PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Shakes (ranked 632 p4p, 869 weight class) and Bryce Helix (ranked 49 p4p, 64 weight class). Shakes comes to the cage accompanied by About the Money- T.I.. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shakes
vs
Helix

175 cm
29
146
17 - 11 - 0

167 cm
28
140
15 - 10 - 0

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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 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Shakes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryce Helix!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakes wants to clinch
and Helix counters with a nice body shot.
Helix waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shakes.
Shakes is looking to counter the offense by Helix and move into the clinch.
Shakes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Shakes.

Shakes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Helix lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Shakes.
Helix blocks an uppercut.
Shakes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Helix.
Helix stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Helix tries to throw a body punch but Shakes avoids it by throwing Helix back against the cage.
Helix misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Helix.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Helix working aggressively here.
Our sources have told us that Shakes has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Shakes missing with knees to the body.
Shakes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shakes with a knee to the head.

It looks like Bryce Helix has been cut.
Helix takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice body punch from Shakes.
Helix tries a body shot but Shakes blocks it.
Shakes lands with a left to the head.
Shakes lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shakes.
Helix lands with a left to the head.
Helix takes a knee to the side of the body.
Helix swings wildly with an uppercut but Shakes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Helix misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakes tries to land knees in the clinch but Helix avoids the damage to the body.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Helix lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shakes blocking some punches.
Helix misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shakes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Helix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shakes backwards.
Shakes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Helix tries to work over Shakes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shakes misses with a knee strike.
Shakes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Helix.
Helix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shakes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Helix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shakess head.
A left hand lands to the body for Helix.
Helix lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shakes trying to land knees to the body.
Helix has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Shakes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Helix can turn it around.
Helix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Helix working aggressively here.
Shakes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Helix blocks an elbow strike.
Helix takes an elbow to the temple.
Helix can't find room to land a body shot as Shakes controls the action.
Helix tries a body shot but Shakes blocks it.
Helix struggles to land a body shot inside as Shakes controls his hands.
Shakes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shakes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Helix lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Helix lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shakes backwards.
Shakes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Helix lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Helix.
Shakes misses with a punch to the body.
Helix misses with a punch on the inside.
Helix swings wildly with an uppercut but Shakes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helix avoids the elbow strike from Shakes, against the cage.
Helix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Helix misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Helix.
Helix misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Shakes.
Shakes misses with a punch to the body.
Shakes prevents a body shot from Helix.
Helix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shakes lands a shoulder strike.
Helix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shakes's elbow.
Helix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shakes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Helix is defending well for now.
Shakes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Helix.
Nice elbow from Shakes.
Helix lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A body shot lands from Shakes.
Helix tries to work over Shakes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Helix lands a body shot.
Shakes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shakes's elbow.
Helix lands a right hand.
Shakes working aggressively here.
Shakes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shakes pushes Helix back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Helix avoids a wild elbow strike from Shakes.
Helix can't find room to land a body shot as Shakes controls the action.
Helix struggles to land a body shot inside as Shakes controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Helix tries to work over Shakes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Helix.
Shakes misses with a body punch.
Helix takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shakes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
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 Marcus Shakes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bryce Helix's cut.
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.

A left lands for Shakes.
Helix lands a jab to the head.
Shakes misses the shot to the body.
Helix thumps Shakes with a low kick.
Helix looks to score with a jab to the body but Shakes is just out of range.
Shakes with a nice cross.
Shakes cracks Helix with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shakes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Helix throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shakes on the side of the head.

Shakes is rocked!
Helix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shakes.
And Helix responds with a good body kick, but Shakes manages to step out the way in time.
Marcus Shakes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shakes lunges at Helix with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Helix's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helix takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shakes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Helix.
Shakes moves in looking to clinch but Helix pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakes loads up on a big right hand but Helix slips the punch.
Shakes with a jab.
Helix slips under a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Helix.

Shakes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shakes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shakes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Helix.
Helix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Helix presses Shakes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shakes tries to work over Helix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shakes lands a shot to the body.
Shakes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Helix backwards.
Shakes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Helix.
Helix misses with the head strike.
Shakes connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Helix.
Helix pushes Shakes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helix.
Helix is leaning against Shakes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marcus Shakes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Helix struggles to land a body shot inside as Shakes controls his hands.
Helix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice right hand lands inside from Helix.
Shakes can't find room to land a body shot as Helix controls the action.
Shakes struggles to land a body shot inside as Helix controls his hands.
Shakes tries to land knees in the clinch but Helix avoids the damage to the body.
Shakes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Helix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Helix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the head but Helix blocks with his arms.
Helix lands with a short shot to the head.
Helix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shakes backwards.
Oh Shakes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Helix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shakes lands an elbow just above Helix 's eye.
Shakes seems to have got his legs back now.
Shakes lands a damaging elbow.
Helix scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shakes trying to land knees to the body.
Shakes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helix lands an uppercut.
Helix lands a hook that snaps the head of Shakes backwards.
Shakes takes a shot to the head.
Shakes scores with a knee to the head.
Helix lands a nice uppercut.
Shakes pushes off an throws an elbow but Helix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Helix lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shakes trying to land knees to the body.
Helix can't find room to land a body shot as Shakes controls the action.
A short uppercut from Shakes.
Helix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Helix unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Shakes! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Helix is unloading with more strikes now! Shakes drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryce Helix!
A relieved looking Bryce Helix thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Marcus Shakes stepped up to the mic, saying 'Maybe its time to hang it up and coach'.