PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Hanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taichi Heleno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heleno has chosen weird Japanese music as his entrance music. Hanson is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hanson
vs
Heleno

225 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

168 cm
19
169 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

ALL-STAR Nutrition (140 Recovery, $ 30)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Hanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taichi Heleno!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanson shoots in but no luck this time.
Hanson is breathing heavily.

Heleno clinches.
Heleno lands a knee to the body.
Hanson takes an elbow to the temple.
Heleno lands a nice knee to the body.
Heleno lands a shoulder strike.
Hanson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Heleno avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Heleno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Heleno lands an elbow that stopped Hanson in his tracks for a moment.
Heleno lands a left hand.
Heleno creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hanson's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Heleno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hanson blocks it with crossed arms.
Heleno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heleno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heleno lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hanson backwards.
Heleno landing knees to the body.
Heleno makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heleno digs a right hand into Hanson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hanson's gas tank.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hanson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Heleno has Hanson pressed against the cage.
Heleno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heleno lands a knee to the head.
Heleno holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heleno stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson takes an elbow to the temple.
Heleno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Heleno lands a knee to the body.
Heleno slows down the pace here.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hanson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno lands a left hand.
Heleno lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heleno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heleno displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hanson up against the cage.
Heleno continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Heleno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taichi Heleno dominated that round.
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.

Heleno moves into range and clinches up with Hanson.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hanson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanson looking for a takedown.
Heleno holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Heleno misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heleno content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heleno.
Heleno content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Taichi Heleno.

Hanson tries to keep at a distance but Heleno has taken the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Heleno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heleno is struggling to control the position.
Nice elbow from Heleno.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Heleno landing knees to the body.
Heleno lands a nice elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Heleno.
Heleno lands an elbow inside that Hanson shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Heleno lands a nice knee to the body.
Heleno is looking to control Hanson's arms but Hanson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heleno has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heleno stalling.
Good body shot from Heleno.
Heleno comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Heleno lands a knee to the head.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hanson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hanson's defenses.
Heleno scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno looking to slow down the pace here.
Heleno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heleno gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Heleno crunches a lovely knee into Hanson's ribcage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Heleno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heleno lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taichi Heleno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Heleno clinches up with Hanson and pushes him back against the cage.
Heleno lands a knee to the body.
Heleno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hanson blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heleno.
Still in the clinch, Heleno scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Heleno.
Heleno lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Heleno crunches a lovely knee into Hanson's ribcage.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hanson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno lands a nice knee to the body.
Taichi Heleno seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Heleno is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heleno stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A right handed body shot lands from Heleno.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Heleno scores a nice knee to the body.
Heleno lands an elbow just above Hanson 's eye.
Nice elbow from Heleno.
Heleno lands a knee to the body.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heleno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hanson is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heleno crunches a lovely knee into Hanson's ribcage.
Heleno lands an elbow just above Hanson 's eye.
Heleno lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the head but Hanson blocks with his arms.
Taichi Heleno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Heleno comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Heleno leaning against his opponent.
Heleno presses Hanson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Heleno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heleno just leaning against Hanson, taking a breather.
Heleno landing knees to the body.
Heleno comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steve Hanson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Heleno.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taichi Heleno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Heleno 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taichi Heleno!