PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nigel McHughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dillinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McHughes comes into the arena with Welcome To My Hood blaring out of the sound system. Nigel McHughes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McHughes
vs
Dillinger

187 cm
35
191 lbs
23 - 13 - 1

180 cm
25
195 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nigel McHughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Dillinger!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McHughes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dillinger tries a head kick but it misses.
McHughes catches Dillinger with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McHughes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dillinger avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dillinger throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and McHughes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dillinger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McHughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McHughes with a hook.
Dillinger throws a predictable looking body shot
and McHughes counters with a straight right hand.
McHughes scores with a body shot.
Dillinger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McHughes manages to avoid it.
Dillinger looks to throw the jab but McHughes is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dillinger misses with an uppercut.
McHughes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bi-Polar Asylum LV's #1 Public Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Dillinger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McHughes throws a solid leg kick but Dillinger takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McHughes.
Dillinger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McHughes staying out of range there.
McHughes connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger throws a sloppy head kick and McHughes moves out of range easily.
McHughes tries to clinch but Dillinger moves out of range.
McHughes throws a body punch but Dillinger moves out of range.
McHughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dillinger connects with an inside leg kick.
McHughes misses with a wild body shot.
Dillinger changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McHughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dillinger.
Dillinger is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dillinger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McHughes moves away.
Dillinger throws a leg kick that misses.
Dillinger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McHughes walks into a jab.
Dillinger throws a sloppy head kick and McHughes moves out of range easily.
Dillinger throws a one two combo.
McHughes avoids the head kick by Dillinger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McHughes throws a body punch but Dillinger moves out of range.
Dillinger throws out a counter right but McHughes avoids it with no problem.
Dillinger walks into a stiff left hand from McHughes.
McHughes lands a leg kick that knocks Dillinger off balance momentarily.
Dillinger cracks McHughes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
McHughes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McHughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dillinger manages to avoid it.
Dillinger throws a leg kick which misses McHughes's front leg but catches the back leg as McHughes tries to avoid it.
McHughes blocks a leg kick.
McHughes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McHughes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Some bone on bone action there as McHughes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dillinger wants to land a leg kick but McHughes is out of range.
Dillinger throws a sloppy body shot
and McHughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dillinger misses with an uppercut.
McHughes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dillinger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger misses with a hook. McHughes ducked under it nicely.
McHughes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A leg kick checked by McHughes.
Dillinger looks to land a left hand but McHughes moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Dillinger misses.
Dillinger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from McHughes misses the target.
McHughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
John Dillinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dillinger lands a jab to McHughes's midsection.
Dillinger misses with a hook
and Dillinger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dillinger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dillinger misses with a double jab.
Dillinger throws a leg kick that misses.
McHughes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dillinger manages to circle out of the way.
McHughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Dillinger on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dillinger misses with a hook. McHughes ducked under it nicely.
McHughes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dillinger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McHughes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dillinger throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling McHughes to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Dillinger misses.
Dillinger looks to throw the jab but McHughes is out of range.
Dillinger looks to throw the jab but McHughes is out of range.
Dillinger misses with a wild body shot.
McHughes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dillinger moves away from the strike by McHughes.
McHughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McHughes blocks a head kick by Dillinger.
A little feinted left hand from McHughes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McHughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice cross by Dillinger.
McHughes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Dillinger dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McHughes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dillinger.
McHughes misses with a body shot.
Dillinger throws a poor cross that misses
and McHughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McHughes slips a jab from Dillinger.
John Dillinger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dillinger. That's going to slow McHughes down.
McHughes scores with a sloppy right hand. Dillinger should have avoided that one.
Dillinger throws a leg kick which misses McHughes's front leg but catches the back leg as McHughes tries to avoid it.
Dillinger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A low kick from Dillinger is predictable there

and McHughes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McHughes.
McHughes lands with a left to the head.
Dillinger looking to throw knees to the head but McHughes is blocking nicely.

Dillinger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from McHughes does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Dillinger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger throws a poor cross that misses
and McHughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dillinger swings for the body but McHughes moves out of range.
Dillinger misses with a lunging right hand
and McHughes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dillinger thinking.
Dillinger throws a sloppy body shot
enabling McHughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Good work by McHughes as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like McHughes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dillinger.
Dillinger misses with a few strikes there.
Dillinger jabs McHughes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dillinger scoring well with a low kick there.

