PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rick Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samson Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Nash has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nash
vs
Hill

183 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

183 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Nash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Samson Hill!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill tries to clinch but Nash is having none of it.
Nash looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hill is fending him off so far but Nash persists. Nope, Hill circles away and we're back to standing.
Nash throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hill.

Hill moves into the clinch.
Hill misses with an elbow over the top.
Nash is trying to force a seperation but Hill has the dominant position.
Nash takes an elbow to the temple.
Nash lands a hook that snaps the head of Hill backwards.
Hill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hill lands an elbow just above Nash 's eye.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nash creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hill has Nash pressed against the cage, preventing Nash from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nash tries to break the clinch but Hill is controlling the position.
Nash misses with a knee to the head.
Nash tries to circle away but Hill has him pinned against the cage.
Hill pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nash struggles to land a body shot inside as Hill controls his hands.
Hill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nash stalling in the clinch.
Hill lands an elbow inside that Nash shrugs off.
Hill avoiding damage as Nash throws knees to the body.
Hill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nash's brow.
Hill lands a nice elbow.
Hill blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nash struggles to land a body shot inside as Hill controls his hands.
Nash lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hill lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nash dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
A head punch on the inside from Nash fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nash's brow.
Hill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nash working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill pushes off an throws an elbow but Nash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hill pushes off an throws an elbow but Nash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nash blocks an elbow strike.
Nash avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Hill wants to stall.
Hill misses with an elbow strike.
Nash cracks Hill with a nice body shot.
Hill pushes off an throws an elbow but Nash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hill lands an elbow just above Nash 's eye.
Nash working hard to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nash blocks an elbow strike from Hill.
Nash blocks an elbow strike.
Nash avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Nash misses with a body punch.
Hill lands an elbow inside that Nash shrugs off.
Hill stalling in the clinch but Nash improves position.
Hill lands a nice elbow.
Hill leaning against his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nash creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nash is breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hill looking to stall.
Nash looking to throw knees to the head but Hill is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nash's brow.
Hill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hill throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nash avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Hill is looking to control Nash's arms but Nash gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hill has his back to the cage.
Hill is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Nash has denied him.
Nash dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hill throws an elbow but misses.
Nash is looking to break free of the clinch but Hill has double underhooks.
Nash misses with the head strike.
Nash dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
Nash tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hill avoids it.
Hill is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nash softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hill throws an elbow but it misses.
Hill gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hill is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nash slowing the pace effectively.
Nash takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Nash.
Nash blocks the elbow strike.
Nash has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hill misses with an elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Nash.
Hill misses with an elbow over the top.
Nash blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nash's brow.
Nash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nash takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hill stalling in the clinch but Nash improves position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nash throws a punch but it's blocked by Hill.
Hill lands an elbow just above Nash 's eye.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hill throws an elbow but it misses.
Hill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hill misses with an elbow strike.
Hill lands an elbow inside that Nash shrugs off.
Nash tries to stall but Hill uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hill stalling in the clinch but Nash improves position.
Nash avoids a wild elbow strike from Hill.
Nash lands with a light punch inside.
Hill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nash throws a head punch that misses.
Hill blocks the elbow strike.
Nash avoids a wild elbow strike from Hill.
Nash taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hill.
Nash dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nash throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hills head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nash takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nash.
Nash takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hill tries to stall but Nash uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hill misses with an elbow over the top.
Hill is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nash is keeping busy.
Hill gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hill pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Nash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nash wants to clinch

and Hill counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hill.
Hill misses with an elbow over the top.
Hill pushes off an throws an elbow but Nash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nash blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nash just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hill's brow.
Nash takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nash lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Nash breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hill closes the distance but Nash moves to the side

and Nash counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Samson Hill will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Hill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hill tries to land a leg kick but Nash saw it coming and moves away.
Nash tries to clinch up but Hill circles away and keeps his distance.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch but Nash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nash tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Hill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hill prevents a body shot from Nash.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nash throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nash lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hill throws an elbow but it misses.
Nash lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hill backwards.

Nash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nash tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Hill counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hill.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nash working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nash lands a shoulder strike.
Hill slowing the pace effectively.
Hill pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nash lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hill backwards.
Hill lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nash throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hill.
Hill gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hill trying to control the position but instead, Nash has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hill into the cage.
Hill throws an elbow that misses.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nash has Hill pressed against the cage.
Nash dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
Nash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nash's defenses.
Hill comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nash avoids a wild elbow strike from Hill.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Nash breaks the clinch.
Hill tries to clinch but Nash moves away

and Nash counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nash wants to advance to full mount but Hill doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Nash trying to control but Hill is working from the bottom.
Hill has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Nash gets to his feet - Hill follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill stuffs the takedown.
Rick Nash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill tries to clinch up

and Nash holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nash blocks the elbow strike.
Nash looking to throw knees to the head but Hill is blocking nicely.
Hill pushes off an throws an elbow but Nash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hill is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nash blocks the elbow strike.
Nash looking to slow down the pace here.
Hill stalling the fight.
Nash blocks the elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Nash breaks from the clinch.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch but Nash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Nash tries to keep at a distance but Hill has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nash just leaning against Hill, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Nash dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hill tries to clinch there but Nash circles away.
Nash tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hill sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nash somewhat.

Hill clinches with his opponent.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hill.
Nash trying to control the position but instead, Hill has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nash into the cage.
Nash misses with an elbow over the top.
Hill trying to stall but Nash improves his position.
Hill misses with an elbow strike.
Nash avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nash avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Nash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nash avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nash lands a hook that snaps the head of Hill backwards.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hill lands an elbow just above Nash 's eye.
Nash dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
Nash is trying to force a seperation but Hill has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hill is looking to control Nash's arms but Nash gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hill has his back to the cage.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hill misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Hill.
Hill gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hill throws an elbow but misses.
Hill pushes off an throws an elbow but Nash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hill is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nash lands an elbow that stopped Hill in his tracks for a moment.
A body shot lands from Nash.
Nash avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Hill misses with an elbow over the top.
Nash wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hill has him pressed against the cage.
Nash takes an elbow to the temple.
A right handed body shot lands from Nash.
Nash lands an elbow that stopped Hill in his tracks for a moment.
Nash avoids a wild elbow strike from Hill.
Hill wants to stall.
Hill slowing the pace effectively.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nash's brow.
Hill is pushing Nash up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hill blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hill stalling in the clinch but Nash improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Samson Hill.
Hill wants to clinch.
Hill defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nash.
Nash circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nash checks a leg kick nicely.
Nash tries to clinch up

and Hill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nash blocks an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Nash.
Hill lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hill lands an elbow inside.
Hill lands a damaging elbow.
Hill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nash's defenses.
Nash connects with a knee to the head.
Nash throws an elbow that misses.
Hill comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hill slows down the pace here.
Hill is looking to control Nash's arms but Nash gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hill has his back to the cage.
Nash blocks an elbow strike.
Nash blocks the elbow strike.
Nash throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hill trying to control the position but instead, Nash has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hill into the cage.
Nash's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Nash.
Nash dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
Hill lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nash lands with a light punch inside.
Hill prevents Nash from breaking the clinch.
Hill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Nash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hill tries to clinch but Nash moves away

and Nash counters with a single leg into guard. Hill didn't expect that.
Hill keeping full guard, as Nash tries to pass.
Nash passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hill is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Nash has just dragged him back down to the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Nash showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nash has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Nash!