PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Shenanigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Shenanigan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hill
vs
Shenanigan

184 cm
24
202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Hill!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sean Shenanigan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shenanigan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shenanigan tries to score with a low kick but Hill moves his leg out of the way.
Shenanigan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shenanigan throws a shot from downtown. Hill moves away and avoids it.
Shenanigan throws a combination. Hill tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Billy Hill has been cut.
Shenanigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sean Shenanigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Sean Shenanigan has been cut.
Shenanigan misses with a series of wild punches.
Hill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shenanigan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shenanigan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hill lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hill connects with the punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hill walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill is looking to clinch but Shenanigan is avoiding it.
Shenanigan scores with the left hand. Hill knows he should have avoided that one.
Shenanigan slips under a jab from Hill.
Some bone on bone action there as Hill checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hill misses with a jab to the body
and Shenanigan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shenanigan misses with a wild body shot.
Shenanigan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Hill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Hill manages to break the clinch.
Shenanigan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shenanigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hill moves away from the strike by Shenanigan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shenanigan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shenanigan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Shenanigan throws the left hand but Hill avoids the punch easily.
Hill tries to clinch but Shenanigan moves away
and Shenanigan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shenanigan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shenanigan was well out of range. Poor timing from Hill.

Hill forces Shenanigan back against the cage and clinches.
Shenanigan tries to circle away but Hill has him pinned against the cage.
Shenanigan tries to break free but Hill pushes him back against the cage.

Shenanigan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hill doesn't manage to clinch there - Shenanigan circles away.
Hill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hill scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shenanigan. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shenanigan misses with a double jab
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shenanigan tries to land a front kick but Hill steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shenanigan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hill misses with a wild body shot.
Hill gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shenanigan.
Shenanigan throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill checks the leg kick.
Shenanigan cracks Hill with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hill tries to clinch but Shenanigan moves out of range.
Shenanigan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hill checks it well.
Shenanigan scores with a shot to the body.
Hill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shenanigan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hill had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hill misses with a hook to the body
and Hill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hill is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Shenanigan.

Billy Hill's cut is getting worse.
Shenanigan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shenanigan misses with a two punch combination.
Hill dodges the punch combination from Shenanigan.
Shenanigan throws a right hand that Hill ducks under and follows up with a left that Hill also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Shenanigan dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Billy Hill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shenanigan throws a leg kick but Hill sees it coming and moves out of range.
Shenanigan slips a jab from Hill.

Hill moves into the clinch.

Shenanigan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shenanigan throws a low kick but Hill avoids it.
Shenanigan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hill sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hill tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shenanigan throws a hook but Hill avoids it easily.
Shenanigan lands an overhand right.
Shenanigan throws a combination that misses
and Hill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Shenanigan.
Shenanigan throws a combination that misses
and Hill counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shenanigan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shenanigan throws a hook to the side of Hill's head but Hill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hill avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shenanigan is breathing heavily.
Shenanigan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shenanigan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shenanigan misses with a leg kick.
Shenanigan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shenanigan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hill connects with a jab.
Hill throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shenanigan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hill takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shenanigan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hill.
Shenanigan cracks Hill with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Shenanigan misses with a combination
and Hill counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hill misses the shot to the body.
Shenanigan throws a series of punches but Hill moves out of range.
Shenanigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shenanigan misses with a combination
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A combination from Hill does no damage.
Hill is looking to wear down Shenanigan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shenanigan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hill counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shenanigan misses with a body shot.
Hill defending well as Shenanigan loads up on a big left hand.
Shenanigan tries to bum rush Hill with a series of wild strikes but Hill uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hill scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shenanigan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shenanigan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch combination from Shenanigan misses.
Hill misses with a few strikes there.
Hill finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Some wild striking there from Shenanigan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill misses with a series of wild punches.
Shenanigan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shenanigan misses with a low kick.
Hill misses with a looping right.
A left lands for Shenanigan.
Shenanigan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hill was well out of range. Poor timing from Shenanigan.
Shenanigan lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hill takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hill darts in trying to clinch
and Shenanigan counters with a left and a right that stings Hill.
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 Billy Hill will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shenanigan lands a jab to Hill's midsection.
Shenanigan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hill backs up against the cage.
Shenanigan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shenanigan misses with a double jab
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shenanigan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hill defending well as Shenanigan loads up on a big left hand.
Shenanigan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shenanigan throws a shot from downtown. Hill moves away and avoids it.
Shenanigan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Shenanigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hill moves away.
Shenanigan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shenanigan lands a really nice looking cross but Hill seems unphased.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slow jab from Hill misses its intended target.
Shenanigan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Shenanigan misses the target.
Shenanigan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hill moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shenanigan falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Hill to counter with a crisp jab.
Hill tries to clinch up but Shenanigan circles away and keeps his distance.

