PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and leandro piredda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hill comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hill
vs
piredda

191 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
188 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Win Nutritional
Win Nutritional

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, leandro piredda!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
piredda wants to clinch.
A combination from Hill does no damage.

Hill moves into range and clinches up with piredda.
Hill lands a nice elbow.
Hill gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

piredda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hill fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but piredda avoids it really well and circles away.
piredda with a poor takedown

and Hill counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hill.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Hill got a little sloppy there for a moment and piredda has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hill has managed to get both his arms back between piredda's legs - danger averted.
Hill preventing the sweep.
Hill knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for piredda on the ground.

piredda scrambles and gets back to his feet.
piredda is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Hill scores a takedown into full mount!
piredda is looking to improve his position but Hill isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill thowing shots but they're missing.
Hill misses with a head shot.
Hill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish piredda?
piredda is desperately trying to improve his position but Hill has a good base and remains in mount.
piredda tries to hold on but Hill postures up.
Hill looking to control but piredda is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
piredda holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hill tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
piredda wants to control but Hill is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hill looking to control but piredda is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
piredda keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hill controlling his opponent.
Hill thowing shots but they're missing.

Hill has control of piredda's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and piredda regains control of the situation pretty easily.
piredda tries to hold on but Hill pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill looking to control and managing it successfully.
piredda gets back to half guard.
piredda is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hill's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hill's back!
piredda keeps control of the position as Hill tries to break free.

piredda has got his arm under Hill's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Hill has spun round into piredda's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Hill slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

piredda is looking for a triangle but Hill pushes his legs off easily.

Hill is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
piredda wants to sweep here but Hill controlling him for the moment.
Hill trying to stand up but can't free himself from piredda's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
piredda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hill is one step ahead there.
piredda is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Hill stands up and waves to piredda to follow him.
piredda misses with a takedown attempt

and Hill counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hill.
Hill wants to stand but piredda is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hill dominated that round.
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.

Hill scores with a leg kick.
piredda dives in and grabs Hill's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hill pushes down on piredda's head and hops out.
piredda shoots and misses

and Hill counters with a shoot takedown. piredda fights it but they end up in guard.

piredda throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Hill escapes and throws piredda's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Hill tries to stand but piredda is controlling his head.

Hill stands up.

Hill moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hill.
Hill scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
piredda has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hill is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dan Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of leandro piredda.

Hill jumps into guard, dragging piredda to the mat.
Hill is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hill is working hard here to advance position.
Hill wants to stand up but piredda is controlling him.
piredda wanted to stand there but Hill had control of the position.
piredda won't allow Hill to get back to his feet.
piredda won't allow Hill to sweep him here.
Hill can't keep his opponent in guard - piredda advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hill is not content to let piredda control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hill tries to clinch but fails miserably

so piredda counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
piredda trying to control but Hill is working from the bottom.
piredda preventing the sweep.
piredda wants to pass the guard but Hill is keeping the position.
Hill keeping moving, preventing piredda from controlling successfully.
Dan Hill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hill wants to get back to his feet but piredda is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
piredda won't allow Hill to sweep him here.

piredda thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
piredda is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill can't keep his opponent in guard - piredda advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
piredda trying to control the action but Hill is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Hill darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hill tries to stand but his hand is stuck under piredda.
Hill sitting and controlling from the half guard.
piredda is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
piredda is doing well to control the position and prevent Hill from advancing to side control.
piredda is staying active underneath Hill, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Hill decides to stand and escape the position.
Hill clinches but piredda breaks the clinch

and piredda counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hill can't get the takedown.

Hill breaks the clinch.
Hill tries to clinch

and piredda counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Hill pulls guard.
piredda trying to control the position from guard on top but Hill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
piredda is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
piredda might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hill kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hill dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hill takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hill.
piredda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
piredda takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hill just misses with a elbow thrown towards piredda's brow.
piredda looking to stall.
Hill unloads a knee to the mid-section.
piredda goes for a takedown attempt but Hill pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

piredda tries to keep at a distance but Hill has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hill wants to clinch

and piredda counters with a single leg into guard. Hill didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
piredda postures up.
Hill throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
piredda trying to control the position from guard on top but Hill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
piredda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hill is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
piredda wants to control from the top but Hill keeps moving.
Hill is controlling piredda's posture.
Hill not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
piredda trying to control the position from guard on top but Hill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hill wants to clinch

and piredda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
piredda sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hill's guard.
piredda is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hill!
Hill is working to get back to half guard.
piredda sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
piredda wants to control the pace but Hill is squirming around nicely.
Hill tries to lock up and control but piredda gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
piredda tries to control but Hill wriggling away.
piredda lands a big shot there that rocks Hill but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
piredda throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hill tries to hold on but piredda postures up.
piredda misses with a head shot.

piredda wants to finish this one by submission but Hill is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from piredda.
Hill tries to hold on but piredda pushes him away.
Hill is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
leandro piredda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Poor strikes thrown by piredda there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hill wants to hold on but piredda pushes him away.
Hill is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hill sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hill is controlling piredda's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Dan Hill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
piredda wants to stand but Hill has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
piredda wants to pass the guard but Hill is defending well.
piredda throwing shots but Hill is blocking nicely.
Hill trying to control but piredda postures up.

piredda is looking for a kimura here.

And that's the end of the fight!
leandro piredda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hill has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Hill!