PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trinity Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa comes to the cage accompanied by His Own Highlight Video. Hill has chosen Alice In Chains - Rooster as his entrance music. Trinity Hill has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Felipe Costa's chin.

Costa
vs
Hill

166 cm
25
141 lbs
18 - 1 - 0

166 cm
31
144 lbs
24 - 3 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Steel Penn's Skin Shop *laundry 93%

Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipe Costa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trinity Hill!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa throws a chopping leg kick but Hill manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Costa blocks a head kick by Hill.
Hill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Costa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costa manages to avoid it.
Costa wants to slow Hill down by chopping away at his legs.
Costa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hill throws out the jab.
A clash of legs there as Costa blocks the low kick.
Hill lands a nice looking body kick.
Costa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hill looks to land a combination but Costa avoids it well.
Hill blocks a low kick nicely.
Costa throws out a loose jab but Hill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa lands a jab to the nose.
Costa lands an overhand right.
Hill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costa.
Costa cracks Hill with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Felipe Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa sizes up Hill with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hill throws a wild body kick that Costa sees coming a mile off.
Costa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hill defending well as Costa loads up on a big left hand.
Hill on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Costa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Costa lands with a right hand.
Costa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hill checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Costa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hill misses with a body kick.
A clash of legs there as Hill blocks the low kick.
Costa wants to clinch up but Hill keeps it at a distance.
Trinity Hill is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hill fails to land with a series of punches.
Hill chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 throws a hook but Costa avoids it easily.
Hill feints and then cracks Costa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Costa down.
Costa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Costa tries to clinch but Hill moves out of range.
Hill throws a front kick aimed at Costa's knee but Costa avoids it well.
Hill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Costa misses with a looping left.
Hill throws a jab but it's blocked by Costa.
Hill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hill does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Costa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hill.
Costa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hill's hands.
A jab from Costa does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costa moves away.
Costa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hill misses with a low kick.
Hill throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Costa misses with a head kick.
Hill slips a jab from Costa.
Hill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costa.
Costa scores with a body shot.
Hill lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hill.
Hill throws a wild body kick that Costa sees coming a mile off.
Costa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hill moves away.
Costa scores with a nice head shot.
Costa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hill slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hill. Costa does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hill misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A shot to the body from Costa misses
and Hill counters with an outside leg kick.
Hill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa cracks Hill with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hill takes one to the side of the head.
Costa moves out of range of the body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Costa breaks from the clinch.
Hill throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hill fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Costa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Costa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hill manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Costa avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Costa dominated that round.
That's time! Costa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A looping hook to the body misses from Costa. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costa misses with a left hand
and Hill counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hill looks to land a combination. Costa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A shot to the body from Hill misses
and Costa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Costa fails to land with a series of punches.
Hill is looking to land body kicks.
Hill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hill throws a body kick that misses.
Costa throws a lazy uppercut
and Hill makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Costa really felt that one!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Costa is defended easily by Hill.
Hill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Costa circles away quickly and effectively.
Costa scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hill takes one on the button.
Costa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hill.

Costa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hill!
Costa lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Costa cracks Hill with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Costa landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costa unloading with bombs!
Costa tries to control but Hill wriggling away.
Hill slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Costa 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Costa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hill is trying to stand back up but Costa is controlling him
Costa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hill keeps working.
Hill is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Costa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hill trying to control here.

Hill is defending against the submission attempts here by Costa.
Costa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hill with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Costa throwing shots but Hill is blocking nicely.
Hill is trying to maintain the position but Costa is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Costa.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa trying to pass the guard but Hill defending well.
Costa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hill wants to improve his position but Costa is controlling well.
Hill is in trouble now - Costa has advanced to mount!
Costa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Costa unloading with bombs!
Hill regains half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa slips a nice elbow through Hill's hands, connecting with Hill's forehead.
Hill regains full guard. Nicely done.
Costa tries to free his leg and advance position but Hill is retaining full guard.
Costa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hill is on top in guard.
Hill must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Costa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hill is aware though and is defending well.
Costa controls Hill momentarily but Hill frees himself.
Costa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Costa has his foot on Hill's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hill works his way back into a safe position though.