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.
Shenanigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hill moves away.
Sean Shenanigan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shenanigan lands with a cross.
Shenanigan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shenanigan.
Shenanigan misses with a few strikes there.
Shenanigan swats away the attempt to clinch by Hill.
Hill misses with a jab to the body
and Shenanigan counters with a stiff right hand.
Shenanigan scores with a decent looking hook.
Shenanigan connects with a right hand. Hill shakes it off.
Hill gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hill darts in trying to clinch
and Shenanigan counters with a two punch combo.

Billy Hill's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shenanigan circles away quickly and effectively.
Shenanigan misses with a few strikes there.
Shenanigan misses with a series of wild punches.
Shenanigan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hill counters with a stiff right hand.
Shenanigan tried to score with a low kick but Hill checks it.
Shenanigan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hill wants to clinch but Shenanigan slips to the side
and Shenanigan counters with a straight right hand.
Hill tries to clinch but Shenanigan moves out of range.
A combination from Shenanigan does no damage.
Hill looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hill looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Shenanigan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shenanigan throws a hook but Hill avoids it easily.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shenanigan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hill throws a body punch but Shenanigan moves out of range.
Shenanigan fails to land with a series of punches.
Hill tries to clinch there but Shenanigan circles away.
Hill just misses with a punch to the body.
Hill closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shenanigan throws a right and a left that Hill avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Shenanigan really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Hill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shenanigan throws a sloppy body shot
and Hill counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hill avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hill swings for the body but Shenanigan moves out of range.
Hill looks to land a left hand but Shenanigan moved out of range nicely.
Shenanigan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hill counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hill breaks from the clinch.
Hill closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shenanigan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Shenanigan.
Hill tries to clinch up
and Shenanigan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shenanigan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hill moves into the clinch.
Shenanigan tries to break the clinch but Hill is controlling the position.
Shenanigan is trying to break free.
Shenanigan is trying to force a seperation but Hill has the dominant position.
Good body shot from Hill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hill working hard to break the clinch.
Hill is trying to force a seperation but Shenanigan has the dominant position.
Hill throws a head punch that misses.
Shenanigan prevents a body shot from Hill.
Shenanigan tries to break the clinch but Hill is controlling the position.

Hill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice combination there by Shenanigan.
Shenanigan misses with a leg kick.
Hill slips a jab and a cross from Shenanigan.
Shenanigan misses with a double jab
and Hill counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shenanigan thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hill misses its intended target.
Hill moves in looking to clinch but Shenanigan pushes him off.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shenanigan moves away.
Hill wants to clinch but Shenanigan slips to the side
and Shenanigan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shenanigan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shenanigan.
Hill fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shenanigan scores with a one two! Hill had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jab by Shenanigan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Hill lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shenanigan doesn't seem phased though.
Shenanigan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hill is able to avoid easily.
Shenanigan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shenanigan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Shenanigan.
Shenanigan ducks right into an uppercut from Hill.
Hill is looking to clinch.
Shenanigan ducks under a wild hook from Hill.
Hill takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shenanigan misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Shenanigan dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Shenanigan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Shenanigan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hill.
Hill misses with a kick to the body.
Shenanigan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hill dodges the punch combination from Shenanigan.
Hill showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shenanigan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shenanigan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hill. Shenanigan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shenanigan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill tries to land a leg kick but Shenanigan saw it coming and moves away.
Shenanigan lunges at Hill with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hill's hand.
A big right from Hill misses.
Shenanigan throws a hook but Hill blocks it.
Shenanigan scores with a jab to the head.
Shenanigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shenanigan slips a jab and a cross from Hill.
Hill lands the left hand.
Hill tries to clinch up.
Shenanigan scores with a punch to the head.

Jeez, Billy Hill's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Shenanigan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hill counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shenanigan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hill takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shenanigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Shenanigan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shenanigan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hill throws a series of punches but Shenanigan avoids them all with ease.
Shenanigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
A leg kick checked by Shenanigan.
Hill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shenanigan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Shenanigan misses.
Hill throws a leg kick but Shenanigan moved away.
Shenanigan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Shenanigan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hill scores with a three punch combo!
A punch combination from Shenanigan misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shenanigan wants to break the clinch but can't.

Hill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill needs to keep his hands up - Shenanigan had a free shot at his head there.
Shenanigan misses the shot to the body.
Shenanigan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Hill pushes Shenanigan up against the cage in a clinch.
Hill scores with a hook to the body.

Hill breaks the clinch.
Shenanigan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hill counters with a stiff right hand.
Shenanigan misses with a leg kick

and Hill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hill has Shenanigan pushed against the cage.
Shenanigan is trying to break the clinch but Hill has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sean Shenanigan.
I think Shenanigan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 46:49
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 46:49
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Shenanigan!
Sean Shenanigan is the new middleweight champion!