PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ratt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Boyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes to the cage accompanied by Country boy can survive. Boyce is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cockney Rejects - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles. Tommy Boyce has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hughes
vs
Boyce

181 cm
23
175 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

187 cm
26
175 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

WAR Combat Gear

FinnFighters Nutrition
Syndicate Drugs

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ratt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Boyce!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boyce drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Boyce misses with a straight left.
Boyce misses with a looping left.
Boyce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Hughes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boyce.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boyce's head backwards.
Hughes lands a nice shot to the body.
Hughes works Boyce's body with a nice hook.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyce misses with a straight right.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Boyce ducks down to avoid it.
Boyce wants to slow Hughes down by chopping away at his legs.
Boyce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Boyce clobbers Hughes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hughes misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boyce.
A slow jab from Hughes misses its intended target.
Hughes lands a nice shot to the body.
Hughes throws a good cross that connects.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Boyce.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boyce.
Tommy Boyce is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boyce takes a jab right on the kisser.

Hughes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Boyce manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Boyce wants to hit a switch here but Hughes passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Boyce there!
Hughes looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hughes misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes with the ground and pound from mount.
Hughes throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Boyce is wriggling around trying to escape.
Boyce holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hughes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Boyce holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hughes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Boyce is desperately trying to improve his position but Hughes has a good base and remains in mount.
Hughes is landing with some decent strikes but Boyce is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyce's face.
Hughes throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Boyce because Hughes loaded up on that one.
Hughes thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes punching from mount but Boyce doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hughes with a couple of short strikes.
Boyce working to try and regain half guard.
Boyce tries to lock up and control but Hughes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hughes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyce is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hughes raining down shots from the mount!
Hughes raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hughes looking to finish with strikes here!
Hughes looking to ground and pound but Boyce is blocking nicely.
Boyce wants to control but Hughes is having none of it.
Hughes looking to finish Boyce with some ground and pound. This is bad for Boyce!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ratt Hughes dominated that 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.

Hughes connects with a single shot there.
Boyce lands a nice hook to Hughes's body. Hughes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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.
Boyce swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
Boyce throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes misses with a combination
and Boyce connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boyce looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.

Hughes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Boyce looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Boyce is looking to reverse the position.
Hughes scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Boyce to see if he's OK.
Hughes working the ground and pound.
Boyce takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Boyce is not content to let Hughes control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes landing strikes.

Boyce is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boyce taking a bit of punishment here - Hughes scoring with strikes.
Boyce is still in real trouble! Can Hughes finish him?
Hughes cracks Boyce with an elbow. That is naaassty.
A big shot lands for Hughes! That's hurt Boyce! Will he recover? Hughes fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ratt Hughes!