PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and litale fargiot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). fargiot has chosen Move Bitch as his entrance music. The key to victory for Stephen Hill has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hill
vs
fargiot

189 cm
20
162 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
168 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, litale fargiot!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill looks to land a left hand but fargiot moved out of range nicely.
fargiot fails with an attempt to clinch.
fargiot shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hill sprawls well. Hill wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. fargiot gets slowly back to his feet.
Hill misses the shot to the body.
fargiot tries to clinch but Hill moves out of range.
fargiot will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hill slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like litale fargiot has been cut.

fargiot clinches up against the cage.
fargiot is working for takedown but Hill is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stephen Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of litale fargiot.
Hill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
fargiot tries for a takedown. No joy.
fargiot has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hill avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
fargiot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hill really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
fargiot jumps guard but Hill stands there with fargiot around his waist. fargiot gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hill scores with a hook to the body.
Hill blocks an uppercut.
Hill prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
fargiot wants to break free but Hill has control.
fargiot wants a takedown.
Hill stops a takedown attempt from fargiot.
Hill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
fargiot is trying to maintain a safe position but Hill gets an underhook and turns fargiot into the cage.
fargiot pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
fargiot tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
fargiot is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hill gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
fargiot looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
fargiot goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hill prevents it.
Hill working hard to break the clinch.
fargiot has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hill avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hill is looking to break free of the clinch but fargiot has double underhooks.
Hill prevents the takedown attempt.
Hill working hard to break the clinch.
Hill gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from fargiot.
fargiot wants a takedown but no success here.
Hill is looking to break free of the clinch but fargiot has double underhooks.
Hill stops a takedown attempt from fargiot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill prevents fargiot from breaking the clinch.
fargiot is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hill gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Hill breaks the clinch.

Hill gets a clinch.

fargiot manages to break the clinch.
Hill tries to clinch but fails miserably

and fargiot holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Hill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
fargiot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hill.

fargiot closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hill wants to control but fargiot postures up.
fargiot 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 wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
fargiot working away.
fargiot cracks Hill with a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
fargiot lands a nice forearm strike.
Hill is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
fargiot working the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

fargiot scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
fargiot wants to pass to mount but Hill is defending the position.
Hill tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
fargiot missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hill wants to control but fargiot is keeping busy and won't allow it.
fargiot not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hill misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hill is not content to let fargiot control the position.
Hill trying to hold on to fargiot's head to control him but fargiot postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Hill dominated that round.
The cut man is working on litale fargiot's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

fargiot shoots for a double leg takedown but Hill sprawls well. He's pushed fargiot's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hill lands with a cross.

Hill looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
fargiot blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hill.
Hill is keen to just control but fargiot is a slippery customer.
Hill thows a huge punch but fargiot dodges it nicely.
fargiot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hill wants to control but fargiot is keeping him busy.
fargiot trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hill sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. fargiot defending well though.
fargiot avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hill.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hill looks to land a left hand but fargiot moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

fargiot shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
fargiot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hill swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hill wants to sweep here but fargiot controlling him for the moment.
fargiot trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hill doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hill keeping full guard, as fargiot tries to pass.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
fargiot tries to clinch
and Hill counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

fargiot closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - fargiot lands in his opponent's guard.
fargiot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
fargiot tries to free his leg and advance position but Hill is retaining full guard.
fargiot working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
fargiot stands up over Hill, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
fargiot trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hill looking for a sweep. Not yet Hill, not yet.
fargiot works over Hill with some ground and pound from guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

fargiot shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hill's guard.
Hill keeping moving, preventing fargiot from controlling successfully.
Hill is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
fargiot keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hill's head.
fargiot looking to pass the guard.

Hill looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hill manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. fargiot manages to get himself to full guard.
Hill trying to control but fargiot is working from the bottom.

fargiot is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
fargiot is trying to control the position but Hill postures up.
Hill thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hill accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hill trying to control the position from guard on top but fargiot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
fargiot is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hill has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

fargiot darts in and clinches Hill up against the cage.
Hill working aggressively here.
fargiot can't get the takedown.
fargiot tries to score a body lock takedown but Hill shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stephen Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of litale fargiot.
fargiot has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hill avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hill has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Stephen Hill will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on litale fargiot's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

fargiot misses with a takedown

and Hill counters with a nice double leg into side control. fargiot won't be happy with that.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if fargiot can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hill wants to lay and pray for a moment but fargiot keeps working.
fargiot is looking for a sweep.
fargiot is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
fargiot is looking for a sweep.

Hill tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
fargiot is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
fargiot wants to control but Hill postures up.
fargiot is not content to let Hill control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

fargiot shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. fargiot showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
fargiot missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hill avoiding damage under a succession of punches from fargiot.
fargiot not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hill wants to control but fargiot is keeping busy and won't allow it.
fargiot drops an elbow to the side of Hill's head.
Hill trying to control from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

fargiot forces Hill back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
fargiot is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hill gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
fargiot landing knees to the body.
Hill wants to get back to striking at distance but fargiot won't allow it.

fargiot has clasped his hands together around Hill's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Hill manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hill missing with punches from the bottom.
Hill trying to hold on to fargiot's head to control him but fargiot postures up.
fargiot lands strikes from half guard.
fargiot seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hill does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
litale fargiot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

fargiot changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hill looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
litale fargiot has got the better of the ground game so far.
fargiot tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Hill struggling a bit here.
fargiot tries to move into full mount but can't pass Hill's legs.
fargiot misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
fargiot working away.
fargiot lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hill down.
You can see the frustration on Hill's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hill is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

fargiot fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hill sprawls well initially but fargiot persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
fargiot not doing much here.
fargiot is pressing down on Hill's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hill is holding on for now.
Hill taking some punishment here, with fargiot in his half guard.
Hill trying to control but fargiot postures up.
Stephen Hill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
fargiot wants to stand up but Hill has a hold of him and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
litale fargiot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hill has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Hill!