McHughes rushes Dillinger and presses him up against the cage.
McHughes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Dillinger breaks from the clinch.
McHughes slips a jab and a cross from Dillinger.
Dillinger dodges the punch combination from McHughes.
McHughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A quick step to the side and McHughes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dillinger throws a head kick but McHughes moves out of range.
McHughes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McHughes tries to clinch there but Dillinger circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Dillinger as he connects with a hook.
McHughes moves out of range of the body kick.
McHughes drops his hands momentarily and Dillinger takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dillinger looks to land a right hand but McHughes moved out of range.
Dillinger lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dillinger throws an off balance right hand
and McHughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McHughes wants to slow Dillinger down by chopping away at his legs.
McHughes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dillinger takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McHughes moves out of range of the strikes.
McHughes cracks the inside of Dillinger's front leg.
Dillinger has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McHughes finds it's way round the side to connect with Dillinger's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes wants to clinch.
McHughes takes a swing at Dillinger's ribcage but misses.
Dillinger throws a wild body kick that McHughes sees coming a mile off.
McHughes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McHughes scores with a one two! Dillinger had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McHughes thows a leg kick but Dillinger checks it
and Dillinger counters with a left to the body.
McHughes connects with an inside leg kick.
Dillinger misses with a shot to the body
and McHughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dillinger throws a leg kick that is checked
and McHughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dillinger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McHughes.
Dillinger misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from McHughes. Dillinger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dillinger pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McHughes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McHughes lands a head shot.
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!
McHughes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dillinger throws a poor cross that misses
enabling McHughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Dillinger misses with an uppercut
and McHughes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dillinger scores with a body shot.
McHughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dillinger.
McHughes thumps Dillinger with a low kick.
A low kick from Dillinger is predictable there
and McHughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dillinger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dillinger misses with a low kick.
Dillinger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by McHughes.
Dillinger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nigel McHughes will probably get the nod.
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!

Dillinger checks a leg kick nicely.
McHughes lands with a nice body punch.
McHughes misses the jab.
McHughes misses the shot to the body.
McHughes misses with a wild body shot.
Dillinger falls off balance throwing a combination
and McHughes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dillinger thinking.
Dillinger misses with a straight left.
McHughes half committed to a counter leg kick.
McHughes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dillinger scores with the left hand. McHughes knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Dillinger misses
and McHughes counters with a straight right hand.
Dillinger throws a low kick but McHughes moves out of range easily.
McHughes scores with a shot to the body.
McHughes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dillinger misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger misses with a jab to the body
and McHughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dillinger misses with a kick to the body.
Dillinger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McHughes.
Dillinger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dillinger has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

McHughes takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dillinger throws an elbow but misses.
Dillinger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dillinger.

Dillinger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McHughes throws a leg kick but Dillinger sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dillinger misses with a wild body shot.
McHughes appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger drops his hands momentarily and McHughes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dillinger throws a head kick but McHughes moves out of range.
McHughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Dillinger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dillinger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McHughes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dillinger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McHughes connects with a nice looking jab.
McHughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Dillinger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dillinger 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.
Dillinger throws a lazy uppercut
and McHughes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dillinger is on the wrong end of a nice combination from McHughes.
Dillinger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dillinger throws a series of punches but McHughes moves out of range.
McHughes 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.
Dillinger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger looks to score with a jab to the body but McHughes is just out of range.
Dillinger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dillinger blocks a low kick nicely.
A nice combination there by Dillinger.
Dillinger misses with a leg kick
and McHughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dillinger tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McHughes is able to avoid easily.
McHughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dillinger.
McHughes throws a right and a left that Dillinger avoids nicely.
McHughes moves out of range of the body kick.

Dillinger gets tackled into the cage by McHughes. McHughes maintains the clinch.
Dillinger manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dillinger tries to break the clinch but McHughes is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dillinger - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dillinger blocks an uppercut.
Dillinger wants to break free but McHughes has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dillinger obliges.
McHughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
McHughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McHughes wants to get back to striking at distance but Dillinger won't allow it.
McHughes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dillinger's efforts to push away.
McHughes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dillinger or not.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nigel McHughes.
I think McHughes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Nigel McHughes!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nigel McHughes made sure he mentioned GREEN!160, along with how happy he was to win his fight.