PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michale Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geo Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geo Hill will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Valdez
vs
Hill

180 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michale Valdez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Geo Hill!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez tries to land a front kick but Hill steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hill looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Valdez misses with a body kick.
Despite the aggression on Hill's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Valdez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hill wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valdez has him pressed against the cage.
Valdez dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
Valdez is trying to break the clinch but Hill is controlling him.
Hill is looking to control Valdez's arms but Valdez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hill has his back to the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill has had enough of the clinch but Valdez keeps him there for the moment.
Hill looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill misses with a knee strike.
Hill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Valdez has had enough of the clinch but Hill keeps him there for the moment.

Valdez breaks the clinch.

Valdez rushes Hill and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hill is trying to push Valdez away but Valdez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Valdez misses with a knee strike.

Valdez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hill is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Valdez drives through and clinches with Hill against the cage.
Valdez is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valdez avoids it.
Hill letting Valdez take a breather here.
Hill misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valdez.

Valdez breaks the clinch.

Valdez moves into the clinch.
Hill keeps control of Valdez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Valdez manages to break the clinch.
Valdez tries to land a front kick but Hill steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hill tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hill has Valdez up against the cage in a clinch.
Hill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valdez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hills head.
Valdez'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.
Hill takes a shot to the head.

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

Hill gets tackled into the cage by Valdez. Valdez maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Valdez breaks the clinch.

Valdez looking to score a takedown here. Hill is defending well but Valdez drives through and ends up in Hill's guard.
Valdez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Valdez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Valdez throws a body kick that misses.
Valdez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Valdez has closed the distance and engaged Hill in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Valdez wants to break free but Hill has control.
Hill is trying to maintain a safe position but Valdez gets an underhook and turns Hill into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michale Valdez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Valdez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hill sprawls well initially but Valdez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Valdez is working for a submission of some sort.
Valdez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Valdez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hill's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Valdez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hill is breathing heavily.

Valdez is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez throwing shots but Hill is blocking nicely.
Valdez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Valdez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Valdez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Valdez slips a nice elbow through Hill's hands, connecting with Hill's forehead.

Valdez is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Valdez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Valdez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hill doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Valdez.
Valdez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Valdez is working for a submission of some sort.
Valdez working the head and body with strikes.
Valdez lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Valdez is looking for a kimura but Hill is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Valdez to get the leverage.

Valdez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Valdez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Valdez drops an elbow to the side of Hill's head.
Nice strikes from Valdez there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valdez working Hill over with strikes.
Hill has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad MMA Montreal. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Valdez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Valdez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hill can do to turn this around?

Valdez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hill sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michale Valdez dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Valdez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hill lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Valdez has managed to clinch.

Valdez breaks the clinch.
Hill moves out of range of the body kick.
Valdez misses with a head kick.
Valdez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valdez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Michale Valdez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Valdez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hill did well to prevent Valdez getting side control.

Valdez is looking for a kimura but Hill is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Valdez to get the leverage.
Hill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Valdez drops an elbow to the side of Hill's head.

Valdez is looking for a kimura here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Valdez lands a nice short elbow.
Valdez working over Hill with some ground and pound. Hill looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Valdez is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Valdez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hill sees it coming and defends easily.

Valdez gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Valdez misses with a double jab.

Valdez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Valdez is working Hill over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez postures up in Hill's guard and throws a big left but Hill blocks it.
Hill has momentary wrist control but Valdez slips an elbow through the middle.
Hill preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Valdez works over Hill with some ground and pound from guard.
Valdez with a nice head shot there.
Valdez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hill works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Valdez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hill works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

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.
Valdez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hill preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hill avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Valdez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hill, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hill throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Valdez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Valdez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Valdez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hill is trying to defend but Valdez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Geo Hill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michale Valdez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hill is trying to stand up here but Valdez is controlling him well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michale Valdez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Valdez 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michale Valdez!