PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hills (ranked 5458 p4p, 582 weight class) and Neville Southall (ranked 5079 p4p, 545 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hills
vs
Southall

193 cm
18
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
286 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Hills!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neville Southall!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Southall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Southall has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hills is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Southall connects with an inside leg kick.
Southall throws a sloppy head kick and Hills moves out of range easily.
Southall defending well as Hills loads up on a big left hand.
Southall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Southall lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Southall.
Southall lands a leg kick that knocks Hills off balance momentarily.
A good leg kick by Southall.
Hills misses with an uppercut
and Southall counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
An inside leg kick lands from Southall.
Southall tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hills walks forward, straight into a front kick from Southall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Southall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Southall connects with a high kick.

It looks like Mike Hills has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Southall scoring well with a low kick there.
Southall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Southall, right into the meat.
Southall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Neville Southall has been cut.
Southall throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Southall lands a head kick!
Southall feints and then cracks Hills's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hills down.
A combination from Hills does no damage.
Hills takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hills chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Southall can pounce on him.
Hills's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Southall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Southall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Southall fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Southall lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
No joy there for Hills, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Southall.
Hills seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Southall throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A head kick misses from Southall.
Hills takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hills misses with a body shot.
Southall thumps Hills with a low kick.
Hills is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hills takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Southall. That's going to slow Hills down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Southall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Southall tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Hills misses the target.
Southall lands with a slapping head kick.

Mike Hills's cut is getting worse.
Southall throws the kick towards the body but Hills avoids it.
Hills on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Southall. Southall obviously looking to wear him down.
Hills lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Southall circles away quickly and effectively.
Southall with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Southall scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Southall lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Southall throws a head kick that misses
and Hills connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Southall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Southall misses with a head kick.
Hills seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Southall connects with an inside leg kick.
Southall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Southall.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Southall, right into the meat.
Southall goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hills takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Southall.
Southall lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hills's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Southall. That's going to slow Hills down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hills avoids the head kick by Southall.
A head kick misses from Southall.
Hills was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Southall looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Southall cracks the inside of Hills's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neville Southall dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A head kick misses from Southall.
As Southall looks to move away, Hills throws a big counter combo but Southall just gets out of the way.
Southall connects with a leg kick. Hills looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Southall throws a leg kick which misses Hills's front leg but catches the back leg as Hills tries to avoid it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Southall!
Hills throws a series of punches but Southall avoids them all with ease.
Southall closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Southall lands with a slapping head kick.
Southall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hills has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Southall.
Southall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Southall lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Mike Hills's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hills on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hills throws a hook but Southall avoids it easily.
Southall feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hills misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hills takes a kick to the side of the head.
Neville Southall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whack! Southall lands a heavy head kick that drops Hills. The ref tackles Southall to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Hills was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Neville Southall!
Neville Southall is the new heavyweight champion!