PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hill comes to the cage accompanied by Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax. Nathan Oliver is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hill
vs
Oliver

188 cm
22
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Syndicate Drugs
Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathan Oliver!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hill wants to clinch.
Harry Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliver tries for a takedown but Hill sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hill throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A left and a right from Hill both land. Nice combination.
Oliver tries to clinch but Hill is having none of it.
Oliver circles away from the clinch attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hill!
Oliver misses with a two punch combination.
Hill misses with a takedown

and Oliver counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Oliver.
Oliver wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oliver is trying to stall.

Hill breaks from the clinch.
Oliver looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill tries to clinch

and Oliver counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hill's guard now.
Oliver postures up.
Oliver trying to control the position from guard on top but Hill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliver stops Hill from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliver accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliver throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliver prevents Hill from getting back to his feet.
Oliver is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Oliver shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Oliver was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hill knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliver on the ground.
Hill is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oliver prevents Hill from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oliver with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Oliver looking to ground and pound but Hill is blocking nicely.
Hill is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oliver fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hill tries to hold on but Oliver postures up.
Oliver lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oliver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oliver has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oliver cracks Hill with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hill really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hill is working hard here to advance position.
Hill tries to hold on but Oliver pushes him away.
Oliver lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver looking to control but Hill is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oliver looks gassed!
Hill takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Hill is rocked!
Oliver postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hill looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Hill is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oliver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hill wants to control but Oliver is having none of it.
Oliver connects with a bit shot that sees Hill covering up! More strikes from Hill and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Oliver is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Oliver!