PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bronson Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Buchanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes's entrance music is Slam - By: Onyx. A fine choice. Bronson Hughes has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hughes
vs
Buchanan

170 cm
26
154 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

169 cm
27
147 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bronson Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Buchanan!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes lands with a right hand.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Buchanan ducks down to avoid it.
Buchanan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hughes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Buchanan clinches with his opponent.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
Buchanan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hughes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Buchanan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Buchanan.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
Buchanan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan scores with a shoulder strike.
Buchanan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes lands a left hand.

Hughes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Hughes throws a right hand that Buchanan ducks under and follows up with a left that Buchanan also avoids with ease.
Buchanan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Buchanan.
Hughes throws a hook but Buchanan blocks it.
Buchanan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hughes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Buchanan counters with an inside leg kick.
Buchanan scores with a hook to the body. Hughes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Buchanan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hughes throws a lazy right hand but Buchanan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan feints a counter leg kick.
Buchanan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Buchanan throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Ross Buchanan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Hughes.
Buchanan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hughes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes tries to score with a low kick but Buchanan moves his leg out of the way.
Buchanan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hughes 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.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Buchanan instigates a clinch.
Hughes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
A short body shot lands from Buchanan as the two fighters clinch.
Buchanan misses with a hook to the ribs.

Buchanan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes checks a leg kick.
A big left from Buchanan misses.
Hughes lands with a straight right. Buchanan didn't see that one coming.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Buchanan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Buchanan wants it to stay on the feet.
A big left from Buchanan misses.
Hughes misses with a straight left.
Hughes lands with an uppercut that bounces Buchanan off the cage and back into range.
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Buchanan.
Hughes slips under a jab from Buchanan.
Hughes throws a jab when Buchanan was well out of range.
Buchanan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hughes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Buchanan wants to land a leg kick but Hughes is out of range.
It looked like Hughes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Buchanan as he avoids it easily.
Hughes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Buchanan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Buchanan throws a low kick, looking for Hughes's leg but Hughes calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes slips a straight right by Buchanan.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Buchanan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes shoots in looking for a takedown. Buchanan tries to sprawl out of it but Hughes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Buchanan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bronson Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Buchanan is avoiding it.
Bronson Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hughes.
Buchanan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buchanan misses the jab.
Buchanan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hughes lands with a straight right. Buchanan didn't see that one coming.
Buchanan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Buchanan misses with a wild combination.
Hughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hughes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Buchanan.
Nice defenses there by Buchanan.
We've been told by Hughes's head coaches at LOD: Scrap Squad that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hughes fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Buchanan moves away and avoids it.
Buchanan throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buchanan swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hughes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hughes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Buchanan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Buchanan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Buchanan swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
Buchanan tries a low kick but Hughes avoids it.
Hughes moves forwards but Buchanan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Buchanan slips under a jab from Hughes.
Buchanan misses with a right hand
and Hughes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Buchanan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Buchanan.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hughes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hughes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Buchanan sprawls well. Buchanan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hughes gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes fails with a takedown attempt.
Buchanan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hughes throws a leg kick but Buchanan moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ross Buchanan will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Buchanan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hughes.
Hughes cracks Buchanan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hughes is defended easily by Buchanan.
Buchanan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Buchanan misses with a straight left.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Buchanan misses with a looping right.
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Hughes misses.
Buchanan is looking to slow Hughes down with leg kicks.
Buchanan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Buchanan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A leg kick checked by Hughes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buchanan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hughes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Buchanan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Buchanan throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hughes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That kick from Buchanan tenderised Hughes's leg. Hughes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hughes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Buchanan, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan misses the jab.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hughes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Hughes misses.
Hughes ducks right into an uppercut from Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a looping overhand right but Hughes ducks down to avoid it.
Hughes works the jab nicely.
Buchanan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bronson Hughes is winning the standup battle so far.

