PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rich Hil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Klein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hil comes to the cage accompanied by Darryl & Joe- Run DMC. Klein comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mortal Kombat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hil
vs
Klein

166 cm
28
165 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

167 cm
26
132 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rich Hil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Klein!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Klein misses its intended target.
Hil jabs at Klein's body.
Hil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klein manages to avoid it.
Hil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Klein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hil walks into a left hand.
Hil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klein moves to clinch but Hil breaks away
and Hil counters with a straight right hand.
Klein throws a shot from downtown. Hil moves away and avoids it.
Klein tries to clinch there but Hil circles away.
Klein lands a nice hook to Hil's body. Hil takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Klein is looking to clinch but Hil is avoiding it.
Rich Hil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.
Klein is looking to clinch but Hil is avoiding it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hil swats away the attempt to clinch by Klein.
Klein wants to clinch.
Klein moves in looking to clinch but Hil pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Klein circles away quickly and effectively.
Klein scores with a jab.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hil swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Klein throws a looping overhand right but Hil ducks down to avoid it.
Klein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Klein closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hil counters with a nice uppercut.
Hil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klein moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hil moves out of range of the strikes.
Klein tries to clinch up.
Klein tries to clinch but Hil is having none of it.
Klein misses with a series of wild punches.
Hil takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klein moves away from the strike by Hil.
Hil looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Klein connects with the punch.

Klein moves into range and clinches up with Hil.
Klein throws an elbow but it misses.
Klein keeps control of Hil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klein trying to land knees to the body.
Klein is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Klein throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Klein tries to land knees in the clinch but Hil avoids the damage to the body.
Klein wants to get back to striking at distance but Hil won't allow it.
Klein prevents Hil from breaking the clinch.
Klein lands a nice elbow.
Klein landing knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Klein trying to control the position but instead, Hil has worked for underhooks and has pushed Klein into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hil throws a jab when Klein was well out of range.
A nice combination there by Hil.
Hil slips under a jab.

Klein pushes Hil up against the cage in a clinch.
Klein lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hil as Klein tries to tie him up.
Hil blocks an elbow strike from Klein.
Nice elbow from Klein.
Hil tries to circle away but Klein has him pinned against the cage.
Hil tries to break free but Klein pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Klein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Klein avoids the body shot from Hil.
Hil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Klein tries to clinch but Hil moves away
and Hil counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klein ducks under a wild hook from Hil.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.
Hil lands with a shot to the body.
Hil is looking to score with low kicks.
Hil uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klein.
Klein tries to clinch up.
Klein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hil throws out the jab.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.
Klein tries to clinch but Hil is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Klein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hil.
Hil misses with a body shot.
Hil fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Klein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Klein dominated that round.
That's time! Hil's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Klein connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hil momentarily.
Hil feints and then cracks Klein's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Klein down.
Hil keeps the fight on the outside.
Hil avoids the head kick by Klein.
Klein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hil.

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

Klein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hil swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Klein counters with a head kick. That will keep Hil thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Klein tries a head kick but it misses.

Klein has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hil throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kleins head.
Hil managing to block the knees to the body from Klein.
Klein putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hil in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hil blocks an elbow strike from Klein.
Hil throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hil is trying to force a seperation but Klein has the dominant position.

Hil escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hil's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hil duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Klein.
Klein throws a sloppy head kick and Hil moves out of range easily.
Klein fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hil misses with an uppercut
and Klein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Klein lands a high kick!
Klein slips a jab and a cross from Hil.
Klein tries to clinch but Hil moves out of range.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Klein. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Klein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hil keeps the fight on the outside.
Hil throws a nice looking combination but Klein bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Klein.
Hil throws a hook but Klein avoids it easily.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Klein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mickey Klein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Klein has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hil.
Klein is breathing heavily.
Hil throws a sloppy head kick
and Klein counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klein moves to clinch but Hil breaks away
and Hil makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hil moves out of range as Klein strikes.

Klein has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hil avoids a wild elbow strike from Klein.
Klein looking to throw knees to the head but Hil is blocking nicely.

Hil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hil misses with a body shot
and Klein counters with a two punch combo.
Hil fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Klein looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Klein is looking to clinch but Hil is avoiding it.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hil misses with a body shot.
Klein moves out of range as Hil strikes.
Klein avoids the head kick by Hil.
Klein tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hil misses with a looping right.
Hil lands a jab to the nose.
Klein is looking to clinch.
Klein might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Klein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Klein ducks under a wild hook from Hil.
Hil looks to land a right hand but Klein moved out of range.
Some wild striking there from Hil.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch but Hil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Klein tries to clinch up but Hil circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Klein misses.
Hil goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Klein slips a jab from Hil.
Hil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klein throws a sloppy head kick and Hil moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klein tries to clinch there but Hil circles away.
A head kick misses from Klein.
Klein doesn't manage to clinch there - Hil circles away.
Hil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hil misses with a hook. Klein ducked under it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hil is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klein.
Klein throws a sloppy head kick and Hil moves out of range easily.
Klein tries a head kick but it misses.
Klein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Klein throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hil lands a slapping body shot.
Klein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hil.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hil swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch but Hil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mickey Klein will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hil throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hil throws a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hil.
Klein wants to clinch.
Klein blocks a jab.
Hil throws a big shot that misses.
Klein moves out of range as Hil strikes.
Hil misses with an uppercut.
Klein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Klein moves into range and clinches up with Hil.
Knees to the body from Klein.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Klein escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Klein defending well as Hil loads up on a big left hand.
Hil circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hil throws an off balance right hand
and Klein counters with a nice uppercut.
Klein scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hil swats away the attempt to clinch by Klein.
Hil throws a body punch but Klein moves out of range.
Klein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Klein throws the left hand but Hil avoids the punch easily.
Klein tries to clinch up
enabling Hil to counter with a crisp jab.
Hil is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klein.
Klein defending well as Hil loads up on a big left hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hil!

Hil tries to keep at a distance but Klein has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hil avoids a wild elbow strike from Klein.
Klein is pushing Hil up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Klein pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hil is trying to break the clinch but Klein is controlling him.

Hil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klein ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sloppy strikes from Klein. Those never looked like landing.
Klein shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Klein will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Klein forces Hil back against the cage and clinches.
Klein tries to circle away but Hil has him pinned against the cage.
Hil wants to break free but Klein has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hil swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hil jabs Klein to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klein.
Klein wants to clinch up but Hil keeps it at a distance.
Hil swats away the attempt to clinch by Klein.
Hil throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hil slips a straight right by Klein.
Hil staying out of range there.
Klein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hil misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Hil misses the target.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Klein misses with an uppercut.
Hil scores with a hook to the body. Klein takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Klein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hil lands a jab to Klein's midsection.
Klein takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hil misses with a hook.
Klein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rich Hil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Klein wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Hil.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klein throws a right and a left that Hil avoids nicely.
Klein lands with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mickey Klein.
Well Klein has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Klein!
A less than humble Mickey Klein misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.