PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emil Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bodzio Helikopter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustafsson comes to the cage accompanied by Two Steps from Hell - Heart of Courage. Bodzio Helikopter struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Bodzio Helikopter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gustafsson
vs
Helikopter

190 cm
19
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
187 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Emil Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bodzio Helikopter!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helikopter on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Helikopter checks the leg kick.
Helikopter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Helikopter misses with a series of wild punches.
Gustafsson swings widly with a right hand
and Helikopter counters with a left to the body.
Gustafsson misses with a leg kick
and Helikopter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Helikopter works Gustafsson's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Helikopter.
Gustafsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Helikopter misses with a looping right.
Helikopter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Gustafsson.
Helikopter checks a leg kick nicely.
Gustafsson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Helikopter throws out a loose jab but Gustafsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helikopter looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustafsson is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Helikopter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Helikopter looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustafsson is just out of range.
Gustafsson slips a jab and a cross from Helikopter.
Emil Gustafsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helikopter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gustafsson's head.
Gustafsson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Helikopter lands a big right hand that sends Gustafsson crashing to the mat! Helikopter stays standing though and waves Gustafsson back to his feet!

Gustafsson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gustafsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Oh Gustafsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Helikopter lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Gustafsson falls backwards - clearly groggy! Helikopter dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bodzio Helikopter!