over Helwani's front leg with a kick but Helwani checks it.
Helwani connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A leg kick checked by Helwani.
Kallio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kallio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Helwani just misses with a punch to the body.
Kallio is looking to chop away at Helwani's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helwani checks a leg kick.
Helwani blocks a leg kick.
Helwani tries to clinch there but Kallio circles away.
Kallio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kallio is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Helwani's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Helwani cracks Kallio with an open hand slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kallio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kallio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Helwani has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Helwani and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kallio throws a leg kick but Helwani sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kallio slips under a jab from Helwani.
Helwani misses the jab.
Kallio slips a straight right by Helwani.
Kallio wants to land a leg kick but Helwani is out of range.
Kallio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Helwani.
Kallio throws a body punch but Helwani moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Helwani blocks the leg kick.
Helwani scores with a punch to the head.
Helwani looks to throw the jab but Kallio is out of range.
Kallio throws a nice looking combination but Helwani bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kallio misses with a hook.
Helwani checks a leg kick.
Kallio throws a leg kick but Helwani sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kallio motions for Helwani to come forward. Kallio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Helwani throws a series of punches but Kallio moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kallio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Helwani.
Kallio throws a leg kick but Helwani checks it.
Kallio tries to score with a low kick but Helwani moves his leg out of the way.
Kallio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kallio throws a shot to the body.
Helwani avoids the head kick by Kallio.
Kallio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Helwani checks a leg kick.
Kallio takes one to the side of the head.
Kallio tries to work over Helwani's front leg with a kick but Helwani checks it.
Helwani connects with the punch.
Helwani avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kallio throws a chopping leg kick but Helwani manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kallio tried to score with a low kick but Helwani checks it.
Helwani misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helwani misses with an attempted mid kick.
A cross from Helwani lands.
A leg kick checked by Helwani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helwani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kallio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kallio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some bone on bone action there as Helwani checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kallio tries to score with a low kick but Helwani moves his leg out of the way.
Kallio tries a low kick but Helwani avoids it.

Helwani takes the fight into the clinch.
Helwani throws a head punch that misses.
Helwani tries a body shot but Kallio blocks it.
Kallio trying to control the position but instead, Helwani has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kallio into the cage.
Helwani lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bit of stalling here from Kallio.
Kallio wants to stall.
Helwani has Kallio pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Helwani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Helwani is looking to clinch but Kallio is avoiding it.
Kallio with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Helwani moves in looking to clinch but Kallio pushes him off.
Helwani looks to throw the jab but Kallio is out of range.
Kallio moves out of range as Helwani strikes.
Helwani moves out of range of the body kick from Kallio.
Kallio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kallio throws a low kick, looking for Helwani's leg but Helwani calmly moves out of range.
Helwani checks a leg kick nicely.
Kallio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kallio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kallio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kallio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Helwani. Kallio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Helwani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kallio.
Kallio misses with a straight right.
Helwani throws a jab when Kallio was well out of range.
Kallio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Helwani looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kallio throws a leg kick but Helwani moved away.
Helwani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Helwani connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kallio tried to score with a low kick but Helwani checks it.
Helwani misses with a straight right.
Kallio loads up on a big right hand but Helwani slips the punch.
Helwani avoids the head kick by Kallio.
The crowd cheers as Helwani lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kallio doesn't seem phased though.

Helwani clinches up against the cage.
Kallio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kallio slowing the pace effectively.
Kallio being controlled against the cage.
Kallio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kallio looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helwani lands a right hand.
Kallio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Helwani misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kallio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kallio pressing his opponent against the cage.
Helwani lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helwani has a couple of punches blocked by Kallio.
Kallio effectively controlling the action here.
Helwani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kalle Kallio.
Helwani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kallio.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Helwani checks a leg kick.
Kallio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Helwani blocks a low kick nicely.
Helwani thows a left - swing and a miss!
Helwani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kallio was well out of range. Poor timing from Helwani.
Kallio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Helwani.
Helwani connects with a crisp jab.
Kallio misses with a body shot.
Kallio throws a sloppy head kick and Helwani moves out of range easily.
Kallio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Helwani throws a hook but Kallio blocks it.
Kallio just misses with a punch to the body.
Kallio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Helwani connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kallio. Helwani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kallio is looking to wear down Helwani with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kallio misses with a lunging right hand
and Helwani counters with a three punch combo that has Kallio backing up. Kallio nods at Helwani to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kallio working hard to break the clinch.
Helwani working aggressively here.
Kallio swings wildly with an uppercut but Helwani uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Helwani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Helwani displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kallio up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kallio prevents a body shot from Helwani.
Kallio looking to slow down the pace here.
Kallio blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Helwani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Helwani has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Helwani!