PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Koa Bouddi (ranked 496 p4p, 678 weight class) and Bryce Helix (ranked 31 p4p, 44 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bouddi
vs
Helix

175 cm
23
145
14 - 4 - 0

167 cm
24
140
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koa Bouddi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryce Helix!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helix throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bouddi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Helix throws the left hand but Bouddi avoids the punch easily.
Helix moves into range and connects with a jab.

Helix has closed the distance and engaged Bouddi in a clinch.
Helix scores with a hook to the body.
Helix lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bouddi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Helix's defenses.
Bouddi misses with some punches.
Helix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Bouddi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bouddi.
Helix swings wildly with an uppercut but Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bouddi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Helix's elbow.
Helix gets through Bouddi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helix lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bouddi misses with an elbow over the top.

Helix breaks the clinch.
Koa Bouddi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bouddi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Helix was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Helix has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bouddi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bouddi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouddi looks to score with a jab to the body but Helix is just out of range.
Helix tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Helix stuns Bouddi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Helix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bouddi moves away.
Helix with the inside leg kick.
Helix takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bouddi. Helix does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bouddi throws a lazy right hand but Helix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Helix keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bouddi.
Bouddi thuds a left hand into Helix's body.
Crunch! Bouddi slams his shin into Helix's torso.
Bouddi slips under a jab.
Bouddi stuns Helix with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Helix drops his hands momentarily and Bouddi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helix takes one to the chin there.
Helix lands with a hook. Bouddi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bouddi looks to score with a jab to the body but Helix is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix looks to land a left hand but Bouddi moved out of range nicely.
Bouddi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Helix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Helix lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bouddi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice defenses there by Bouddi.
The fighters circling - Helix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Helix dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bouddi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Helix fails with a takedown attempt.
Helix lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Helix throws a body kick that misses
and Bouddi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bouddi misses with an uppercut.
Helix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bouddi moves away.
Bouddi is looking to wear down Helix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bouddi throws out a loose jab but Helix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helix feints a counter leg kick.
Helix swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bouddi counters with an inside leg kick.
Bouddi tries to clinch there but Helix circles away.
Bouddi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Helix swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bouddi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bouddi is looking to clinch.
Helix thumps Bouddi with a low kick.
Bouddi jabs at Helix's body.
Bouddi misses the shot to the body.
Bouddi misses with a wild body shot.
And Helix tries to counter it with a takedown but Bouddi pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Helix with a nice calf kick.
Helix takes a swing at Bouddi's ribcage but misses.
Bouddi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Helix swings widly with a right hand
letting Bouddi counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bouddi clinches up with Helix and pushes him back against the cage.
Bouddi can't find room to land a body shot as Helix controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helix prevents a body shot from Bouddi.
Bouddi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Helix tries to throw a body punch but Bouddi avoids it by throwing Helix back against the cage.
Helix blocking some punches.
Bouddi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bouddi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Helix backwards.
Helix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Helix scores with a shot to the side of Bouddi's head.
Helix lands with a right to the head.
Helix tries to throw a body punch but Bouddi avoids it by throwing Helix back against the cage.
Bouddi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Helix throws a punch but it's blocked by Bouddi.
Bouddi works on Helix's body with a couple of short punches.
Bouddi struggles to land a body shot inside as Helix controls his hands.
Bouddi lands an elbow just above Helix 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Helix tries to work over Bouddi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Helix tries a body shot but Bouddi blocks it.
A short uppercut from Helix.
Helix cracks Bouddi with a nice body shot.
Helix wants to take the fight to the mat but Bouddi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Helix takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Koa Bouddi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Helix pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

