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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Hilly (ranked 2278 p4p, 302 weight class) and Tom Manner (ranked 2226 p4p, 300 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Bill Hilly has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bill Hilly seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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185 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bill Hilly! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Manner! The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Manner throws a combination that misses and Hilly counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Manner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hilly counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Hilly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Manner managing to block the knees to the body from Hilly.
Hilly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manner backwards. Hilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Manner looking to slow down the pace here. Manner trying to stall but Hilly improves his position.
Hilly lands with a short shot to the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hilly lands an uppercut. Hilly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manner dodges the punch combination from Hilly.
That's one minute gone in the round. The fighters circling - Manner throws out the jab but it was never going to land. A shot to the liver by Hilly. Beautiful body shot. Hilly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manner circles away quickly and effectively. And Manner tries to counter it with a takedown but Hilly pushes his down on his head and steps out. Hilly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hilly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. A jab from Manner misses. Manner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hilly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Tom Manner has been cut. Manner shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hilly pinned against the cage. Hilly gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Manner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Manner with the counter takedown but Hilly avoids it easily. Manner throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Hilly counter with a right hand. Manner has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Manner throws a right hand that misses
and Hilly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Manner ducks under a wild hook from Hilly. Manner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hilly. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hilly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Hilly lands a big uppercut and Manner crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Manner looks OK. Hilly waves Manner back to his feet!
Manner is rocked! Hilly cracks Manner with a hook to the temple - Manner is on wobbly legs here! Hilly swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Manner falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Hilly wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bill Hilly! A less than humble Bill Hilly misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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C
A |
G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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