PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Jones has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Jones
vs
Hughes

225 cm
31
280 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

185 cm
31
255 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jones tries to clinch but Hughes is having none of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Hughes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hughes defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.

Hughes moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Hughes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hughes misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes working aggressively here.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hughes throws an elbow that misses.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hughes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Ryan Hughes has been cut.
Hughes fails to land with a series of punches.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

Hughes has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hughes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes throws a head punch that misses.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Hughes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocks an uppercut.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughes dodges the punch combination from Jones.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Hughes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hughes throws an elbow but it misses.
Hughes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hughes misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Hughes moves into the clinch.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Hughes.
Hughes misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Hughes.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Hughes pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Hughes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hughes.
Hughes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hughes misses with an elbow strike.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hughes dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hughes lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Hughes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hughes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hughes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hughes cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Hughes throws a body kick that misses.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hughes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hughes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Hughes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones tries to clinch up but Hughes circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Hughes tries to clinch up.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Hughes.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hughes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hughes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ryan Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Hughes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Dave Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hughes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Jones lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jones wants to clinch.
Hughes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.

Jones darts in and clinches Hughes up against the cage.
Hughes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hughes misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Hughes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hughes misses with a punch on the inside.
Hughes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes throws a head punch that misses.
Hughes throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Hughes, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Hughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hughes throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes swinging wildly here.
Hughes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Hughes tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Hughes rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Hughes.
Hughes throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Hughes scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to circle away but Hughes has him pinned against the cage.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes working aggressively here.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Hughes is controlling the position.
Hughes throws an elbow that misses.
Hughes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hughes fails to land.
Ryan Hughes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hughes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Hughes. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hughes keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Hughes fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Dave Jones has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hughes.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Hughes.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hughes circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes tries to clinch up.
Jones feints a jab promting Hughes to slip. Jones then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hughes slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That has opened up Ryan Hughes's cut even more.
Sloppy strikes from Hughes. Those never looked like landing.

Hughes rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jones lands a jab-cross combination.
Hughes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Jones drives through and clinches with Hughes against the cage.
Hughes misses with an elbow strike.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Hughes.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hughes.
Hughes misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hughes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Hughes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
Jones tries to break free but Hughes pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Hughes.
Hughes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hughes.
Hughes misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes misses with an elbow strike.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones blocking some punches.
Hughes misses with a hook from the clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hughes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hughes finds it's way round the side to connect with Jones's head.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ryan Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hughes darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Hughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Hughes.
Hughes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hughes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
A head kick misses from Hughes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hughes has managed to clinch.
Ryan Hughes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hughes pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hughes working aggressively here.
Dave Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Hughes, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Hughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hughes 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Hughes!
Ryan Hughes really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Global Nutritional ACME (Q157) 90% ROR on Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.