PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Topi Helin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Fonseca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fonseca has chosen Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music. Fonseca has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Topi Helin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jackson Fonseca's chin.

Helin
vs
Fonseca

185 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Determined

ALL-STAR Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Topi Helin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jackson Fonseca!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Fonseca misses.
Helin fakes the leg kick and cracks Fonseca in the body.
Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fonseca if he has to take too many more of those.
Fonseca on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fonseca misses with a straight right.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Helin.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Helin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Helin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fonseca throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Helin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Helin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Helin. Fonseca shrugs it off though.
Fonseca looks gassed!
Helin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Helin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fonseca has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Helin.
Helin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Helin avoids the head kick by Fonseca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Jab from Fonseca.

It looks like Topi Helin has been cut.
Helin throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Helin.
Helin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fonseca throws a head kick but Helin moves out of range.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Helin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Topi Helin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helin throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice body kick there by Helin.
Fonseca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Helin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Helin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Helin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fonseca takes a step back to recover.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Fonseca throws a head kick but Helin moves out of range.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Fonseca throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Fonseca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Helin throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fonseca throws a head kick but Helin moves out of range.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fonseca moves out of range as Helin throws a body kick.
Fonseca sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Helin throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Fonseca misses the jab.
Helin tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Helin throws a front kick that sends Fonseca stumbling back into the cage.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fonseca takes a step back to recover.
Helin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Helin tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Helin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Helin blocks the body kick.
Helin looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helin throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Fonseca scores with a hook to the body. Helin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fonseca throws a jab when Helin was well out of range.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin pushes Fonseca away with a front kick.
Helin gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Fonseca counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Fonseca.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Fonseca misses with a head kick.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Helin!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Helin - that will leave a mark!
Fonseca takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Helin throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Helin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Helin.
Helin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Helin scores with a nice body kick.
Helin misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fonseca throws a head kick that misses.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fonseca tries a head kick but it misses.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Topi Helin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Helin slips a straight right by Fonseca.
Helin looks to throw a body kick
and Fonseca counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Fonseca walks forward, straight into a front kick from Helin.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Helin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Helin pushes Fonseca away with a front kick.
Fonseca is breathing heavily.
Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fonseca walks forward, straight into a front kick from Helin.
Helin scores with a spinning back kick!
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helin throws a front kick that sends Fonseca stumbling back into the cage.
Helin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Fonseca.
Fonseca avoids a kick to the body.
Helin throws a front kick that sends Fonseca stumbling back into the cage.
Fonseca moves out of range as Helin throws a body kick.
Helin tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Helin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Helin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fonseca if he has to take too many more of those.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Helin.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Helin tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin avoids the head kick by Fonseca.
Fonseca avoids a kick to the body.
Helin throws a front kick that sends Fonseca stumbling back into the cage.
Fonseca throws a head kick that misses.
Helin fakes the leg kick and cracks Fonseca in the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Helin.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin throws a front kick that sends Fonseca stumbling back into the cage.
Helin misses with the body kick
and Fonseca counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Helin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Helin thuds his shin into the meat of Fonseca's side.
Helin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Fonseca counters with a nice leg kick.
Helin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Nice body kick from Helin.
Helin keeps Fonseca at a distance using the push kick.
Fonseca tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Fonseca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Helin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin tries to land a body kick
and Fonseca counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helin misses with a kick to the body.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Helin. Fonseca shrugs it off though.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Helin tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick.
Helin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Fonseca.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick from Helin.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Helin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Helin.
Helin tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fonseca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fonseca walks forward, straight into a front kick from Helin.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Helin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice body kick from Helin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Helin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Helin tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Helin misses with a kick to the body
and Fonseca counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Helin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Helin misses with a kick to the body
and Fonseca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick from Helin.
Helin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Jackson Fonseca seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Helin throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Helin.
Helin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Helin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fonseca lands with a kick to the temple. Helin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fonseca throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Fonseca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Topi Helin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Fonseca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Helin.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Fonseca moves out of range as Helin throws a body kick.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fonseca moves out of range as Helin throws a body kick.
Helin pushes Fonseca away with a front kick.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fonseca tries a head kick but it misses.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fonseca.
Helin lands a nice looking body kick.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick from Helin.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Helin keeps Fonseca at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice body kick there by Helin.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Fonseca tries a head kick but it misses.
Helin pushes Fonseca away with a front kick.
Helin thows a body kick. Fonseca tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fonseca steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Helin. That one must have hurt.
Helin throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Helin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Helin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Helin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Helin throws a lazy body kick
and Fonseca counters with a head kick.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Helin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Helin looks to throw a body kick
and Fonseca counters with a head kick. That will keep Helin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Helin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fonseca avoids a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helin throws a body kick the misses
and Fonseca counters with a low kick, right behind Helin 's knee.
Helin throws a front kick that sends Fonseca stumbling back into the cage.
Fonseca avoids a kick to the body.
Helin throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Fonseca moves out of range as Helin throws a body kick.
Helin throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Fonseca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Helin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Helin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fonseca.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Helin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fonseca will feel that in the morning.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Fonseca misses with a straight right.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Helin misses with a body kick.
Fonseca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Helin.
Fonseca misses with a head kick.
Fonseca avoids a kick to the body.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Helin is looking to land body kicks.
Fonseca misses with a head kick.
Helin looks to land a body kick but Fonseca moved away.
Helin gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Fonseca finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Helin throws a body kick that misses.
Fonseca moves out of range as Helin throws a body kick.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fonseca sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fonseca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Helin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick.
Helin throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Helin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Helin looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Fonseca throws a head kick that misses.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Helin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Helin throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Helin.
Helin throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Helin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Helin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Fonseca.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fonseca throws a head kick but Helin moves out of range.
Helin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fonseca moves out of range as Helin throws a body kick.
Topi Helin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson Fonseca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Helin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Helin throws a half hearted mid kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jackson Fonseca.
Well Fonseca has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Fonseca!