PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Familia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Familia
vs
Hughes

189 cm
21
189 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Familia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Familia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hughes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right hand to the body from Hughes.
Familia jumps guard but Hughes turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Familia throws a head punch that misses.
Familia scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Hughes.
Familia can't get the takedown.
Familia tries to pull guard but Hughes won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Familia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Familia backwards.
Familia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hughes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hughes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for Hughes.
Familia has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hughes.
A nice left hand lands by Hughes.
Familia jumps guard but Hughes turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hughes lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hughes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Hughes.
Familia takes a shot to the head.
Hughes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Familia or not.
Nice body punch from Hughes - that landed with a thud.
Familia is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hughes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Familia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Hughes.
A hook to the body from Hughes.
Hughes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hughes digs a right hand underneath Familia's ribcage. Familia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hughes pushes Familia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Hughes.
Hughes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Familia backwards.

Hughes has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Familia regains guard immediately.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes landing some decent shots from guard.
Hughes looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Familia keeps moving.
Hughes wants to pass the guard but Familia is keeping the position.

Familia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hughes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Familia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hughes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Familia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hughes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Familia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Familia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hughes slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Familia is not content to let Hughes control the position.
Hughes taking a breather here.
Familia sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Familia has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Hughes escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Hughes!
Familia tries to improve position but can't.
Hughes is working Familia over with some ground and pound from side control.
Familia struggling a bit here.
Familia takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Familia tries to buck Hughes off but Hughes is having none of it.

Hughes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hughes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hughes trying to control the position but Familia is working away.
Hughes scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Familia to see if he's OK.
Hughes lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Familia down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Familia bucks up and tries to throw Hughes off but instead Hughes has got his back!
Hughes is punishing Familia with some ground and pound.
Hughes is trying to stick to Familia's back but Familia is turning into Hughes. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Hughes's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Familia.
Hughes looking for a sweep. Not yet Hughes, not yet.
Hughes wants to stand and escape but Familia is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Hughes dominated that round.
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.

Hughes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hughes swings for the body but Familia moves out of range.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Familia takes one on the button.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Familia on the side of the head.

Familia is rocked!

Hughes clinches up with Familia and pushes him back against the cage.
Hughes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Familia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Familia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Familia backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Familia.
Hughes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes lands a big right hand that drops Familia! The killer instinct kicks in and Hughes finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hughes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Hughes!
After winning the bout, Michael Hughes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.