PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Jax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hughs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jax comes to the cage accompanied by Immortal Technique - The Rebel. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jax
vs
Hughs

180 cm
37
165 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

178 cm
38
167 lbs
31 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Jax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Hughs!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice body kick there by Jax.
Jax feints and then cracks Hughs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hughs down.

Jax closes the distance and clinches.
Hughs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hughs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jax is defending well for now.
Jax goes for a takedown attempt but Hughs pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hughs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jax fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jax will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hughs keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Jax drives through and clinches with Hughs against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jax scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jax changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hughs fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Jax. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jax paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jax closes the distance and pushes Hughs back into the cage.
Jax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jax tries to throw a body punch but Hughs avoids it by throwing Jax back against the cage.
Jax lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hughs backwards.
Jax lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Jax on the inside.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jax.
Jax drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jax avoids the elbow strike from Hughs, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jax presses Hughs against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jax misses with a body punch.
Jax creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hughs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jax throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughs blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jax.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Jax tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughs avoids it.
Jax tries a knee to the head but Hughs blocks it.
Jax avoids the elbow strike from Hughs, against the cage.
Hughs swings wildly with an uppercut but Jax uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Hughs.
Hughs tries to land knees in the clinch but Jax avoids the damage to the body.
Jax is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hughs pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Jax.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jax lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hughs struggles to land a body shot inside as Jax controls his hands.
Hughs avoiding damage as Jax throws knees to the body.
Hughs blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jax is defending well for now.
Hughs stops a takedown attempt from Jax.
Jax tries for a takedown but Hughs manages to get underhooks.
Hughs tries to land knees in the clinch but Jax avoids the damage to the body.
Hughs missing with knees to the body.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Jax is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jax is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughs is defending well for now.
Jax throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughs blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughs tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughs takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Joe Hughs has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Hughs takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jax is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hughs pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike from Jax.
Hughs dodges an elbow strike from Jax.
Jax doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughs tries to break the clinch but Jax is controlling the position.
Jax works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Jax.
Hughs blocks a body shot from Jax.
Jax blocks the elbow strike.
Jax digs a right hand underneath Hughs's ribcage. Hughs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hughs.
Jax throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jax working Hughs over with knees to the body.
Jax avoiding damage as Hughs throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Jax dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Hughs's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jax throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hughs tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hughs throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jax's waist but Jax gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hughs off to one side.

Jax moves into the clinch successfully.
Jax cracks Hughs with a nice body shot.
Jax tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughs avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jax missing with knees to the body.
Hughs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hughs avoiding damage as Jax throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jax.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jax lands a body shot.
Jax tries a knee to the head but Hughs blocks it.
Hughs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Jax.
Hughs is breathing heavily.
Hughs connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jax using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughs has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jax scores with a shot to the side of Hughs's head.
Jax goes for a takedown attempt but Hughs pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hughs walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jax checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jax displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughs throws out the jab.
Hughs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Hughs gets tackled into the cage by Jax. Jax maintains the clinch.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jax avoids it.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike.
Jax lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hughs backwards.
Jax blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jax tries to work over Hughs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jax - that landed with a thud.
Jax drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jax tries to score a body lock takedown but Hughs shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Jax. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike from Jax.
Hughs tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Hughs misses with a body punch.
Jax has Hughs pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hughs manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jax pushes off an throws an elbow but Hughs leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jax avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jax has Hughs pressed against the cage, preventing Hughs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jax pushes Hughs back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jax lands a right hand.
Hughs blocks a body shot from Jax.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jax tries for a takedown but Hughs manages to get underhooks.
Jax lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tony Jax has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Jax wants the takedown. Hughs is fighting it off but Jax persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hughs's guard against the cage.
Jax is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jax is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughs can do to turn this around?

Hughs working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jax has passed into half guard!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jax in particular looking to stall.
Jax moves into full mount! Hughs won't be happy about that!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughs really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jax trying to control but Hughs is having none of it.
Hughs is trying desperately to improve position.
Jax looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Jax dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Hughs's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Jax connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hughs's hands.
Jax tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hughs sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jax somewhat.

Jax moves into the clinch.
Hughs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the head but Jax blocks with his arms.
Hughs digs a right hand into Jax's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jax's gas tank.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughs misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Jax - that landed with a thud.
Jax lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hughs backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Jax.
Jax tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughs avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jax is looking for a takedown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jax.
Jax managing to block the knees to the body from Hughs.
Jax is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Jax. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughs tries to throw a body punch but Jax avoids it by throwing Hughs back against the cage.
Jax tries to land a knee to the head but Hughs blocks with his arms.
Hughs missing with knees to the body.
Hughs missing with knees to the body.
Jax dodges an elbow strike from Hughs.
Jax lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughs just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jax's brow.
Hughs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jax has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jax is looking for a takedown.
Jax avoiding damage as Hughs throws knees to the body.
Hughs misses with a knee strike.
Joe Hughs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughs stops a takedown attempt from Jax.
Jax stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jax lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jax tries to land a knee to the head but Hughs blocks with his arms.
Hughs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jax's elbow.
Jax is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short right from Jax.
Jax blocking some punches.
Hughs avoiding damage as Jax throws knees to the body.
Jax gets through Hughs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Jax drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jax throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jax lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jax scores with a shot to the side of Hughs's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jax trying to land knees to the body.
Jax has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hughs after a bit of a struggle.
Hughs missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jax.
Jax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughs tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughs avoiding damage as Jax throws knees to the body.
Hughs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike.
Hughs stops a takedown attempt from Jax.
Hughs tries to land knees in the clinch but Jax avoids the damage to the body.
Hughs misses with the head strike.
Hughs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jax tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jax lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughs avoids a wild elbow strike from Jax.
Jax scores with a shoulder strike.
Jax tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughs avoids it.
Hughs is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jax avoiding damage as Hughs throws knees to the body.
Jax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jax tries for a takedown. No joy.
Still in the clinch, Jax scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jax misses with some punches.
Hughs looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jax misses with some punches.
Hughs tries to circle away but Jax has him pinned against the cage.
Jax is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jax.
Hughs wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hughs throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Jax showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jax 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Jax!
After winning the bout, Tony Jax thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.