PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keeping Promises (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parfait Hilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Promises comes to the cage accompanied by MegaDeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!. Hilton has chosen The man in the moon is a newfie as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Promises
vs
Hilton

185 cm
26
212 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

175 cm
32
215 lbs
17 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keeping Promises!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Parfait Hilton!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Promises moves out of range of the body kick.
Promises pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Promises takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hilton is looking to land body kicks.
Promises lands with a slapping head kick.
Promises thuds his right hand into Hilton's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Promises has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hilton.
Promises lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Promises stuffs the takedown.
Hilton lands with a shot to the body.
Promises looks to land a left hand but Hilton moved out of range nicely.
Hilton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hilton tries to land a front kick but Promises steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Promises lands a right hook to the body.
Promises sizes up Hilton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Promises takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hilton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hilton misses with a kick to the body.
Promises looks to land a left hand but Hilton moved out of range nicely.
Hilton misses with a wild body shot.
Hilton misses with a body shot
and Promises counters with a left to the body.
Hilton moves out of range of the strikes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Promises crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hilton - the referee stops the clock and Promises gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hilton. Promises manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Promises takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hilton throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Promises counters with a straight right hand.
Promises moves out of range as Hilton throws a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hilton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Promises takes a swing at Hilton's ribcage but misses.
Promises takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Keeping Promises seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hilton misses with a wild combination.
Promises misses with a looping right.
Promises avoids the body shot from Hilton.
Promises uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hilton.
Hilton connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Promises misses with an uppercut

so Hilton counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hilton trying to control but Promises is working from the bottom.
Hilton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hilton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hilton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hilton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hilton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hilton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hilton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hilton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hilton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hilton wants to control from the top but Promises keeps moving.
Promises on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Promises tries to get out of the position.
Promises avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hilton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hilton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Promises has his hands on Hilton's head, controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Promises working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hilton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Parfait Hilton 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.

Hilton digs a good hook to Promises's body.
Hilton closes the distance and clinches up with Promises, looking for a takedown. Hilton pushes Promises against the cage but Promises circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Promises stuffs the takedown.
Hilton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Promises.
Hilton looks to land a left hand but Promises moved out of range nicely.
Hilton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Promises fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hilton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Promises rather than just go for the knockout.
Promises has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hilton.
Promises misses with a straight left.
Nice body kick from Hilton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Promises slips a straight right by Hilton.
Hilton blocks a head kick by Promises.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hilton.
Hilton throws a wild body kick that Promises sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Promises on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hilton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Promises has time to react.
Hilton throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hilton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hilton lands with a right hand.

It looks like Keeping Promises has been cut.
Hilton misses with a two punch combination.
Promises thuds his shin into the meat of Hilton's side.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hilton.
Hilton throws a front kick that sends Promises stumbling back into the cage.
Hilton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Promises pinned against the cage. Promises gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Keeping Promises has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Parfait Hilton.
Hilton scores with a kick to the body.
Hilton's coach down at SAVATE DE RUE du Quebec was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hilton's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilton misses with a takedown attempt - Promises sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Promises misses with a body shot.
Donk. Promises catches Hilton right on the button with a cross.
Promises will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hilton looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Promises tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hilton takes a swing at Promises's ribcage but misses.
Hilton misses with a body shot.
Hilton tries for a takedown but Promises sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Promises loads up on a big right hand but Hilton slips the punch.
Promises throws a right hand that misses

and Hilton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Promises won't be happy with that.
Hilton working the ground and pound but Promises is defending the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Promises to see if he's OK.
Hilton trying to control the position but Promises is working away.
Hilton throws an elbow but Promises slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hilton lands a nice forearm strike.
Hilton throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Promises works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Hilton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hilton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hilton tries to pass the half guard into mount. Promises knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hilton is keen to just control but Promises is a slippery customer.
We've been hearing good reports from Promises's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hilton drops an elbow to the side of Promises's head.
Hilton is nestled in close to Promises, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Parfait Hilton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Keeping Promises's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Promises throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hilton. Promises does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hilton ducks under a wild hook from Promises.
Hilton looking to land some kicks to the body here.

A big head kick from Hilton and Promises is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Promises is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hilton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Promises works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oh Promises is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hilton throws a big elbow that misses.
Promises seems to have got his legs back now.
Hilton tries to free his leg and advance position but Promises is retaining full guard.
Hilton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hilton throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hilton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton trying to control but Promises is working from the bottom.
Hilton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hilton cracks Promises with a solid left hand.
Hilton throws a big elbow that misses.
Hilton postures up in Promises's guard and throws a big left but Promises blocks it.
Hilton trying to control the position from guard on top but Promises is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hilton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilton throwing strikes but missing.
Hilton trying to control the position from guard on top but Promises is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hilton works over Promises with some ground and pound from guard.
Hilton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Promises working a defensive guard here.
Hilton lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton throws a big elbow that misses.
Promises keeping moving, preventing Hilton from controlling successfully.
Hilton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Promises is keeping the position for now.
Hilton throws a big right hand that misses.
Hilton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parfait Hilton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hilton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Promises keeping moving, preventing Hilton from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Promises doesn't manage to clinch there - Hilton circles away.
Hilton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Promises moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Promises pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hilton is out of range and Promises settles back down.
Hilton connects with a solid leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Promises bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hilton misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Keeping Promises has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hilton fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Parfait Hilton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hilton 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Parfait Hilton!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Parfait Hilton!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Parfait Hilton!

Parfait Hilton wins by unanimous decision!
Parfait Hilton managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hellbent , into his post fight interview.