PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Midick Aiken (ranked 678 p4p, 1338 weight class) and Bryce Helix (ranked 39 p4p, 76 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Aiken might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton. On his way into the cage it seems that Midick Aiken has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Midick Aiken seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Aiken
vs
Helix

160 cm
44
136
38 - 17 - 4

167 cm
25
140
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Conquer
Conviction

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 38 - 17 - 4, fighting out of Montreal, Midick Aiken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryce Helix!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ron Honeybunn and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aiken misses with a lunging right hand
and Helix counters with a lovely shot to the body.
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.
Aiken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Helix tries to score with a low kick but Aiken moves his leg out of the way.
Aiken 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.
Aiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helix moves away.
Helix now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Aiken looks to score with a jab to the body but Helix is just out of range.
Helix shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aiken as he jumps to the side.
Helix takes a swing at Aiken's ribcage but misses.
Aiken fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Helix slips under a jab from Aiken.
Helix tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Aiken defends well and Helix ends up having to push Aiken into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Aiken finds it's way through Helix's defenses.
Aiken swings for the body but Helix moves out of range.
Midick Aiken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aiken throws a hook but Helix avoids it easily.
Helix walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Helix walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Aiken checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aiken connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Aiken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Helix.
Helix throws out a loose jab but Aiken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helix does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Aiken misses with an uppercut. Helix saw that one coming.
Aiken bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Helix's head.
Aiken looks to land a left hand but Helix moved out of range nicely.
Aiken misses with a looping left.
Midick Aiken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aiken throws a body punch but Helix moves out of range.

Helix closes the distance and clinches.
Helix can't find room to land a body shot as Aiken controls the action.
Aiken tries to break the clinch but Helix is controlling the position.
Aiken tries to break the clinch but Helix is controlling the position.

Aiken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aiken rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Helix counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Aiken moves out of range as Helix throws a body kick.
Helix on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aiken throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Helix misses with an attempted mid kick.
Helix feints and then cracks Aiken's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Aiken down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aiken throws an off balance right hand
and Helix counters with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Aiken blocks the leg kick.
Aiken swings widly with a right hand
and Helix counters with a thumping low kick.
Aiken scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Helix takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aiken connects with an inside leg kick.
Aiken chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Helix can pounce on him.
Aiken looks to throw the jab but Helix is out of range.
Good work by Aiken as he checks the leg kick.
Helix on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Helix has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aiken finds it's way round the side to connect with Helix's head.
Aiken swings widly with a right hand
and Aiken takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Helix has Aiken up against the cage in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Helix as the two fighters clinch.

Aiken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aiken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Helix was well out of range. Poor timing from Aiken.
Aiken misses the jab.
Good leg kick by Aiken.
Aiken just misses with a punch to the body.
Aiken feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Helixs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aiken stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Helix pushes Aiken up against the cage in a clinch.
Helix working aggressively here.
Aiken has had enough of the clinch but Helix keeps him there for the moment.
Aiken is trying to force a seperation but Helix has the dominant position.
Aiken wants to break the clinch but can't.

Aiken's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Helix wants to land a leg kick but Aiken is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helix ducks under a wild hook from Aiken.
Aiken throws a shot from downtown. Helix moves away and avoids it.
Helix takes one to the side of the head.
Helix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aiken takes one on the button.
Aiken misses with a left hand
and Helix counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Aiken misses with a body shot.
Helix swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aiken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Helix was well out of range. Poor timing from Aiken.
Aiken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helix appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Helix lands a nice looking body shot.
Aiken is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Aiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Helix ducks under a wild hook from Aiken.
Aiken throws a body shot but no joy.
Aiken misses with a hook. Helix ducked under it nicely.
Aiken misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Midick Aiken dominated that round.
That's time! Aiken's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Aiken looks to land a body kick but Helix moved away.
A big left from Aiken misses.
Aiken swings widly with a right hand
and Helix counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aiken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Helix fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Helix closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Helix misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Aiken breaks the clinch.
A lazy left from Helix finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helix on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Helix tries to counter with a clinch but Aiken shakes him off and moves away.
Aiken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Helix.
Helix lands a body shot.
Aiken lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Helix at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aiken checks a low kick from Helix.
Aiken throws a jab when Helix was well out of range.
Helix has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Helix forces Aiken back against the cage and clinches.
Helix lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Aiken.
Helix misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Helix scores with a nice short uppercut.

