PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Hollywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy The Kid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Hollywood could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Billy The Kid's chin.

Hollywood
vs
The Kid

180 cm
27
172 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

192 cm
28
173 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Hollywood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy The Kid!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Kid blocks a jab.
The Kid takes a swing at Hollywood's ribcage but misses.
The Kid is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Kid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hollywood throws a right hand that misses

and The Kid counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The Kid tries to land knees in the clinch but Hollywood avoids the damage to the body.
The Kid lands a knee to the head.
The Kid has Hollywood pressed against the cage, preventing Hollywood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hollywood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Kid backwards.
A shot in the inside from The Kid.
The Kid is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The Kid controlling the action here for a moment.
The Kid receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Hollywood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hollywood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Kid blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollywood is struggling to control the position.
Hollywood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hollywood controlling the action here for a moment.
The Kid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Kid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Hollywood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Hollywood misses.
Hollywood throws a front kick aimed at The Kid's knee but The Kid avoids it well.
Hollywood swats away the attempt to clinch by The Kid.
Hollywood throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood missing with a left hand there. The Kid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hollywood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Kid tries to clinch
and Hollywood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hollywood throws a leg kick but The Kid sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hollywood circles away from the clinch attempt.

The Kid rushes Hollywood and presses him up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The Kid crunches a lovely knee into Hollywood's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Kid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hollywood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hollywood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Kid working Hollywood over with knees to the body.
Hollywood is trying to break free.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Kid throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Kid is pushing Hollywood up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hollywood looking to slow down the pace here.
The Kid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hollywood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Kid blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from The Kid.
Hollywood tries to circle away but The Kid has him pinned against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hollywood can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The Kid is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Billy The Kid.
Hollywood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Kid blocks a low kick nicely.
Hollywood throws a body punch but The Kid moves out of range.
The Kid bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollywood. The Kid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hollywood swats away the attempt to clinch by The Kid.
The Kid tries to clinch but Hollywood is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Kid steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hollywood.
The Kid on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hollywood. Hollywood obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Billy The Kid will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Kid tries to clinch but Hollywood moves out of range.
The Kid ducks under a wild hook from Hollywood.
Hollywood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Kid tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Hollywood to counter with a crisp jab.
Hollywood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Kid fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Kid connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Kid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James Hollywood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hollywood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Kid tries to clinch there but Hollywood circles away.
Hollywood throws out a loose jab but The Kid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Hollywood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hollywood.
Hollywood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hollywood throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Kid slips a jab from Hollywood.
Hollywood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Kid moves away.
The Kid wants to clinch up but Hollywood keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by The Kid.
Hollywood misses with a wild body shot.
The Kid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hollywood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hollywood misses with a wild body shot.
James Hollywood is winning the standup battle so far.
Hollywood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Kid.

The Kid gets a clinch.
The Kid trying to land knees to the body.
The Kid lands an elbow that stopped Hollywood in his tracks for a moment.
The Kid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hollywood avoids it.
The Kid tries to land knees in the clinch but Hollywood avoids the damage to the body.
Hollywood lands an elbow inside.
Hollywood leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood blocks the elbow strike.
The Kid can't find room to land a body shot as Hollywood controls the action.
The referee is keeping an eye on The Kid - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Kid landing knees to the body.
The Kid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hollywood avoids it.
The Kid stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hollywood works on The Kid's body with a couple of short punches.
Hollywood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Kid lands a good knee to the midsection. Hollywood won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Kid misses with an elbow over the top.
Billy The Kid seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hollywood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Kid throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hollywood takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood wants to get back to striking at distance but The Kid won't allow it.
The Kid is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hollywood is defending well for now.
The Kid avoids the elbow strike from Hollywood, against the cage.
Hollywood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hollywood misses with some punches.
The Kid is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hollywood prevents a body shot from The Kid.
Hollywood blocks the elbow strike.
The Kid misses with an elbow strike.
Hollywood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hollywood is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
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 blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid connects with a knee to the head.
The Kid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Kid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hollywood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Kid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hollywood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Kid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hollywood avoids it.
The Kid looking to throw knees to the head but Hollywood is blocking nicely.
Hollywood misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Kid's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Hollywood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hollywood sizes up The Kid with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Kid ducks under a wild hook from Hollywood.
Hollywood misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hollywood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hollywood misses with a wild body shot.
Good shot there by The Kid.
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 James Hollywood will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A swing and a miss from Hollywood.
The Kid wants to clinch up but Hollywood keeps it at a distance.
Hollywood misses with a wild body shot.
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 lands a body shot.
Hollywood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hollywood connects with a crisp jab.
The Kid throws a wild body kick that Hollywood sees coming a mile off.
The Kid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The Kid doesn't manage to clinch there - Hollywood circles away.
Hollywood just misses with a punch to the body.
Hollywood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Kid manages to avoid it.
The Kid takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hollywood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Kid tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Kid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hollywood keeps the fight on the outside.
Hollywood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hollywood swats away the attempt to clinch by The Kid.
The Kid takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hollywood looks to score with a jab to the body but The Kid is just out of range.
The Kid jabs at Hollywood's body.
Hollywood swats away the attempt to clinch by The Kid.
The Kid avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hollywood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hollywood scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood tries a low kick but The Kid avoids it.
Nice defenses there by The Kid.
The Kid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hollywood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Kid looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hollywood throws a lazy right hand but The Kid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Kid tries to clinch there but Hollywood circles away.
Hollywood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Kid manages to avoid it.
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.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Kid. Hollywood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hollywood misses with a looping right.
Some bone on bone action there as The Kid checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hollywood throws a body punch but The Kid moves out of range.
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 staying out of range there.
Hollywood takes a swing at The Kid's ribcage but misses.
The Kid closes the distance but Hollywood moves to the side
and Hollywood counters with a left to the body.
Hollywood throws a leg kick that is checked
and The Kid counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hollywood keeps the fight on the outside.
Hollywood circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Kid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hollywood.
The Kid scores with a hook to the body. Hollywood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Kid closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hollywood counters with an inside leg kick.
Hollywood loads up on a big right hand but The Kid slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid tries to clinch there but Hollywood circles away.

The Kid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hollywood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hollywood lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hollywood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hollywood looking to stall.
The Kid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hollywood blocks it with crossed arms.
Hollywood wants to break free but The Kid has control.
The Kid misses with a knee to the head.
The Kid tries a knee to the head but Hollywood blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hollywood working aggressively here.
Hollywood tries to circle away but The Kid has him pinned against the cage.
The Kid missing with knees to the body.
Hollywood prevents a body shot from The Kid.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Hollywood showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hollywood 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Hollywood!
A victorious James Hollywood thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.