PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bengt Stenis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stenis has chosen Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hill
vs
Stenis

180 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bengt Stenis!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hill clinches up with Stenis and pushes him back against the cage.
Hill controlling the action here for a moment.
Stenis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hill avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Stenis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hill gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Hill has picked Stenis up - he's going for a ride! Hill dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Stenis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hill's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hill's back!
Hill breaks Stenis's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Stenis looking for a sweep. Not yet Stenis, not yet.
Hill throwing strikes from guard but Stenis blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hill stays in close to Stenis's body and controls the position.

Hill gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stenis defends it nicely.
Stenis with a poor takedown

and Hill counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hill.
Tyler Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bengt Stenis.
Hill stopping the sweep attempt from Stenis.
Hill advances to half guard.
Hill wants to get back to his feet.
Hill seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenis is not content to let Hill control the position.
Hill has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Stenis works to full guard.
Hill is breathing heavily.
Stenis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenis trying to control the position here.
Stenis working a defensive guard here.
Hill sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hill thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four 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 preventing the sweep.
Stenis is trying to control the position but Hill postures up.

Hill decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stenis, up you get!
Stenis shoots and misses

and Hill moves into the clinch.
Hill prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hill is pressed up against the cage. Stenis 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.
Stenis shoots and misses

and Hill counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stenis's guard now.
Stenis keeping full guard, as Hill tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Hill dominated that round.
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.

Stenis shoots and misses

and Hill decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Stenis's guard.
Stenis is controlling Hill's posture.
Hill content to stall in guard here.

Hill stands up from Stenis's guard - Hill perhaps looking for a knockout.
Stenis misses with a takedown

and Hill counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stenis wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenis wants to control but Hill is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stenis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hill not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hill is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hill wants to advance to full mount but Stenis doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hill loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

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

Stenis drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Stenis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stenis throwing strikes but missing.
Hill has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Stenis advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hill regains full guard. Nicely done.

Stenis drops back, looking for a kneebar! Hill looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Hill looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Hill!
Stenis tries to buck Hill off but Hill is having none of it.
Hill is looking to take a break and control but Stenis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyler Hill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hill tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hill trying to control the action but Stenis is working from the bottom.
Stenis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hill wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Stenis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Hill dominated that second round.
That's time! Hill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Stenis has his takedown stuffed

and Hill counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hill preventing the sweep.
Hill looking to pass the guard.
Hill wants to control from the top but Stenis keeps moving.
Stenis working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hill stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stenis swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenis is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Hill drops back, looking for a kneebar! Stenis looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Stenis looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Stenis!
Stenis passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hill!
Hill can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Stenis lands a big shot there that rocks Hill but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hill is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stenis raining down shots from the mount!
Hill is trying to escape the mount.
Stenis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hill?
Hill is looking to improve his position but Stenis isn't that keen on the idea.
Hill tries to hold on but Stenis pushes him away.
Stenis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hill can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hill is desperately trying to improve his position but Stenis has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenis thowing shots but they're missing.
Stenis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Stenis punching from mount but Hill doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Stenis lands a big shot there that rocks Hill but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hill gets back to half guard.
Stenis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill wants to control but Stenis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hill regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hill can't keep his opponent in guard - Stenis advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hill missing with punches from the bottom.
Stenis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stenis with the ground and pound but Hill uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Stenis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Stenis drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hill manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Stenis has Hill in his guard.
Hill has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Stenis is proving hard to escape from.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bengt Stenis.
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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

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