PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pollux Ulysses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mata Helu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ulysses
vs
Helu

185 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ace of Spades Clothing

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pollux Ulysses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mata Helu!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulysses thows a left - swing and a miss!
Helu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Helu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ulysses is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ulysses looks to throw the jab but Helu is out of range.
Helu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ulysses paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Helu ducks under a wild hook from Ulysses.
Helu tries to close the distance and clinch but Ulysses swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ulysses works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ulysses dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ulysses lands a nice shot that snaps Helu's head back.
Pollux Ulysses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ulysses.
Ulysses connects with a right hand. Helu shakes it off.
Ulysses scores with a hook to the body. Helu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ulysses looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ulysses throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Helu.

Helu takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ulysses wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ulysses dodges an elbow strike from Helu.
Ulysses can't break the clinch.
Ulysses wants to break free but Helu has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulysses has had enough of the clinch but Helu keeps him there for the moment.
Ulysses wants to break the clinch but can't.
Helu throws an elbow but it misses.
Ulysses blocks an elbow strike.
Ulysses takes an elbow to the forehead.
Helu throws an elbow that misses.
Ulysses dodges an elbow strike from Helu.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Helu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ulysses's brow.
Ulysses is pushing Helu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the fighters up against the cage, Helu throws an elbow but misses.
A short left from Ulysses.
Helu lands a nice elbow.
Helu tries to land knees in the clinch but Ulysses avoids the damage to the body.
Ulysses lands with a left to the head.
Helu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Helu throws an elbow but misses.
Helu looking to slow down the pace here.
Helu throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Ulysses.
Ulysses misses with a short punch on the inside.
Helu lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Pollux Ulysses has been cut.
Ulysses blocks an elbow strike from Helu.
Ulysses lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ulysses makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ulysses managing to block the knees to the body from Helu.
Ulysses lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ulysses fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ulysses lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ulysses is trying to break the clinch but Helu has him pressed against the cage.
Ulysses misses with some punches.
Ulysses wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ulysses blocks an elbow strike.
Helu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Helu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Helu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Helu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Ulysses breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulysses thuds his right hand into Helu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ulysses throws a shot from downtown. Helu moves away and avoids it.
Ulysses lands a glancing blow to the side of Helu's head.
Ulysses throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ulysses throws a jab when Helu was well out of range.
Helu wants to clinch up but Ulysses keeps it at a distance.
Ulysses looks to land a right hand but Helu moved out of range.
Helu tries to close the distance and clinch but Ulysses swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ulysses connects with the punch.
Helu tries to clinch there but Ulysses circles away.
Ulysses throws a lazy right hand but Helu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Helu looks to clinch
and Ulysses counters with a left to the body.
Ulysses misses the shot to the body.
Helu tries to clinch but Ulysses moves away
and Ulysses counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ulysses looks to throw the jab but Helu is out of range.
Helu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ulysses swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ulysses waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Helu.
Ulysses misses the shot to the body.
Ulysses connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ulysses uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Helu tries to clinch but Ulysses moves out of range.
Helu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Helu tries to clinch up.
Ulysses throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ulysses looks to land a left hand but Helu moved out of range nicely.
Ulysses misses with a body shot.
Ulysses takes a swing at Helu's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ulysses thows a body shot but no joy.

Helu drives through and clinches with Ulysses against the cage.
Ulysses misses with the head strike.
Helu keeps control of Ulysses as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pollux Ulysses dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pollux Ulysses's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ulysses circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ulysses counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ulysses throws a body punch but Helu moves out of range.
Ulysses throws a nice looking combination but Helu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ulysses lands a nice hook to Helu's body. Helu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Helu throws a combination that misses
and Ulysses counters with a nice body shot.
Ulysses blocks a low kick nicely.
Ulysses lands with a shot to the body.
Ulysses swings for the body but Helu moves out of range.
Helu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ulysses counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Helu slips a jab from Ulysses.
Ulysses ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ulysses ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helu moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulysses misses with a body shot.
Ulysses throws a right and a left that Helu avoids nicely.
Helu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Helu tries to clinch but Ulysses moves away
and Ulysses counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ulysses throws a looping overhand right but Helu ducks down to avoid it.
Ulysses lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Helu looks to clinch
letting Ulysses counter with a right hand.

