PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Azad Bekzod (ranked 91 p4p, 302 weight class) and Robert Helpmann (ranked 13 p4p, 40 weight class). Bekzod comes to the cage accompanied by "Weird" Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bekzod
vs
Helpmann

183 cm
24
174
14 - 2 - 0

184 cm
33
180
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Azad Bekzod!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Helpmann!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bekzod closes the distance and clinches.
Helpmann works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Helpmann throws a head punch that misses.
Helpmann will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bekzod up against the cage.
Helpmann blocks a body shot from Bekzod.
Helpmann has a couple of punches blocked by Bekzod.
Helpmann prevents a body shot from Bekzod.
Helpmann misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bekzod lands a body punch.
Helpmann taking a breather.
Helpmann throws a punch but it's blocked by Bekzod.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helpmann.
Bekzod presses Helpmann against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bekzod lands a hook that snaps the head of Helpmann backwards.
Bekzod misses with some punches.
Helpmann throws a punch but it's blocked by Bekzod.

Bekzod breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Helpmann dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bekzod. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Helpmann. Bekzod does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bekzod misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Helpmann to counter with a crisp jab.
Helpmann tries to clinch but Bekzod moves away
and Bekzod counters with a nice body shot.
Bekzod looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Helpmann misses the shot to the body.

Bekzod clinches up against the cage.
Helpmann lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Helpmann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bekzod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Helpmann blocks an uppercut.
Helpmann holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Helpmann works on Bekzod's body with a couple of short punches.
Bekzod blocks an uppercut.
Bekzod struggles to land a body shot inside as Helpmann controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Helpmann.
Bekzod swings wildly with an uppercut but Helpmann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helpmann scores with a shoulder strike.
Bekzod lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bekzod lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bekzod.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helpmann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bekzod.
Helpmann lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bekzod misses with a punch to the body.
Helpmann misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bekzod blocks a body shot from Helpmann.
Bekzod scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Helpmann lands a right hand.
Bekzod prevents a body shot from Helpmann.
Helpmann misses with a punch to the body.
Helpmann struggles to land a body shot inside as Bekzod controls his hands.
Helpmann has a couple of punches blocked by Bekzod.
Bekzod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helpmann blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Helpmann tries a body shot but Bekzod blocks it.
Bekzod throws a punch but it's blocked by Helpmann.
Bekzod scores with a shoulder strike.
Helpmann tries a body shot but Bekzod blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helpmann blocks a body shot from Bekzod.
Helpmann tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bekzod's elbow.
Helpmann has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bekzod seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Helpmann can turn it around.
Bekzod lands an uppercut.
Bekzod misses with the head strike.
Helpmann blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Bekzod.
Still in the clinch, Bekzod scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Bekzod.
Helpmann prevents a body shot from Bekzod.
Helpmann lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bekzod backwards.
Bekzod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Helpmann looks winded!
Helpmann tries to throw a body punch but Bekzod avoids it by throwing Helpmann back against the cage.
Helpmann throws a punch but it's blocked by Bekzod.
A short uppercut from Bekzod.
Helpmann misses with a punch to the body.
Helpmann misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bekzod stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Helpmann misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Helpmann.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helpmann swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helpmann struggles to land a body shot inside as Bekzod controls his hands.
Helpmann misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Helpmann fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Bekzod.
A head punch on the inside from Bekzod fails to land.
Bekzod tries to throw a body punch but Helpmann avoids it by throwing Bekzod back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helpmann.
Bekzod lands a right hand that snaps the head of Helpmann backwards.
Bekzod throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Helpmanns head.
Helpmann is looking to control Bekzod's arms but Bekzod gets an underhook and turns him. Now Helpmann has his back to the cage.
Helpmann misses with a punch to the body.
Helpmann goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helpmann.
Helpmann blocks a body shot from Bekzod.
Bekzod lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bekzod doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bekzod fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Bekzod.
Helpmann blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Azad Bekzod dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bekzod missing with a left hand there. Helpmann was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Bekzod.
Bekzod checks a leg kick.
Bekzod looks to score with a jab to the body but Helpmann is just out of range.
Bekzod paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Helpmann avoids a kick to the body.
Good shot there by Helpmann.
Helpmann slips a straight right by Bekzod.
A countering left hand to the body from Helpmann misses.

Bekzod closes the distance and pushes Helpmann back into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Helpmann takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bekzod throws a punch but it's blocked by Helpmann.
Helpmann misses with the head strike.
A short right from Helpmann on the inside.
Helpmann lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bekzod.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helpmann tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bekzod's elbow.
Bekzod tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Helpmann tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bekzod's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bekzod.
Bekzod lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Helpmann backwards.
Bekzod lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Helpmann tries to throw a body punch but Bekzod avoids it by throwing Helpmann back against the cage.
Bekzod tries to work over Helpmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bekzod blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bekzod has a couple of punches blocked by Helpmann.
Helpmann blocks an uppercut.
Helpmann lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Helpmann misses with a hook to the ribs.
Helpmann misses with a body punch.
Bekzod trying to control the position but instead, Helpmann has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bekzod into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bekzod.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bekzod.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bekzod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bekzod tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Bekzod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Helpmann. That's going to slow Bekzod down.
Bekzod uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Helpmann.
Bekzod lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helpmann swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Helpmann with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Robert Helpmann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good work by Bekzod as he checks the leg kick.
Helpmann takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Helpmann cracks a nice hook into Bekzod's ribs.
Bekzod misses with a body shot.
Helpmann doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bekzod throws a low kick, looking for Helpmann's leg but Helpmann calmly moves out of range.
Bekzod scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helpmann throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Helpmann tried to score with a low kick but Bekzod checks it.
Bekzod moves forwards but Helpmann connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Helpmann throws an overhand right that lands on Bekzod's shoulder, as Bekzod tries to avoid the shot.
Helpmann moves away from the strike by Bekzod.
Helpmann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Helpmann throws a nice inside leg kick.
Helpmann tries to clinch but Bekzod is having none of it.
Bekzod cracks Helpmann with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Helpmann scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bekzod in his tracks.
Nice uppercut there from Helpmann.
Helpmann throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bekzod counters with a stiff right hand.
Robert Helpmann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helpmann throws a lazy right hand but Bekzod sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bekzod checks the leg kick nicely there.
A little feinted left hand from Bekzod on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helpmann misses with a body shot.
Helpmann misses with a hook. Bekzod ducked under it nicely.
Helpmann looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Helpmann lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bekzod listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Bekzod cracks Helpmann with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Bekzod has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Helpmann to stand back up!

Helpmann is rocked!
Helpmann chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Helpmann is still on wobbly legs! Can Bekzod finish him?
Helpmann looks to clinch
and Bekzod counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Helpmann out cold! What a finish! Bekzod is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Azad Bekzod!
Azad Bekzod is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Azad Bekzod thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.