PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddy Maiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maiden comes to the cage accompanied by Walk. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hughes's choice of entrance music: Eluveitie - A Rose For Epona. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Maiden
vs
Hughes

185 cm
20
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Brute

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddy Maiden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donald Hughes!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes shoots in but Maiden avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maiden works Hughes's body with a nice hook.
Maiden throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hughes with a poor takedown
and Maiden counters with a nice uppercut.
Eddy Maiden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donald Hughes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a takedown attempt
and Maiden counters with a straight right hand.
Maiden just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Maiden counters with a straight right hand.
Eddy Maiden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Maiden clinches with his opponent.
Maiden misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maiden throws a head punch that misses.
Maiden has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Hughes is looking to take this one to the mat.
Maiden lands a right hand.
A short right from Maiden on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maiden creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maiden misses with a body punch.
Maiden cracks Hughes with a nice body shot.
Hughes looks gassed!
Maiden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hughes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Maiden is defending well.
Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Maiden avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Maiden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maiden lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maiden lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maiden.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maiden tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Maiden gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hughes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Maiden gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Maiden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maiden scores with a shoulder strike.
Maiden pushes Hughes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Maiden.
Maiden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maiden lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Maiden.
Maiden is leaning against Hughes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Maiden misses with a body punch.
Maiden digs a right hand into Hughes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hughes's gas tank.
Maiden lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Maiden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Hughes takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maiden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maiden lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Hughes wants to take the fight to the mat but Maiden manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Maiden scores with a hook to the body.
Maiden misses with a punch to the body.
Maiden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Maiden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes 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.
Maiden connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hughes. Hughes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Maiden shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hughes napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Hughes is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maiden in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Maiden working the head with strikes.
Hughes is still in real trouble! Can Maiden finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maiden lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hughes down.
Hughes seems to have recovered his senses.
Maiden lands a few punches from side control.
Hughes seems a little lost for a moment, as Maiden dominates the positioning.

Maiden is trying to get an arm triangle but Hughes is defending well.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Maiden scores with punches from side control.
Maiden trying to control the position but Hughes is working away.
Hughes tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maiden in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Maiden content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Maiden dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Maiden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Maiden clinches up with Hughes and pushes him back against the cage.
Maiden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Maiden.

Maiden gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Maiden not doing much here.
Hughes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maiden missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maiden wants to advance to full mount but Hughes doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes trying to keep a closed guard but Maiden is proving a slippery customer.
Hughes looking for a sweep. Not yet Hughes, not yet.
Eddy Maiden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maiden postures up in Hughes's guard and throws a big left but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maiden.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maiden looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maiden lands a couple of elbows.
Maiden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maiden trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maiden tries to free his leg and advance position but Hughes is retaining full guard.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Maiden from controlling successfully.
Maiden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maiden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Maiden trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maiden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maiden is in close to Hughes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Maiden has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Maiden keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hughes's head.
Maiden trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maiden with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hughes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maiden.
Hughes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maiden manages to get himself to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maiden is on top in guard.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Maiden seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Maiden postures up in Hughes's guard and throws a big left but Hughes blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maiden landing some decent shots from guard.
Maiden trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes looking to control.
Maiden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maiden wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Maiden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maiden passes easily into side control. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maiden scoring with punches and elbows.
Maiden working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Hughes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Maiden dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Maiden throws a leg kick but Hughes checks it.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Maiden.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hughes.
Hughes shoots for a double leg takedown but Maiden sprawls well. He's pushed Hughes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hughes checks a leg kick.
Maiden looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maiden slips a jab and a cross from Hughes.
Hughes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maiden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hughes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Maiden counters with a stiff right hand.
Eddy Maiden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donald Hughes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maiden connects with a nice looking jab.
Hughes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maiden throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maiden scores with a punch to the head.
Maiden throws a series of strikes that have Hughes backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Maiden counters with a right hand to the body.
Hughes walks straight into a right hand from Maiden - that's dropped him! Maiden jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Hughes from any more punishment! Hughes complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eddy Maiden!
A very excited looking Eddy Maiden made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.