PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fenton Hilton (ranked 4550 p4p, 212 weight class) and Freddie Mercury (ranked 4947 p4p, 228 weight class). Mercury has chosen Imperial March (L.O.D. Rage Mix) as his entrance music. Hilton has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Fenton Hilton had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Hilton
vs
Mercury

170 cm
33
140 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

170 cm
19
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fenton Hilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freddie Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercury goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mercury lands a head kick. Hilton smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mercury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hilton.

Hilton takes the fight into the clinch.
Hilton cracks Mercury with a nice body shot.
Mercury tries to break free but Hilton pushes him back against the ropes.
Hilton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hilton lands a nice shot to the body.
Hilton throws a punch but it's blocked by Mercury.
Nice body punch from Hilton.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Hilton throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hilton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hilton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mercury is looking to break free of the clinch but Hilton has double underhooks.
Hilton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mercury's efforts to push away.
Mercury wants to get back to striking at distance but Hilton won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton pushes off an throws an elbow but Mercury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mercury looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hilton lands a damaging elbow.
Mercury avoids a wild elbow strike from Hilton.
Hilton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mercury is trying to break free.
Hilton misses with a body punch.
Hilton digs a right hand into Mercury's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mercury's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hilton.
Hilton can't find room to land a body shot as Mercury controls the action.
Mercury blocks an uppercut.
Mercury avoids a wild elbow strike from Hilton.
Mercury tries to circle away but Hilton has him pinned against the ropes.
Hilton misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury blocks a body shot from Hilton.
Hilton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mercury wants to break free but Hilton has control.
Hilton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mercury blocks an elbow strike from Hilton.
Hilton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hilton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mercury can't break the clinch.
Hilton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hilton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercury's elbow.
Mercury blocks an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hilton.
Mercury has had enough of the clinch but Hilton keeps him there for the moment.
Mercury tries to break the clinch but Hilton is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mercury.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hilton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mercury prevents a body shot from Hilton.
Mercury working hard to break the clinch.
Mercury has had enough of the clinch but Hilton keeps him there for the moment.
Mercury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hilton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mercury wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hilton has him pressed against the ropes.
Mercury prevents a body shot from Hilton.
Mercury wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mercury is trying to push Hilton away but Hilton has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hilton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hilton tries to work over Mercury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hilton struggles to land a body shot inside as Mercury controls his hands.
Hilton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hilton lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hilton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercury's elbow.
Hilton lands with a right to the head.
Hilton lands with a left to the head.
Hilton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mercury's defenses.
Mercury blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hilton lands a body punch.
Mercury blocks the elbow strike.
Mercury working hard to break the clinch.
Mercury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hilton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mercury backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mercury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hilton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mercury blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fenton Hilton dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mercury thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hilton if he has to take too many more of those.
Hilton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hilton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mercury moves away.
Despite the aggression on Mercury's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mercury lands a nice hook to Hilton's body. Hilton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mercury lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mercury displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mercury throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hilton.
Mercury feints and then cracks Hilton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hilton down.
Mercury lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hilton's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercury tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mercury tries a head kick but it misses.
Hilton blocks a head kick by Mercury.
Mercury throws a sloppy head kick and Hilton moves out of range easily.
Freddie Mercury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mercury lands with a kick to the temple. Hilton shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Good leg kick by Mercury there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hilton avoids the head kick by Mercury.
Mercury throws a head kick that Hilton semi-blocks.

Hilton is rocked!
Mercury lands a brutal head kick. Hilton looks out on his feet and Mercury throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Freddie Mercury!
After the fight, Freddie Mercury was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.