PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Craig Christ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Hil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christ kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Stephen Lynch - Craig. Hil has chosen Darryl & Joe- Run DMC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Christ
vs
Hil

175 cm
25
163 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

166 cm
25
165 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Craig Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Rich Hil!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Christ misses with a straight left.
Rich Hil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hil misses with a straight left.
Hil looks to score with a jab to the body but Christ is just out of range.
Christ takes one to the chin there.
Hil swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hil misses the jab.
Hil throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Christ counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christ swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christ listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hil throws the left hand but Christ avoids the punch easily.
Hil misses with a two punch combination.
Hil looks to land a right hand but Christ moved out of range.
Hil jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christ thuds his shin into the meat of Hil's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hil lands an overhand right.
Christ misses with a head kick.
Hil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Christ digs a good hook to Hil's body.
Hil misses the body punch
and Christ counters with a nice body kick.
Hil looks gassed!
Christ misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hil throws a shot from downtown. Christ moves away and avoids it.
Hil throws the left hand but Christ avoids the punch easily.
Christ throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Christ plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hil throws a big shot that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Christ.
Christ scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hil misses with a body shot.
Christ misses with a head kick.

Christ closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hil avoiding damage as Christ throws knees to the body.
Hil tries to break free but Christ pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ misses with a knee to the head.
Hil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Hil controls the action.
Hil is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Christ lands a damaging elbow.
Hil tries to break the clinch but Christ is controlling the position.
Hil has had enough of the clinch but Christ keeps him there for the moment.

Hil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christ tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hil manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Christ clinches with his opponent.
Hil misses with a body punch.
Hil has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Christ lands with a left to the head.
Christ lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Christ scores with a nice hook to the head.
Christ scores with a shoulder strike.

Hil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hil throws out a loose jab but Christ uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hil throws a hook to the side of Christ's head but Christ sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hil misses with a body shot
and Christ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Christ defending well as Hil loads up on a big left hand.
Christ lands a high kick!
Christ lands with a shot to the body.
Hil is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Christ bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hil swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hil misses with a hook. Christ ducked under it nicely.

Christ moves into the clinch successfully.
Hil working hard to break the clinch.
Christ throws a head punch that misses.
Christ has Hil pushed against the cage.
Christ tries a knee to the head but Hil blocks it.
Hil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Hil. Those never looked like landing.
Hil throws out a loose jab but Christ uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Christ throws a good cross that connects.
Hil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hil takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hil throws a nice looking combination but Christ bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hil misses with a body kick.
Christ plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Christ is looking to clinch.
Hil needs to keep his hands up - Christ had a free shot at his head there.
Christ jabs Hil to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hil throws a lazy uppercut
and Christ counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab from Christ.
Christ tries to close the distance and clinch but Hil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Christ is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Christ avoids the body shot from Hil.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Hil.
Jab, jab by Christ - just one landing.
Christ on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hil. Hil obviously looking to wear him down.
Christ lands a really nice looking cross but Hil seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Christ avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hil throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Christ to counter with a crisp jab.

Christ darts in and clinches Hil up against the cage.
Hil wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Christ looking to throw knees to the head but Hil is blocking nicely.
Christ throws a punch but it's blocked by Hil.
Christ throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hil has had enough of the clinch but Christ keeps him there for the moment.

Hil breaks the clinch.
Hil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christ manages to avoid it.
Christ jabs Hil to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Christ misses with a body shot.

Christ has closed the distance and engaged Hil in a clinch.
Hil tries to break the clinch but Christ is controlling the position.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Christ.
Hil wants to break free but Christ has control.

Hil manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Christ does no damage.

