PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mata Helu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mata Helu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sparrow
vs
Helu

183 cm
25
198 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Sparrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mata Helu!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Helu clinches up with Sparrow and pushes him back against the cage.
Helu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sparrow's defenses.
Helu blocks an uppercut.
Sparrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sparrow definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Helu throws an elbow that misses.
Sparrow slows down the pace here.
Sparrow blocks an elbow strike from Helu.
Sparrow takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Jack Sparrow has been cut.
Sparrow is trying to break free.
Helu stalling in the clinch but Sparrow improves position.
Sparrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sparrow is trying to stall.
Helu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Helu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sparrow's elbow.
Helu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sparrow is trying to force a seperation but Helu has the dominant position.
Helu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Helu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Helu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Helu tries to work over Sparrow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Helu trying to stall but Sparrow improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helu displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sparrow up against the cage.
Sparrow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Sparrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Helu controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sparrow.
Helu is looking to control Sparrow's arms but Sparrow gets an underhook and turns him. Now Helu has his back to the cage.
Helu keeps control of Sparrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sparrow tries to break free but Helu pushes him back against the cage.
Sparrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Helu being controlled against the cage.
Helu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helu throws an elbow but it misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Helu throws an elbow but it misses.
Helu keeps control of Sparrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Helu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sparrow lands a body shot.
Sparrow controlling the action here for a moment.
Sparrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow has a couple of punches blocked by Helu.
A frustrated look appears on Sparrow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Helu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sparrow's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparrow is working Helu over against the cage.
Sparrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sparrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Helu pushes off an throws an elbow but Sparrow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Helu lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Helu.
Helu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Helu misses with a body punch.
Sparrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Helu misses with an elbow strike.
Helu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sparrow's efforts to push away.
Helu lands an elbow inside that Sparrow shrugs off.
Helu lands an elbow just above Sparrow 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sparrow is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from Sparrow.
Helu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sparrow is keeping busy.
Sparrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sparrow is trying to maintain a safe position but Helu gets an underhook and turns Sparrow into the cage.
Sparrow tries to circle away but Helu has him pinned against the cage.
Sparrow misses with a punch to the body.
Helu looking to slow down the pace here.
Helu lands a nice elbow.
Sparrow blocks an elbow strike.
Helu is trying to stall.
Sparrow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Helu taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for Sparrow.
Sparrow avoiding damage as Helu throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow tries a body shot but Helu blocks it.
Helu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helu throws an elbow that misses.
A short uppercut from Sparrow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Helu.
Sparrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sparrow tries to break free but Helu pushes him back against the cage.
Sparrow is looking to control Helu's arms but Helu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sparrow has his back to the cage.
Sparrow avoids the elbow strike from Helu, against the cage.
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!
Helu can't find room to land a body shot as Sparrow controls the action.
Helu misses with an elbow over the top.
Sparrow displaying some good clinch control by pressing Helu up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Helu.
Sparrow lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sparrow tries to throw a body punch but Helu avoids it by throwing Sparrow back against the cage.
Sparrow takes an elbow to the temple.
Helu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Sparrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mata Helu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Sparrow's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A jab lands there for Sparrow.
Helu tries to clinch up but Sparrow circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from Sparrow.
Jack Sparrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparrow lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sparrow lands a lovely overhand right.
Sparrow looks to throw the jab but Helu is out of range.
Helu tries to clinch up
letting Sparrow counter with a right hand.
Helu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Helu doesn't manage to clinch there - Sparrow circles away.
Helu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Helu tries to clinch but Sparrow is having none of it.
Helu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
The fight stays on the outside here - Helu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Helu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sparrow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparrow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sparrow cracks Helu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sparrow throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Helu on the side of the head.

