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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikal Helio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Unkind Artist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Helio comes to the cage accompanied by You are the best Around!. Artist is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dropkick Murphys - Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya. Unkind Artist has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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195 lbs
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198 lbs
14 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikal Helio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Unkind Artist!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Artist misses with a low kick as Helio jumps back.
Artist scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Helio.
Artist tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Helio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Artist has closed the distance and engaged Helio in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Helio.
Artist swings wildly with an uppercut but Helio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helio taking a breather.
Artist pushes Helio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Helio prevents a body shot from Artist.
Artist misses with some punches.
Helio is leaning against Artist and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Helio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Artist misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Artist checks a leg kick nicely.
Helio's corner calls for a 1-2. Helio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Artist checks a leg kick nicely.
Artist misses with a body kick.
Helio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Artist scoring well with a low kick there.
Helio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Unkind Artist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Artist connects with a solid leg kick.
Artist shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Artist turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Artist misses with a body punch
enabling Helio to counter with a crisp jab.
Artist rushes Helio and presses him up against the cage.
Artist is pressed up against the cage. Helio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Artist down to the mat. Artist avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Artist tries to clinch there but Helio circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Helio connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Helio.
Helio connects with a solid leg kick.
Artist bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Helio's head.
Helio cracks Artist with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Artist tries to clinch but Helio moves out of range.
Helio shoots for a double leg takedown but Artist sprawls well. He's pushed Helio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Artist looks for the body kick but Helio saw that one coming.
Artist digs a good hook to Helio's body.
Artist looks to clinch
and Helio counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Helio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Artist has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Helio slips under a jab from Artist.
Helio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Artist with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Artist looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Artist lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Artist wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Helio throws a right hand that misses
and Artist counters with a nice leg kick.
Helio fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikal Helio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Helio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Unkind Artist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Artist feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Helio's calf.
Helio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Helio misses with a wild combination.
Helio moves forwards but Artist connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Artist scores with a nice right hand.
Helio blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio avoids the head kick by Artist.
Helio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Artist.
Artist checks the leg kick.
Helio is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Artist misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Artist lands an impressive looking overhand right. Helio doesn't seem phased though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Helio throws a big shot that misses.
Helio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Helio misses with a body shot.
Helio thumps Artist with a low kick.
Artist moves into the clinch.
Artist misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Helio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Artist.
Helio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Unkind Artist dominated that round.
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.
Helio throws a leg kick
and Artist counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Artist slaps away a takedown attempt from Helio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Helio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Helio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Artist. Artist obviously looking to wear him down.
Artist is looking to chop away at Helio's legs.
Helio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Artist connects with a leg kick. Helio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Artist throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Helio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Helio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Artist fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Helio is out of range.
Helio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Artist.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Artist.
Artist takes the fight into the clinch.
Helio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Artist misses with a punch on the inside.
Artist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Artist struggles to land a body shot inside as Helio controls his hands.
Artist prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikal Helio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Helio misses with a body punch.
Artist misses with a short punch on the inside.
Helio looking to stall.
Helio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Artist tries a body shot but Helio blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Artist's elbow.
Artist keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Helio's efforts to push away.
Helio has picked Artist up - he's going for a ride! Helio dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Helio uses his free foot to push down on Artist's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Artist.
Helio looking to finish Artist with some ground and pound. This is bad for Artist!
Helio landing strikes from the mount and Artist is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Helio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Artist controls the position.
Artist is squirming around, avoiding Helio's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artist is working to get back to half guard.
Helio thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Helio looking to control but Artist is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Artist is desperately trying to improve his position but Helio has a good base and remains in mount.
Helio with a couple of short strikes.
Helio thowing shots but they're missing.
Helio looking to finish with strikes here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artist is looking to improve his position but Helio isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Artist that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Helio punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Helio is landing with some decent strikes but Artist is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Helio scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Artist?
Artist is rocked!
Helio working for a guillotine from mount but Artist is in no mood to give up.
Artist is still in real trouble! Can Helio finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Artist tries to lock up and control but Helio gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikal Helio dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Helio shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Helio was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Artist seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Helio scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Artist?
Artist is trying desperately to improve position.
Helio trying to control but Artist is having none of it.
Helio lands a big shot there that rocks Artist but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mikal Helio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Helio looking to control but Artist is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Artist is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helio dominating with strikes here.
Helio throwing strikes here but Artist is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Helio lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Artist is trying to escape the mount.
Helio working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Artist is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helio controlling his opponent.
Helio sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Helio cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Helio cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Artist is trying desperately to improve position.
Helio moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Artist has worked his arm free - good work by Artist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helio misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Helio goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Artist has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Helio but great work by Artist.
Helio gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Helio wants to get back to full guard.
Helio is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Artist has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Helio is in all sorts of trouble here.
Artist get's back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Helio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Artist has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Artist and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A decent looking cross lands there for Helio.
A head kick misses from Helio.
Helio cracks Artist with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikal Helio showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Helio has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikal Helio!
Mikal Helio gave a mention to Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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