PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Hughs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie O Hare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Hare has chosen Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight as his entrance music. Joe Hughs is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hughs
vs
O Hare

178 cm
28
167 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

180 cm
26
166 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Hughs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie O Hare!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Hare lands with a straight right. Hughs didn't see that one coming.

Hughs closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
O Hare blocks the elbow strike.
O Hare working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Hare.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Hare avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughs just misses with a elbow thrown towards O Hare's brow.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Hare.
Hughs lands a left hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughs just misses with a elbow thrown towards O Hare's brow.
O Hare misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughs can't find room to land a body shot as O Hare controls the action.
O Hare avoiding damage as Hughs throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughs is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hughs landing knees to the body.
Hughs takes a shot to the head.
O Hare avoiding damage as Hughs throws knees to the body.
Hughs looking to throw knees to the head but O Hare is blocking nicely.
O Hare displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hughs up against the cage.
O Hare misses with a punch on the inside.
O Hare managing to block the knees to the body from Hughs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughs landing knees to the body.
O Hare tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Hare on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughs prevents the takedown attempt.
O Hare with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Hare is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hughs to keep the fight standing.
Joe Hughs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie O Hare.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the head but O Hare blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hughs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Hare tries a body shot but Hughs blocks it.
Hughs can't find room to land a body shot as O Hare controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughs struggles to land a body shot inside as O Hare controls his hands.
Hughs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hughs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from O Hare.
O Hare blocks the elbow strike.
Hughs misses with a knee strike.
O Hare wants a takedown but no success here.
Hughs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Hare's elbow.
O Hare misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Hare dodges an elbow strike from Hughs.
Hughs misses with a punch to the body.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Hare.
O Hare missing with knees to the body.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from O Hare.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hughs obliges.
Hughs tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughs crunches a lovely knee into O Hare's ribcage.
Hughs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Hare is defending well for now.
Hughs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hughs dominated that 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.

O Hare dodges the punch combination from Hughs.
O Hare digs a good hook to Hughs's body.
O Hare throws out a powerful jab.
O Hare misses with a low kick.
O Hare throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hughs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Hughs is rocked!
O Hare with a nice cross.
Oh Hughs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Hare moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Hughs wants to clinch.
O Hare looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughs is just out of range.
O Hare misses the shot to the body.
Hughs seems to have got his legs back now.
Hughs tries to clinch there but O Hare circles away.

O Hare closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hughs to the mat! Hughs manages to get full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
O Hare trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Hare in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
O Hare throws a big right hand that misses.
Hughs keeping moving, preventing O Hare from controlling successfully.
O Hare missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hughs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from O Hare.
O Hare passes easily into side control. Nice work.
O Hare working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Hare in side control, throwing shots but Hughs defends.
Sloppy strikes there by O Hare.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

O Hare looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
O Hare is looking to take a break and control but Hughs is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Hare advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughs working to try and regain half guard.

O Hare moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Hughs has worked his arm free - good work by Hughs!
O Hare looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hughs is avoiding damage well.
O Hare wants to control but Hughs is keeping him busy.
Hughs stops O Hare from passing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Hare decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hughs to his feet.
Hughs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Hare connects with a leg kick. Hughs looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hughs tries to clinch but O Hare is having none of it.
Hughs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Hare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughs throws a leg kick but O Hare sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hughs misses with a low kick.
O Hare swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hughs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Hare tries to work over Hughs's front leg with a kick but Hughs checks it.
Hughs misses with a double jab.
Joe Hughs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Hare misses with a head kick.
Hughs tries to clinch but O Hare moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie O Hare showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

O Hare keeps the fight on the outside.
O Hare chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O Hare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughs moves away.
O Hare takes a swing at Hughs's ribcage but misses.
O Hare swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughs.
O Hare misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughs.
O Hare takes a swing at Hughs's ribcage but misses.
Hughs has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from O Hare.
O Hare just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughs blocks a low kick nicely.
O Hare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughs moves away.
O Hare feints and then cracks Hughs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hughs down.
O Hare is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hughs rather than just go for the knockout.

Nice combo by O Hare! Oh, that's hurt him - Hughs falls to the canvas and O Hare follows him into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Hare throws an elbow but Hughs slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Hare lands a few punches from side control.
Hughs tries to improve position but can't.
O Hare tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
O Hare trying to control the action but Hughs is working from the bottom.
Eddie O Hare has got the better of the ground game so far.

O Hare tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Hare is looking to take a break and control but Hughs is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Hare tries to advance to mount but Hughs denies him.
Hughs sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
O Hare has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Hare throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from O Hare there.
O Hare stalling.
O Hare tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Hughs.
Hughs blocking the ground and pound attempt from O Hare.
Hughs makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hughs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Hare wants to control from the top but Hughs keeps moving.
O Hare advances position into side control!
O Hare throwing strikes but Hughs manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Hare is trying to improve his position.
O Hare is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie O Hare comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think O Hare has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie O Hare!
A relieved looking Eddie O Hare thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.