PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seth Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stretch Morbid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Morbid's choice of entrance music: The Fight song. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hughes
vs
Morbid

182 cm
23
181 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stretch Morbid!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morbid lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morbid.
Morbid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.

Morbid closes the distance and clinches.

Hughes turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Hughes is looking to take a break and control but Morbid is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morbid pushes Hughes away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hughes gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Hughes fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Morbid managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hughes.
Morbid is trying to get back to his feet.

Hughes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Morbid taking a bit of punishment here - Hughes scoring with strikes.
Hughes looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Morbid is avoiding damage well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hughes lands with a shot to the body.
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morbid wants to clinch up but Hughes keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morbid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morbid is looking to clinch but Hughes is avoiding it.
Morbid tries to clinch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Morbid moves away and avoids it.
Morbid will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Morbid tries to clinch
letting Hughes counter with a right hand.
Hughes fails with a takedown attempt.
Morbid throws a head kick but Hughes moves out of range.
Morbid misses with a leg kick.
No joy there for Hughes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morbid clinches but Hughes breaks the clinch
and Hughes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Morbid circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hughes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morbid circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Hughes finds it's way through Morbid's defenses.

Morbid closes the distance and clinches.
Morbid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hughes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morbid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hughes's face.
Hughes lands a left hand.
Hughes lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Morbid.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hughes.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes goes for a takedown attempt but Morbid pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morbid darts in trying to clinch

and Hughes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hughes.
Morbid looks gassed!
Morbid wants to stand up but Hughes is controlling him.
Hughes lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hughes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes trying to control but Morbid is working from the bottom.
Hughes won't allow Morbid to get back to his feet.
Hughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hughes shoots in and bounces Morbid off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morbid wants to get back to his feet but Hughes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hughes is looking to work some ground and pound but Morbid has wrist control.
Morbid keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hughes wants to pass the guard but Morbid is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morbid keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morbid scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Morbid has closed the distance and engaged Hughes in a clinch.
Hughes lands a shot to the body.
Hughes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morbid avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes lands with a left to the head.
Hughes lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Hughes.
Hughes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hughes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morbid is keeping busy.
Hughes scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes cracks Morbid with a nice body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hughes obliges.
Hughes is leaning against Morbid and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morbid's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Hughes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Hughes dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hughes rushes Morbid and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morbid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes pushes Morbid back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morbid missing with knees to the body.
Morbid blocks a body shot from Hughes.
Hughes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morbid prevents the takedown attempt.
Morbid trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes lands with a short shot to the head.
Hughes scores with a shot to the side of Morbid's head.
Hughes avoiding damage as Morbid throws knees to the body.
Hughes lands a hook that snaps the head of Morbid backwards.
Hughes is working for takedown but Morbid is calmly controlling the position for now.
A right hand to the body from Hughes.
Hughes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morbid is breathing heavily.
Hughes works on Morbid's body with a couple of short punches.
Morbid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Hughes.
Morbid lands a knee to the body.
Hughes lands a body shot.
Morbid takes a shot to the head.
Hughes lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hughes lands with a right to the head.

Hughes works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hughes throwing strikes from guard but Morbid blocks nicely.
Morbid keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes is really struggling to control Morbid but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Hughes stops Morbid from standing up.
Hughes content to stall in guard here.
Hughes trying to control but Morbid is working from the bottom.
Morbid wants to stand up but Hughes is controlling him.
Hughes throwing strikes from guard but Morbid blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morbid blocks a jab.
Hughes throws a jab when Morbid was well out of range.
Hughes misses the jab.
Morbid tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morbid takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hughes throws a body punch but Morbid moves out of range.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Morbid moved out of range nicely.
Morbid tries to clinch but Hughes moves away
and Hughes counters with a right hand to the body.
Morbid scores with a kick to the midsection.
Morbid throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
Stretch Morbid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hughes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hughes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Hughes.
Hughes pushes Morbid back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Hughes for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A short uppercut from Hughes.
Hughes misses with the head strike.
Hughes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morbid or not.
Morbid throws an elbow but it misses.
Morbid gets underhooks to prevent Hughes's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morbid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hughes.
Hughes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morbid is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hughes lands a shot to the body.
Hughes wants a takedown but no success here.
Hughes digs a right hand underneath Morbid's ribcage. Morbid let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morbid avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morbid obliges.
Morbid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morbids head.
Hughes avoiding damage as Morbid throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hughes.
Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morbid avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes just leaning against Morbid, taking a breather.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Hughes has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Morbid is trying to keep an underhook but Hughes manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Morbid wants to get back to his feet.
Hughes slips a nice elbow through Morbid's hands, connecting with Morbid's forehead.
Morbid is not content to let Hughes control the position.
Morbid wants to get back to his feet.
Hughes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Well, if Hughes is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morbid is not content to let Hughes control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Hughes dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Morbid darts in trying to clinch
and Hughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morbid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morbid tries to clinch but Hughes moves away

and Hughes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Morbid won't be happy with that.

Hughes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hughes content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Hughes fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Morbid is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Hughes is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morbid has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morbid tries to escape but Hughes is in control.
Hughes throwing shots but missing, from side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morbid wants to clinch
and Hughes counters with a three punch combo that has Morbid backing up. Morbid nods at Hughes to acknowledge the strikes.
Morbid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hughes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hughes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morbid.
Hughes lands a with a good body shot.
Hughes lands a lovely overhand right.
Morbid tries to clinch up
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Morbid throws a combination that misses

and Hughes decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Morbid's guard.
Hughes stands up over Morbid, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.
Morbid wants to get back to his feet but Hughes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Hughes is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Morbid is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Hughes drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hughes jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hughes chips away with some ground and pound.
Hughes stops Morbid from standing up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morbid checks the leg kick nicely there.

Hughes rushes Morbid and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hughes fails to land.
Morbid landing knees to the body.
Hughes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morbid can do to turn this around?
Hughes tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hughes misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morbid prevents a body shot from Hughes.
Morbid misses with a knee strike.
Hughes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morbid or not.
Hughes throws a head punch that misses.
Hughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Morbid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Morbid gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morbid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hughes.
Stretch Morbid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morbid tries to land knees in the clinch but Hughes avoids the damage to the body.
Morbid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morbid pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morbid clinches but Hughes breaks the clinch
and Hughes counters with a left to the body.
Morbid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morbid looks to clinch
and Hughes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Hughes clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A right hook to the body lands for Hughes.
Morbid pushes off an throws an elbow but Hughes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hughes misses with the head strike.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morbid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morbid scores with a knee to the head.
Seth Hughes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hughes looking for a takedown.

Hughes is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Morbid can't fight it off and eventually Hughes manages to take the fight to the floor. Morbid looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hughes trying to control but Morbid is working from the bottom.
Seth Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hughes 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.
Hughes postures up in Morbid's guard and throws a big left but Morbid blocks it.
Hughes stops Morbid from standing up.
Morbid preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morbid throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hughes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hughes is looking to work some ground and pound but Morbid has wrist control.
Morbid throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morbid.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seth Hughes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hughes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seth Hughes!