PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Hick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Baloney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hick comes to the cage accompanied by adam sandler - at a meduim pace. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hick
vs
Baloney

170 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

179 cm
26
184 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Reaper Combatwear

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bill Hick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Baloney!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baloney feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hicks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hick on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baloney circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baloney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hick thinking.
Hick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Baloney throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hick stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Baloney uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hick tries to clinch up but Baloney circles away and keeps his distance.
Hick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baloney.
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!
Baloney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Baloney misses its intended target.
Hick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baloney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hick wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baloney getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Baloney has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Baloney misses with a looping left.
Baloney moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hick tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Baloney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baloney swings for the body but Hick moves out of range.
Hick is looking to clinch.
Bill Hick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baloney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baloney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hick.
Baloney throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hick stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Baloney paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hick throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hick tries to clinch but Baloney moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hick takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hick tries to clinch there but Baloney circles away.
Hick wants to clinch.
Baloney scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baloney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hick manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Baloney there.
Baloney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baloney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baloney circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baloney misses with a hook.
Hick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baloney paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baloney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baloney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baloney throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hick moves to clinch but Baloney breaks away
letting Baloney counter with a right hand.
Baloney scores with a decent looking hook.
Hick tries to clinch up but Baloney circles away and keeps his distance.
Baloney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hick.
Nice shot lands for Baloney.
Hick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baloney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baloney lands with a shot to the body.
Baloney tests Hick's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baloney paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Hick.
Baloney throws a looping overhand right but Hick ducks down to avoid it.
Baloney keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baloney lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Hick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hick tries to close the distance and clinch but Baloney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hick takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Baloney misses with an uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baloney stalks Hick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hick's face. Hick staggers backwards, shaken.
A punch combination from Baloney misses.
Hick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baloney lands a nice shot that snaps Hick's head back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Baloney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hick tries to clinch
and Hick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hick takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Baloney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Baloney dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Baloney throws a hook but Hick avoids it easily.
Baloney looks to score with a jab to the body but Hick is just out of range.
Baloney with a nice cross.

Baloney gets tackled into the cage by Hick. Hick maintains the clinch.
Hick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Baloney looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hick looking to throw knees to the head but Baloney is blocking nicely.
Hick misses with a knee to the head.
Baloney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baloney blocks the elbow strike.
Baloney blocks the elbow strike.
Baloney misses with the head strike.
Hick throws an elbow that misses.
Hick trying to land knees to the body.
Hick lands an elbow inside.
Baloney can't break the clinch.
Baloney swings wildly with an uppercut but Hick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Hick.
Hick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baloney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baloney blocks it with crossed arms.
Baloney working hard to break the clinch.
Hick working Baloney over with knees to the body.
Baloney tries to throw a body punch but Hick avoids it by throwing Baloney back against the cage.
Hick lands an elbow that stopped Baloney in his tracks for a moment.
Hick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Baloney managing to block the knees to the body from Hick.
Baloney throws a punch but it's blocked by Hick.
Baloney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hick lands a nice elbow.
Hick misses with an elbow over the top.
Baloney throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Baloney fails to land.
Hick pushes off an throws an elbow but Baloney leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good body shot from Baloney.
Baloney lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baloney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Baloney throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Baloney can't find room to land a body shot as Hick controls the action.
Baloney can't break the clinch.
Hick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A frustrated look appears on Baloney's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Baloney fails to land.
Hick tries to land a knee to the head but Baloney blocks with his arms.
Hick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Tony Baloney has been cut.
Hick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baloney's defenses.
Baloney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baloney tries to throw a body punch but Hick avoids it by throwing Baloney back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hick.
Hick tries to land a knee to the head but Baloney blocks with his arms.
Baloney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hick trying to land knees to the body.
Hick prevents a body shot from Baloney.
Hick is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hick putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baloney in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Baloney lands with a short shot to the head.
Baloney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Baloney lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baloney can't find room to land a body shot as Hick controls the action.
Hick landing knees to the head.
Hick lands an elbow that stopped Baloney in his tracks for a moment.
Bill Hick has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Baloney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Baloney blocks a body shot from Hick.
Baloney is trying to break the clinch but Hick is controlling him.
Baloney tries to work over Hick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Hick.
Hick landing knees to the head.

Baloney is rocked!
Hick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Baloney is still on wobbly legs! Can Hick finish him?
A left hand lands to the body for Baloney.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baloney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baloney lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hick backwards.
Baloney throws a head punch that misses.
Hick tries to land a knee to the head but Baloney blocks with his arms.
Baloney misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hick lands an elbow inside.
Hick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baloney blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Hick.
Hick landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Baloney makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hick prevents Baloney from breaking the clinch.
Baloney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hick misses with a knee to the head.
Baloney working hard to break the clinch.
Hick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baloney lands a shoulder strike.
Baloney takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hick lands a knee to the head.
Baloney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hick.
Hick scores with a knee to the head.
Baloney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baloney.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baloney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baloney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Baloney working aggressively here.
Baloney takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Hick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Baloney's cut.
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. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Hick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baloney works the jab nicely.
Baloney seems to have recovered his senses.
Hick avoids the body shot from Baloney.
Tony Baloney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baloney throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hick stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baloney.
Hick takes one to the side of the head.
Baloney thuds his right hand into Hick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Baloney scores with a shot to the body.
Hick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Baloney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hick tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baloney connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hick. Hick circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hick moves in looking to clinch but Baloney pushes him off.
Baloney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baloney lands the left hand.

Hick is rocked!
Hick walks straight into a right hand from Baloney - that's dropped him! Baloney jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Hick from any more punishment! Hick complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tony Baloney!
Tony Baloney bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.