PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Pennington (ranked 4365 p4p, 5934 weight class) and Stevie Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pennington
vs
Hughes

177 cm
18
176
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
180
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Floyd Pennington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stevie Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pennington is looking to counter punch.
Pennington misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Hughes misses with a double jab.
Pennington slips a jab from Hughes.
Hughes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pennington.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Pennington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevie Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hughes defending well as Pennington loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pennington is looking to counter punch.
Pennington looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pennington loads up on a big right hand but Hughes slips the punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hughes.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Pennington.
Hughes throws out a counter right but Pennington avoids it with no problem.
Hughes fails to land with a series of punches.
Hughes lands a jab to Pennington's midsection.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Pennington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hughes.
As Pennington backs off Hughes throws a huge counter combo but Pennington manages to avoid it all.
Pennington swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
Hughes misses with a straight left.
Pennington throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pennington throws out the jab.
A punch combination from Hughes misses.
Pennington throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Pennington swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pennington.
Hughes tries to clinch but Pennington moves out of range.
Pennington throws a shot from downtown. Hughes moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pennington throws a looping overhand right but Hughes ducks down to avoid it.
Hughes slips under a jab from Pennington.

Hughes moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Pennington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Hughes.
Pennington throws a hook to the side of Hughes's head but Hughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Pennington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hughes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hughes looks for the body kick but Pennington saw that one coming.
Hughes slips under a jab from Pennington.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennington throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pennington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennington misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Hughes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hughes tries to clinch there but Pennington circles away.
Pennington misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Hughes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pennington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pennington takes one on the button.
Pennington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hughes.
Pennington misses with an uppercut.
Hughes scores with a jab to the head.

Hughes instigates a clinch.

Pennington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Pennington.
Hughes throws a counter combo.
Pennington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Pennington.
Pennington swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennington misses with a right hand
and Hughes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pennington thinking.
Pennington is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hughes cracks Pennington with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Pennington circles away and keeps his distance.
Pennington is looking to counter punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pennington swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Pennington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hughes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pennington throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pennington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Pennington.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pennington throws out the jab.
Hughes blocks a jab.
Pennington blocks the body kick.
Hughes lands a lovely overhand right.
Pennington takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Hughes closes the distance and clinches.
Hughes is pushing Pennington up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Hughes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pennington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pennington looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Pennington misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Pennington.
Pennington takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses.
Pennington misses the jab.
Pennington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Hughes.
Pennington misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hughes! But no joy.
Hughes throws a head kick but Pennington moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pennington is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pennington takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses.
Hughes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hughes moves away from the strike by Pennington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
Pennington throws a shot from downtown. Hughes moves away and avoids it.
Pennington misses with an uppercut.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Hughes misses with the combination.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Pennington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pennington throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Pennington misses with a series of wild punches.
Pennington cracks Hughes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pennington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Pennington swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Hughes misses with a two punch combination.
Pennington throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Pennington misses the shot to the body.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pennington throws out the jab.
As Pennington backs off Hughes throws a huge counter combo but Pennington manages to avoid it all.
Hughes swings for the body but Pennington moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pennington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Pennington throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Hughes misses.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Pennington throws a quick counter kick to the body but Hughes avoids it.
Pennington misses with a straight right.
As Pennington backs off Hughes throws a huge counter combo but Pennington manages to avoid it all.
Hughes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pennington takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennington throws a looping overhand right but Hughes ducks down to avoid it.
Pennington throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pennington.
Hughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Pennington misses.
Pennington misses with a body shot.
Pennington throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
A big right from Hughes misses.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Pennington avoids them all with ease.
Hughes misses with a wild combination.
Pennington misses with a hook. Hughes ducked under it nicely.

Hughes takes the fight into the clinch.
Pennington takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pennington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Pennington breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Hughes misses.
Hughes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Pennington misses.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pennington throws out the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Pennington misses.
Hughes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pennington misses with a body shot.
Hughes is looking for the big counter here.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pennington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughes misses with a wild combination.
Stevie Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pennington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Pennington.
Hughes is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Stevie Hughes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pennington misses with a wild body shot.
Pennington connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pennington moves out of range of the strikes.
Pennington throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
Pennington walks into a jab.
Pennington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
A big left from Pennington misses.
Pennington connects with a body shot that sends Hughes's belly button to the back.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hughes slips under a jab from Pennington.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes looks to land a body kick but Pennington moved away.
Pennington misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Pennington throws a hook but Hughes blocks it.
Pennington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pennington tries to score with a low kick but Hughes moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pennington swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
A big left from Pennington misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hughes! But no joy.
Stevie Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pennington misses with a straight left.
Pennington throws a body shot but no joy.
Pennington looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
Pennington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Hughes does no damage.
A combination from Hughes does no damage.
Hughes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab from Pennington misses.
Hughes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pennington doesn't seem bothered though.
Pennington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes blocks a jab.
Hughes defending well as Pennington loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Hughes has managed to clinch.
Hughes misses with a punch on the inside.
Pennington is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Pennington has the dominant position.
Pennington manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hughes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pennington looking to stall.

Pennington manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab lands there for Pennington.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hughes. Pennington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pennington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hughes misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Hughes misses.
Hughes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pennington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pennington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Despite the aggression on Hughes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hughes misses the jab.
Hughes takes a swing at Pennington's ribcage but misses.
Hughes slips under a jab.
Hughes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pennington misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Pennington.
Hughes throws a hook but Pennington blocks it.
Pennington looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big left from Pennington misses.
Pennington moves out of range of the body kick from Hughes.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pennington.
Pennington misses with a looping right.
Pennington misses with a straight right.
Pennington misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pennington.
Hughes throws out a counter right but Pennington avoids it with no problem.
Pennington swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pennington.
Floyd Pennington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stevie Hughes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hughes defending well as Pennington loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Floyd Pennington.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevie Hughes!
Our winner, Stevie Hughes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.