PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fury
vs
Hill

184 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryan Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Hill!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bryan Fury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hill shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill stops Fury from getting back to his feet.
Hill wants to pass the guard but Fury is defending well.

Fury is defending against the submission attempts here by Hill.
Hill looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fury makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Hill lands with a shot to the body.
Bryan Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fury pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fury as he jumps to the side.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
Hill jumps guard but Fury stands there with Hill around his waist. Hill gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fury unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Fury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hill.
Bryan Fury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan Hill.
Fury tries to clinch up but Hill circles away and keeps his distance.
Fury stuffs the takedown attempt from Hill. Hill gets slowly back to his feet.
Hill changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fury tries to avoid it but Hill manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fury to the ground. Fury escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hill looks gassed!

Fury clinches up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Fury.
Fury throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hill jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fury walks away with a smile on his face. Hill gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hill swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hill showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fury.
Fury stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fury lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fury throws a sloppy head kick and Hill moves out of range easily.
Hill blocks a head kick by Fury.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fury wants it to stay on the feet.
Fury blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Fury.
A head kick misses from Fury.
Hill swats away the attempt to clinch by Fury.

Hill has Fury up against the cage in a clinch.

Hill has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Fury clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Fury has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Hill is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Hill.
Hill somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Fury holding both Hill 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ethan Hill will probably get the nod.
That's time! Fury's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hill has Fury up against the cage in a clinch.
Hill is working for takedown but Fury is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hill tries to circle away but Fury has him pinned against the cage.
Fury tries to land a knee to the head but Hill blocks with his arms.
Fury landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hill as Fury tries to tie him up.
Fury misses with a knee to the head.
Fury with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fury throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hill blocks it with crossed arms.
Fury tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fury controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Hill shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hill was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hill landing strikes from the mount and Fury is in trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill content just to control the position here.
Fury prevents Hill from taking his back.

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 sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hill tries to control but Fury wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hill controlling from mount.
Hill won't let Fury get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hill sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Hill goes for an armbar but Fury turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Fury.
Hill is trying to keep Fury in close.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fury throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ethan Hill showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fury darts in trying to clinch

and Hill counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fury!
Hill landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fury's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Fury trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hill is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hill is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Hill!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ethan Hill!