PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Winston Hill (ranked 4065 p4p, 320 weight class) and Ken Gee (ranked 5727 p4p, 0 weight class). Hill comes into the arena with Calum Scott - You Are The Reason blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hill
vs
Gee

153 cm
25
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
142 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Winston Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ken Gee!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hill drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hill takes one to the side of the head.
Gee throws a right and a left that Hill avoids nicely.
Gee jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
No joy there for Gee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gee pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hill back to the cage. Gee follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A swing and a miss from Gee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Gee misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Hill decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gee's guard.
Gee managing to control the position.
Hill lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hill could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hill lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hill lands a couple of elbows.
Hill definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hill lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gee pulls Hill in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Gee has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
Hill connects with a couple of short punches.
Hill working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gee is trying to keep Hill in close.
Hill working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gee's head.
Hill makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gee is trying to control the position but Hill postures up.
Hill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hill is working Gee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hill. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill postures up.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hill scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hill landing some decent shots from guard.
Gee looking to control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gee can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hill landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill is fighting to break Gee's control of his arms but Gee is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hill works over Gee with some ground and pound from guard.
Gee trying to keep a closed guard but Hill is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Hill lands a couple of digs.
Hill scoring with some ground and pound.
Hill scoring with some ground and pound.
Hill working some strikes from top position.
Hill landing with the ground and pound.
Hill being controlled here momentarily.
Hill might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gee looking to control.
Hill postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hill 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.
Gee has momentary wrist control but Hill slips an elbow through the middle.
Hill stands up over Gee, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hill with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hill connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hill being controlled here momentarily.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hill content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hill with a nice head shot there.
Hill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
Gee has momentary wrist control but Hill slips an elbow through the middle.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hill is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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!
Gee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gee trying to control the position.
Hill makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hill scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gee controls Hill momentarily but Hill frees himself.
Gee has momentary wrist control but Hill slips an elbow through the middle.
Hill lands a couple of elbows.
Gee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hill working some strikes from top position.
Hill lands a couple of digs.
Gee trying to keep a closed guard but Hill is proving a slippery customer.
Hill scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hill working some strikes from top position.
Gee pulls Hill in close to his closed guard and prevents Hill from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hill cracks Gee with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winston Hill dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hill slips a jab and a cross from Gee.
Hill drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gee sprawls and moves away.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Gee.
Hill drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gee sprawls and moves away.
Gee misses with a wild combination.
Gee misses with a right hand

and Hill counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gee won't be happy with that.
Hill cracks Gee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gee is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hill connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gee some visible discomfort.
Hill lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hill landing strikes.
Hill working the head with strikes.
Hill lands a few punches from side control.
Hill cracks Gee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gee tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hill wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gee is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gee takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gee takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hill cracks Gee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gee struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Hill's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hill lands a nice forearm strike.
Hill grinds an elbow into Gee's temple.
Gee is trying to control Hill's posture but Hill avoids it.
Hill cracks Gee with a big elbow.
Gee wants to control but Hill postures up.
Hill is working Gee over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hill landing a few strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hill lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hill landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gee taking a bit of punishment here - Hill scoring with strikes.
Gee taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill working the body and head with strikes.
Gee taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gee wants to control but Hill postures up.
Hill working the head and body with strikes.
Gee struggling a bit here.
Hill scoring with punches and elbows.
Gee is looking for a sweep.
Hill working away.
Gee is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gee is still trying to improve position.
Hill working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gee is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hill in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hill lands a few punches from side control.
Hill is chipping away with strikes.
Hill landing a few strikes.
Hill landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hill cracks Gee with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gee is trying to control Hill's posture but Hill avoids it.
Hill advances to full mount.
Hill with a couple of short strikes.
Gee is desperately trying to improve his position but Hill has a good base and remains in mount.
Hill lands a couple of good shots and Gee has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Hill connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Gee to escape the position.
Gee trying to control the position but Hill manages to sink in the hooks.
Hill punishes Gee with strikes from the back mount.
Gee grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Gee can't escape the position.
Hill lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Hill.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Hill. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Gee rolls, trying to escape but Hill keeps control of the position.
Hill softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Hill punishes Gee with strikes from the back mount.
Hill lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hill is landing with strikes. Gee can't take much more of this.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gee wants to control his opponent's hands but Hill gets his hands free.
Hill cracks Gee with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Gee from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Hill lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Hill lands shots from the back.
Hill is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Gee up.
Gee trying to control the position but Hill manages to sink in the hooks.
Hill lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Hill.
Gee trying to control the hands but Hill won't let him.
Gee is trapped and Hill is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Gee covers up after that shot from Hill.
Hill scores with punches and elbows.
Hill connects with a big shot to the side of Gee's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gee is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Hill is not going to allow Gee to sit and survive in this position.
Hill scores with punches and elbows.
Gee rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gee misses with an uppercut.
Hill feinted with a counter takedown.
A big left from Gee misses.
Hill appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Gee throws a shot from downtown. Hill moves away and avoids it.
Hill changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hill uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gee.
Gee throws the left hand but Hill avoids the punch easily.
Hill appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Gee misses with a right hand

and Hill counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gee pulls Hill in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gee looking to control.
Hill scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hill working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gee's head.
Hill cracks Gee with a solid left hand.
Hill is working Gee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gee is trying to keep Hill in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gee has momentary wrist control but Hill slips an elbow through the middle.
Hill postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gee holds on and takes a little breather.
Gee looking to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gee has momentary wrist control but Hill slips an elbow through the middle.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
Hill lands a couple of elbows.
Hill works over Gee with some ground and pound from guard.
Hill lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gee trying to keep a closed guard but Hill is proving a slippery customer.
Gee managing to control the position.
Hill working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gee's head.
Hill working some strikes from top position.
Hill lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill postures up.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gee pulls Hill in to control the position.
Hill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gee can do to turn this around?
Hill working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gee's head.
Hill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hill is in close to Gee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hill is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gee working a defensive guard here.
Hill postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hill lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hill postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hill makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hill is working Gee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gee has momentary wrist control but Hill slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gee seems keen to control Hill's posture.
Hill is in close to Gee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hill chips away with some ground and pound.
Hill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gee trying to control the position.
Hill landing with the ground and pound.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hill lands a couple of digs.
Hill content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hill with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Winston Hill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gee has control of Hill's left arm, preventing Hill from doing any damage.
Gee has momentary wrist control but Hill slips an elbow through the middle.
Gee is pulling down on Hill's head. It's preventing any offense from Hill, at least for the moment.
Hill lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gee looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gee holds on and takes a little breather.
Hill distracts Gee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hill working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gee's head.
Hill working some strikes from top position.
Hill working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gee's head.
Hill postures up and lands a big shot to Gee's brow.
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!
Hill lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hill works over Gee with some ground and pound from guard.

Gee is rocked!
Gee has Hill pulled in close to control his posture.
Gee working a defensive guard here.
Hill is working Gee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hill working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gee's head.
Hill with a nice head shot there.
Hill makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ken Gee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hill lands a couple of decent looking shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Winston Hill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hill, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winston Hill!
Our winner, Winston Hill, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.