Helu moves into the clinch successfully.
Helu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ulysses lands a left hand that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Ulysses misses with some punches.
Ulysses lands a shoulder strike.
Ulysses scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Helu pushes off an throws an elbow but Ulysses leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Helu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ulysses takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Ulysses.
Helu is stalling here.
Ulysses lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Ulysses lands a left hand that snaps the head of Helu backwards.
Ulysses tries to break free but Helu pushes him back against the cage.
Ulysses blocks an elbow strike.
Helu tries a body shot but Ulysses blocks it.
Helu misses with a punch to the body.
Helu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Helu lands an elbow that stopped Ulysses in his tracks for a moment.
Helu tries to work over Ulysses's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ulysses can't find room to land a body shot as Helu controls the action.
Helu throws an elbow that misses.
Helu misses with a punch to the body.
Helu lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Helu.
With the fighters up against the cage, Helu throws an elbow but misses.
Ulysses has had enough of the clinch but Helu keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulysses prevents a body shot from Helu.
Helu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ulysses throws a punch but it's blocked by Helu.
Ulysses leaning his opponent against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Helu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ulysses's brow.
Ulysses goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ulysses wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ulysses scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ulysses lands a nice uppercut.
Ulysses goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ulysses lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ulysses blocks an elbow strike from Helu.
Helu tries to work over Ulysses's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ulysses throws a punch but it's blocked by Helu.
Helu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ulysses lands a nice uppercut.
Helu misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ulysses's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Helu tries to clinch but Ulysses moves away
and Ulysses counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ulysses jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Helu moves to clinch but Ulysses breaks away
and Ulysses counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Helu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ulysses to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ulysses misses with a straight left.
Ulysses swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pollux Ulysses is winning the standup battle so far.
Helu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ulysses.
Ulysses cracks Helu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ulysses with a nice cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ulysses throws a one two combo.
Ulysses connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Helu momentarily.
Helu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Helu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ulysses paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pollux Ulysses dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pollux Ulysses'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!

Ulysses lands a nice hook to Helu's body. Helu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big right from Ulysses misses.
Helu wants to clinch.
Helu tries to clinch but Ulysses moves away
and Ulysses counters with a stiff right hand.
Ulysses catches Helu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jab from Ulysses.
Helu slips a jab and a cross from Ulysses.
Ulysses avoids the body shot from Helu.
Ulysses moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Helu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Helu dodges the punch combination from Ulysses.
Ulysses throws a body punch but Helu moves out of range.
Helu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ulysses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulysses lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Helu moves in looking to clinch but Ulysses pushes him off.
Ulysses lands a nice hook to Helu's body. Helu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Helu looks to clinch
and Helu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ulysses throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helu wants to clinch
enabling Ulysses to counter with a crisp jab.
Ulysses is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ulysses circles away from the clinch attempt.
Helu tries to clinch up
and Ulysses counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ulysses throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ulysses comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ulysses misses with a wild body shot.
Helu fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulysses lands with a straight right. Helu didn't see that one coming.
Ulysses lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ulysses throws a jab when Helu was well out of range.
Helu closes the distance looking to clinch
and Helu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Helu misses with a wild body shot.
Ulysses misses with a looping left.
Ulysses connects with a body shot.
Helu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ulysses paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulysses lands with a shot to the body.
Ulysses misses the shot to the body.
Ulysses throws a nice looking combination but Helu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Helu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ulysses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ulysses misses the target.
Ulysses looks to throw the jab but Helu is out of range.
Ulysses throws a right and a left that Helu avoids nicely.
Helu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Helu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Helu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot lands for Ulysses.
Ulysses lands a jab.
Helu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ulysses misses with a wild body shot.
Ulysses lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Ulysses misses.
A combination from Ulysses does no damage.
Ulysses takes a swing at Helu's ribcage but misses.
Helu tries to clinch
and Ulysses counters with a right hand to the body.
Ulysses keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Helu thows a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helu tries to clinch up but Ulysses circles away and keeps his distance.
Ulysses misses with a hook. Helu ducked under it nicely.
Ulysses misses with a straight right.
Ulysses ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A swing and a miss from Ulysses.
Ulysses looks to land a right hand but Helu moved out of range.
Helu is looking to clinch but Ulysses is avoiding it.
Mata Helu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pollux Ulysses is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Helu fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pollux Ulysses showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ulysses 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pollux Ulysses!