Helu closes the distance and clinches.
Sparrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Helu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sparrow's efforts to push away.
Sparrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Helu tries to throw a body punch but Sparrow avoids it by throwing Helu back against the cage.
Helu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sparrow lands with a short shot to the head.
Sparrow is trying to break the clinch but Helu is controlling him.
Sparrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sparrow tries to break the clinch but Helu is controlling the position.
Sparrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Sparrow tries to stall but Helu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sparrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Helu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparrow taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helu lands an elbow inside that Sparrow shrugs off.
Sparrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Helu uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helu is trying to stall.
Sparrow is trying to break the clinch but Helu has him pressed against the cage.
Jack Sparrow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Helu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Helu.
Sparrow blocks the elbow strike.
Sparrow looking to slow down the pace here.
Helu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sparrow is trying to push Helu away but Helu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sparrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Helu has double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Sparrow.
Sparrow is trying to push Helu away but Helu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sparrow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Helu tries to work over Sparrow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Helu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sparrow is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow tries to circle away but Helu has him pinned against the cage.
Sparrow blocks the elbow strike.
Helu is looking to control Sparrow's arms but Sparrow gets an underhook and turns him. Now Helu has his back to the cage.
Sparrow avoids the elbow strike from Helu, against the cage.
Helu lands a nice elbow.
Helu tries to work over Sparrow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sparrow blocks a body shot from Helu.
Helu tries to work over Sparrow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sparrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Helu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sparrow dodges an elbow strike from Helu.
Sparrow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Helu is keeping busy.
Sparrow tries to circle away but Helu has him pinned against the cage.
Sparrow being controlled against the cage.
Helu struggles to land a body shot inside as Sparrow controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helu has Sparrow pressed against the cage, preventing Sparrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sparrow takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Helu.
Sparrow throws a head punch that misses.
Sparrow has had enough of the clinch but Helu keeps him there for the moment.
Sparrow is trying to break the clinch but Helu has him pressed against the cage.
Sparrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Helu has him pressed against the cage.
Sparrow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Helu is keeping busy.
Helu looking to slow down the pace here.
Helu misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Helu wants to stall.
Sparrow dodges an elbow strike from Helu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparrow is trying to break the clinch but Helu is controlling him.
A short right from Sparrow on the inside.
Sparrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Sparrow on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Sparrow dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Sparrow's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Sparrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Helu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sparrow avoids the body shot from Helu.
Sparrow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sparrow catches Helu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Sparrow tries to keep at a distance but Helu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sparrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Helu keeps control of Sparrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Helu has Sparrow pressed against the cage, preventing Sparrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Helu is trying to stall.
Sparrow blocks an elbow strike from Helu.
Helu tries to throw a body punch but Sparrow avoids it by throwing Helu back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sparrow.
Helu lands a damaging elbow.
Sparrow tries to circle away but Helu has him pinned against the cage.
Sparrow's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sparrow scores with a shot to the side of Helu's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Sparrow.
Sparrow lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sparrow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Helu is keeping busy.
Sparrow is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Helu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Helu as Sparrow tries to tie him up.
Helu tries to land knees in the clinch but Sparrow avoids the damage to the body.
Sparrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Sparrow lands with a short shot to the head.
Helu can't find room to land a body shot as Sparrow controls the action.
Helu tries to land knees in the clinch but Sparrow avoids the damage to the body.
Sparrow takes an elbow to the temple.
Helu blocks an uppercut.
Helu prevents Sparrow from breaking the clinch.
Sparrow controlling the action here for a moment.
Sparrow misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sparrow avoids a wild elbow strike from Helu.
Helu prevents Sparrow from breaking the clinch.
Helu prevents a body shot from Sparrow.
Sparrow is trying to force a seperation but Helu has the dominant position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Come on Helu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sparrow is trying to break the clinch but Helu is controlling him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Helu stalls.
Helu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helu tries to work over Sparrow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sparrow lands with a left to the head.
Helu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Helu.
Helu lands an elbow just above Sparrow 's eye.
Helu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sparrow can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sparrow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sparrow takes an elbow to the forehead.
Helu misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Helu.
Sparrow blocks the elbow strike.
Helu lands an elbow inside.
Helu lands an elbow that stopped Sparrow in his tracks for a moment.
Helu lands an elbow that stopped Sparrow in his tracks for a moment.

Sparrow is rocked!
Helu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helu is looking to control Sparrow's arms but Sparrow gets an underhook and turns him. Now Helu has his back to the cage.
Sparrow is trying to force a seperation but Helu has the dominant position.
Helu tries a body shot but Sparrow blocks it.
Helu can't find room to land a body shot as Sparrow controls the action.
Sparrow digs a right hand underneath Helu's ribcage. Helu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Helu has Sparrow pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Helu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helu lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Helu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sparrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Helu has him pressed against the cage.
Sparrow misses with a punch to the body.
Helu misses with an elbow strike.
Helu lands a damaging elbow.
Sparrow avoids a wild elbow strike from Helu.
Helu trying to land knees to the body.
Sparrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Sparrow fails to land.
Sparrow is trying to break the clinch but Helu has him pressed against the cage.
Helu looking to slow down the pace here.
Sparrow avoids the elbow strike from Helu, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Helu lands an elbow inside that Sparrow shrugs off.
Helu lands an elbow just above Sparrow 's eye.
Helu effectively controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mata Helu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Helu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mata Helu!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mata Helu made sure he mentioned Ace of Spades Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.