PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Kharinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Helix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kharinov comes to the cage accompanied by 300 Violin Orchestra - Jorge Quintero . Helix comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Spiritual Dubwise kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Kharinov
vs
Helix

193 cm
38
256 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

193 cm
35
271 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergey Kharinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Helix!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kharinov moves into the clinch.
Helix looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Helix tries a knee to the head but Kharinov blocks it.
A body shot lands from Helix.
Kharinov pushes Helix back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Helix manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kharinov misses with a knee strike.
Kharinov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Helix lands a hook that snaps the head of Kharinov backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kharinov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kharinov misses with an elbow over the top.
Helix connects with a knee to the head.
Kharinov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Helix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kharinov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Helix.
Helix trying to land knees to the body.
Helix wants a takedown.
Kharinov lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Bobby Helix has been cut.
Helix lands a knee to the body.
Kharinov lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kharinov throws a punch but it's blocked by Helix.
Helix tries to land a knee to the head but Kharinov blocks with his arms.
Kharinov working Helix over with knees to the body.
Kharinov gets through Helix's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kharinov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kharinov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Helix trying to land knees to the body.
Helix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kharinov lands an elbow inside that Helix shrugs off.
Helix crunches a lovely knee into Kharinov's ribcage.
Kharinov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Helix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Helix looking to throw knees to the head but Kharinov is blocking nicely.
Kharinov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kharinov lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kharinov scores with a shot to the side of Helix's head.
A short uppercut from Kharinov.
Kharinov misses with a knee strike.
Helix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Helix trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Helix.
Helix scores with a hook to the body.
Kharinov throws a punch but it's blocked by Helix.
Helix tries to throw a body punch but Kharinov avoids it by throwing Helix back against the cage.
Kharinov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Kharinov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kharinov misses with an elbow strike.
Helix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Helix lands an uppercut.
Helix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Helix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kharinov misses with a punch to the body.
Kharinov managing to block the knees to the body from Helix.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kharinov avoiding damage as Helix throws knees to the body.
Kharinov scores with a shoulder strike.
Helix crunches a lovely knee into Kharinov's ribcage.
Helix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kharinov tries to throw a body punch but Helix avoids it by throwing Kharinov back against the cage.
Kharinov managing to block the knees to the body from Helix.
Helix tries to stall but Kharinov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Helix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kharinov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kharinov is breathing heavily.
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!
Helix has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kharinov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Helix trying to land knees to the body.
Helix trying to control the position but instead, Kharinov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Helix into the cage.
Helix lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kharinov.
Knees to the body from Helix.
Helix missing with knees to the body.
Kharinov blocks a body shot from Helix.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kharinov blocks a body shot from Helix.
Kharinov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Helix.

Helix pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Helix lands a nice shot to the body.
Helix lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Helix moves into the clinch.
Kharinov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Helix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Helix cracks Kharinov with a nice body shot.
Helix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Helix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kharinov's face.

It looks like Sergey Kharinov has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kharinov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Helix is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kharinov throws an elbow but misses.
Helix lands a hook to the side of the head.
Helix crunches a lovely knee into Kharinov's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Helix dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Kharinov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Helix.

Kharinov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Helix with a knee to the head.
Kharinov trying to land knees to the body.
Kharinov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Helix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Helix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helix lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kharinov is rocked!
Helix has Kharinov pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Kharinov is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Helix - that's hurt Kharinov badly! Oh, another knee lands and Kharinov is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Kharinov doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Bobby Helix!
Bobby Helix seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.