PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Whos Now (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). hughes has chosen tema dos guerreiro as his entrance music. Whos Now had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Now
vs
hughes

192 cm
18
167 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
18
154 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Whos Now!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David hughes!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hughes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Now scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Now looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Now missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Now tries to stand and escape but hughes is controlling the position.
hughes won't allow Now to pass to mount.

Now is sneakily working for an arm triangle but hughes sees it coming and defends easily.
hughes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Now is working away from the top position though.
hughes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Now's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Now's back!
Well, with hughes on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Now is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

Now is trying to defend against the choke here but hughes has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. hughes Tightens the hold and Now taps out furiously! hughes displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David hughes!