PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Helms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gomin Rinpoche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Helms comes to the cage accompanied by we aint gonna take it by twisted sister. Hunter Helms has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Helms
vs
Rinpoche

180 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

178 cm
19
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hunter Helms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gomin Rinpoche!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rinpoche wants to clinch but Helms slips to the side
enabling Helms to counter with a crisp jab.
Helms stuffs the takedown.
Rinpoche doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Helms counters with a left and a right that stings Rinpoche.
Helms throws a shot to the body.
Helms throws a nice looking combination but Rinpoche bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rinpoche shoots and misses
and Helms counters with a left and a right that stings Rinpoche.
Hunter Helms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gomin Rinpoche.
Helms throws the left hand but Rinpoche avoids the punch easily.
Rinpoche walks into a straight right hand from Helms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rinpoche.
Rinpoche takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rinpoche fails with an attempt to clinch.
Helms closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rinpoche dives in for a single leg takedown but Helms sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Rinpoche pulls Helms into guard.
Rinpoche is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helms chips away with some ground and pound.
Helms makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Helms chips away with some ground and pound.
Rinpoche has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Helms has passed into side control.
Helms scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rinpoche to see if he's OK.
Helms grinds an elbow into Rinpoche's temple.
Helms has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Helms works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Helms working the body and head with strikes.
Helms landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helms landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Helms wants to control but Rinpoche is keeping him busy.
Helms working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helms lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Helms trying to control the position but Rinpoche is working away.
Helms lands a decent elbow from side control.
Helms cracks Rinpoche with a big right hand but Rinpoche just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rinpoche manages to work his way to half guard, despite Helms's best efforts.
Rinpoche has hold of Helms's hands but Helms slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Helms working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rinpoche tries to roll over but Helms keeps him under control.
Helms working Rinpoche over with strikes.
Helms performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helms is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Helms seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Helms working the head and body with strikes.

Rinpoche has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Helms escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Helms!
Rinpoche takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Helms decides to stand back up. Helms steps back and let's Rinpoche get back to his feet.
Helms ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hunter Helms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helms takes a swing at Rinpoche's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helms ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rinpoche moves away.
Rinpoche tries a head kick but it misses.
Helms throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rinpoche misses with a combination
and Helms counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Helms lunges at Rinpoche with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rinpoche's hand.
Helms lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Helms lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Helms misses the jab.
Helms scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Helms feints a jab promting Rinpoche to slip. Helms then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rinpoche slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rinpoche bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rinpoche walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Helms dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Helms. Rinpoche does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rinpoche misses with a head kick.
Rinpoche lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Helms at a distance.
Hunter Helms is winning the standup battle so far.
Helms lands with an uppercut that bounces Rinpoche off the cage and back into range.
Helms slips a jab and a cross from Rinpoche.
Helms misses with a two punch combination.
Rinpoche moves away from the strike by Helms.

Helms closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rinpoche quickly recovers to half guard.
Rinpoche is looking to control Helms's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rinpoche avoid being mounted?
Nice strikes from Helms there.
Helms seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Helms perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rinpoche is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rinpoche on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rinpoche wants to get back to full guard.
Rinpoche taking some punishment here, with Helms in his half guard.
Rinpoche is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Helms scores with a couple of nice shots.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Helms connects with a nice short shot to Rinpoche's temple.
Helms winds up and cracks Rinpoche with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Helms looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Helms is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Helms is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rinpoche is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helms looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rinpoche with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helms is nestled in close to Rinpoche, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Helms is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Helms working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Helms is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Helms drops an elbow to the side of Rinpoche's head.
Helms lands with a punch from half guard.
Helms lands with a punch from half guard.
Helms trying to control from half guard but Rinpoche is working away.
Rinpoche has hold of Helms's hands but Helms slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rinpoche has hold of Helms's hands but Helms slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rinpoche wants to improve his position but Helms is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Helms decides to stand and escape the position.

Helms shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Helms with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rinpoche is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Helms jumps into side control!
Helms scoring with punches and elbows.
Helms working the ground and pound.
Helms scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rinpoche to see if he's OK.
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!
Rinpoche tries to buck Helms off but Helms is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helms lands some shots froms side control.
Helms working the ground and pound from side control.
Helms is working Rinpoche over with some ground and pound from side control.
Helms is chipping away with strikes.
Helms is putting a hurting on Rinpoche here, landing some big shots from side control.
Helms works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Helms working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Helms lands a few punches from side control.
Helms trying to control the action but Rinpoche is working from the bottom.
Rinpoche takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rinpoche is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Helms dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rinpoche shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Helms lands a jab to the nose.
Helms misses with a double jab.

Helms drops Rinpoche with a right and a left! Helms comes rushing in but Rinpoche regains his composure and manages to keep Helms in guard.

Rinpoche is rocked!
Hunter Helms overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helms lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rinpoche is still in real trouble! Can Helms finish him?
Helms stands up over Rinpoche, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rinpoche not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rinpoche has momentary wrist control but Helms slips an elbow through the middle.
Helms is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rinpoche can do to turn this around?
Helms is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Helms connects with a couple of short punches.

Helms stands up from Rinpoche's guard - Helms perhaps looking for a knockout.
Helms circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helms scores with a jab to the head.
Rinpoche seems to have recovered his senses.
Rinpoche fails with the takedown
and Helms counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rinpoche takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rinpoche has his takedown stuffed
and Helms counters with a straight right hand.
Hunter Helms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gomin Rinpoche.
Rinpoche walks into a straight right hand from Helms.
Helms lands a jab to the nose.
OH! Rinpoche has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Helms smells blood and charges in for the finish! Helms unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Rinpoche sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hunter Helms!
Hunter Helms thanked the fans post fight for their support.