PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Mo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Helow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mo
vs
Helow

190 cm
25
247 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

179 cm
24
257 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohammad Mo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Helow!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mo rushes Helow and presses him up against the cage.
Helow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mo gets underhooks to prevent Helow's takedown attempt.
Mo throws a knee to the head but misses.

Helow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Helow lands with a kick to the temple. Mo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Mohammad Mo has been cut.

Helow moves into range and clinches up with Mo.
Mo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helow is stalling here.
Come on Mo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Helow is trying to break the clinch but Mo is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helow tries to pull guard but Mo holds him up against the cage and eventually Helow drops back down to his feet.
Mo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mo seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Helow has eaten all the pies!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mohammad Mo.

Helow clinches.
Mo lands a knee to the head.
Mo just leaning against Helow, taking a breather.
Helow throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helow jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mo walks away with a smile on his face. Helow gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mohammad Mo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Helow.
Mo fails to land the takedown.
Helow doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Mo counters by clinching up.
Helow looks winded!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Helow jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mo walks away with a smile on his face. Helow gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Mo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
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!

Mo decides to stand up.

Mo clinches up against the cage.
Mo crunches a lovely knee into Helow's ribcage.
Mo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Helow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mo is struggling to control the position.
Mo lands an elbow inside that Helow shrugs off.
Mo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mo obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mo obliges.
Mo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Helow blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helow tries to break free but Mo pushes him back against the cage.
Mo slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mohammad Mo.

Mo takes the fight into the clinch.
Mo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Helow avoids it.
The referee calls for Mo to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mo lands an elbow just above Helow 's eye.

It looks like Leo Helow has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mo stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad Mo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mo clinches with his opponent.
Helow taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Helow jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mo walks away with a smile on his face. Helow gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mo wants to clinch.

Mo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Helow is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mohammad Mo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Helow is breathing heavily.
Mo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mo unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mo lands an elbow that stopped Helow in his tracks for a moment.
Mo controlling the action here for a moment.
Mo connects with a knee to the head.
Mo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Helow's defenses.
Mo lands a good knee to the midsection. Helow won't want to take too many of those.
Mo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Helow avoiding damage as Mo throws knees to the body.
Mo lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mo.
Mo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Helow up against the cage.
Mo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Helow can do to turn this around?
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Helow takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mo leaning against his opponent.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mo obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mo.
Mo lands a good knee to the midsection. Helow won't want to take too many of those.
Mo with a knee to the head.
Mo landing knees to the body.
Mo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mo is stalling here.
Mo landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee calls for Mo to work.
Helow takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mo is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mohammad Mo.

Mo closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Helow quickly recovers to half guard.
Mo throwing shots but Helow is blocking nicely.

Mo postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Helow to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Mo rushes Helow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mo lands a nice knee to the body.
Mo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad Mo dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. 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.

Mo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Helow as he avoids it easily.
Mohammad Mo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Mo stands up.

Mo drives through and clinches with Helow against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Mo.
Mo lands an elbow inside.
Helow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stalling in the clinch from Mo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Helow is trying to pull guard but Mo has him pressed against the cage.
Mo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mo is struggling to control the position.
Mo connects with a knee to the head.
Helow tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mo lands a nice knee to the body.
Helow takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mo lands an elbow inside.
Mo landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Helow's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Helow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mo stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Mo.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Helow is defending well for now.
Mo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Leo Helow's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helow wants to get back to striking at distance but Mo won't allow it.
Mo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mo stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mohammad Mo.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mo.
Mo tries to clinch but Helow moves out of range.
Mo tries to clinch but Helow is having none of it.
Mo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Helow defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammad Mo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mo moves into range and clinches up with Helow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mo lands a damaging elbow.
Mo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mo stalling against the cage.
Mo lands a knee to the body.
Mo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Helow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mo stalls.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammad Mo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mo 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammad Mo!