PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Tilberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Holly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holly has chosen Gotham Road - On My Way as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tilberg
vs
Holly

185 cm
21
177 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition

BioPharm Nutrition [ACME]
Monster MMA ACME

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Tilberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hank Holly!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Tilberg.
Tilberg takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tilberg plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Holly throws a right and a left that Tilberg avoids nicely.
Tilberg misses with a head kick.

Tilberg has closed the distance and engaged Holly in a clinch.
Holly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Holly digs a right hand underneath Tilberg's ribcage. Tilberg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Holly is leaning against Tilberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tilberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Holly is keeping busy.
Holly can't get the takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holly.
Holly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Holly lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holly digs a right hand into Tilberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tilberg's gas tank.
Holly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tilberg.
Tilberg has had enough of the clinch but Holly keeps him there for the moment.
Holly tries to score a body lock takedown but Tilberg shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tilberg slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Holly.
Tilberg is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holly lands a body shot.
Good body shot from Holly.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Tilberg breaks from the clinch.
Holly displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Holly keeps the fight on the outside.
Holly fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tilberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Tilberg.
Holly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holly misses with the combination.
Holly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tilberg has time to react.
Holly cracks Tilberg with a good jab.
Tilberg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Holly counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Holly instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Holly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short body shot lands from Holly as the two fighters clinch.
Tilberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tilberg looking to slow down the pace here.
Holly dodges an elbow strike from Tilberg.
Good body shot from Holly.
A right hook to the body lands for Holly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holly cracks Tilberg with a nice body shot.
Holly pushes Tilberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Holly wants the takedown. Tilberg is fighting it off but Holly persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Tilberg's guard against the cage.
Holly stands up over Tilberg, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Holly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly with a nice head shot there.
Tilberg utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Holly lands a couple of elbows.
Holly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Holly chips away with some ground and pound.
Tilberg avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Holly passes into half guard.

Tilberg pushes Holly off and gets back to his feet.
Tilberg lets loose with a powerful body kick. Holly will feel that in the morning.
Some wild striking there from Holly.
Holly misses with a two punch combination.
Hank Holly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tilberg on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Holly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tilberg closes the distance but Holly moves to the side
and Holly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tilberg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Holly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Holly scores with a three punch combo!
Holly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tilberg circles away quickly and effectively.
Tilberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tilberg wants to clinch
and Holly counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holly works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Holly dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Holly moves out of range as Tilberg throws a body kick.
Holly misses with the combination.
Holly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tilberg.
Matt Tilberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Tilberg.
Tilberg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Holly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Holly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tilberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tilberg can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tilberg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Holly's brow.
Tilberg prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tilberg keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holly's efforts to push away.
Tilberg lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Holly or not.
Tilberg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tilberg prevents the takedown attempt.
Holly lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tilberg fails to land.
Holly wants a takedown but no success here.
Matt Tilberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hank Holly.
Tilberg trying to stall but Holly improves his position.
A shot in the inside from Holly.
Holly lands a nice uppercut.
Holly lands a right hand.
Holly digs a right hand underneath Tilberg's ribcage. Tilberg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Holly presses Tilberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tilberg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holly is defending well for now.
Holly lands a right hand.
Tilberg stalling in the clinch.
Holly wants to get back to striking at distance but Tilberg won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Tilberg - that landed with a thud.
Tilberg stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tilberg is trying to break free.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Holly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Holly lands a shot to the body.
Tilberg trying to control the position but instead, Holly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tilberg into the cage.
Holly digs a right hand into Tilberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tilberg's gas tank.
Holly lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from Holly.
Tilberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tilberg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Holly.
A frustrated look appears on Tilberg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Holly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Holly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holly presses Tilberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Holly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tilberg is pressed up against the cage. Holly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tilberg down to the mat. Tilberg avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tilberg lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tilberg.
Tilberg drops his hands momentarily and Holly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Holly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holly throws a combination. Tilberg tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Holly scores with a jab to the body.
Holly moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Holly lands a nice looking body shot.
Holly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tilberg counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tilberg tries to clinch
and Holly counters with a left and a right that stings Tilberg.
Holly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tilberg wants to clinch
and Holly counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tilberg closes the distance looking to clinch
and Holly counters with a nice uppercut.
Tilberg throws a head kick that Holly semi-blocks.
Holly tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tilberg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tilberg counters with a thumping low kick.
Tilberg misses with a head kick.

Holly takes the fight into the clinch.
Tilberg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Holly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Holly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Holly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A left and a right from Holly both land. Nice combination.

Holly moves into the clinch successfully.

Tilberg breaks from the clinch.
Holly throws a nice looking combination but Tilberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holly jabs at Tilberg's body.
Tilberg stalks Holly and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Holly's face. Holly staggers backwards, shaken.
Holly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tilberg wants to clinch.
Tilberg tries to clinch up but Holly circles away and keeps his distance.
Tilberg misses with the combination.
Tilberg throws a nice looking combination but Holly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Holly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tilberg swinging wilding here.
Holly throws a combination. Tilberg tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tilberg throws a combination that misses
and Holly counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holly takes a kick to the side of the head.
Holly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Holly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tilberg circles away quickly and effectively.
Holly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tilberg misses with a few strikes there.
Tilberg throws a combination that misses

and Holly counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Holly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tilberg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holly is trying to break free.
Holly avoiding damage as Tilberg throws knees to the body.
Tilberg trying to control the position but instead, Holly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tilberg into the cage.
Holly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holly presses Tilberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Holly lands a takedown into guard.
Holly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Holly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tilberg avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Holly is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Holly won't allow Tilberg to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly connects with a couple of short punches.
Holly scoring with some ground and pound.
Holly with a nice head shot there.
Tilberg keeping moving, preventing Holly from controlling successfully.
Holly keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tilberg's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tilberg keeping moving, preventing Holly from controlling successfully.
Holly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tilberg works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Holly wants to control from the top but Tilberg keeps moving.
Tilberg wants to stand up but Holly is controlling him.
Matt Tilberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holly throws a strike but Tilberg rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hank Holly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Holly can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tilberg being controlled here momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Holly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Holly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Holly!