PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between IP Freely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hill has chosen Its Raining Men as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Freely
vs
Hill

160 cm
22
140 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

167 cm
26
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, IP Freely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenny Hill!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Freely counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hill wants to control but Freely is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Freely wants to pass to mount but Hill is defending the position.

Hill pushes Freely off and gets back to his feet.
Freely closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hill circles away.
Hill closes this distance looking for a takedown but Freely circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Freely is defended easily by Hill.
Freely fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for IP Freely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Freely fails with a takedown attempt.
Hill leaves Freely with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freely tries to clinch up but Hill circles away and keeps his distance.
Freely fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Freely tries for a takedown but Hill sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hill is looking to clinch.
Hill throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Freely's waist but Freely gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hill off to one side.

Hill has closed the distance and engaged Freely in a clinch.
Freely has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hill after a bit of a struggle.
Freely changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hill fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hill looks for a takedown but Freely sprawls well.

Freely 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Freely drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Freely jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hill wants to stand but Freely is controlling the position.
Hill is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Hill working for a triangle but Freely defends it easily.
Freely is pushing down on Hill's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hill is fighting to maintain full guard but Freely has managed to sneak the leg through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Freely is thwarting Hill's attempts to control the position.

Freely is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hill trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hill looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Freely pushes past his half guard into mount!
Hill looks winded!
Freely is landing with some decent strikes but Hill is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hill trying desperately to get to his feet.
Freely controlling the position easily from mount.
Freely fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Freely with the ground and pound from mount.
Hill takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Hill is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Freely looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Hill is still in real trouble! Can Freely finish him?
Freely cracks Hill with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Freely has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Freely can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hill is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freely lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Hill! Freely sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Hill and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). IP Freely!
IP Freely bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.