PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Parfait Hilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hilton comes into the arena with The man in the moon is a newfie blaring out of the sound system. Russell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hilton
vs
Russell

175 cm
30
215 lbs
12 - 13 - 1

187 cm
28
219 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Parfait Hilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shaun Russell!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hilton.

Hilton steps into range and cracks Russell with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Russell flops backwards and Hilton dives into his guard looking to finish!

It looks like Shaun Russell has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russell looking for a sweep. Not yet Russell, not yet.
Russell trying to control the position here.
Hilton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Russell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hilton is looking to work some ground and pound but Russell has wrist control.
Russell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Russell keeping moving, preventing Hilton from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Russell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Russell has control of Hilton's left arm, preventing Hilton from doing any damage.
Hilton has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hilton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hilton misses with a body shot.
Russell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Russell throws a hook to the side of Hilton's head but Hilton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Russell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hilton.
Russell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Russell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hilton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hilton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice shot by Russell.
Russell looks to land a combination but Hilton avoids it well.
Hilton throws a leg kick which misses Russell's front leg but catches the back leg as Russell tries to avoid it.
Hilton looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Hilton there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hilton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hilton cracks Russell with an open hand slap.
Hilton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hilton misses with a two punch combination.
Hilton tries a head kick but it misses.
Russell jabs Hilton right on the nose. Hilton blinks but takes it well.
Hilton checks the leg kick.
Parfait Hilton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

A head kick lands from Hilton that sends Russell to the canvas. Russell tries to scramble back to his feet but Hilton brings him back down into side control.

Russell is rocked!
Russell regains half guard, as Hilton was trying to land strikes.
Russell controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Hilton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Russell defending well though.
Hilton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hilton trying to control from half guard but Russell is working away.
Hilton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hilton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hilton thows a huge punch but Russell dodges it nicely.
Hilton with the ground and pound but Russell uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Russell keeping moving, preventing Hilton from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton throws a big elbow that misses.
Hilton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hilton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Russell wants to get back to his feet but Hilton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hilton throws a strike but Russell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russell trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hilton's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Parfait Hilton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Russell's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hilton misses with a kick to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Hilton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A telegraphed right hand from Hilton misses the target.
Russell blocks a head kick by Hilton.
Hilton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hilton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Russell throws a right hand that Hilton ducks under and follows up with a left that Hilton also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheers as Russell lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hilton doesn't seem phased though.
Hilton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Russell finds it's way round the side to connect with Hilton's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hilton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hilton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Russell is out of range.
Russell throws out a loose jab but Hilton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Russell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hilton.
Parfait Hilton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Russell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Russell is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hilton thumps Russell with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Russell.
Russell misses with a wild combination.
Russell throws a shot to the body.
Russell has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hilton shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Russell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hilton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hilton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Russell is trying to maintain the position but Hilton is very close to passing his half guard.
Hilton thows a huge punch but Russell dodges it nicely.
Russell trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hilton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hilton throwing strikes but missing.
Russell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hilton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Russell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hilton throwing strikes but missing.
Russell keeping moving, preventing Hilton from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hilton throws a strike but Russell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hilton wants to stand but Russell is controlling the position.
Russell wanted to stand there but Hilton had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton trying to control the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Russell is looking to stand up but Hilton won't let him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

We're going to have a standup here because Parfait Hilton wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Some bone on bone action there as Russell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Russell avoids the head kick by Hilton.
Hilton lands with a cross.
Hilton tries a head kick but it misses.

Hilton gets a double leg takedown into Russell's guard.
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 Parfait Hilton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shaun Russell's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hilton feints and then cracks Russell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Russell down.
Russell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Russell swings for the body but Hilton moves out of range.
Hilton slips a jab and a cross from Russell.
Nice uppercut there from Hilton.
Hilton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Russell's waist but Russell gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hilton off to one side.
Russell connects with the punch.
A punch combination from Hilton misses.
Russell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hilton lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hilton throws a head kick that misses.
Hilton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hilton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hilton lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Russell connects with a body shot.
Russell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Russell!
Russell throws a shot to the body.
Parfait Hilton is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big right from Russell misses.
Shaun Russell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hilton misses with a leg kick.
Hilton dodges the punch combination from Russell.
Hilton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Russell to score with a decent uppercut.
Russell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hilton.
Russell blocks a head kick by Hilton.
Hilton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hilton lets loose with a powerful body kick. Russell will feel that in the morning.
Hilton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Russell.
Russell throws a looping overhand right but Hilton ducks down to avoid it.
Russell throws an overhand right that lands on Hilton's shoulder, as Hilton tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Russell. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hilton.
Russell thows a body shot but no joy.
Hilton throws a head kick that misses.
Hilton throws a nice head kick!
Russell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hilton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Hilton drops his shoulder and cracks Russell with a huge uppercut! Russell goes down! Can Hilton finish him?
Russell is still in real trouble! Can Hilton finish him?
Hilton gets to his feet and stands over Russell, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Russell felt that one! Hilton unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Russell from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Parfait Hilton!
A victorious Parfait Hilton thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.