PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leon Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rambo Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes's entrance music is Hear Me Now. A fine choice. Jack has chosen ice cube - Steal The Show as his entrance music. Rambo Jack has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Leon Hughes's chin.

Hughes
vs
Jack

177 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
169 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leon Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rambo Jack!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hughes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jack's guard.
Jack looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hughes passes Jack's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hughes controlling the pace.
Hughes is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes controlling his opponent.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jack is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hughes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hughes content just to control the position here.
Hughes with good strikes from the mount here!
Hughes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hughes postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jack looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes scoring with strikes but Jack is staying in there.
Jack wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hughes landing strikes from the mount.
Hughes looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hughes with a couple of short strikes.
Hughes lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes content just to control the position here.
Hughes landing strikes from the mount.
Hughes with good strikes from the mount here!
Hughes controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hughes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hughes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hughes passes Jack's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hughes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hughes works his way into side control.
The referee asks Hughes politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hughes prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jack is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jack is breathing heavily.

Hughes stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hughes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hughes perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hughes uses his free foot to push down on Jack's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jack.
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Leon Hughes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes with a couple of short strikes.
Hughes controlling the position easily from mount.
Hughes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hughes with good strikes from the mount here!
Hughes controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes landing punches.
Hughes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hughes controlling the position easily from mount.
Hughes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jack?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands a big elbow.
Hughes with the ground and pound from mount.
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
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.
Jack is bucking up trying to escape but Hughes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hughes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jack can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hughes controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon 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!

Hughes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jack did well to prevent Hughes getting side control.
Still in half guard, Hughes seems content to control.
Hughes has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hughes scoring with strikes but Jack is staying in there.
Hughes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jack takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jack wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes controlling his opponent.
Hughes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jack can do to turn this around?
Jack is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Hughes.
Hughes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hughes lands a big elbow.
Hughes controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Jack that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jack really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hughes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hughes content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Hughes won't let Jack get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Leon Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hughes controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leon 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 Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:24

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