PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lazano De Anda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Helix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

De Anda
vs
Helix

175 cm
30
158 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

168 cm
22
150 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lazano De Anda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Helix!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Anda throws a big shot that misses.
Helix is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Helix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Anda lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Helix swings for the body but De Anda moves out of range.
De Anda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Helix manages to avoid it.
De Anda scores with a jab to the body.
De Anda throws a nice looking combination but Helix bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Anda on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Helix scores with a hook to the body. De Anda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Anda throws out a powerful jab.
A jab from De Anda misses.
Helix throws a hook to the side of De Anda's head but De Anda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Anda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helix moves out of range of the strikes.

Helix feints and as De Anda raises his hands in defense, Helix changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
De Anda is trying to keep Helix in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helix stopping the sweep attempt from De Anda.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Helix working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Helix lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Helix won't allow De Anda to sweep him here.
De Anda wants to improve his position but instead Helix has moved into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix is looking to take a break and control but De Anda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Helix scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Helix throwing shots but De Anda is blocking nicely.
De Anda wants to control but Helix is keeping busy.
Helix winds up and cracks De Anda with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helix not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice strikes from Helix there.
Helix is looking to stall here but De Anda recovers full guard.
De Anda wants to sweep here but Helix controlling him for the moment.
Helix in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Helix stopping the sweep attempt from De Anda.
We've been hearing good reports from De Anda's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Anda working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Helix doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Helix manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now De Anda is on top in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Anda throws a big elbow that misses.
Helix looking to control.
De Anda trying to control but Helix is working from the bottom.
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 Lazano De Anda will probably get the nod.
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.

Helix swings for the body but De Anda moves out of range.
De Anda connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice sprawl there from De Anda as Helix shoots in.
De Anda scores with a jab to the body.
De Anda slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Helix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Anda.
Helix swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Anda.
De Anda's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and De Anda duly obliges.
Helix throws a leg kick but De Anda sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Anda connects with a jab.
Helix fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
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!
De Anda scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Anda is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Anda lands with a nice body punch.
Helix just misses with a punch to the body.
De Anda scores with a hook to the body. Helix takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lazano De Anda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Anda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Helix manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Anda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Helix sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Helix throws a hook but De Anda avoids it easily.
Helix lands a right hook to the body.
Helix throws a leg kick but De Anda moved away.
Helix connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Anda fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Anda ducks under a wild hook from Helix.
Helix misses with a low kick.
Helix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Anda manages to avoid it.
De Anda scores with a jab to the jaw.
Helix misses the shot to the body.
Helix avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Anda. Helix does a little dance to reset his feet.
Helix bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Helix scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lazano De Anda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Helix.
Helix is looking to score with low kicks.
De Anda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Anda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Helix misses its intended target.
De Anda scores with a shot to the body.
De Anda lands a hook that stumbles Helix back into the cage. De Anda follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Helix to the canvas! De Anda pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Helix has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lazano De Anda!
Lazano De Anda decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.