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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Paul Van Der Helm (ranked 4544 p4p, 5076 weight class) and Vorar Helas (ranked 452 p4p, 479 weight class). Vorar Helas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
Very quick
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Van Der Helm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vorar Helas!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Helm moves into the clinch.
Helas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Helas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Van Der Helm closes the distance and clinches.
Helas gets through Van Der Helm's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Van Der Helm.
Van Der Helm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Der Helm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paul Van Der Helm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van Der Helm at a distance.
Van Der Helm has closed the distance and engaged Helas in a clinch.
Helas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Der Helm lands with a nice combination. Helas backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Der Helm instigates a clinch.
Helas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Der Helm backwards.
Van Der Helm blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Helm breaks from the clinch.
Helas misses with a hook.
Van Der Helm rushes Helas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Helas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Der Helm breaks the clinch.
Van Der Helm closes the distance and pushes Helas back into the cage.
Van Der Helm scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Helas fails to land.
Helas throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Helm.
Van Der Helm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Helas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Der Helm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Helas takes a swing at Van Der Helm's ribcage but misses.
Van Der Helm seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Helm throws a low kick but Helas moves out of range easily.
Van Der Helm wants to land a leg kick but Helas is out of range.
It seemed like Helas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Der Helm slips a straight right by Helas.
Helas throws a jab when Van Der Helm was well out of range.
Van Der Helm tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Van Der Helm. Those never looked like landing.
A nice side step and Helas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Van Der Helm throws a head kick that misses
and Helas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Helas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Van Der Helm pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Der Helm gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Van Der Helm dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Van Der Helm has Helas up against the cage in a clinch.
Helas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Helas fails to land.
Paul Van Der Helm has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A frustrated look appears on Helas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Helas is trying to force a seperation but Van Der Helm has the dominant position.
Helas is trying to break the clinch but Van Der Helm is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helas.
Helas swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Der Helm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helas misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Helas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Helas misses its intended target.
Helas misses the jab.
Van Der Helm misses with a kick to the body
and Van Der Helm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Helm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Helas doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Van Der Helm has managed to clinch.
Van Der Helm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Helas breaks from the clinch.
Van Der Helm misses with a leg kick
and Helas counters with a straight right hand.
Van Der Helm closes the distance and pushes Helas back into the cage.
Van Der Helm breaks the clinch.
Helas blocks a head kick by Van Der Helm.
Helas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Der Helm looks to clinch
and Helas counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Der Helm moves away from the strike by Helas.
Van Der Helm slips a straight right by Helas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helas looks to throw the jab but Van Der Helm is out of range.
Van Der Helm throws a leg kick
and Helas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick misses from Van Der Helm.
Helas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Helas throws an off balance right hand
and Van Der Helm counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Der Helm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Der Helm breaks the clinch.
Van Der Helm connects with a good right hand that stumbles Helas. Helas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Helas gets tackled into the cage by Van Der Helm. Van Der Helm maintains the clinch.
Van Der Helm content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Helas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Der Helm's elbow.
Helas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Helas missing with a left hand there. Van Der Helm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vorar Helas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Van Der Helm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Helas tries to keep at a distance but Van Der Helm has taken the fight into the clinch.
Helas throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Helas has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Van Der Helm seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Helas can turn it around.
Van Der Helm looking to throw knees to the head but Helas is blocking nicely.
A short right from Helas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Helm prevents Helas from breaking the clinch.
Helas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Helas is trying to push Van Der Helm away but Van Der Helm has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Helas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Helas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Helas breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Helas pushes Van Der Helm back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Helas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Der Helm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Helas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Despite the aggression on Helas's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Helas misses with an uppercut. Van Der Helm saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Helas.
Van Der Helm uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Helas.
Van Der Helm rushes Helas and presses him up against the cage.
Helas has a couple of punches blocked by Van Der Helm.
Van Der Helm takes a shot to the head.
Van Der Helm has Helas pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Come on Van Der Helm - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Van Der Helm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Der Helm tries to close the distance and clinch up but Helas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Helas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Helas keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Van Der Helm.
Helas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Helas tries to keep at a distance but Van Der Helm has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helas.
Helas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Helas - that landed with a thud.
Helas misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vorar Helas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Helas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vorar Helas!
Vorar Helas seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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