PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darrel Hill (ranked 1342 p4p, 1498 weight class) and Gabriel Gracie (ranked 163 p4p, 181 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hill
vs
Gracie

167 cm
25
145
13 - 4 - 0

175 cm
26
150
8 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Core Combat
Hardcore Sports Nutrition

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Darrel Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabriel Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill misses with a wild body shot.
Hill uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Hill misses with a looping right.
Gracie takes a swing at Hill's ribcage but misses.
Hill misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Gracie lands with an uppercut that bounces Hill off the cage and back into range.
Hill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hill misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Darrel Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie throws a one two combo.

It looks like Darrel Hill has been cut.
Hill looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hill manages to avoid it.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A left lands for Gracie.

Hill is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice jab there from Hill.
Oh Hill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hill moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Hill seems to have got his legs back now.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Hill avoids it well.
Gracie connects with a nice looking jab.
A slow jab from Hill misses its intended target.
Gracie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hill moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Hill shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A little feinted left hand from Hill on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hill tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hill feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gracies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Hill's shoulder, as Hill tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie slips a straight right by Hill.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie lands a two punch combo.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gracie, as that shot connected.
Hill is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie is looking to clinch.
Hill fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Hill fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Hill's head but Hill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A slow jab from Hill misses its intended target.
Hill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Hill is just out of range.
Hill loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hill, as that shot connected.
A swing and a miss from Hill.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hill is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hill misses with a looping left.
Hill throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hill digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Gracie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hill swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Hill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gracie.
A head punch on the inside from Hill fails to land.
Gracie lands an uppercut.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Gracie gets control of Hill's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gracie will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hill sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie working for a triangle but Hill defends it easily.
Gracie seems keen to control Hill's posture.
Hill sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gracie seems keen to control Hill's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Hill from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Gracie throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hill uses it to pass to side control.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hill's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
Hill trying to mount his opponent but Gracie defends it.
Hill is working hard here to advance position.
Hill is thwarting Gracie's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gabriel Gracie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darrel Hill's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hill is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie throws out a counter right but Hill avoids it with no problem.
Hill lands a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Hill.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gracie! But no joy.
Jab by Gracie.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hill manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hill displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Hill gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hill tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hill misses the jab.
Gabriel Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hill.
Hill lands an overhand right.
Jab, jab by Gracie - just one landing.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Hill moved out of range.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie digs a good body shot into Hill's ribs.

Gracie shoots in and bounces Hill off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gracie postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Hill is keeping the position.
Hill is pulling down on Gracie's head to control his posture.

Gracie lying in Hill's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Hill decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Gracie taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darrel Hill!
After winning the bout, Darrel Hill thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.