PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jukka Hilden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and josh reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hilden's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, A City In Florida. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hilden
vs
reed

191 cm
20
205 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
207 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jukka Hilden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, josh reed!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hilden looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? reed is fending him off so far but Hilden persists. Nope, reed circles away and we're back to standing.
reed misses with a two punch combination.
reed scores with a body shot.
Hilden shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says reed as he avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Hilden or perhaps it was just good defense by reed which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jukka Hilden. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hilden gets the takedown into side control.
reed is trying to get back to his feet.
Hilden trying to control the action but reed is working from the bottom.
reed wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
reed taking punishment in the form of punches.
reed is not content to let Hilden control the position.
reed on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
reed is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hilden is controlling him well.

Hilden is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. reed knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Hilden is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but reed is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilden prevents reed from escaping the position.

Hilden tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hilden has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
reed is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hilden is controlling him well.
Hilden working the body and head with strikes.
reed really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hilden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hilden wants to control but reed is keeping him busy.
Hilden has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Hilden is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. reed knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hilden trying to control the position but reed is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
reed trying to remain calm as Hilden controls from the top position.
Hilden is looking to take a break and control but reed is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
reed is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hilden landing a few strikes.
Hilden working the ground and pound.
Hilden trying to control the position but reed is working away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if reed can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hilden is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. reed is trying to escape and Hilden transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and reed is forced to tap! Nice work there by Hilden! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jukka Hilden!