PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Hillbilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Dillon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hillbilly comes to the cage accompanied by I Love Country Music (And I'd Rather Fight Than Switch). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hillbilly
vs
Dillon

188 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Hillbilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Dillon!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hillbilly tries to clinch up.
Hillbilly misses with a double jab
and Dillon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hillbilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hillbilly drives through and clinches with Dillon against the cage.
Hillbilly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dillon has him pressed against the cage.
Dillon avoids the elbow strike from Hillbilly, against the cage.
Hillbilly gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dillon.
Dillon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dillon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Dillon.
Hillbilly misses with the head strike.
Hillbilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillon.
Dillon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Hillbilly breaks from the clinch.
Dillon throws a jab when Hillbilly was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dillon checks a leg kick.
Hillbilly misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hillbilly tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Dillon counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dillon stalling.
Hillbilly is trying to get back to full guard.
Hillbilly is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillon performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dillon is keen to just control but Hillbilly is a slippery customer.
Hillbilly landing rabbit punches to the side of Dillon's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Hillbilly flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hillbilly misses with a straight right.
Hillbilly throws a body kick that misses.
Hillbilly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dillon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henry Hillbilly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hillbilly tries to clinch

and Dillon decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hillbilly's guard.
Dillon looking to pass the guard.
Dillon must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dillon sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dillon with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hillbilly is keeping the position for now.
Hillbilly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hillbilly looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dillon puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dillon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hillbilly trying to control here.
Dillon prevents Hillbilly from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hillbilly trying to control from the bottom.
Dillon is trying to control. Hillbilly wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hillbilly is looking for a sweep. Dillon is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hillbilly clinches but Dillon breaks the clinch

and Dillon counters with a single leg into guard. Hillbilly didn't expect that.
Hillbilly striking off his back but it's not causing Dillon any problems.
Hillbilly throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hillbilly doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dillon tries to free his leg and advance position but Hillbilly is retaining full guard.
Dillon controls from within his opponent's guard.

Hillbilly wriggles free and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Dillon dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dillon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dillon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hillbilly.
Hillbilly throws a one two combo.
Hillbilly wants to clinch but Dillon slips to the side

and Dillon counters with a single leg into guard. Hillbilly didn't expect that.
Dillon stopping the sweep attempt from Hillbilly.
Hillbilly will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Hillbilly trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hillbilly doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dillon looking to sit in guard and control but Hillbilly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hillbilly sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dillon's guard.
Dillon is refusing to be controlled, as Hillbilly sits in half guard.
Hillbilly slips a nice elbow through Dillon's hands, connecting with Dillon's forehead.
Hillbilly is nestled in close to Dillon, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hillbilly 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.
Hillbilly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hillbilly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dillon defending well though.
Dillon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hillbilly.
Hillbilly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hillbilly passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dillon!
Dillon doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Johnny Dillon has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hillbilly sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dillon is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hillbilly breaks from Dillon's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hillbilly landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dillon is breathing heavily.
Dillon is trying to escape the mount.
Hillbilly trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hillbilly working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hillbilly looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hillbilly prevents Dillon from getting the reversal.
Hillbilly putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hillbilly with a couple of short strikes.
Hillbilly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dillon's face.

Hillbilly is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dillon is surviving well by controlling Hillbilly's body position as best he can.
Hillbilly sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hillbilly throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dillon because Hillbilly loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillon is looking to improve his position but Hillbilly isn't that keen on the idea.
Hillbilly thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Dillon takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dillon blocking the ground and pound.
Hillbilly sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hillbilly lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hillbilly with a couple of short strikes.
Hillbilly throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dillon working to try and regain half guard.
Hillbilly punching from mount but Dillon doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Hillbilly 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!

Hillbilly wants to clinch

and Dillon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dillon.
Hillbilly tries to land a knee to the head but Dillon blocks with his arms.

Hillbilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hillbilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Dillon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dillon showed some decent athleticism there.
Dillon trying to control the action but Hillbilly is working from the bottom.
Hillbilly gets back to full guard.
Dillon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hillbilly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dillon won't allow Hillbilly to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hillbilly scores with a nice shot.
Dillon advances to half guard.
Hillbilly works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hillbilly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dillon is one step ahead there.
Dillon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hillbilly is keeping the position for now.
Dillon throwing strikes but missing.
Hillbilly trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Hillbilly striking off his back but it's not causing Dillon any problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dillon wants to control from the top but Hillbilly keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hillbilly is on top in guard.
Hillbilly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dillon wants to sweep here but Hillbilly controlling him for the moment.
Hillbilly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dillon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hillbilly.
Hillbilly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dillon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hillbilly trying to control but Dillon is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hillbilly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hillbilly tries to close the distance and clinch but Dillon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hillbilly fakes the leg kick and cracks Dillon in the body.
Hillbilly throws an overhand right that lands on Dillon's shoulder, as Dillon tries to avoid the shot.
Dillon avoids a punch combination nicely.

Hillbilly closes the distance and clinches.
Dillon drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hillbilly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hillbilly wants to clinch up but Dillon keeps it at a distance.
Henry Hillbilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hillbilly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dillon's calf.

Hillbilly clinches.
Hillbilly has had enough of the clinch but Dillon keeps him there for the moment.
Hillbilly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dillon has him pressed against the cage.
Hillbilly lands a nice elbow.
Dillon keeps control of Hillbilly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hillbilly can't break the clinch.
Dillon takes a knee right on the jaw!

Hillbilly manages to break the clinch.
Hillbilly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hillbilly tries to clinch
and Dillon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hillbilly!

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Hillbilly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hillbilly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Hillbilly!