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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Helio James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Blocksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James's entrance music is Limp Bizkit Eat You Alive. A fine choice. Helio James has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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214 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Helio James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Boris Blocksson!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James tries to clinch but Blocksson is having none of it.
Blocksson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and James is able to avoid easily.
Blocksson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blocksson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and James connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Blocksson scrambles back to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Blocksson there.
Blocksson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blocksson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blocksson looks to land a left hand but James moved out of range nicely.
James throws a low kick but Blocksson moves out of range easily.
Blocksson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from James.
James looks to land a right hand but Blocksson moved out of range.
James moves in looking to clinch but Blocksson pushes him off.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
Helio James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blocksson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a hook but Blocksson avoids it easily.
Blocksson shoots in but no luck this time.
A jab lands there for James.
James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
James stalks Blocksson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Blocksson's face. Blocksson staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Boris Blocksson has been cut.
Blocksson throws a big shot that misses.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blocksson misses the jab.
Blocksson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
James stuffs the takedown.
James slips a straight right by Blocksson.
James misses with an attempted mid kick.
Helio James is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blocksson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from James finds it's way round the side to connect with Blocksson's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blocksson 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.
James tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blocksson is able to avoid easily.
James fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot by James.
James swings for the body but Blocksson moves out of range.
James throws a right and a left that both miss.
James clinches with his opponent.
James lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
James is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Blocksson controls his hands.
Blocksson looking to stall.
A short body shot lands from Blocksson as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blocksson's elbow.
Blocksson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of James backwards.
A short right from Blocksson on the inside.
James throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
James softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blocksson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Blocksson lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.
Blocksson blocks an uppercut.
James misses with some punches.
James is looking to break free of the clinch but Blocksson has double underhooks.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
James throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
James lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blocksson backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blocksson lands with a light punch inside.
Blocksson prevents a body shot from James.
James breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James thuds a left hand into Blocksson's body.
A leg kick checked by Blocksson.
James throws a nice outside leg kick.
James slips under a jab from Blocksson.
James misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blocksson checks a low kick from James.
Blocksson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blocksson. Blocksson obviously looking to wear him down.
Decent striking displayed by James there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blocksson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
James misses with a low kick.
James misses with a left hand
letting Blocksson counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helio James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Blocksson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Blocksson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Blocksson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
James scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
James uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
James takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice cross by James.
Blocksson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blocksson scores with a hook to the body. James takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
James swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blocksson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by James.
James fails with an attempt to clinch.
James swings widly with a right hand
and Blocksson counters with a stiff right hand.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Helio James is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands with an uppercut that bounces Blocksson off the cage and back into range.
Blocksson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
James takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blocksson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and James counters with a stiff right hand.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting James here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Blocksson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Blocksson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Blocksson cracks James with a right hand to the side of the head.
A punch combination from James misses.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blocksson moves away.
James takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blocksson staying out of range there.
Blocksson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
James misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blocksson takes one to the chin there.
Blocksson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blocksson.
James goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blocksson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
James throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Blocksson throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
Blocksson lands a nice looking body shot.
Blocksson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by James.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James avoids the body shot from Blocksson.
James fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blocksson moves out of range of the body kick from James.
James throws a right hand that Blocksson ducks under and follows up with a left that Blocksson also avoids with ease.
James moves away from the strike by Blocksson.
James scores with a nice right hand.
A jab from Blocksson misses.
A swing and a miss from Blocksson.
James throws a one two combo.
Blocksson takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
James fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hook to the side of Blocksson's head but Blocksson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from James. Blocksson shrugs it off though.
Blocksson misses with a jab to the body
and James counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Blocksson digs a good body shot into James's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blocksson thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blocksson throws a jab when James was well out of range.
James tries to clinch
and Blocksson counters with a leg kick.
Blocksson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by James.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helio James dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Boris Blocksson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Blocksson. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James misses with a few strikes there.
James uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
James misses with a kick to the body.
Blocksson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
Blocksson lands a nice hook to James's body. James takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blocksson throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
James misses with a straight right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blocksson.
James dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blocksson slips a straight right by James.
Blocksson misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
James throws a wild body kick that Blocksson sees coming a mile off.
James misses with a hook
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Blocksson blocks the body kick.
Blocksson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with James but James pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A jab from James misses.
James lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blocksson with a jab.
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blocksson.
James misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from James.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
James thumps Blocksson with a low kick.
Blocksson moves out of range as James strikes.
A combination from James does no damage.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Blocksson.
Blocksson digs a good hook to James's body.
Blocksson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blocksson's hands.
James lands with a cross.
Blocksson slips a straight right by James.
The crowd cheers as James lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blocksson doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Blocksson!
A jab from James misses.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
Blocksson connects with a solid leg kick.
James tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Blocksson.
James explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Blocksson fails to land with a series of punches.
Blocksson scores with the left hand. James knows he should have avoided that one.
Blocksson avoids the body shot from James.
A low kick from James is predictable there
and Blocksson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
James is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blocksson.
James misses with a low kick.
Boris Blocksson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Blocksson circles away.
Blocksson takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
James misses with a lunging right hand
and Blocksson counters with an inside leg kick.
James will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blocksson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blocksson misses the jab.
Blocksson lands with an uppercut that bounces James off the cage and back into range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Helio James.
Well James has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Helio James!
An out of breath and clearly excited Helio James thanked Hellbent, Inc.™ for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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