Aiken manages to break the clinch.
Helix throws the kick towards the body but Aiken avoids it.
Helix checks a leg kick.
Helix tries to land a front kick but Aiken steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Aiken takes a swing at Helix's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Helix! But no joy.
Helix misses with a low kick.
Aiken cracks Helix with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Aiken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helix tries to counter with a clinch but Aiken shakes him off and moves away.
Helix comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Helix takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Helix misses with a low kick.
Aiken attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Midick Aiken is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aiken throws a lazy uppercut
and Helix counters with a stiff right hand.
Aiken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Helix ducks under a wild hook from Aiken.
Aiken misses with a wild body shot.
Helix misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Aiken misses its target.
Aiken moves out of range as Helix strikes.
Aiken swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Helix checks the leg kick.
Helix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Aiken slips a straight right by Helix.
Aiken appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Aiken connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aiken looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aiken lands a nice leg kick that just misses Helix's sensitive parts.
Helix throws a leg kick
and Aiken counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Aiken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Helix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aiken.
Helix drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Aiken defends it well.
Helix swings for the body but Aiken moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Aiken.
Aiken thumps Helix with a low kick.
Helix misses with a body shot.
Aiken throws a hook to the side of Helix's head but Helix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Helix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aiken fires out a quick counter leg kick but Helix just manages to avoid it.
Aiken takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aiken tries a low kick but Helix avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Aiken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aiken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Helix sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Helix takes a swing at Aiken's ribcage but misses.
Aiken swings for the body but Helix moves out of range.
Aiken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Helix.
Helix takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Helix moves away.
Aiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aiken misses with an uppercut. Helix saw that one coming.
Aiken lands with a straight right. Helix didn't see that one coming.
Helix is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aiken rather than just go for the knockout.
Helix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aiken misses with an uppercut.
Helix appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Helix misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Aiken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aiken fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Helix checks it well.
A low kick lands for Aiken.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Midick Aiken dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Helix with the inside leg kick.
Aiken is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Helix can do to turn this around?
Aiken throws a jab when Helix was well out of range.
Aiken bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Helix's head backwards.
Helix misses with a kick to the body.
Helix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aiken throws a body shot but no joy.
Helix tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Aiken bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Helix's head.
Aiken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Helix.
Aiken misses the jab.
Aiken with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helix swings for the body but Aiken moves out of range.
Aiken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Helix.
Helix wants to slow Aiken down by chopping away at his legs.
It looked like Aiken wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Aiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Helix.
Helix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helix shoots in but no luck this time.
Aiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Helix tries to clinch up.
Aiken works the jab nicely.
Aiken connects with the punch.
Helix throws a body kick that misses.
Aiken was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Helix misses the shot to the body.
Helix misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick from Helix, right into the meat of the thigh.
Helix staying out of range there.
Helix throws out a counter right but Aiken avoids it with no problem.
Aiken connects with an inside leg kick.
Aiken throws a low kick, looking for Helix's leg but Helix calmly moves out of range.
Helix wants to counter with a clinch but Aiken pushes him away.
A jab lands there for Helix.
Helix swings for the body but Aiken moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aiken thuds a left hand into Helix's body.

Aiken gets tackled into the cage by Helix. Helix maintains the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helix misses with some punches.

Helix manages to break the clinch.
Helix throws a leg kick but Aiken sees it coming and moves out of range.
Aiken tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Helix is able to avoid easily.
Aiken buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aiken throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Helix appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Aiken misses with a straight left.
Helix scores with a jab.
Helix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Helix lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Aiken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Helix takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aiken swings for the body but Helix moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Aiken. That snapped Helix's head back.
Helix throws a hook to the side of Aiken's head but Aiken sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aiken swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Aiken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Helix looks to throw the jab but Aiken is out of range.
Aiken appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Aiken connects with a looping right hand.
Aiken scores with a jab to the body.
Helix uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aiken.
Helix takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Helix feints and then cracks Aiken's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Aiken down.
Helix fails with a takedown attempt.
Bryce Helix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aiken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Helix throws out a counter right but Aiken avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aiken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Helix stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aiken with a nice cross.
Nice shot lands for Aiken.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aiken lands a right hook to the body.
Aiken scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice defenses there by Aiken.
Aiken looks to land a right hand but Helix moved out of range.
Helix slips a straight right by Aiken.
Helix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aiken.
Aiken lands a nice shot that snaps Helix's head back.
A bone on bone clash there as Helix blocks the leg kick.
Aiken checks the leg kick nicely there.
Midick Aiken is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice straight punches there by Aiken. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Aiken.

And that's the end of the fight!
Midick Aiken showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aiken, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Midick Aiken!
During a confident post fight interview, Midick Aiken thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.