PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masaru Midget (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bigg Hugg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Midget might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This. Hugg has chosen All Right Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Midget
vs
Hugg

225 cm
25
273 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

200 cm
23
300 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masaru Midget!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bigg Hugg!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hugg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Midget.
Midget scores with a jab. Hugg acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Masaru Midget seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hugg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Midget counters with a nice uppercut.
Midget misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Midget.
Hugg tries to move into range but Midget moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hugg ducks under a wild hook from Midget.
Midget throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hugg moves to clinch but Midget breaks away
and Hugg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A swing and a miss from Midget.
Midget is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hugg wants to clinch but Midget slips to the side
and Midget counters with a nice uppercut.
Midget throws a head kick but Hugg moves out of range.
Midget circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midget cracks Hugg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hugg wants to clinch up but Midget keeps it at a distance.
Midget is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hugg doesn't manage to clinch there - Midget circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Midget. Those never looked like landing.
Midget 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.
Nice defenses there by Hugg.
Midget scores with a jab. Hugg acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Midget jabs Hugg right on the nose. Hugg blinks but takes it well.
Hugg moves to clinch but Midget breaks away
and Midget cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Midget misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Midget lands the left hand.
Midget throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hugg closes the distance looking to clinch
and Midget counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Midget gets tackled into the cage by Hugg. Hugg maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Midget managing to block the knees to the body from Hugg.
Midget lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Bigg Hugg has been cut.
A short left from Midget.
Hugg takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Midget.
Stalling in the clinch from Midget.
Hugg lands a knee to the body.
Hugg tries to land knees in the clinch but Midget avoids the damage to the body.
Midget lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Midget just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hugg's brow.
Hugg throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midget prevents a body shot from Hugg.
Midget scores with a shoulder strike.
Midget lands a nice uppercut.

Midget breaks from the clinch.
Midget looks to land a combination. Hugg sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Midget paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hugg slips a straight right by Midget.
Midget lands a jab.
Hugg tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Midget connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Midget lands with an overhand left.
Midget throws a head kick but Hugg moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Midget tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Midget rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hugg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Midget tries a head kick but it misses.
Midget cracks Hugg with an open hand slap.
Hugg tries to clinch but Midget moves away
and Midget counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Midget really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Midget's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Midget duly obliges.
Midget fails to land with a series of punches.
Midget wants to slow Hugg down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Midget paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hugg has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Midget circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hugg sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Midget dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bigg Hugg's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hugg tries to clinch up
and Midget counters with a nice uppercut.
Hugg tries to clinch up
and Midget counters with a straight right hand.
Midget works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hugg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Midget.
Masaru Midget is winning the standup battle so far.
Hugg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hugg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hugg looks to clinch
and Midget counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Midget with a nice cross.
Hugg takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midget lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Midget works over Hugg's head and body with a nice combination.
Hugg tries to clinch but Midget moves away
and Midget counters with a head kick.
Midget throws a head kick but Hugg moves out of range.
Hugg on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hugg drops his hands momentarily and Midget takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Midget keeps the fight on the outside.
Hugg is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hugg takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hugg closes the distance but Midget moves to the side
and Midget makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Midget scores with a nice strike.
Midget listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Midget fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Midget scores with a jab.
Midget throws a series of punches but Hugg moves out of range.
Jab by Midget.
Midget misses with a kick to the body.
Hugg walks into a left hand.
Midget lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Midget is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hugg can do to turn this around?
Hugg takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Midget circles away from the clinch attempt
and Midget counters with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midget throws a head kick that misses.
Midget lands a really nice looking cross but Hugg seems unphased.
Midget lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hugg circles away quickly and effectively.
Hugg moves to clinch but Midget breaks away
letting Midget counter with a right hand.
A combination from Midget does no damage.
Hugg takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bigg Hugg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hugg tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Midget. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hugg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Midget swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Midget misses with a body kick.

Midget moves into the clinch.
Midget working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hugg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Midget is defending well for now.
Hugg misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Midget.
Hugg scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Midget misses with a body punch.
A short right from Midget.

Midget breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Midget moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hugg is looking to clinch but Midget is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Midget dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bigg Hugg's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Midget circles away from the clinch attempt.
Midget fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hugg on the side of the head.
Hugg darts in trying to clinch
and Midget connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Midget misses with the body kick

and Hugg moves into the clinch.
Midget lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Midget avoiding damage as Hugg throws knees to the body.
Hugg trying to land knees to the body.
Midget on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Midget managing to block the knees to the body from Hugg.
Hugg tries a body shot but Midget blocks it.
Hugg tries to land knees in the clinch but Midget avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Midget.

Midget pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A slow jab from Midget misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Midget counters with a thumping low kick.
Midget throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Midget throws a body punch but Hugg moves out of range.
Hugg moves in looking to clinch but Midget pushes him off.
Midget bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Midget misses.
Midget throws a nice head kick!
Midget misses with a hook.
Hugg tries to clinch but Midget moves away
enabling Midget to counter with a crisp jab.
Midget connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hugg closes the distance but Midget moves to the side
and Midget counters with a good low kick that Hugg was not able to check.
Midget moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Midget forces Hugg back against the cage and clinches.

Midget escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Midget 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.
A jab from Midget finds it's way through Hugg's defenses.
Hugg sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Midget connects with a looping right hand.
Hugg tries to clinch but Midget moves away
and Midget cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Midget swats away the attempt to clinch by Hugg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midget looks to score with a jab to the body but Hugg is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Midget.
Midget connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Midget lands a jab to the nose.
Midget misses with a wild combination.
Hugg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Midget swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hugg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Midget fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hugg has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bigg Hugg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Midget scores with a hook.
Midget lands with an uppercut that bounces Hugg off the cage and back into range.
Midget throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Midget throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hugg.
Hugg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Midget counters with a big head kick but Hugg shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Midget lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hugg takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hugg moves in looking to clinch but Midget pushes him off.
Masaru Midget is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Midget throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hugg on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masaru Midget showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Midget 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masaru Midget!