PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravish McTavish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mark Hughes has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mark Hughes seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hughes
vs
McTavish

194 cm
26
279 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

200 cm
26
280 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ravish McTavish!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTavish throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McTavish throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McTavish is looking to chop away at Hughes's legs.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McTavish's head backwards.
McTavish throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
McTavish throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.
Hughes lands with a nice combination. McTavish backs away looking to recover.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hughes. McTavish does a little dance to reset his feet.
McTavish throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hughes slips a straight right by McTavish.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Hughes.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but McTavish moved out of range nicely.
McTavish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes throws a lazy right hand but McTavish sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from McTavish misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Hughes misses the target.
Hughes throws a jab when McTavish was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from McTavish.
McTavish takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from McTavish. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
McTavish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McTavish throws a hook to the side of Hughes's head but Hughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTavish.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTavish.
Hughes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McTavish backs up against the cage.
Hughes misses with an uppercut.
Hughes misses with a hook to the body
and McTavish counters with a three punch combo that has Hughes backing up. Hughes nods at McTavish to acknowledge the strikes.
Hughes throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling McTavish to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A leg kick checked by Hughes.
McTavish connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hughes's hands.
McTavish misses with a straight left.
Hughes misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from McTavish misses.
McTavish slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab, jab by McTavish - just one landing.
Hughes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big right from Hughes misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTavish lands the left hand.
A jab from McTavish does it's job there.
Hughes throws a series of strikes that have McTavish backpedaling.
Hughes throws a sloppy body shot
and McTavish counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hughes wants to land a leg kick but McTavish is out of range.
Hughes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hughes scores with a jab to the body.
Hughes misses with a straight right.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. McTavish was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McTavish ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
McTavish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McTavish blocks a low kick nicely.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but McTavish moved out of range nicely.
Hughes misses with a combination
and McTavish counters with a straight right hand.
McTavish throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. McTavish was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hughes slips a straight right by McTavish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTavish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McTavish lands a lovely overhand right.
Hughes misses with a body shot
and McTavish counters with a nice body shot.
McTavish cracks Hughes with a right hand to the side of the head.
McTavish smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McTavish moves away from the strike by Hughes.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
McTavish takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McTavish connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but McTavish is just out of range.
Hughes throws a front kick aimed at McTavish's knee but McTavish avoids it well.
McTavish gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hughes throws a predictable looking body shot
and McTavish counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hughes moves away from the strike by McTavish.
McTavish slips a jab from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a jab to the body
and McTavish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McTavish jabs Hughes to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McTavish.
Hughes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Hughes moves away from the strike by McTavish.
McTavish falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hughes scores with a jab to the body.
McTavish swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes throws a predictable looking body shot
and McTavish counters with a straight right hand.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McTavish moves away from the strike by Hughes.
McTavish slips a straight right by Hughes.
Hughes tries to work over McTavish's front leg with a kick but McTavish checks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Hughes misses.
Mark Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McTavish connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hughes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McTavish connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hughes thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ravish McTavish dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A nice leg kick lands there from McTavish.
A leg kick checked by Hughes.
McTavish slips a jab from Hughes.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McTavish.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but McTavish is out of range.
McTavish uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
A jab from Hughes misses.
Hughes misses the jab.
McTavish lands a nice shot to the body.
McTavish throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
Hughes swings away with a body shot that misses
and McTavish counters with a nice body shot.
An inside leg kick from McTavish misses.
McTavish cracks Hughes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McTavish lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McTavish connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hughes's hands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McTavish digs a good body shot into Hughes's ribs.
A shot to the body from Hughes misses
and McTavish counters with a nice body shot.
Hughes blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes misses with a hook. McTavish ducked under it nicely.
A left and a right from McTavish both land. Nice combination.

McTavish bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Hughes! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Hughes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McTavish has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McTavish wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
McTavish is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McTavish postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
McTavish prevents Hughes from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McTavish is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Hughes pushes McTavish off and scrambles back to his feet.
McTavish misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McTavish connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hughes scrambles back to his feet.
McTavish cracks Hughes with an open hand slap.
Hughes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McTavish throws a hook but Hughes avoids it easily.
Good exchange - McTavish coming out on top.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTavish.
McTavish misses with a body kick.
McTavish slips under a jab from Hughes.
McTavish steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McTavish looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. McTavish saw that one coming.
Hughes lands with a right hand.
McTavish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from McTavish misses its intended target.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
A cross from McTavish lands.
Ravish McTavish seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from McTavish misses its intended target.
Hughes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McTavish has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A left and a right from McTavish both land. Nice combination.
Some wild striking there from McTavish.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from McTavish.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes lands a jab to the head.
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Hughes cracks a nice hook into McTavish's ribs.
Hughes lands a slapping body shot.
Hughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McTavish displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.
Hughes slips under a jab from McTavish.
McTavish staying out of range there.
Hughes defending well as McTavish loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McTavish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTavish ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
McTavish swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
McTavish takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hughes takes one to the side of the head.
A big right from McTavish misses.
Hughes throws a right and a left that McTavish avoids nicely.
McTavish throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTavish misses with a looping left.
Hughes takes a jab right on the kisser.
McTavish takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
McTavish scores with a push kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McTavish paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McTavish with a hook.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McTavish.
A low kick from Hughes misses
and McTavish counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McTavish fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ravish McTavish showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTavish.
McTavish ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McTavish lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hughes's sensitive parts.
Sloppy strikes from McTavish. Those never looked like landing.
McTavish misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hughes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McTavish digs a good hook to Hughes's body.
McTavish throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hughes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hughes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McTavish works the jab nicely.
A lazy left from McTavish finds it's target.
McTavish pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hughes back to the cage. McTavish follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A cross from McTavish lands.

Hughes is rocked!
McTavish looks to land a combination but Hughes avoids it well.
McTavish misses with a looping right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hughes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McTavish counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McTavish cracks Hughes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Oh Hughes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A low kick from Hughes misses
and McTavish counters with a stiff right hand.

McTavish drops Hughes with a left and a right! Oh, Hughes is hurt - McTavish dives into side control looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee asks McTavish politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. McTavish prefers to stall for the moment though.
Let's hope that McTavish has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hughes seems to have got his legs back now.
McTavish is looking to take a break and control but Hughes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hughes seems a little lost for a moment, as McTavish dominates the positioning.
Hughes is looking to get back to his feet here but McTavish is keeping cool and he's managed to take Hughes's back.
Hughes trying to get back to his feet but McTavish is in full control for now.

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.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hughes is trying to stand back up.
McTavish controls the action.
Mark Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hughes manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
McTavish takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses.
McTavish avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Hughes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McTavish misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McTavish misses with a wild body shot.
Ravish McTavish is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McTavish lands a glancing blow to the side of Hughes's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from McTavish. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
McTavish throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes swings for the body but McTavish moves out of range.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but McTavish is just out of range.
McTavish uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes tries a low kick but McTavish avoids it.
Hughes throws a shot to the body.
Hughes misses with a hook to the body
and McTavish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but McTavish moved out of range nicely.
Hughes throws a sloppy body shot
enabling McTavish to counter with a crisp jab.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McTavish sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes lands a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McTavish throws out the jab.
Hughes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on McTavish's shoulder, as McTavish tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ravish McTavish comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McTavish has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ravish McTavish!