PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy The Kid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Hollywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Kid
vs
Hollywood

192 cm
27
173 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
172 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy The Kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Hollywood!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollywood cracks The Kid with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hollywood motions for The Kid to come forward. Hollywood throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hollywood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Kid.
Hollywood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps The Kid's head backwards.
The Kid wants to clinch
and Hollywood counters with a right hand to the body.
The Kid misses with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hollywood. That's going to slow The Kid down.
A swing and a miss from Hollywood.
The Kid wants to clinch.
Hollywood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hollywood loads up on a big right hand but The Kid slips the punch.
The Kid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hollywood throws a body punch but The Kid moves out of range.
The Kid misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Kid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hollywood wants to break free but The Kid has control.
The Kid really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hollywood tries to break the clinch but The Kid is controlling the position.
The Kid takes a shot to the head.
The Kid stalling.
The Kid misses with a knee to the head.
The Kid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hollywood avoids it.
The Kid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hollywood stalling.
Hollywood lands a shoulder strike.
Hollywood lands a right hand.
Hollywood avoiding damage as The Kid throws knees to the body.
Hollywood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hollywood blocks an elbow strike from The Kid.
The Kid tries a knee to the head but Hollywood blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Kid.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Hollywood scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Kid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hollywood wants to stall.
The Kid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hollywood.
A shot in the inside from Hollywood.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hollywood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Kid is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hollywood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hollywood wants to stall.
The Kid prevents Hollywood from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood slows down the pace here.
The Kid is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The Kid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hollywood is trying to break the clinch but The Kid is controlling him.
A knee to the head by The Kid.
Hollywood misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hollywood misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid is looking to control Hollywood's arms but Hollywood gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Kid has his back to the cage.
The Kid lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Kid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hollywood blocks it with crossed arms.
The Kid pressing his opponent against the cage.
The Kid blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Kid landing knees to the head.
Hollywood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Kid backwards.
Hollywood is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hollywood letting The Kid take a breather here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Kid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Kid stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Hollywood dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hollywood misses with a right hand
and The Kid counters with an inside leg kick.
The Kid tries to clinch but Hollywood is having none of it.
Hollywood swats away the attempt to clinch by The Kid.
The Kid tries to clinch but Hollywood moves out of range.
The Kid takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hollywood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Kid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hollywood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Kid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hollywood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hollywood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hollywood throws out a loose jab but The Kid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hollywood thows a leg kick but The Kid checks it
and The Kid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hollywood throws a jab but it's blocked by The Kid.
The Kid moves in looking to clinch but Hollywood pushes him off.
Hollywood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Kid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollywood throws the left hand but The Kid avoids the punch easily.
The Kid lands with a nice body punch.

The Kid gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Kid obliges.
Hollywood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Kid obliges.
The Kid displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hollywood up against the cage.
The Kid tries to stall but Hollywood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Kid misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Kid gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hollywood avoiding damage as The Kid throws knees to the body.
Hollywood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Kid backwards.

Hollywood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Kid fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood lands a nice hook to The Kid's body. The Kid takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Kid tries to close the distance and clinch but Hollywood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The Kid clinches.
Hollywood tries to stall but The Kid uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Billy The Kid has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Kid as Hollywood tries to tie him up.
The Kid crunches a lovely knee into Hollywood's ribcage.
The Kid misses with an elbow strike.
Hollywood throws a punch but it's blocked by The Kid.
The Kid lands a damaging elbow.
Hollywood looking to throw knees to the head but The Kid is blocking nicely.
Hollywood lands a right hand.
Hollywood throws a punch but it's blocked by The Kid.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Kid takes a shot to the head.
Hollywood takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Kid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Kid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hollywood lands a left hand.
Nice elbow from The Kid.
The Kid has Hollywood pressed against the cage.
Hollywood lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hollywood avoids a wild elbow strike from The Kid.
Hollywood blocks an elbow strike from The Kid.
The Kid is trying to stall.
Hollywood is trying to break the clinch but The Kid is controlling him.
Hollywood is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid trying to control the position but instead, Hollywood has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Kid into the cage.
The Kid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Kid tries to stall but Hollywood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Kid can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

Hollywood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hollywood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps The Kid's head backwards.
Hollywood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good work by The Kid as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The Kid gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Kid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hollywood.
Hollywood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Billy The Kid 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 crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The Kid uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hollywood.
Hollywood swats away the attempt to clinch by The Kid.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollywood. The Kid does a little dance to reset his feet.

The Kid clinches with his opponent.
The Kid with a knee to the head.

Hollywood manages to break the clinch.
Hollywood looks to score with a jab to the body but The Kid is just out of range.
The Kid wants to clinch.
Hollywood scores with a hook to the body. The Kid takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hollywood throws a chopping leg kick but The Kid manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The Kid takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hollywood misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Kid doesn't manage to clinch there - Hollywood circles away.
The Kid avoids the body shot from Hollywood.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Kid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Kid lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hollywood takes a step back to recover.
James Hollywood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hollywood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hollywood looks to throw the jab but The Kid is out of range.
The Kid tries to clinch there but Hollywood circles away.
Hollywood throws a shot from downtown. The Kid moves away and avoids it.
Hollywood looks to score with a jab to the body but The Kid is just out of range.
The Kid tries to clinch there but Hollywood circles away.
The Kid tries to close the distance and clinch but Hollywood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Kid fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Kid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hollywood.
The Kid falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hollywood counters with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as The Kid blocks the leg kick.
The Kid doesn't manage to clinch there - Hollywood circles away.
Hollywood swats away the attempt to clinch by The Kid.
Hollywood is looking to score with low kicks.
Hollywood thows a body shot but no joy.
Hollywood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Kid.
The Kid tries to clinch but Hollywood moves out of range.
A big right from Hollywood misses.
The Kid scores with a hook to the body. Hollywood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Kid tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hollywood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Kid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hollywood paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The Kid moves into the clinch.
Hollywood pushes The Kid back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from The Kid.
Hollywood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Kid has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hollywood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Kid backwards.
The Kid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hollywood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hollywood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Kid throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hollywood lands with a light punch inside.
The Kid is struggling to control the position.
The Kid landing knees to the head.
The Kid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Kid stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid lands a knee to the head.
Hollywood is looking to control The Kid's arms but The Kid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hollywood has his back to the cage.
The Kid connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Kid landing knees to the body.
Hollywood swings wildly with an uppercut but The Kid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hollywood misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Kid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hollywood avoids it.
Hollywood takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Kid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Kid lands an elbow that stopped Hollywood in his tracks for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy The Kid showed his dominance in that final round.
I think The Kid 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Billy The Kid!
Billy The Kid managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q160, into his post fight interview.