PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zues Orion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonka Hills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Orion
vs
Hills

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Infliction Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zues Orion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tonka Hills!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orion closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hills circles away.
Hills misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Orion prevents Hills from breaking the clinch.
Orion is looking to control Hills's arms but Hills gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orion has his back to the cage.
Hills is trying to maintain a safe position but Orion gets an underhook and turns Hills into the cage.

Orion breaks from the clinch.
Orion is looking to clinch but Hills is avoiding it.
Hills swats away the attempt to clinch by Orion.
Orion throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hills has Orion up against the cage in a clinch.
Hills has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Orion avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Orion creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hills fails to pull guard.
Zues Orion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonka Hills.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hills tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Orion just stands there and leans against the cage.
Orion misses with a knee strike.

Orion escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hills closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Orion wants to control but Hills is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hills is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Hills prevents Orion from improving his position.
Orion has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hills is working away from the top position though.
Orion tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hills manages to move to mount!
Orion is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Hills there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Orion is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hills throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hills takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Orion working to try and regain half guard.
Orion is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hills landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hills looking to control but Orion is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Orion wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hills.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hills is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Orion is surviving well by controlling Hills's body position as best he can.
Hills controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Orion is squirming around, avoiding Hills's attempts to control the action.
Hills breaks from Orion's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Orion is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hills trying to control but Orion is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hills scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Orion?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Orion slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonka Hills dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Orion darts in and clinches Hills up against the cage.
Hills trying to land knees to the body.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but Hills blocks with his arms.
Orion is trying to maintain a safe position but Hills gets an underhook and turns Orion into the cage.
Orion lands a nice knee to the body.

Orion escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from Orion. No joy for Hills on that attempt.
Orion is looking to clinch but Hills is avoiding it.
Hills tries to clinch up but Orion circles away and keeps his distance.
Zues Orion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hills misses with a head kick.
Hills scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Hills scores a takedown into full mount!
Hills pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Orion slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Hills wants to work for an arm triangle but Orion is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hills is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion tries to get to full guard but Hills has control of the leg.
Orion has hold of Hills's hands but Hills slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Orion trying to hold on to Hills's head to control him but Hills postures up.
Orion works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hills stays in close to Orion's body and controls the position.
Hills trying to control but Orion is working from the bottom.
Orion is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Orion tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hills knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Orion slows the pace down in half guard.
Orion is looking to advance position but Hills won't allow it.
Orion prevents Hills from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hills is trying is best to control the position here.
Hills won't allow Orion to pass to mount.
Hills controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Orion misses with a head shot. Hills uses the momentum to regain guard.

Hills throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Orion postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hills looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Orion looking to pass the guard.
Orion trying to control but Hills is working from the bottom.

Orion avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Orion stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hills swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tonka Hills will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Orion tries to bum rush Hills with a series of wild strikes but Hills uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Orion throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hills.
Hills shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Orion but Orion pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Orion misses with a straight right.
Hills throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Orion's waist but Orion gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hills off to one side.

Orion rushes Hills and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Orion breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Orion throws a head kick but Hills moves out of range.
Hills shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Orion but Orion pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zues Orion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonka Hills.
Orion keeps the fight on the outside.
Hills takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hills tries for a takedown but Orion sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hills keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orion moves out of range as Hills throws a body kick.
Orion throws a series of punches but Hills moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion tries to clinch there but Hills circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Orion.

Orion moves into range and clinches up with Hills.
Stalling in the clinch from Hills.

Orion manages to break the clinch.
Hills throws a leg kick but Orion checks it.
Hills will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Orion clinches but Hills breaks the clinch

and Hills counters with a shoot takedown. Orion fights it but they end up in guard.
Hills in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Orion throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hills uses it to pass to side control.
Hills wants to control but Orion is keeping him busy.
Orion is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hills off and has taken his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion doesn't have the hooks in and Hills manages to turn into his guard.
Hills is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Orion trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Hills gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orion is looking to clinch.
Orion tries to clinch up

and Hills counters with a shoot takedown. Orion fights it but they end up in guard.

Orion looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hills has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Orion is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion keeping moving, preventing Hills from controlling successfully.
Hills showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hills pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Orion is keeping the position for now.

Hills stands up and waves to Orion to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Orion closes the distance but Hills moves to the side

and Hills counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Zues Orion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orion moves into full guard.
Hills being controlled here momentarily.
Orion is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hills trying to control but Orion is working from the bottom.

Orion looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hills passes into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tonka Hills comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hills winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tonka Hills!