PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Hutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hutch is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cowboys from Hell. Bill Hutch told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Brigante
vs
Hutch

182 cm
23
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Evil Spirit Clothing Co. (KOF partner)
ENDLESS 152

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Brigante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Hutch!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hutch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brigante checks a leg kick.
Hutch lands a really nice looking cross but Brigante seems unphased.

Brigante darts in and clinches Hutch up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brigante.
Brigante landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hutch has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brigante is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A knee to the head by Brigante.
Knees to the body from Brigante.
Hutch looks gassed!
Knees to the body from Brigante.
Brigante lands a knee to the head.
Brigante with a knee to the head.
Brigante scores a nice knee to the body.
Brigante lands a nice knee to the body.
Hutch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brigante connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hutch's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brigante.
Brigante connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hutch's face.
Hutch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brigante lands a knee to the head.
Hutch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brigante lands a good knee to the midsection. Hutch won't want to take too many of those.
Brigante keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hutch's efforts to push away.
Brigante lands a knee to the body.

Brigante has picked Hutch up - he's going for a ride! Brigante dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Hutch is not content to let Brigante control the position.
Brigante thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hutch's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hutch tries to get to full guard but Brigante has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Brigante there.
Brigante takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brigante is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brigante is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hutch has hold of Brigante's hands but Brigante slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brigante content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ground and pound from Brigante.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante slows the pace down in half guard.
Hutch on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Brigante there.
Brigante prevents Hutch from improving his position.

Hutch kicks off Brigante and gets to his feet.

Brigante gets a clinch.
A knee to the head by Brigante.

Brigante wants the takedown. Hutch is fighting it off but Brigante persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hutch's guard against the cage.
Brigante controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Hutch has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brigante can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brigante with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hutch can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Brigante controls the pace.
Brigante advances position into side control!
Brigante controls the position from side control.

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.
Brigante has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Brigante tries to control but Hutch wriggling away.
Hutch is trying to escape the mount.
Brigante with good strikes from the mount here!
Brigante with a couple of short strikes.
Brigante breaks from Hutch's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brigante working the ground and pound effectively.
Brigante with the ground and pound from mount.
Brigante connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Brigante dominated that round.
That's time! Brigante's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brigante drives through and clinches with Hutch against the cage.
Charles Brigante has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brigante.
Brigante with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hutch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hutch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hutch tries to break free but Brigante pushes him back against the cage.
Hutch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hutch tries to break free but Brigante pushes him back against the cage.
Hutch takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brigante scores a nice knee to the body.
Brigante working Hutch over with knees to the body.
Brigante unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hutch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brigante lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brigante scores a nice knee to the body.
Brigante with a knee to the head.
Brigante landing knees to the head.
Brigante lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brigante blocks the elbow strike.
Brigante working Hutch over with knees to the body.
Brigante drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hutch pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hutch swinging wildly here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hutch. Brigante does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hutch's head.
Brigante blocks the body kick.
Hutch fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hutch misses with a leg kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Brigante.
Brigante scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Hutch's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brigante scoring with punches and elbows.
Hutch takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Brigante works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Brigante works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Brigante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hutch can do to turn this around?
Hutch tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hutch tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Brigante scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hutch to see if he's OK.
Brigante lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hutch is trying to buck Brigante off.
Brigante landing a few strikes.
Brigante is putting a hurting on Hutch here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hutch is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Brigante lands a few punches from side control.
Hutch tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brigante wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante controls the position from side control.
Hutch is trying to get back to his feet.
Brigante takes a little break here. Hutch wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Charles Brigante overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hutch takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hutch on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Brigante landing strikes.
Brigante working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Brigante happy to just control the position for now.
Brigante is putting a hurting on Hutch here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigante is chipping away with strikes.
Brigante working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Brigante cracks Hutch with a big elbow.
Hutch wants to get back to his feet.
Brigante is chipping away with strikes.
Brigante lands an elbow.
Brigante creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Brigante scores with punches from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hutch takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Brigante trying to control the position but Hutch is working away.
Brigante works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Brigante dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Brigante fails with an attempt to clinch.

Brigante has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hutch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brigante has him pressed against the cage.
Brigante keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hutch's efforts to push away.
Brigante unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hutch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brigante crunches a lovely knee into Hutch's ribcage.
Brigante landing knees to the body.
Brigante scores with a knee to the head.
Brigante utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hutch wants to stall.
Brigante connects with a knee to the head.
Brigante tries to land a knee to the head but Hutch blocks with his arms.
Brigante putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hutch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hutch wants to get back to striking at distance but Brigante won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brigante scores with a knee to the head.
Hutch wants to get back to striking at distance but Brigante won't allow it.
Hutch trying to stall but Brigante improves his position.
Brigante unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brigante throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hutch is trying to drag Brigante to the mat but Brigante just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hutch jumps guard but Brigante stands there with Hutch around his waist. Hutch gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hutch takes a knee right on the jaw!

Hutch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brigante keeps the fight on the outside.
Hutch fails with the takedown

and Brigante counters with a takedown into side control.
Charles Brigante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Hutch.
Hutch sneaks back into half guard.
Ground and pound from Brigante.
Hutch wants to get back to his feet.
Hutch tries to roll over but Brigante keeps him under control.
Hutch is looking to control Brigante's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hutch avoid being mounted?
Hutch flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Charles Brigante is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Brigante lands with a punch from half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Brigante rushes Hutch and presses him up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Brigante.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brigante.
Brigante with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brigante scores with a knee to the head.
Brigante using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hutch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brigante lands a knee to the body.
Brigante lands a good knee to the midsection. Hutch won't want to take too many of those.
Hutch jumps guard but Brigante stands there with Hutch around his waist. Hutch gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brigante scores with a knee to the head.
Hutch is trying to break the clinch but Brigante has him pressed against the cage.
Brigante's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bill Hutch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutch is trying to break the clinch but Brigante has him pressed against the cage.
Brigante has Hutch pressed against the cage, preventing Hutch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brigante scores with a knee to the head.
Brigante connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hutch's face.
Brigante lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Brigante.

Hutch is fighting off a takedown attempt but Brigante is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hutch to the mat. Hutch regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Brigante sitting in guard here, content to control.
Brigante seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hutch for as long as he can get away with.
Brigante stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hutch swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hutch is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigante pushing down on Hutch's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hutch throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hutch wants to control but Brigante is keeping busy.
Brigante working over Hutch with some ground and pound. Hutch looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brigante winds up and cracks Hutch with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Still in half guard, Brigante seems content to control.

Hutch looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Hutch actively working from the bottom here.
Brigante working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Brigante not doing much here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Brigante showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brigante, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Brigante!