PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Collin Challis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takayuma Hyuga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Challis
vs
Hyuga

170 cm
24
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
156 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Collin Challis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Takayuma Hyuga!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyuga throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Challis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Challis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hyuga closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hyuga throws a head kick but Challis moves out of range.
Challis throws a hook but Hyuga avoids it easily.
Hyuga throws a series of punches but Challis moves out of range.
Challis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hyuga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Challis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Challis scores with a head kick.
Challis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hyuga.
Hyuga misses with a wild body shot.
Hyuga has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Challis.
Hyuga on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Challis. Challis obviously looking to wear him down.
Challis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hyuga.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Hyuga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Challis lands a leg kick that knocks Hyuga off balance momentarily.
Hyuga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hyuga misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Challis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hyuga throws a head kick but Challis moves out of range.
Challis is looking to slow Hyuga down with leg kicks.
Hyuga throws a head kick that misses
and Challis makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hyuga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Challis was well out of range. Poor timing from Hyuga.
Challis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hyuga swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hyuga takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hyuga looks to land a body kick but Challis moved away.
Challis moves out of range of the leg kick from Hyuga.
Challis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hyuga throws a hook but Challis avoids it easily.
Challis scores with a leg kick.
Hyuga throws a leg kick
and Challis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hyuga is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hyuga throws a head kick that misses.
Hyuga looks gassed!
Hyuga goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Challis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Challis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hyuga throws a right and a left that Challis avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyuga looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Challis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Challis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Challis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hyuga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challis can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Challis, right into the meat.
Challis connects with a leg kick. Hyuga looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Challis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hyuga misses with an uppercut. Challis saw that one coming.
Challis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hyuga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Challis connects with a high kick.
Good shot there by Challis.
Challis slips under a jab.
Hyuga's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Challis connects with a leg kick. Hyuga looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Challis connects with an inside leg kick.
Challis connects with an inside leg kick.
Crunch! Challis slams his shin into Hyuga's torso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challis throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hyuga crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Challis - the referee stops the clock and Hyuga gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Challis. Hyuga manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Challis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hyuga.
Challis scores with a nice body kick.
Challis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Challis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Challis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by Challis.
Hyuga takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Challis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Challis lands a nice shot to the body.
Hyuga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Challis scoring well with a low kick there.
Challis scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Challis scores with a leg kick.
Hyuga throws a push kick but Challis slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Challis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hyuga misses with the combination.
Challis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hyuga has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That kick from Challis tenderised Hyuga's leg. Hyuga is trying to keep his angry face on.
Challis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Challis slips a jab from Hyuga.
Hyuga on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Takayuma Hyuga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Challis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hyuga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Challis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Hyuga is rocked!
Challis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hyuga is still on wobbly legs! Can Challis finish him?
Challis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hyuga seems to have recovered his senses.
Challis cracks the inside of Hyuga's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Challis scoring well with a low kick there.
Hyuga misses with a straight left.
Hyuga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Challis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Collin Challis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hyuga throws a sloppy head kick
and Challis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Takayuma Hyuga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hyuga tries to land a front kick but Challis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good exchange - Challis coming out on top.
Hyuga throws a head kick that misses.
Challis scores with a leg kick.
Challis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Challis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hyuga might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Challis has got the better of the exchanges.
Hyuga misses with a straight left.
Challis avoids the head kick by Hyuga.
Hyuga misses with a series of wild punches.
Challis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Challis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Challis defending well as Hyuga loads up on a big left hand.
Hyuga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Collin Challis is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Hyuga misses
and Challis counters with an inside leg kick.
Challis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hyuga is breathing heavily.
Challis is looking to slow Hyuga down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping leg kick lands for Challis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Challis.
A low kick from Hyuga is predictable there
and Challis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hyuga is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Challis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Challis connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Challis.
A nice leg kick lands there from Challis.
Challis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Challis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Challis lands with a kick to the temple. Hyuga shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Challis avoids the head kick by Hyuga.
Challis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hyuga takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Challis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hyuga's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Challis throws a leg kick which misses Hyuga's front leg but catches the back leg as Hyuga tries to avoid it.
Challis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hyuga. That did some damage!
