PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Lilburne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Hilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lilburne comes to the cage accompanied by You'll never walk alone. John Lilburne could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Morgan Hilton's chin.

Lilburne
vs
Hilton

188 cm
27
218 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

192 cm
26
225 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*

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 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Lilburne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morgan Hilton!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilburne lands with a good body shot.

Lilburne closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Hilton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hilton steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lilburne. That one must have hurt.
Hilton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hilton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Lilburne closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lilburne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hilton has a couple of punches blocked by Lilburne.
Hilton blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Lilburne breaks the clinch.
Lilburne scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hilton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lilburne looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lilburne pushes Hilton away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hilton gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Lilburne trying to remain calm as Hilton controls from the top position.

Hilton decides to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilburne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hilton.
Hilton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lilburne misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lilburne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hilton has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hilton and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lilburne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hilton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lilburne tries a knee to the head but Hilton blocks it.
Lilburne throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hilton misses with some punches.
Hilton lands a hook that snaps the head of Lilburne backwards.
Lilburne misses with the head strike.
Lilburne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Hilton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lilburne avoids the body shot from Hilton.

Hilton shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lilburne napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Hilton decides to stand back up. Hilton steps back and let's Lilburne get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lilburne throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lilburne thuds his shin into the meat of Hilton's side.

Hilton moves into the clinch successfully.
Hilton throws a head punch that misses.
Hilton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hilton fails to land.
Lilburne lands an elbow inside.
Hilton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Lilburne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lilburne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Hilton clinches up against the cage.
Hilton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hilton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hilton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lilburne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hilton blocks it with crossed arms.
Lilburne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lilburne working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lilburne lands a knee to the body.
Hilton swings wildly with an uppercut but Lilburne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hilton pushes off an throws an elbow but Lilburne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Lilburne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hilton forces Lilburne back against the cage and clinches.
Hilton throws a head punch that misses.
Lilburne lands a nice elbow.
Hilton scores with a shot to the side of Lilburne's head.
Hilton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lilburne's defenses.
Lilburne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hilton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lilburne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lilburne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lilburne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hilton's efforts to push away.
A right hand to the body from Hilton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lilburne misses with an elbow strike.
Lilburne working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton blocks an elbow strike.
Hilton lands with a short shot to the head.
Lilburne misses with an elbow over the top.
Lilburne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lilburne lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hilton backwards.
Lilburne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hilton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lilburne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hilton looks winded!
Lilburne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Morgan Hilton has been cut.
Lilburne lands an uppercut.
Hilton misses with some punches.
Hilton blocks a body shot from Lilburne.
Lilburne tries to throw a body punch but Hilton avoids it by throwing Lilburne back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lilburne blocking some punches.

Hilton breaks the clinch.

Hilton closes the distance and clinches.
Hilton misses with some punches.
Lilburne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hilton's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Lilburne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Morgan Hilton's cut.
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.

Lilburne lands a leg kick that knocks Hilton off balance momentarily.

Hilton is rocked!
Lilburne throws an uppercut from hell that sends Hilton clean off his feet! He's out cold! Lilburne stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Lilburne!
John Lilburne made sure to mention his sponsor, - - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - - in his post fight interview.