Buchanan darts in and clinches Hughes up against the cage.
Buchanan tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
Buchanan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ross Buchanan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buchanan.
Hughes tries to break free but Buchanan pushes him back against the cage.
Hughes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buchanan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hughes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hughes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Buchanan blocks a jab.
Buchanan cracks a nice hook into Hughes's ribs.
Hughes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Buchanan looks to land a right hand but Hughes moved out of range.
Hughes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hughes throws a lazy right hand but Buchanan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hughes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Buchanan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Buchanan throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.
Buchanan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hughes misses with a straight left.
Buchanan feints a counter leg kick.
Hughes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Hughes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hughes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Buchanan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Buchanan throws a low kick but Hughes avoids it.
Hughes changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Buchanan loads up on a big right hand but Hughes slips the punch.
Hughes feinted with a counter takedown.
Buchanan throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bronson Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes shoots in and drives through. Buchanan sprawls well.
Buchanan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hughes.
Hughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Buchanan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hughes swings widly with a right hand
and Buchanan counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Buchanan clinches with his opponent.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Buchanan tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes prevents a body shot from Buchanan.

Hughes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes misses with a straight right.
Hughes fails with the takedown.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buchanan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hughes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Buchanan avoids the body shot from Hughes.
Buchanan wants to clinch up but Hughes keeps it at a distance.
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!
Buchanan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Buchanan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Buchanan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A big right from Buchanan misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hughes. Buchanan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buchanan thumps Hughes with a low kick.
Hughes tests Buchanan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Buchanan throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Buchanan.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.

Hughes closes the distance and pushes Buchanan back into the cage.
Buchanan misses with a body punch.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.

Hughes has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Buchanan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hughes is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Buchanan is defending well though. Hughes let's go of the attempt for now.
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 Bronson Hughes will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Hughes checks a low kick from Buchanan.
Hughes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Buchanan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Buchanan darts in and clinches Hughes up against the cage.
Buchanan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.

Buchanan breaks the clinch.
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Buchanan.
Buchanan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Buchanan moved out of range nicely.

Hughes gets tackled into the cage by Buchanan. Buchanan maintains the clinch.
Buchanan lands with a short shot to the head.
Hughes wants to get back to striking at distance but Buchanan won't allow it.
Hughes tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Hughes is working for takedown but Buchanan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes is looking to control Buchanan's arms but Buchanan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hughes has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Buchanan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Hughes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buchanan throws a leg kick but Hughes moved away.
Hughes misses with a left hand
and Buchanan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Buchanan can pounce on him.
Hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Hughes misses.
Hughes ducks right into an uppercut from Buchanan.
Buchanan connects with a body shot.
Buchanan connects with the punch.
Buchanan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Buchanan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Buchanan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Hughes misses the target.
Buchanan staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick from Buchanan misses.
Hughes thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Buchanan misses.
It looked like Hughes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Buchanan takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses.
Hughes throws a body shot but no joy.
Buchanan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Buchanan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Buchanan tries to land a leg kick but Hughes saw it coming and moves away.
Hughes attempts a counter takedown but Buchanan avoids it well and moves away.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Buchanan's shoulder, as Buchanan tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes walks into a stiff left hand from Buchanan.
Buchanan slips a jab from Hughes.
Hughes jabs Buchanan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hughes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Hughes misses the target.
Buchanan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Buchanan wants it to stay on the feet.
Hughes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Buchanan lands a really nice looking cross but Hughes seems unphased.
Hughes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hughes misses with a hook
enabling Buchanan to counter with a crisp jab.
Hughes misses with a double jab.
Buchanan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hughes checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
Buchanan throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a looping overhand right but Hughes ducks down to avoid it.
Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bronson Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buchanan. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hughes moves away from the strike by Buchanan.
Jab from Hughes.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Buchanan instigates a clinch.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Hughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buchanan.
Hughes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buchanan is defending well for now.
Buchanan lands an uppercut.
Buchanan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Buchanan tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hughes.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hughes stalling in the clinch but Buchanan improves position.
Buchanan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Buchanan tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.

Buchanan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Buchanan's shoulder, as Buchanan tries to avoid the shot.
Buchanan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hughes misses with the combination.
Buchanan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hughes shoots for a takedown but Buchanan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ross Buchanan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Buchanan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Josh West scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ross Buchanan!