PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Hill (ranked 813 p4p, 2094 weight class) and Kure Takenao (ranked 117 p4p, 275 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hill
vs
Takenao

185 cm
25
190
13 - 12 - 0

184 cm
20
202
4 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kure Takenao!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takenao takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hill scores with a sloppy right hand. Takenao should have avoided that one.
Hill works Takenao's body with a nice hook.
Hill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takenao looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hill lands with a right hand.
Hill stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hill takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hill.
Scott Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill misses the shot to the body.
Hill throws a jab when Takenao was well out of range.

Hill closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Takenao quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takenao is trying to control but can't.
Hill has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hill trying to control the action but Takenao is working from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hill connects with a nice short shot to Takenao's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill tries to pass the half guard into mount. Takenao knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Takenao is looking to get back to full guard here but Hill has managed to pass to side control instead.
Hill working the ground and pound.
Takenao stops Hill from passing to mount.
Hill advances to mount.
Hill avoids the attempt from Takenao to control.
Hill landing strikes from the mount and Takenao is in trouble!
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.
Hill working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hill working Takenao over with strikes here.
Hill with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hill scoring with strikes but Takenao is staying in there.
Takenao keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hill fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Takenao is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Hill! Takenao is hurt baaadly! Hill is firing away with more strikes - Takenao is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Hill!
After winning the bout, Scott Hill thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.