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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steven Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Azure Dev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azure Dev will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steven Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Azure Dev!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Hughes as Dev shoots in.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dev napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hughes tries for a kimura but Dev is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dev takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dev tries to bench press Hughes off him but Hughes keeps the position.
Hughes tries to score with some ground and pound. Dev controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hughes working the head and body with strikes.
Dev is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hughes taking a break here but Dev is having none of it and regains half guard.
Dev is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hughes lands strikes from half guard.
Hughes is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes wants to free his trapped foot but Dev is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hughes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dev wants to get back to his feet.
Dev slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hughes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dev trying to keep a closed guard but Hughes is proving a slippery customer.
Hughes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hughes landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes works over Dev with some ground and pound from guard.
Dev has momentary wrist control but Hughes slips an elbow through the middle.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Dev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes with a nice head shot there.
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.
Hughes stopping the sweep attempt from Dev.
Hughes works over Dev with some ground and pound from guard.
Hughes chips away with some ground and pound.
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dev working for a triangle but Hughes defends it easily.
Dev looks winded!
Dev has momentary wrist control but Hughes slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dev working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hughes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hughes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hughes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hughes is in close to Dev's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've been hearing that Hughes has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Hughes is working Dev over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hughes is working Dev over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hughes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hughes is in close to Dev's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hughes makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hughes makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dev is rocked!
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.
Dev is still in real trouble! Can Hughes finish him?
Hughes chips away with some ground and pound.
Dev has momentary wrist control but Hughes slips an elbow through the middle.
Dev keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes loads up on a big left hand. Dev felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Hughes looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Dev can't hide his disappointment, as Hughes celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Hughes!
A victorious Steven Hughes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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