PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Hill (ranked 3656 p4p, 440 weight class) and Jaakko Ilmarinen (ranked 7994 p4p, 624 weight class). Jaakko Ilmarinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hill
vs
Ilmarinen

185 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
197 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaakko Ilmarinen!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Hill shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ilmarinen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hill won't allow Ilmarinen to get back to his feet.
Ilmarinen told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Hill stays in close to Ilmarinen's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ilmarinen wants to stand but Hill is controlling the position.
Hill slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ilmarinen prevents Hill from improving position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ilmarinen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hill is controlling him well.
We've been hearing good reports from Hill's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hill tries to advance to mount but Ilmarinen denies him.
Hill in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hill has an Americana. Ilmarinen didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Hill is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Hill hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Scott Hill!
Scott Hill thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Jaakko Ilmarinen spoke after the fight, saying 'Lucky rat I had flu'.