PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mijo Jagatic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hill
vs
Jagatic

167 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenny Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mijo Jagatic!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill lands a body shot.

Hill instigates a clinch.
Hill leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hill is pressed up against the cage. Jagatic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hill down to the mat. Hill avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Hill shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jagatic's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Jagatic is working an open guard so Hill takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Hill instigates a clinch.
Hill is pressed up against the cage. Jagatic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hill down to the mat. Hill avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Hill clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jagatic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Hill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hill stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hill wants it to stay on the feet.
Kenny Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mijo Jagatic.
Hill throws a nice inside leg kick.

Hill darts in and clinches Jagatic up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill works on Jagatic's body with a couple of short punches.
Jagatic is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jagatic looks gassed!
Hill stalling.
Hill working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Hill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hill scores with a leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Hill. No joy for Jagatic on that attempt.

Hill darts in and clinches Jagatic up against the cage.
Hill lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jagatic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hill lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hill has Jagatic pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hill breaks the clinch.
Jagatic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Hill clinches up with Jagatic and pushes him back against the cage.
Hill lands a nice uppercut.

Hill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hill rushes Jagatic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Hill - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hill lands a body shot.

Hill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hill closes the distance and clinches.
Jagatic has Hill pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hill manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jagatic tries for a takedown. No joy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hill takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jagatic.

Hill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hill drives through with a takedown into guard.

Hill decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jagatic misses with a combination

and Hill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

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

Hill has closed the distance and engaged Jagatic in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Hill.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jagatic dodges the punch combination from Hill.
Hill stuffs the takedown.

Jagatic gets tackled into the cage by Hill. Hill maintains the clinch.

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

Hill takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hill dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hill seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Hill dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Hill breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hill stalling the fight.

Hill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jagatic fails with the takedown.

Hill has closed the distance and engaged Jagatic in a clinch.
Hill stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jagatic fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jagatic letting Hill take a breather here.

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

Jagatic gets tackled into the cage by Hill. Hill maintains the clinch.
Jagatic looking for a takedown.
Kenny Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mijo Jagatic.
Hill lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jagatic.

Hill manages to break the clinch.

Hill clinches.
Hill stalls.

Hill manages to break the clinch.

Hill shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jagatic's guard.
Jagatic has a closed guard, preventing Hill from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hill decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jagatic is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hill with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jagatic fails with the takedown.

Hill feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Jagatic is working an open guard so Hill takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jagatic can do to turn this around?
Jagatic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hill counters with a right hand to the body.

Hill shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hill stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Hill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Come on Hill - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Hill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hill moves into the clinch.
Hill lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kenny Hill has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill landing knees to the head.

Jagatic jumps into guard, dragging Hill to the mat.

Hill stands up and waves to Jagatic to follow him.

Hill fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jagatic to the ground. Hill is now in Jagatic's guard.
Kenny Hill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hill decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jagatic, up you get!

Jagatic tries to keep at a distance but Hill has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hill landing knees to the body.
Hill holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Hill dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jagatic tries for a takedown but Hill sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Hill has managed to clinch.
Jagatic is trying to pull guard but Hill has him pressed against the cage.

Hill breaks the clinch.

Hill shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Hill decides to stand up.
Jagatic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Hill darts in and clinches Jagatic up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jagatic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hill pressing his opponent against the cage.

Hill breaks from the clinch.

Hill shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jagatic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Hill gets to his feet - Jagatic follows without any prompting.

Hill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hill stalling against the cage.
Jagatic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a knee to the body.
Jagatic is working for takedown but Hill is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kenny Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mijo Jagatic.

Hill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hill pushes Jagatic up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hill manages to break the clinch.

Hill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jagatic tries for a takedown. No joy.

Hill breaks the clinch.

Jagatic tries to keep at a distance but Hill has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hill has Jagatic pressed against the cage, preventing Jagatic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hill stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Hill manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hill gets the takedown into side control.

Hill decides to stand back up. Hill steps back and let's Jagatic get back to his feet.

Hill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mijo Jagatic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hill stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

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

Hill shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hill showed some decent athleticism there.

Hill decides to stand and escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hill shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Hill stands up from guard. Let's bang!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jagatic tries a body shot but Hill blocks it.

Hill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hill gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Jagatic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Hill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hill 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Hill!
A very excited looking Kenny Hill made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.