It looks like Bryce Helix has been cut.
Helix just misses with a punch to the body.
Helix throws a body shot but no joy.
Bouddi is looking to clinch but Helix is avoiding it.
Koa Bouddi is winning the standup battle so far.
Helix looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bouddi is looking to clinch but Helix is avoiding it.
Bouddi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bouddi defending well as Helix loads up on a big left hand.
Bouddi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Helix throws out the jab.
Bouddi misses with a wild body shot.
Helix walks into a straight right hand from Bouddi.
Helix goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bouddi forces Helix back against the cage and clinches.
Bouddi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Helix.
Helix blocks a body shot from Bouddi.
Bouddi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Helix backwards.
Helix has a couple of punches blocked by Bouddi.
Helix takes an elbow to the forehead.
Helix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Helix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Helix takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bouddi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Helix throws a body punch but Bouddi moves out of range.
Helix takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Helix avoids a kick to the body.
Helix takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bouddi tries to close the distance and clinch but Helix swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Helix ducks right into an uppercut from Bouddi.
Bouddi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bouddi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Helix.
Bouddi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Helix.
Helix lands a slapping body shot.
Helix with a nice calf kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Helix misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi looks to score with a jab to the body but Helix is just out of range.
Bouddi is looking to clinch.
Helix throws out a counter right but Bouddi avoids it with no problem.
Bouddi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Helix manages to avoid it.
Bouddi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Helix swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bouddi swings for the body but Helix moves out of range.
Bouddi throws a leg kick but Helix sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Helix misses with a hook.
Helix takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bouddi misses with a head kick.
Helix swats away the attempt to clinch by Bouddi.
Bouddi is looking to clinch.
Helix lands with a straight right. Bouddi didn't see that one coming.
Helix tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bouddi throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helix throws a solid leg kick but Bouddi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Helix.
Helix's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bouddi under the eye.
Bouddi wants to clinch.
Helix misses with a straight right.
Helix gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bouddi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Helix uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bouddi.
Helix replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Bouddi blocks it well.
A head kick by Bouddi misses
and Helix counters with a straight right hand.
Helix misses with the body kick
and Bouddi counters with an outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Helix.
Helix shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Helix misses with a looping left.
Helix throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Helix moves forwards but Bouddi connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helix throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bouddi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helix misses with a low kick as Bouddi jumps back.
Helix scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bouddi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bouddi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Helix throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Bouddi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Helix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Helix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bouddi wants to clinch.
Helix lands with a nice body kick.
Bouddi is looking to clinch.
Helix slips under a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Koa Bouddi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bryce Helix's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bouddi scoring well with a low kick there.
Helix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bouddi throws a leg kick that misses.
Helix with the inside leg kick.
Helix throws a chopping leg kick but Bouddi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bouddi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the liver by Bouddi. Beautiful body shot.
Bouddi tries to clinch but Helix moves out of range.
Helix pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Helix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bouddi closes the distance but Helix moves to the side
and Helix counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bouddi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Helix as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bouddi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helix.
A shot in the inside from Helix.
A head punch on the inside from Helix fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koa Bouddi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bouddi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Helix.
Nice elbow from Bouddi.
Helix wants a takedown.
Bouddi lands with a light punch inside.
Bouddi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bouddi looking to slow down the pace here.
Bouddi looking to slow down the pace here.
Bouddi seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Helix is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Helix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bouddi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Helix or not.
Helix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bouddi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bouddi struggles to land a body shot inside as Helix controls his hands.
Bouddi can't find room to land a body shot as Helix controls the action.
Helix swings wildly with an uppercut but Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bouddi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bouddi tries to stall but Helix uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helix throws a head punch that misses.

Helix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bouddi just misses with a punch to the body.
Bouddi lands a glancing blow to the side of Helix's head.
Helix with a poor takedown
and Bouddi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koa Bouddi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryce Helix.
Bouddi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Helix paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bouddi tries to work over Helix's front leg with a kick but Helix checks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bouddi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Helix throws a leg kick that misses.
Bouddi 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.
Helix lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bouddi misses with a looping right.
Helix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bouddi misses with a low kick.
Bouddi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Bouddi misses
and Helix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bouddi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Bouddi lands.
Bouddi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Helix checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bouddi is looking to clinch.
Nice body punch from Helix.
Koa Bouddi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Helix throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big right from Bouddi misses.
Helix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Helix misses with a body shot.
Bouddi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bouddi avoids the body shot from Helix.
Helix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bouddi manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Helix 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bryce Helix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Helix throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helix misses with a wild body shot.
Bouddi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Helix finds it's way round the side to connect with Bouddi's head.
Bouddi is looking to clinch but Helix is avoiding it.
Helix tries a low kick but Bouddi avoids it.
Helix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bouddi can pounce on him.
Bouddi thumps Helix with a low kick.

Helix darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Bouddi kicks Helix off and gets back to his feet.
Helix takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bouddi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Helix to score with a decent uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Koa Bouddi.
Well Bouddi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Koa Bouddi!
A victorious Koa Bouddi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.