PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Hill (ranked 120 p4p, 5 weight class) and Shaquille ONeal (ranked 3317 p4p, 150 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Hill
vs
ONeal

190 cm
27
260 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

215 cm
22
319 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shaquille ONeal!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill throws an off balance right hand
and ONeal counters with a series of strikes. Hill will be more careful next time no doubt.

Hill closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hill thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
ONeal looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
ONeal has hold of Hill's hands but Hill slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hill throwing shots but ONeal is blocking nicely.
Hill wants to free his trapped foot but ONeal is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hill wants to lay and pray for a moment but ONeal keeps working.
Hill throwing shots but ONeal is blocking nicely.
Hill throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Hill.
Hill throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill not landing any meaningful shots this time.
ONeal is trying to stand up here but Hill is controlling him well.
ONeal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hill throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
ONeal is refusing to be controlled, as Hill sits in half guard.
Hill 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.
Hill takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Hill scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
ONeal 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.
Hill not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hill lands strikes from half guard.
Hill is nestled in close to ONeal, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
ONeal is staying active underneath Hill, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands strikes from half guard.
Hill is trying to control the action in half guard but ONeal is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Hill.
Hill looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks ONeal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
ONeal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hill.
Hill tries to pass the half guard into mount. ONeal knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hill trying to control from half guard but ONeal is working away.
Hill missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed ONeal's head.
Hill misses with a head shot. ONeal uses the momentum to regain guard.
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!
Hill with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeal being controlled here, momentarily.
Hill lands a couple of elbows.
Hill in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hill won't allow ONeal to get back to his feet.
Hill missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hill chips away with some ground and pound.
Hill throws a big right hand that misses.
ONeal keeping moving, preventing Hill from controlling successfully.
Hill with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill stops ONeal from standing up.
ONeal can't keep his opponent in guard - Hill advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hill drops an elbow to the side of ONeal's head.
Hill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed ONeal's head.
Hill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed ONeal's head.
Hill is just content to waste time from the top position. ONeal takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Hill landing with the ground and pound.
Hill scoring with some ground and pound.
Hill landing with the ground and pound.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hill passes ONeal's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hill throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hill 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.
Hill trying to pass the guard but ONeal defending well.
Hill lands strikes from half guard.
Hill takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
ONeal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hill lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hill drops an elbow to the side of ONeal's head.
Hill sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hill wants to pass to mount but ONeal is defending the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hill perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hill passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hill lands a big shot there that rocks ONeal but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hill controlling the pace for now.
Hill connects with a bit shot that sees ONeal covering up! More strikes from Hill and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hill is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Hill!
A very excited looking Mark Hill made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.