Hill gets to his feet - Costa follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Costa dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hill moves forwards but Costa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hill throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hill tries a low kick but Costa avoids it.
Costa misses with a straight right.
Costa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hill.
Costa looks to land a left hand but Hill moved out of range nicely.
Hill throws a looping overhand right but Costa ducks down to avoid it.
Felipe Costa is winning the standup battle so far.
Hill thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Costa if he has to take too many more of those.
Costa misses with a wild body shot.
Hill connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Costa momentarily.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Costa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hill.
Hill throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Costa lands an overhand right.
Costa lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Costa's head backwards.
Hill misses with a body shot.
Costa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costa misses with a combination
and Hill makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Costa really felt that one!
A looping hook to the body misses from Costa. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costa scores with a jab to the head.
Hill avoids a kick to the body.
Costa is looking to clinch.
Hill throws a shot from downtown. Costa moves away and avoids it.
Costa is looking to clinch but Hill is avoiding it.
Costa connects with a solid leg kick.
Costa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hill has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Costa finds it's way round the side to connect with Hill's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Costa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Costa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Hill.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hill misses the shot to the body.
Costa cracks Hill with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Costa moves away from the strike by Hill.
Hill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Hill misses with a looping right.
Costa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hill.
Hill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Costa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hill throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Costa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa loads up on a big right hand but Hill slips the punch.
Hill with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Costa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Costa misses the target.
Costa connects with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Costa. That's going to slow Hill down.
Hill throws a body kick that misses.
Costa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Costa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hill.
Costa connects with a leg kick. Hill looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hill avoids the body shot from Costa.
Costa misses with an uppercut. Hill saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Costa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa motions for Hill to come forward. Costa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hill lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Costa sizes up Hill with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hill swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Costa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costa throws a series of punches but Hill moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Costa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hill doesn't seem phased though.
Costa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hill lands a nice shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hill scores with a shot to the body.
Costa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hill tries to avoid it but Costa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hill to the ground. Hill escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Costa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costa 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.

Felipe Costa clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hill misses with a straight left.
Costa wants to clinch.
Costa throws an overhand right that lands on Hill's shoulder, as Hill tries to avoid the shot.
Hill moves out of range of the strikes.
Costa misses with a straight right.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Costa.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Costa, as that shot connected.
Hill uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costa.
Hill defending well as Costa loads up on a big left hand.
Hill throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Costa takes one on the button.
Costa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hill misses with a series of wild punches.
Costa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Costa throws a body punch but Hill moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Costa.
Hill uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Costa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hill momentarily.
Costa misses with a head kick.
Costa throws a looping overhand right but Hill ducks down to avoid it.
Hill lands with an uppercut that bounces Costa off the cage and back into range.
Costa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hill misses with a head kick.
Costa misses with a looping left.
Hill slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa looks to land a body kick but Hill moved away.
Hill looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Costa shoots in but Hill avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hill looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hill delivers a nice body kick.
Hill tests Costa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hill displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Costa.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
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!
Costa throws a leg kick
and Hill finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hill throws a series of punches but Costa avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Costa. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hill avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Hill finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Costa throws a sloppy head kick and Hill moves out of range easily.
A nice combination there by Hill.
Hill misses with an attempted mid kick.
Costa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hill is out of range and Costa settles back down.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Costa avoids the body shot from Hill.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costa moves away.
Costa looks to score with a jab to the body but Hill is just out of range.
Hill slips under a jab from Costa.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costa moves away.
Hill connects with a body shot.
Hill moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill works Costa's body with a nice hook.

Costa rushes Hill and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hill blocks an uppercut.

Hill breaks from the clinch.
Hill tries to land a front kick but Costa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hill is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hill displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costa throws out the jab.
Hill has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
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 throws a leg kick but Costa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hill throws a nice looking combination but Costa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Costa.
Costa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hill checks a leg kick nicely.
Costa avoids the body shot from Hill.
Sloppy strikes from Hill. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Trinity Hill will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Hill looks to land a left hand but Costa moved out of range nicely.
Costa misses with a straight left.
Nice jab there from Costa.
Costa blocks a head kick by Hill.
Hill throws a head kick that misses.
Costa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Costa throws a body punch but Hill moves out of range.
Hill throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hill throws a wild body kick that Costa sees coming a mile off.
Costa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hill thows a left - swing and a miss!

Costa drives through with a takedown into Hill's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hill is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Costa thows a big elbow that misses.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Hill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill has momentary wrist control but Costa slips an elbow through the middle.
Costa slips nicely into half guard.
Costa passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hill!
Costa prevents Hill from getting the reversal.
Costa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Costa unloads with some shots from mount but Hill bucks and avoids them well.
Costa with good strikes from the mount here!
Costa looking to finish Hill with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hill!
Trinity Hill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Costa moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Hill has worked his arm free - good work by Hill!
Hill is trying to buck Costa off.
Costa looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hill is avoiding damage well.
Costa working the ground and pound.
Felipe Costa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Costa is looking to take a break and control but Hill is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Costa lands an elbow.
Costa is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa is trying to ground and pound but Hill uses the momentary lack of control by Costa to regain half guard.
Costa is trying to control. Hill wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Costa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hill is looking to improve his position.
Costa wants to pass the guard but Hill is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Costa.
Hill is looking for a sweep. Costa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Costa works his foot free and advances to mount.
Costa lands a nice shot to the head.
Costa working Hill over with strikes here.
Felipe Costa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Costa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hill?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill wants to hold on but Costa pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa landing strikes from the mount.
Hill is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Costa 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.
Costa tries to control but Hill wriggling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Costa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Costa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felipe Costa!
Felipe Costa is the new bantamweight champion!