Challis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hyuga can do to turn this around?
Hyuga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Challis.
A swing and a miss from Challis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Challis lands a leg kick that knocks Hyuga off balance momentarily.
Hyuga throws a sloppy head kick
and Challis counters with a thumping low kick.
Challis connects with a solid leg kick.
Challis connects with a right hand. Hyuga shakes it off.
Challis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Challis pushes Hyuga away with a front kick.
Hyuga has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Challis.
A slapping leg kick lands for Challis.
Challis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Challis connects with an inside leg kick.
Hyuga takes one to the side of the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Challis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Challis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Challis connects with a solid leg kick.
Hyuga thows a leg kick but Challis checks it
and Challis counters with a thumping low kick.
Challis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hyuga misses with an uppercut. Challis saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyuga swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Challis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hyuga on the side of the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Challis.
Challis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Challis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hyuga on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Challis. Challis obviously looking to wear him down.
Challis scores with a leg kick.
Hyuga moves away from the strike by Challis.
Challis throws a hook but Hyuga blocks it.
Challis connects with a leg kick. Hyuga looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Challis lands a head kick. Hyuga smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hyuga throws a series of punches but Challis avoids them all with ease.
Challis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hyuga stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Challis.
Challis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Challis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hyuga has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Challis fakes the leg kick and cracks Hyuga in the body.
Challis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hyuga throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Challis lands a head kick!
Challis is looking to slow Hyuga down with leg kicks.
Hyuga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challis can pounce on him.
Challis scores with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Challis.
Hyuga misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Challis misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Challis thumps Hyuga with a low kick.
Hyuga takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hyuga has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Challis.
Challis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Collin Challis 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hyuga is looking to chop away at Challis's legs.
Hyuga throws a series of punches but Challis moves out of range.
Challis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hyuga's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hyuga duly obliges.
Challis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Challis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hyuga.
Hyuga moves away from the strike by Challis.
Hyuga throws a head kick that misses.
Challis dodges the punch combination from Hyuga.
An inside leg kick lands from Challis.
Challis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Challis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Challis.
Hyuga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hyuga takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Challis.
Challis throws a leg kick which misses Hyuga's front leg but catches the back leg as Hyuga tries to avoid it.
Hyuga takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Challis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Challis cracks Hyuga with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Challis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hyuga throws a body kick the misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Challis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hyuga steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Challis. That one must have hurt.
Hyuga takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Challis feints and then cracks Hyuga's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hyuga down.
Challis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Challis blocks a jab.
Challis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Challis.
Hyuga takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hyuga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Challis cracks the inside of Hyuga's front leg.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hyuga takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Challis misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Challis.
Hyuga throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Challis is looking to slow Hyuga down with leg kicks.
Hyuga throws a right and a left that Challis avoids nicely.
Challis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Challis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Challis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Challis connects with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Challis.
Challis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hyuga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challis can pounce on him.
Challis connects with a high kick.
Challis feints and then cracks Hyuga's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hyuga down.
Hyuga fails to land with a series of punches.
Hyuga takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyuga throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hyuga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hyuga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Challis connects with a solid leg kick.
Challis misses with the combination.
Nice defenses there by Challis.
Challis lands a head kick. Hyuga smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Challis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hyuga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Challis throws a head kick that Hyuga semi-blocks.
Hyuga misses with a leg kick
and Challis counters with an outside leg kick.
Hyuga tries a low kick but Challis avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Challis.
Hyuga stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Challis.
Hyuga throws a sloppy head kick
and Challis counters with a solid body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Challis scores with the left hand. Hyuga knows he should have avoided that one.
Hyuga jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Challis lands a nice looking body kick.
Challis moves out of range of the body kick from Hyuga.
Challis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Challis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Challis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hyuga's calf.
Challis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hyuga lands with a nice body punch.
Hyuga throws a head kick that misses
and Challis counters with a thumping low kick.
Hyuga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challis can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Challis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Challis lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hyuga will feel that in the morning.
Challis throws a nice head kick!
Challis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Takayuma Hyuga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Collin Challis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Challis throws a nice inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Collin Challis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Challis 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Collin Challis!