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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tino Kallio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Helix (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.
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176 lbs
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182 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Tino Kallio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Helix!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kallio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kallio misses the shot to the body.
Helix connects with a body shot that sends Kallio's belly button to the back.
Helix throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kallio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Helix moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Helix misses with a body shot.
Brandon Helix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kallio misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick from Helix misses.
Helix misses with a body shot.
Kallio looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Good work by Kallio as he checks the leg kick.
Kallio scores with a body shot.
Kallio feints and then cracks Helix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Helix down.
Helix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Helix, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kallio lets loose with a powerful body kick. Helix will feel that in the morning.
Kallio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Helix.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Helix checks a leg kick.
Helix throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kallio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helix throws a front kick aimed at Kallio's knee but Kallio avoids it well.
Helix throws a wild body kick that Kallio sees coming a mile off.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Helix.
No luck for Helix with that takedown attempt.
Kallio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Helix misses with a wild body shot.
Helix throws a solid leg kick but Kallio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Helix.
Kallio throws a leg kick which misses Helix's front leg but catches the back leg as Helix tries to avoid it.
Helix moves out of range of the body kick from Kallio.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Helix.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kallio was well out of range. Poor timing from Helix.
Kallio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Helix.
A lazy body kick from Helix
and Kallio finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Helix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Helix misses with a body kick.
Helix attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Helix looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Helix thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kallio wants to improve his position but Helix is controlling well.
Helix is working for a kimura but Kallio is defending it quite comfortably.
Kallio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kallio.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helix throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kallio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Helix chips away with some ground and pound.
Helix has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Helix stands up over Kallio, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Helix throws an elbow that misses. Kallio uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Helix's guard. Nice move by Kallio!
Helix looking for a sweep. Not yet Helix, not yet.
Helix has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kallio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kallio has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kallio is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Helix is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kallio trying to control the position from guard on top but Helix is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Helix is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Helix is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kallio is aware though and is defending well.
Helix is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Helix working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brandon Helix will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kallio looks to land a body kick but Helix moved away.
Helix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kallio connects with a looping right hand.
Helix lands with a good body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Helix, right into the meat.
Helix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kallio moves away.
Kallio scores with a nice head shot.
Helix has a takedown stuffed.
Kallio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Helix manages to avoid it.
Kallio misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helix throws a big shot that misses.
Helix punishes Kallio's body with a nice straight punch.
Kallio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Helix fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kallio checks it well.
Kallio connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kallio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kallio swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Kallio. Those never looked like landing.
Helix shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kallio as he jumps to the side.
Helix fails with a takedown attempt.
Tino Kallio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Helix.
Kallio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kallio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Helix.
Tino Kallio is winning the standup battle so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Helix blocks the leg kick.
Helix takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kallio feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Helix's calf.
Kallio pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Helix back to the cage. Kallio follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kallio is looking to land body kicks.
Helix sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Helix motions for Kallio to come forward. Helix throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helix misses with a wild combination.
Helix misses with a leg kick.
Helix throws a body punch but Kallio moves out of range.
It looked like Kallio was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Helix.
Kallio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kallio moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Helix connects with a looping right hand.
Kallio lands a front kick.
Helix misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Kallio counter with a right hand.
Kallio ducks under a wild hook from Helix.
A left lands for Kallio.
No joy there for Kallio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Helix throws a leg kick
and Kallio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kallio misses with a body shot.
Helix cracks a nice hook into Kallio's ribs.
Helix looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kallio is fending him off so far but Helix persists. Nope, Kallio circles away and we're back to standing.
Helix throws a lazy right hand but Kallio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Kallio misses its target.
Helix throws a leg kick but Kallio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Helix throws a leg kick
and Kallio counters with a left and a right that stings Helix.
Helix is looking to chop away at Kallio's legs.
Helix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Helix blocks the body kick.
Kallio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Helix can do to turn this around?
Helix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Helix drops his hands momentarily and Kallio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Helix checks a leg kick nicely.
Kallio scores with a nice body kick.
Helix lands a jab to the head.
Kallio tries to work over Helix's front leg with a kick but Helix checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helix throws a body shot but no joy.
Kallio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Helix shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kallio as he jumps to the side.
Kallio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kallio lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Helix shoots in but Kallio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Helix is breathing heavily.
Helix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helix tries a low kick but Kallio avoids it.
Kallio takes a swing at Helix's ribcage but misses.
A good leg kick by Kallio.
Kallio throws a right and a left that Helix avoids nicely.
Tino Kallio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kallio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kallio swings away with a body shot that misses
and Helix counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kallio thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tino Kallio dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Kallio fakes the leg kick and cracks Helix in the body.
Kallio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kallio feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Helix gets a takedown into half guard.
Helix missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kallio is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at SWF GYM - JUDO 'n' MMA , so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Kallio is looking for a sweep. Helix is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Helix is trying to work for a kimura but Kallio is defending well.
Helix looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kallio with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helix works his way into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helix controlling from side mount.
Kallio gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kallio avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Helix.
Kallio trying to get back to full guard but Helix takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Kallio regains half guard.
Helix seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kallio does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kallio trying to control from the bottom.
Kallio slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Helix looking to sit in guard and control but Kallio gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kallio trying to control but Helix is working from the bottom.
Helix working for a triangle but Kallio defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kallio scoring with some ground and pound.
Helix can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kallio controls the pace.
Kallio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Helix wants to control the position but Kallio says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Helix blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kallio.
Helix trying to control here.
Helix is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kallio pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Helix wants to sweep but Kallio has passed to side control!
Helix manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Helix trying to control from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Kallio there.
Kallio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Helix defending well though.
Helix wants to control but Kallio is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kallio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Helix with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Helix trying to control here.
Helix controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
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 Tino Kallio.
I think Kallio 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tino Kallio!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tino Kallio waved his t-shirt featuring V-Mask Clothing (10%)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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