PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Killer Mike (ranked 404 p4p, 1020 weight class) and Roy Hinkle (ranked 68 p4p, 163 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hinkle's choice of entrance music: 3 Hour Tour. Killer Mike has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mike
vs
Hinkle

190 cm
27
215
13 - 3 - 0

189 cm
27
210
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Northern Zombie
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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Killer Mike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Hinkle!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mike just misses with a punch to the body.
Hinkle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mike stuns Hinkle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mike connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Roy Hinkle has been cut.
Hinkle has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mike finds it's way round the side to connect with Hinkle's head.
Mike scores with a nice head shot.
Hinkle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hinkle takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hinkle looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mike fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hinkle manages to avoid it.
Hinkle is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mike wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mike bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike scores with a nice head shot.
Mike misses with a looping right.
And Hinkle tries to counter it with a takedown but Mike pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hinkle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Hinkle gets tackled into the cage by Mike. Mike maintains the clinch.
Mike makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mike pushes Hinkle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mike makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Mike scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Mike.
Mike is working Hinkle over against the cage.
A short left from Mike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mike can't find room to land a body shot as Hinkle controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mike misses with some punches.
Mike lands a left hand.
Mike softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hinkle blocking some punches.
Mike tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hinkle's elbow.
Mike taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hinkle goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mike prevents it.
Mike misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Hinkle uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike lands a shoulder strike.
Mike pushes Hinkle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Mike stalling against the cage.
We've been informed that Hinkle has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Mike digs a right hand underneath Hinkle's ribcage. Hinkle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Mike on the inside.
Mike struggles to land a body shot inside as Hinkle controls his hands.
Mike is stalling here.
Mike is working Hinkle over against the cage.
Hinkle looks winded!
Hinkle blocks a body shot from Mike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Mike scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Mike.
Hinkle takes a shot to the head.
Mike lands with a short shot to the head.
Mike lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Mike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mike prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mike lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mike digs a right hand underneath Hinkle's ribcage. Hinkle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mike.
A shot in the inside from Mike.
A short right from Mike on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Mike dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Hinkle's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Hinkle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mike seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mike moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hinkle has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mike finds it's way round the side to connect with Hinkle's head.
Hinkle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Hinkle is rocked!
A jab from Mike does it's job there.
Hinkle is still on wobbly legs! Can Mike finish him?
Hinkle takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hinkle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A cross from Mike lands.
Mike drops Hinkle with a naaaaasty hook - Hinkle is in real trouble here! Mike dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Killer Mike!