PBP Commentary

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

Hill
vs
Vincelli

195 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

156 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lance Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vincent Vincelli!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill just misses with a punch to the body.
Hill fails with a takedown attempt.

Hill has managed to clinch.
Hill slows down the pace here.
Hill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hill jumps guard but Vincelli stands there with Hill around his waist. Hill gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hill really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vincelli trying to stall but Hill improves his position.
Hill looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vincelli displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hill up against the cage.

Hill gets control of Vincelli's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hill will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Hill throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Vincelli wants to stand and escape but instead Hill has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincelli looking to control.
Vincelli is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hill is controlling him.
Hill looking to pass the guard.
Hill preventing the sweep.

Hill stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Vincelli fails with a takedown attempt.
Vincelli throws a right hand that Hill ducks under and follows up with a left that Hill also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands with a nice body punch.

Hill gets the takedown into side control.
Vincelli looks winded!

Hill has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hill fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vincelli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hill avoids a kick to the body.

Hill has closed the distance and engaged Vincelli in a clinch.
Hill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hill looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincelli tries to circle away but Hill has him pinned against the cage.
Vincelli stops a takedown attempt from Hill.

Vincelli breaks from the clinch.
Hill shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vincelli pinned against the cage. Vincelli gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vincelli as he jumps to the side.
Hill closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vincelli circles away.
Hill throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vincelli's waist but Vincelli gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hill off to one side.
Hill swats away the attempt to clinch by Vincelli.
Hill dives in and grabs Vincelli's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vincelli pushes down on Hill's head and hops out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vincelli throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vincelli has a takedown stuffed.
Vincelli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hill.

Hill moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Hill pulls Vincelli into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hill is pulling down on Vincelli's head to control his posture.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vincelli wants to control from the top but Hill keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hill tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vincelli swivels and escapes.
Hill looks for a takedown but Vincelli sprawls well.
Hill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vincelli circles away quickly and effectively.
Hill shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hill looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vincelli misses with a double jab.
Hill dives in and grabs Vincelli's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vincelli pushes down on Hill's head and hops out.
Vincelli fails with a takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Vincelli misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vincelli sprawls well. Vincelli wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hill gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincelli jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Vincelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vincelli's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vincelli duly obliges.
Vincelli fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Hill clinches up with Vincelli and pushes him back against the cage.
Hill is trying to push Vincelli away but Vincelli has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hill changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Vincelli fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vincelli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincelli swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vincelli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hill darts in looking for a takedown but Vincelli gets double underhooks and turns Hill into the cage.
Vincelli tries to pull guard but Hill won't allow it.
Hill wants to take the fight to the mat but Vincelli manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hill is stalling here.
Vincelli looking for a takedown.
Hill wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vincelli has him pressed against the cage.
Hill wants to get back to striking at distance but Vincelli won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hill has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vincelli is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vincelli tries to circle away but Hill has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill has Vincelli pressed against the cage, preventing Vincelli from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hill prevents Vincelli from breaking the clinch.

Hill has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Vincelli uses from the top position.
Hill thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Vincelli wanted to stand there but Hill had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill trying to control the position here.
Hill has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Vincelli has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hill is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hill wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Vincelli really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hill. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Lance Hill wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hill tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vincelli sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hill somewhat.
Hill fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vincelli avoids it really well and circles away.
Vincelli tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hill shoots in and drives through. Vincelli sprawls well.
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 Lance Hill will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hill misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vincelli listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Vincelli misses.
Lance Hill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vincelli misses with a wild combination.
Hill throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hill avoids a punch combination nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Vincelli.
Vincelli keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hill misses with a takedown attempt - Vincelli sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vincelli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vincelli drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hill is pulling down on Vincelli's head. It's preventing any offense from Vincelli, at least for the moment.
Hill looking for a sweep. Not yet Hill, not yet.
Hill pulls Vincelli in close to his closed guard and prevents Vincelli from doing any damage or advancing position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Lance Hill wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hill closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vincelli circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hill tries to keep at a distance but Vincelli has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hill jumps guard but Vincelli stands there with Hill around his waist. Hill gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Vincelli breaks the clinch.
Vincelli fails to land with a series of punches.

Hill drives through and clinches with Vincelli against the cage.
Hill goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vincelli prevents it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Vincelli breaks from the clinch.
Hill misses with a double jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vincelli.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vincelli throws a sloppy head kick and Hill moves out of range easily.

Hill gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vincelli wants to get back to striking at distance but Hill won't allow it.
Hill looking for a takedown.

Vincelli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hill with a lazy takedown attempt
and Vincelli counters with a left and a right that stings Hill.
Hill moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hill fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Vincelli or perhaps it was just good defense by Hill which made him look bad.
Vincelli goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vincelli.

Hill fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vincelli, pushing him back against the cage.
Vincelli is trying to break the clinch but Hill is controlling him.
Vincelli misses with some punches.
Vincelli managing to block the knees to the body from Hill.
Hill can't break the clinch.
Hill stalling.
Vincent Vincelli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hill ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hill no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vincelli won't allow Hill to sweep him here.
Vincelli wants to stand but Hill is controlling his posture from full guard.
Lance Hill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Hill is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vincent Vincelli.
I think Hill 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Vincent Vincelli!