PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lexington Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Padraig McGuinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Padraig McGuinness will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hill
vs
McGuinness

197 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lexington Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Padraig McGuinness!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuinness tries to clinch there but Hill circles away.
A jab from Hill finds it's way through McGuinness's defenses.
Hill scores with a nice head shot.
McGuinness throws a right and a left that Hill avoids nicely.
Hill uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuinness.
Hill is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGuinness.
Hill throws a hook to the side of McGuinness's head but McGuinness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGuinness throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hill counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hill circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hill counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hill swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGuinness tries to clinch up
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Hill.
McGuinness takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuinness tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hill makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hill ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McGuinness attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McGuinness throws a shot to the body.
Hill scores with a body shot.
McGuinness throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hill misses the shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hill scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hill pushes McGuinness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hill lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hill lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGuinness backwards.
Hill pushes McGuinness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hill dodges an elbow strike from McGuinness.
Hill lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGuinness backwards.
McGuinness pushes off an throws an elbow but Hill leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hill just leaning against McGuinness, taking a breather.
Hill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hill misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuinness is trying to maintain a safe position but Hill gets an underhook and turns McGuinness into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Hill.
Nice body punch from Hill - that landed with a thud.
McGuinness looks winded!
Hill has a couple of punches blocked by McGuinness.
Hill lands a body shot.
McGuinness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Lexington Hill has been cut.
Hill lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill blocks the elbow strike.
Hill digs a right hand underneath McGuinness's ribcage. McGuinness let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Hill on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Hill.
Hill working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hill lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGuinness backwards.
Hill works on McGuinness's body with a couple of short punches.
Hill lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGuinness backwards.
A short body shot lands from Hill as the two fighters clinch.
Hill works on McGuinness's body with a couple of short punches.
Hill is trying to force a seperation but McGuinness has the dominant position.
Hill is pushing McGuinness up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hill tries to throw a body punch but McGuinness avoids it by throwing Hill back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill blocks the elbow strike.
Hill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hill lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Hill.
Stalling in the clinch from Hill.
Hill scores with a shot to the side of McGuinness's head.
A head punch on the inside from Hill fails to land.
McGuinness takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hill.
McGuinness lands a nice elbow.
Hill lands a left hand.
McGuinness blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Hill.
Hill tries to throw a body punch but McGuinness avoids it by throwing Hill back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McGuinness.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hill.
With the fighters up against the cage, McGuinness throws an elbow but misses.
Hill avoids the elbow strike from McGuinness, against the cage.
Hill working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hill blocks an elbow strike from McGuinness.
McGuinness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Lexington Hill's cut is getting worse.
A short uppercut from Hill.
McGuinness is looking to control Hill's arms but Hill gets an underhook and turns him. Now McGuinness has his back to the cage.
Hill blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Hill - that landed with a thud.
McGuinness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hill dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McGuinness creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hill's defenses.
Hill lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGuinness backwards.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hill blocks an elbow strike from McGuinness.
Hill misses with the head strike.
A short right from Hill.
Hill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGuinness lands an elbow just above Hill 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McGuinness lands an elbow just above Hill 's eye.

Jeez, Lexington Hill's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGuinness lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lexington Hill's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Padraig McGuinness!