Christ takes the fight into the clinch.
Christ prevents Hil from breaking the clinch.
Christ misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Hil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hil throws out a loose jab but Christ uses good head movement to avoid it.
Craig Christ is winning the standup battle so far.
Christ lands a head kick. Hil smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hil fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Christ checks it well.
Christ jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Christ. That snapped Hil's head back.
Christ lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hil misses with a wild combination.
Hil misses with a combination
and Christ counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Christ fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hil, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ tries to work over Hil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hil working hard to break the clinch.
Christ lands an elbow that stopped Hil in his tracks for a moment.
Hil is trying to break the clinch but Christ is controlling him.
Hil is trying to force a seperation but Christ has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Christ.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Christ.
Christ misses with a punch to the body.
Christ working Hil over with knees to the body.
Hil is breathing heavily.
Christ throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hils head.
Christ throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hil blocks it with crossed arms.
Hil wants to break the clinch but can't.
Craig Christ has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Christ lands a nice knee to the body.
Christ is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Christ.
A body shot lands from Christ.
A shot in the inside from Christ.
Nice elbow from Christ.
Christ tries a knee to the head but Hil blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christ creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Christ lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hil backwards.
Christ taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Christ lands an uppercut.
Christ avoiding damage.
Christ lands with a right to the head.
Christ lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Christ.
Christ lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Christ lands with a short shot to the head.

Hil manages to break the clinch.
Christ stuns Hil with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Christ lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hil swings widly with a right hand
and Christ counters with a nice uppercut.
Christ lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hil misses with a right hand
and Christ connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Hil is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hil on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hil is still on wobbly legs! Can Christ finish him?

Hil tries to keep at a distance but Christ has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hil seems to have recovered his senses.
Christ goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Christ tries to land a knee to the head but Hil blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Christ.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Hil controls the action.
Hil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hil is trying to force a seperation but Christ has the dominant position.
Hil prevents a body shot from Christ.
Christ working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Christ misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christ scores with a shot to the side of Hil's head.
Hil wants to get back to striking at distance but Christ won't allow it.
Christ lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Christ.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christ creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Christ dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Christ takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Christ scoring well with a low kick there.
Christ connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Christ takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Christ explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Christ throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hil on the side of the head.
Christ scores with a head kick.
Hil missing with a left hand there. Christ was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hil misses with a straight right.
A bone on bone clash there as Christ blocks the leg kick.
Hil scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hil keeps the fight on the outside.
Christ is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hil can do to turn this around?
Christ closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Christ connects with a single shot there.
Hil takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Christ.
Christ lands a really nice looking cross but Hil seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Christ throws a head kick that Hil semi-blocks.
Hil gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Christ.
Hil looks to throw the jab but Christ is out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Christ. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Christ.
Hil misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Christ makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Christ ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hil takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Christ lands a leg kick that knocks Hil off balance momentarily.
Hil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Christ finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Christ delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christ tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Christ. Hil shrugs it off though.

Christ pushes Hil up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hil is trying to break the clinch but Christ is controlling him.
Christ tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Christ lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hil working hard to break the clinch.
Christ lands with a short shot to the head.
Hil blocks a body shot from Christ.
Christ lands a shot to the body.
Christ lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Christ prevents Hil from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Christ on the inside.
Hil wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christ has him pressed against the cage.
Christ is leaning against Hil and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Christ obliges.
Christ tries to throw a body punch but Hil avoids it by throwing Christ back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Christ.
Christ lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Christ lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hil backwards.
Christ throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Hil controls the action.
Hil has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Christ lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hil.
Hil prevents a body shot from Christ.
Christ looking to throw knees to the head but Hil is blocking nicely.
Christ pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Christ lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Christ tries to land knees in the clinch but Hil avoids the damage to the body.
Hil wants to get back to striking at distance but Christ won't allow it.
Hil has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Christ lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Christ tries a knee to the head but Hil blocks it.
Christ tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Hil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christ moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big right from Hil misses.
Christ lands with a slapping head kick.
Hil throws a lazy uppercut
and Christ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christ checks a leg kick.
Hil misses with an uppercut
and Christ counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hil misses with a shot to the body
and Christ counters with a nice uppercut.
Hil thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Hil does no damage.
Christ scores with a jab to the jaw.
Christ lands a head shot.
Rich Hil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christ lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Christ moves out of range of the strikes.
A cross from Christ lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christ uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hil.
Christ tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hil manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hil tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Christ showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Christ 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Christ!
Our winner, Craig Christ, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.