PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Hinds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hinds has chosen Back up by 12 Stones as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Price
vs
Hinds

190 cm
24
205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timothy Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Hinds!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price shoots in but Hinds avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Price moves in looking to clinch but Hinds pushes him off.

Hinds closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hinds tries to pass to full mount but Price defends it.
Price wants to get back to full guard.
Hinds looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Hinds is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Price sees it coming and defends easily.
Hinds scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hinds tries to pass to full mount but Price defends it.
Price wants to get back to full guard.
Hinds winds up and cracks Price with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Hinds is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinds frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Price is breathing heavily.

Hinds has hold of Price's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Price manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hinds fails to take his opponent's back.
Price wants to control but Hinds is having none of it.
Hinds looking to ground and pound but Price is blocking nicely.
Hinds with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

Hinds goes for an armbar but Price turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Price.

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.
Hinds can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Price controls the pace.
Price wants to pass the guard but Hinds is keeping the position.
Hinds wants to sweep here but Price controlling him for the moment.
Hinds really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Price. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Price trying to control the position from guard on top but Hinds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hinds looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Price is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Price is pushing down on Hinds's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hinds is fighting to maintain full guard but Price has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinds is in trouble now - Price has advanced to mount!
Hinds has given up his back.
Hinds looking very determined here, making life difficult for Price.
Price is hanging on to Hinds's back as he tries to escape.

Price has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Hinds tries to escape but Price has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Price trying to control momentarily.
Hinds holding both Price 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hinds tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Price connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hinds can't escape the position.
Hinds tries to improve his position but instead Price has taken his back!

Price is cranking Hinds's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Hinds! He's tightened the choke and Hinds is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Timothy Price!