PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Adesanya (ranked 23219 p4p, 3133 weight class) and Rupert Helenius (ranked 695 p4p, 411 weight class). Adesanya comes to the cage accompanied by Scarface intro Theme. Jorge Adesanya has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Adesanya
vs
Helenius

193 cm
31
170
6 - 11 - 0

185 cm
23
177
2 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

FF Gear

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 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorge Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rupert Helenius!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helenius throws a body shot but no joy.
Adesanya really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Helenius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adesanya misses with the combination.

Adesanya rushes Helenius and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Helenius gets through Adesanya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adesanya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Helenius working aggressively here.
Helenius lands a left hand.
Adesanya lands a body punch.
Adesanya lands a shoulder strike.
Helenius wants to get back to striking at distance but Adesanya won't allow it.

Helenius manages to break the clinch.
Helenius throws a low kick but Adesanya moves out of range easily.
Helenius swats away the attempt to clinch by Adesanya.
Helenius with a nice calf kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adesanya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Helenius looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helenius dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adesanya. That did some damage!
A solid leg kick lands there for Helenius.
Helenius throws a looping overhand right but Adesanya ducks down to avoid it.
Helenius keeps the fight on the outside.
Helenius lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Helenius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Helenius swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rupert Helenius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Helenius is having none of it.
Helenius gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adesanya.
Helenius dodges the punch combination from Adesanya.
Helenius takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Adesanya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Adesanya does no damage.
Helenius looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Adesanya falls off balance throwing a combination
and Helenius counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helenius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adesanya.
Adesanya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adesanya checks a low kick from Helenius.
Adesanya misses with a body shot.
Helenius shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Helenius lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adesanya doesn't seem phased though.
Adesanya moves out of range as Helenius throws a body kick.
Helenius misses with a straight right.
Adesanya avoids a kick to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Adesanya on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Helenius connects with an inside leg kick.
Helenius throws a shot from downtown. Adesanya moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Adesanya misses its target.

Adesanya clinches up against the cage.
Adesanya blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helenius avoiding damage as Adesanya throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Adesanya.
Helenius gets through Adesanya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Helenius breaks from the clinch.
Helenius takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Helenius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adesanya misses the jab.
Adesanya misses with a body shot.
Helenius slips a jab and a cross from Adesanya.
Adesanya looks to land a left hand but Helenius moved out of range nicely.
Adesanya avoids the body shot from Helenius.
Helenius fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adesanya has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Helenius dodges the punch combination from Adesanya.
Helenius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Helenius is looking to chop away at Adesanya's legs.
A punch combination from Adesanya misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adesanya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Helenius misses with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adesanya scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Adesanya chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Helenius can pounce on him.
Helenius scores with a nice right hand.
Helenius lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Adesanya falls backwards - clearly groggy! Helenius dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rupert Helenius!
Rupert Helenius was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.