PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kay Ector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Janus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ector might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Monster!. Hugh Janus told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Ector
vs
Janus

180 cm
30
165 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

162 cm
31
156 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Arcticus University: London

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 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kay Ector!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugh Janus!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Janus drives through and clinches with Ector against the cage.

Ector manages to break the clinch.
Janus wants to clinch.
Janus walks into a left hand.
Ector throws a good cross that connects.
Ector throws a series of punches but Janus avoids them all with ease.

Janus clinches up with Ector and pushes him back against the cage.
Ector content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Janus is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ector tries to break free but Janus pushes him back against the cage.
Janus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Janus lands an elbow inside that Ector shrugs off.
Janus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ector blocks an elbow strike.
I was talking to Ector's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Ector escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Janus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Janus throws a head kick but Ector moves out of range.
Janus avoids a punch combination nicely.

Janus moves into the clinch.
Ector is trying to push Janus away but Janus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ector blocks the elbow strike.
Ector wants to get back to striking at distance but Janus won't allow it.
Ector avoids the elbow strike from Janus, against the cage.
Ector is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Ector breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ector takes the fight into the clinch.
Ector stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ector managing to block the knees to the body from Janus.
Ector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ector wants to break free but Janus has control.
Janus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Kay Ector has been cut.
Ector managing to block the knees to the body from Janus.
A right hook to the body lands for Ector.

Ector pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ector misses with a body shot.
Janus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ector takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Janus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ector swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ector throwing a counter right hand but Janus manages to avoid it.
Ector misses with a body shot.
Ector swats away the attempt to clinch by Janus.

Janus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ector, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janus tries to land a knee to the head but Ector blocks with his arms.
Janus lands an elbow inside.
Ector dodges an elbow strike from Janus.

Ector breaks the clinch.
Janus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ector.
Janus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ector to score with a decent uppercut.

Janus clinches up with Ector and pushes him back against the cage.
Ector makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Janus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ector managing to block the knees to the body from Janus.
Janus lands a damaging elbow.
Ector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ector breaks the clinch.
Janus tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ector throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Janus tries to counter by closing the distance.

Janus has Ector up against the cage in a clinch.
Janus misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janus.
Ector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Janus keeps control of Ector as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ector has had enough of the clinch but Janus keeps him there for the moment.
Janus has Ector pressed against the cage, preventing Ector from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ector is trying to break the clinch but Janus has him pressed against the cage.

Ector breaks the clinch.
Ector throws a head kick that misses.
Janus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Janus forces Ector back against the cage and clinches.
Janus throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Janus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kay Ector's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Janus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Janus.
Ector throws a series of punches but Janus moves out of range.
Janus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kay Ector is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ector wants to slow Janus down by chopping away at his legs.
Ector misses with a leg kick.
Kay Ector is winning the standup battle so far.

Ector has Janus up against the cage in a clinch.

Ector manages to break the clinch.
Hugh Janus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ector fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ector avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ector swings for the body but Janus moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Janus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ector takes a step back to recover.

Janus lands a big head kick that sends Ector tumbling to the mat! Janus takes a step backwards and waves Ector back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Ector is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Janus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oh Ector is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Janus takes the fight into the clinch.
Ector avoids the elbow strike from Janus, against the cage.
Ector seems to have got his legs back now.
Janus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Ector escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ector throws a nice looking combination but Janus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ector avoids the head kick by Janus.
Ector is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Janus misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ector fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Janus closes the distance and clinches.

Ector breaks the clinch.

Ector clinches up with Janus and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janus.
Janus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Kay Ector's cut is getting worse.
Janus stalling.
Ector creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Janus tries to land knees in the clinch but Ector avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Janus throws an elbow but it misses.
Janus lands an elbow that stopped Ector in his tracks for a moment.
Janus tries to land knees in the clinch but Ector avoids the damage to the body.
Janus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Janus trying to land knees to the body.
Ector lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Ector escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Janus moves in looking to clinch but Ector pushes him off.
A combination from Ector does no damage.

Ector gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Janus avoids the elbow strike from Ector, against the cage.
Janus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ector blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Janus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ector's brow.
Janus throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Janus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Janus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Janus misses with an elbow strike.
Ector avoiding damage.
Ector is trying to break the clinch but Janus is controlling him.
Ector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Janus throws an elbow but it misses.
Janus throws an elbow but it misses.
Janus throws an elbow that misses.

Ector manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ector instigates a clinch.
Hugh Janus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ector slows down the pace here.
Janus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ector in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Ector escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Janus has managed to clinch.
Janus trying to land knees to the body.
Ector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Janus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Janus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janus throws an elbow but it misses.
Janus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ector has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Janus trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Janus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kay Ector's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Janus tries to clinch up.
Ector throws a leg kick but Janus moved away.
Ector misses with a body shot.
Ector tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Janus was well out of range. Poor timing from Ector.

Janus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ector avoids the elbow strike from Janus, against the cage.
Ector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Janus tries to land knees in the clinch but Ector avoids the damage to the body.
Janus tries to land knees in the clinch but Ector avoids the damage to the body.
Ector is leaning against Janus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Ector pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Janus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ector scores with a crisp jab that stopped Janus in his tracks.

Ector closes the distance and clinches.
Janus managing to block the knees to the body from Ector.
Janus looking to throw knees to the head but Ector is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Janus drives through and clinches with Ector against the cage.
Janus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ector's defenses.
Janus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Kay Ector's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ector avoids a wild elbow strike from Janus.
Janus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Janus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Janus lands a nice elbow.
Janus lands an elbow that stopped Ector in his tracks for a moment.
Ector wants to get back to striking at distance but Janus won't allow it.
Janus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Jeez, Kay Ector's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Janus prevents Ector from breaking the clinch.
Janus lands an elbow that stopped Ector in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ector takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kay Ector's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hugh Janus!
After the big win, Hugh Janus made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Arcticus University: London and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.