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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taichi Heleno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gebhuza Baba Hamidou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heleno's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, weird Japanese music. On his way into the cage it seems that Taichi Heleno has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Taichi Heleno seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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167 lbs
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169 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taichi Heleno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gebhuza Baba Hamidou!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamidou shoots and misses
and Heleno counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hamidou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Heleno as he jumps to the side.
Gebhuza Baba Hamidou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heleno lands an overhand right.
Heleno scores with a head kick.
Hamidou misses with a takedown attempt
and Heleno makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Taichi Heleno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gebhuza Baba Hamidou.
Hamidou misses the shot to the body.
Hamidou staying out of range there.
Heleno moves in looking to clinch but Hamidou pushes him off.
Hamidou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heleno.
Heleno thows a body shot but no joy.
Heleno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hamidou looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Heleno is fending him off so far but Hamidou persists. Nope, Heleno circles away and we're back to standing.
Hamidou takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamidou doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Heleno counters with a low kick, right behind Hamidou 's knee.
Heleno fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Heleno throws a combination. Hamidou tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hamidou fails with the takedown
and Heleno counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hamidou looks gassed!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Heleno working Hamidou over with knees to the body.
Heleno scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Gebhuza Baba Hamidou has been cut.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hamidou avoids it.
Heleno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hamidou is defending well for now.
Heleno works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heleno gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Heleno looking to throw knees to the head but Hamidou is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamidou wants to break free but Heleno has control.
Heleno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heleno trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Heleno.
Heleno trying to land knees to the body.
Heleno scores with a shoulder strike.
Hamidou takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heleno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamidou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Heleno.
Heleno works on Hamidou's body with a couple of short punches.
Heleno pushes Hamidou back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Heleno lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Heleno obliges.
Heleno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heleno avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamidou goes for a takedown in the clinch but Heleno prevents it.
Heleno missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Heleno obliges.
Heleno has Hamidou pressed against the cage, preventing Hamidou from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Heleno breaks from the clinch.
Heleno throws a sloppy head kick and Hamidou moves out of range easily.
Heleno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hamidou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hamidou shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Heleno but Heleno pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hamidou avoids the head kick by Heleno.
Heleno dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Heleno throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Heleno lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big right from Hamidou misses.
Heleno moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hamidou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Heleno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hamidou.
Hamidou misses with a body shot
and Heleno counters with a nice kick to the body.
Heleno tries to clinch up.
Heleno connects with a single shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heleno lands with a kick to the temple. Hamidou shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Heleno scores with a three punch combo!
Heleno throws a sloppy head kick and Hamidou moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taichi Heleno dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gebhuza Baba Hamidou'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.
Hamidou has his takedown stuffed
and Heleno counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hamidou is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Heleno misses with a body kick.
Hamidou shoots for a double leg takedown but Heleno sprawls well. He's pushed Hamidou's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hamidou has his takedown stuffed
and Heleno counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Taichi Heleno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gebhuza Baba Hamidou.
Heleno scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Heleno moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hamidou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Heleno scores with a push kick.
Heleno jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hamidou throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Heleno finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Heleno connects with a solid leg kick.
Hamidou is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heleno misses the shot to the body.
Heleno moves into the clinch.
Heleno scores with a shoulder strike.
Heleno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hamidou is defending well for now.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the head but Hamidou blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Heleno.
Hamidou is trying desperately to land a takedown but Heleno is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hamidou.
Heleno lands a good knee to the midsection. Hamidou won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Heleno obliges.
Heleno crunches a lovely knee into Hamidou's ribcage.
Heleno misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Heleno obliges.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hamidou avoids it.
Heleno breaks from the clinch.
Heleno scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heleno lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hamidou's sensitive parts.
Heleno thows a body kick. Hamidou tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hamidou shoots in for a takedown but Heleno shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Heleno lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Heleno.
Heleno stalks Hamidou and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hamidou's face. Hamidou staggers backwards, shaken.
Hamidou throws a lazy right hand but Heleno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heleno throws a series of punches but Hamidou avoids them all with ease.
Taichi Heleno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heleno feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hamidou's calf.
Heleno lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hamidou will feel that in the morning.
Taichi Heleno is winning the standup battle so far.
Heleno misses with a head kick.
Heleno throws an off balance right hand
and Hamidou counters with a nice double leg into side control. Heleno won't be happy with that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamidou working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Hamidou misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Heleno is trying to improve his position.
Heleno dodges the ground and pound from Hamidou.
Hamidou misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Hamidou grinds an elbow into Heleno's temple.
Heleno is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hamidou wants to take a breather but Heleno manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Hamidou.
Hamidou with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hamidou trying to control the position from guard on top but Heleno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heleno wants to sweep but no luck.
Heleno might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hamidou pushes down on Heleno's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Heleno is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hamidou jumps into side control!
Hamidou working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamidou trying to control the position but Heleno is working away.
Hamidou advances nicely into full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taichi Heleno dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gebhuza Baba Hamidou'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Heleno throws a chopping leg kick but Hamidou manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Heleno takes one on the button.
Hamidou misses with an uppercut
and Heleno counters with a leg kick.
Heleno dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hamidou. That did some damage!
A nice inside leg kick there by Heleno. That's going to slow Hamidou down.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hamidou.
Hamidou looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heleno delivers a nice body kick.
Heleno throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hamidou takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heleno scores with a leg kick.
Heleno slaps away a takedown attempt from Hamidou, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Heleno. Those never looked like landing.
Heleno cracks the inside of Hamidou's front leg.
A solid body kick from Heleno.
A thudding body kick lands there by Heleno!
Hamidou has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Heleno.
Heleno throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heleno throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Heleno has closed the distance and engaged Hamidou in a clinch.
Heleno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Heleno landing knees to the body.
Hamidou's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A bit of stalling here from Heleno.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heleno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Heleno putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hamidou in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Heleno displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hamidou up against the cage.
Heleno gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Heleno lands a damaging elbow.
Heleno connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hamidou's face.
Heleno putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hamidou in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Heleno missing with knees to the body.
Heleno will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hamidou up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Heleno for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heleno scores a nice knee to the body.
Heleno gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hamidou.
Taichi Heleno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gebhuza Baba Hamidou.
Hamidou is looking to control Heleno's arms but Heleno gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hamidou has his back to the cage.
Taichi Heleno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hamidou being controlled against the cage.
Heleno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Heleno moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Heleno misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hamidou fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hamidou. Heleno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heleno swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hamidou counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hamidou missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hamidou has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hamidou looks to land a strike but Heleno avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Heleno trying to keep a closed guard but Hamidou is proving a slippery customer.
Hamidou postures up in Heleno's guard and throws a big left but Heleno blocks it.
Gebhuza Baba Hamidou has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hamidou is looking to work some ground and pound but Heleno has wrist control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Taichi Heleno showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Heleno, 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taichi Heleno!
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