PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mateusz Klunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mateusz Klunder is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Klunder
vs
Hill

180 cm
25
187 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mateusz Klunder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Hill!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klunder shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hill but Hill pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hill lands the left hand.
Klunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Hill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mateusz Klunder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill stuffs the takedown.
Klunder takes one on the button.
Klunder takes one on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Klunder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hill punishes Klunder's body with a nice straight punch.
Klunder shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hill sprawls well. Hill wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Klunder gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mateusz Klunder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Klunder gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klunder shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hill thuds his right hand into Klunder's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hill lands a really nice looking cross but Klunder seems unphased.
No luck for Klunder with that takedown attempt.
Klunder is breathing heavily.
Klunder misses with a wild combination.
Hill cracks Klunder with a good jab.
Hill has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hill circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck for Klunder with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Klunder takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Klunder lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hill circles away quickly and effectively.
Hill cracks Klunder with an open hand slap.
Klunder takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hill slaps away a takedown attempt from Klunder, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hill scores with a jab.
Hill connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Klunder takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill cracks a nice hook into Klunder's ribs.
Hill cracks Klunder with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hill lands a really nice looking cross but Klunder seems unphased.
Hill connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hill moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Klunder takes a jab right on the kisser.
Klunder needs to keep his hands up - Hill had a free shot at his head there.
A cross from Hill lands.
Klunder takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hill fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hill is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hill lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Hill there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klunder takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Klunder needs to keep his hands up - Hill had a free shot at his head there.
Klunder is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klunder on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Klunder ducks right into an uppercut from Hill.
Hill lands with a shot to the body.
Klunder takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hill shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The crowd cheers as Hill lands an impressive looking overhand right. Klunder doesn't seem phased though.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Klunder. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Klunder closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Hill dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hill works the jab nicely.

Klunder gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Hill's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Hill manages to break the clinch.
Klunder misses with a combination
and Hill counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Klunder thinking.
Hill lands with a hook. Klunder tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Decent striking displayed by Hill there.
Klunder has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Klunder there as he acknowledges the shot.
Klunder misses with a jab to the body
and Hill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Klunder throws a hook but Hill avoids it easily.
Hill connects with the punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill sizes up Klunder with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Klunder gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hill.
Hill might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Klunder wants to clinch but Hill slips to the side
and Hill counters with a straight right hand.
Klunder has his takedown stuffed
and Hill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Klunder drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Klunder needs to keep his hands up - Hill had a free shot at his head there.
Hill scores with a shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hill.
Klunder walks into a stiff left hand from Hill.
Hill connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Klunder momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands with a shot to the body.
Nice cross by Hill.
Klunder takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Klunder looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hill ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hill lands with a right hand.
Hill with a jab.
Hill uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hill scores a takedown into full mount!
Hill tries to control but Klunder wriggling away.
Hill fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klunder takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hill working Klunder over with strikes here.
Hill punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hill landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hill with good strikes from the mount here!
Hill lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hill pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Klunder might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hill is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hill unloading with bombs!
Klunder keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hill cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hill connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hill wants to control the pace but Klunder is squirming around nicely.
Hill looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill landing strikes from the mount and Klunder is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Hill.
Klunder is trying desperately to improve position.
Hill avoids the attempt from Klunder to control.
Hill lands a heavy elbow.
Hill unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Klunder's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Klunder in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Hill connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Hill showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Hill lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hill throws the left hand but Klunder avoids the punch easily.
Klunder looks to clinch
and Hill counters with a nice uppercut.
Hill lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Klunder at a distance.
Klunder takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Klunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hill scores with a decent looking hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Klunder with that takedown attempt.
Hill thuds his right hand into Klunder's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Klunder.
Hill lands a nice shot that snaps Klunder's head back.
Hill lands a nice shot to the body.
Klunder shoots in but no luck this time.
Hill lands the left hand.
Hill connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Klunder shoots in and drives through. Hill sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mateusz Klunder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Klunder gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hill duly obliges.
Hill digs a good hook to Klunder's body.
Hill scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Klunder doesn't seem bothered though.
Hill scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hill avoids the head kick by Klunder.
Hill scores with a hook to the body. Klunder takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hill scores with a sloppy right hand. Klunder should have avoided that one.

Hill closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Klunder taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill landing strikes.
Hill landing strikes.
Klunder tries to buck Hill off but Hill is having none of it.
Hill is putting a hurting on Klunder here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hill trying to control the position but Klunder is working away.
Klunder 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.
Steve Hill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Klunder is letting Hill control him for a moment.
Klunder wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hill lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hill throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Klunder stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Klunder clinches up with Hill and pushes him back against the cage.
Klunder lands a body shot.
Klunder looking to stall.
Hill is trying to break free.
Klunder is trying to stall.
Hill has had enough of the clinch but Klunder keeps him there for the moment.
Klunder misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hill.
Klunder keeps control of Hill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hill wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hill has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hill avoiding damage as Klunder throws knees to the body.
Hill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mateusz Klunder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Klunder has Hill pressed against the cage, preventing Hill from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Hill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hill winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30

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