PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Hill (ranked 4264 p4p, 5986 weight class) and Josh Latreille (ranked 241 p4p, 0 weight class). Latreille has chosen Champion as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hill
vs
Latreille

165 cm
25
134
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
135
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Latreille!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hill moves into range and clinches up with Latreille.
Hill lands an elbow inside.
Hill is pressed up against the cage. Latreille has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hill down to the mat. Hill avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A head kick misses from Latreille.
Latreille takes a swing at Hill's ribcage but misses.
Hill pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hill moves into range and clinches up with Latreille.
Latreille wants to stall.
Hill prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hill scores with a knee to the head.
Latreille is looking to break free of the clinch but Hill has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hill manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Hill looking for a guillotine here but Latreille defends easily.
Hill controlling Latreille's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Latreille controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Latreille prevents Hill from getting back to his feet.
Hill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Hill looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two 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.

Hill escapes and gets back to his feet.
Hill rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Latreille moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hill lands a head kick. Latreille smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hill throws a head kick that misses.
Latreille tries to close the distance and clinch but Hill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hill misses with a two punch combination.

Hill moves into range and clinches up with Latreille.
Hill working Latreille over with knees to the body.
Latreille tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kevin Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Latreille.

Hill drags the fight down to the ground.
Latreille wants to control from the top but Hill keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Latreille gets to his feet - Hill follows without any prompting.

Hill takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hill.
Hill landing knees to the head.
Hill crunches a lovely knee into Latreille's ribcage.
Hill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hill tries for a takedown but Latreille manages to get underhooks.
Hill is looking for a takedown.
Hill is breathing heavily.
Hill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Latreille misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill stalls.
Latreille tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hill just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Latreille takes a knee to the side of the body.

Hill manages to break the clinch.
Hill goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hill tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Latreille with the counter takedown but Hill avoids it easily.
Hill throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Latreille is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hill avoids the head kick by Latreille.
Latreille tries to close the distance and clinch but Hill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kevin Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Latreille has a takedown stuffed.
Hill is looking to counter the offense by Latreille and move into the clinch.
Latreille fails with the takedown.
Hill seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Hill instigates a clinch.
Hill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Latreille can do to turn this around?
Hill is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Latreille gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hill lands an elbow just above Latreille 's eye.
Hill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Latreille's defenses.
Latreille wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Latreille takes an elbow to the temple.
Hill lands with a short shot to the head.
Hill connects with a nasty looking knee right to Latreille's face.
Hill lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hill.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill lands an elbow that stopped Latreille in his tracks for a moment.
Hill digs a right hand into Latreille's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Latreille's gas tank.
Kevin Hill has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Hill breaks the clinch.
Latreille wants to clinch.

Hill closes the distance and clinches.
Hill is trying to drag Latreille to the mat but Latreille just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hill lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hill stalling in the clinch.
Hill looking to throw knees to the head but Latreille is blocking nicely.
Hill controlling the action here for a moment.
Hill connects with a knee to the head.
Latreille tries to break the clinch but Hill is controlling the position.
Latreille wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Latreille goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hill prevents it.
Kevin Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Latreille.
Latreille is breathing heavily.
Hill with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Latreille gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hill.

Hill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hill clinches up with Latreille and pushes him back against the cage.
Hill stalls.
Hill prevents the takedown attempt.
Hill keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Latreille's efforts to push away.

Hill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hill scores with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Latreille.

Latreille tries to keep at a distance but Hill has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hill lands a body shot.
Hill tries a knee to the head but Latreille blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Latreille is fighting off a takedown attempt but Hill is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Latreille to the mat. Latreille regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Hill won't allow Latreille to sweep him here.
Hill postures up.

Hill stands up from Latreille's guard - Hill perhaps looking for a knockout.

Hill closes the distance and pushes Latreille back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Latreille tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hill swivels and escapes.
Hill throws a combination. Latreille tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Hill moves into the clinch.

Hill gets control of Latreille's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hill will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Hill dominated that second round.
That's time! Hill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hill lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Latreille shoots in and drives through. Hill sprawls well.
Hill dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Latreille. That did some damage!

Hill clinches.
Hill lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Latreille or not.
A knee to the head by Hill.
Latreille is trying to force a seperation but Hill has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Hill.
Latreille takes an elbow to the forehead.
Latreille fails to pull the fight into his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill effectively controlling the action here.
Hill tries for a takedown but Latreille manages to get underhooks.

Hill pulls guard successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hill looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Latreille trying to control but Hill is working from the bottom.

Hill looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Latreille passes into half guard.

Latreille stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's two 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.
Hill connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kevin Hill is winning the standup battle so far.
Latreille tries to clinch there but Hill circles away.
Latreille fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kevin Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Latreille.
Good leg kick by Hill.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Latreille takes an elbow to the forehead.
Latreille has Hill pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hill manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hill works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill can't get the takedown.
Hill looking for a takedown.
Hill unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hill drops down looking for an ankle pick but Latreille pulls his leg out and moves away.
Latreille tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hill swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hill connects with a knee to the head.

Hill decides to pull guard.
Latreille must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Latreille stops Hill from standing up.
Hill working a defensive guard here.
Latreille wants to control from the top but Hill keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Hill is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hill pulls Latreille into guard.
Josh Latreille has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kevin Hill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Hill has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Latreille is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Hill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hill has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Hill!
An out of breath Kevin Hill thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Josh Latreille was interviewed post fight and said 'All respect to my opponent today, they were the better man, but I'll be back even stronger!'.