PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bors Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into the arena with Everything Zen- Bush blaring out of the sound system. Bors Hill will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jones
vs
Hill

170 cm
27
166 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

182 cm
29
167 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitchell Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bors Hill!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones moves out of range of the leg kick from Hill.
Jones throws a body punch but Hill moves out of range.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A clash of legs there as Hill blocks the low kick.
Hill blocks a head kick by Jones.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Hill, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hill blocks a head kick by Jones.
Hill looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Hill slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a series of punches but Hill moves out of range.
Hill feints and then cracks Jones's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jones down.
Hill avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones tries to bum rush Hill with a series of wild strikes but Hill uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Hill is just out of range.
Jones throws a right hand that Hill ducks under and follows up with a left that Hill also avoids with ease.
Hill lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Hill finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hill throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An inside leg kick from Hill misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Hill. That snapped Jones's head back.
Hill closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Hill pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Hill moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hill lands a body shot.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Hill.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hill.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Hill moves out of range easily.
Hill misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hill moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill shoots in looking for a takedown but Jones manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hill's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hill throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Hill's head but Hill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Hill.
Jones misses with a hook
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hill bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Hill is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Hill avoids the head kick by Jones.
Hill moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hill lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
Jones is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hill's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.
Jones lands a jab to the head.
Hill scores with a punch to the head.
Hill pushes Jones away with a front kick.
Mitchell Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hill, right into the meat.
Hill scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Hill throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Hill has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jones blocks a jab.
Hill scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bors Hill dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Hill counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jones's knee momentarily.
A jab lands there for Jones.
Jones slips a straight right by Hill.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hill.
Jones lands a jab to the head.
Jones lands with a hook. Hill tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Hill was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hill works the jab nicely.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Hill looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hill connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jones scrambles back to his feet.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Hill thumps Jones with a low kick.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hill.
Hill slips a jab from Jones.
Hill misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Jones throws a right hand that Hill ducks under and follows up with a left that Hill also avoids with ease.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones misses with a head kick.
Hill lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a head kick!

Hill shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hill showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jones trying to hold on to Hill's head to control him but Hill postures up.
Hill tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jones knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jones wants to improve his position but Hill is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.

Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by Hill.
Hill trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Hill is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hill is trying to work for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Hill is thwarting Jones's attempts to control the position.
Hill wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hill stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bors Hill showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Jones looks to land a left hand but Hill moved out of range nicely.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hill misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Hill.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hill.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hill can pounce on him.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Hill fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Horrible takedown by Hill or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Hill misses with a wild combination.
Hill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hill misses with a straight left.
Hill connects with a leg kick. Jones looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hill.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones misses with a head kick.
Hill looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Hill thumps Jones with a low kick.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Hill counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hill lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Hill moves out of range easily.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones misses with a head kick.
A cross from Hill lands.
Hill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hill connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Hill moved away.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Hill moves out of range easily.
Hill bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to move into range but Hill moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jones throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hill counters with a thumping low kick.
Hill tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hill scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Hill closes the distance and clinches.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hill has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.

Hill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hill.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Mitchell Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Hill misses with a wild combination.
A head kick from Jones lands but Hill takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hill thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones lands a high kick!
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bors Hill is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jones tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bors Hill seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hill throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick
and Hill counters with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hill.
Hill throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hill lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hill connects with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bors Hill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hill has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bors Hill!
Bors Hill decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.