PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Trinity Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Olsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hill's entrance music is Alice In Chains - Rooster. A fine choice. Trinity Hill has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hill
vs
Olsen

166 cm
32
144 lbs
25 - 5 - 1

165 cm
27
142 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trinity Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Olsen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olsen scores with a body shot.
Hill stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hill wants it to stay on the feet.
Olsen moves out of range of the body kick from Hill.
Trinity Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill lands a glancing blow to the side of Olsen's head.
Olsen blocks a head kick by Hill.
Olsen is looking to score with low kicks.
Olsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Olsen misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hill. That's going to slow Olsen down.
Olsen takes a swing at Hill's ribcage but misses.
Hill misses with a head kick.
Olsen lands a nice hook to Hill's body. Hill takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Olsen cracks Hill with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Olsen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olsen wants to free his trapped foot but Hill is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Olsen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsen wants to control but Hill is keeping him busy.
Hill wants to improve his position but Olsen is controlling well.
Olsen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Olsen.
Olsen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Olsen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hill's head.
Olsen stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Victor Olsen.
Hill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Olsen. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hill checks a leg kick.
Hill tried to score with a low kick but Olsen checks it.
Nice sprawl there from Hill as Olsen shoots in.
Olsen checks a low kick from Hill.
Olsen blocks a head kick by Hill.
Olsen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hill tries to avoid it but Olsen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hill to the ground. Hill escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Trinity Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Olsen.
Olsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab from Hill.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hill lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hill lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hill throws a lazy right hand but Olsen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Olsen with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hill looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hill tries a head kick but it misses.
Hill misses with a low kick.
Olsen looks to land a left hand but Hill moved out of range nicely.
Hill takes a swing at Olsen's ribcage but misses.
Hill misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hill scores with a sloppy right hand. Olsen should have avoided that one.
Olsen misses with a jab, cross combination.

Olsen closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hill quickly recovers to half guard.
Olsen trying to pass the guard but Hill defending well.
Olsen looks to land a strike but Hill avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Hill preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill keeping moving, preventing Olsen from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsen wants to pass the guard but Hill is keeping the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hill avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Olsen tries to free his leg and advance position but Hill is retaining full guard.
Hill keeping moving, preventing Olsen from controlling successfully.
Olsen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Olsen trying to control but Hill is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hill bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Olsen's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Olsen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Olsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Olsen checks a leg kick.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olsen moves away.
Hill misses with a wild body shot.
Hill throws a low kick but Olsen moves out of range easily.
Olsen tests Hill's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Olsen shoots in and gets a takedown into Hill's guard.
Olsen stops Hill from standing up.
Hill manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Olsen manages to get himself to full guard.
Hill wanted to stand there but Olsen had control of the position.

Olsen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hill is aware though and is defending well.
Olsen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill controls from within his opponent's guard.

Hill stands and steps away. Olsen gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
A big left from Hill misses.
Olsen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A solid leg kick lands there for Olsen.
Hill fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Olsen misses the jab.
Trinity Hill is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Hill. Those never looked like landing.
Trinity Hill is winning the standup battle so far.
Donk. Olsen catches Hill right on the button with a cross.
Olsen with a hook.
Olsen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill doesn't manage to clinch there - Olsen circles away.
Olsen takes a swing at Hill's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Olsen is defended easily by Hill.
Hill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hill avoids the body shot from Olsen.
A right-left combo lands from Olsen.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Hill buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Olsen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hill moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
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.
Olsen shoots in and drives through. Hill sprawls well.
Hill takes a swing at Olsen's ribcage but misses.
Olsen lands a right hook to the body.
Olsen scores with the left hand. Hill knows he should have avoided that one.
Olsen blocks a leg kick.
Hill blocks a jab.
Olsen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Olsen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Olsen. Olsen obviously looking to wear him down.
Olsen defending well as Hill loads up on a big left hand.
Olsen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Olsen throws a body punch but Hill moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Olsen is predictable there
and Hill counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Hill.
Olsen swinging wildly here.
Olsen is breathing heavily.
Hill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olsen manages to avoid it.
Hill throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hill thows a body shot but no joy.
Hill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olsen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Olsen misses with a head kick.
Hill scores with a sloppy right hand. Olsen should have avoided that one.
Hill looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hill connects with a leg kick. Olsen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hill scores with a hook to the body. Olsen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Olsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hill was well out of range. Poor timing from Olsen.
Olsen just misses with a punch to the body.
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 Trinity Hill will probably get the nod.
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!

Olsen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hill.
A solid body kick from Olsen.
Hill scores with a nice right hand.
Hill checks a leg kick nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Hill misses the target.
Hill takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A head kick misses from Hill.
Hill misses with a kick to the body.
Olsen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice defenses there by Hill.
Olsen drops his hands momentarily and Hill takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Olsen shoots in for a takedown but Hill shows good takedown defense.
Hill moves out of range of the strikes.
Hill swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Olsen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hill.
Hill goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Olsen scores with a four punch combination!
Hill throws a series of punches but Olsen avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hill.
Hill moves out of range of the body kick from Olsen.
Olsen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hill.
Olsen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Olsen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hill misses with a low kick.
Olsen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hill on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Olsen blocks a jab.
Olsen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Olsen tries to bum rush Hill with a series of wild strikes but Hill uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hill misses with a wild body shot.
Hill takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Olsen.
Hill stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Olsen.
Olsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Olsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olsen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hill throws a head kick but Olsen moves out of range.
Hill misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Olsen finds it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Olsen is defended easily by Hill.
Trinity Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Olsen.
Hill throws a jab when Olsen was well out of range.
Hill moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Olsen tries a head kick but it misses.
Olsen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hill rather than just go for the knockout.
Hill misses with a wild combination.
Olsen stuns Hill with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Olsen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Olsen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hill takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hill takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Olsen.
Hill tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hill tries a head kick but it misses.
Olsen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hill connects with a body shot.
Olsen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hill.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olsen moves away.
Hill lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hill gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Olsen tries to work over Hill's front leg with a kick but Hill checks it.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olsen moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olsen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Olsen.

Olsen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hill manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hill wants to sweep but no luck.
Hill keeping moving, preventing Olsen from controlling successfully.
Victor Olsen has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hill kicks Olsen off and gets to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Victor Olsen.
I think Olsen 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Trinity Hill!