Quick Fight Championship PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nigel McHughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy Bateman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McHughes comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To My Hood. Paddy Bateman has the eye of the tiger tonight.

McHughes
vs
Bateman

187 cm
41
191 lbs
28 - 23 - 1

185 cm
32
195 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 28 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nigel McHughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paddy Bateman!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from McHughes misses.
McHughes just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Bateman misses.
Bateman scores with a decent looking hook.
McHughes takes one to the side of the head.
McHughes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McHughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bateman.
A jab from Bateman misses.
McHughes throws an overhand right that lands on Bateman's shoulder, as Bateman tries to avoid the shot.
Bateman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bateman missing with a left hand there. McHughes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bateman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bateman throws a hook but McHughes blocks it.
Bateman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McHughes on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bateman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McHughes momentarily.
Bateman throws out a loose jab but McHughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bateman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donk. Bateman catches McHughes right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bateman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McHughes.
Bateman misses with a lunging right hand
and McHughes counters with a big head kick but Bateman shrugs it off.
Bateman misses with a straight left.
Bateman throws a lazy uppercut
and McHughes counters with a stiff right hand.
McHughes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bateman slips a jab from McHughes.
Bateman is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McHughes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McHughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bateman.
Bateman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McHughes's hands.
Bateman throws a hook to the side of McHughes's head but McHughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good shot there by Bateman.
McHughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McHughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bateman throws out the jab.
McHughes tries a head kick but it misses.
Bateman misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McHughes moves out of range as Bateman strikes.
A big left from Bateman misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHughes cracks Bateman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bateman slips a straight right by McHughes.
McHughes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bateman misses with a hook.
McHughes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Paddy Bateman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bateman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bateman avoids the head kick by McHughes.
Bateman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bateman's corner calls for a 1-2. Bateman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice shot by Bateman.
Bateman throws the left hand but McHughes avoids the punch easily.
McHughes staying out of range there.
Bateman takes one to the chin there.
Bateman looks to land a left hand but McHughes moved out of range nicely.
McHughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bateman.
Bateman's jab looks to have found its range, popping McHughes under the eye.
McHughes walks into a straight right hand from Bateman.

McHughes is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bateman.
It looked like McHughes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Oh McHughes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McHughes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McHughes seems to have got his legs back now.
McHughes misses with an uppercut.

Bateman sends McHughes crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Bateman is motioning to the referee to let McHughes up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
McHughes staying out of range there.
Bateman drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of McHughes's head, knocking him out cold! Bateman is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paddy Bateman!
An out of breath Paddy Bateman thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.