PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marc Buysse (ranked 4752 p4p, 251 weight class) and Lodzov Hugs (ranked 7024 p4p, 341 weight class). Buysse's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Street Fighter II Ryu Theme Original. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Buysse
vs
Hugs

154 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marc Buysse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lodzov Hugs!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buysse swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hugs counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Buysse!
Hugs connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Buysse some visible discomfort.
Buysse pushes Hugs away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hugs gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Hugs trying to control the position but Buysse is working away.
Buysse is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hugs has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Hugs wants to control but Buysse is keeping him busy.
Buysse tries to escape but Hugs is in control.
Hugs is working Buysse over with some ground and pound from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hugs controlling the position.
Buysse is trying to buck Hugs off.
You can see the frustration on Buysse's face as Hugs controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buysse is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hugs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hugs controlling the position from side mount.
Hugs wants to control but Buysse is keeping him busy.
Hugs scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buysse to see if he's OK.
Hugs prevents Buysse from escaping the position.
Buysse is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hugs scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buysse to see if he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hugs is looking to take a break and control but Buysse is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Buysse is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hugs connects with a decent elbow.
Hugs trying to control the action but Buysse is working from the bottom.
Hugs is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Buysse will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Hugs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buysse is trying to get back to his feet.
Hugs lands some shots froms side control.
Buysse is trying to get back to his feet.
Hugs scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buysse to see if he's OK.
Hugs trying to control the position but Buysse is working away.
Buysse is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buysse is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hugs connects with a decent elbow.
Hugs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Buysse keeps working.
Hugs lands an elbow.
Hugs is working Buysse over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hugs in side control lands a decent elbow.
Buysse taking a bit of punishment here - Hugs scoring with strikes.
Buysse wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hugs working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buysse is trying to escape the position but Hugs is controlling the position.
Buysse wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buysse is not content to let Hugs control the position.
Hugs landing strikes.
Hugs working the ground and pound from side control.
Hugs scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buysse to see if he's OK.
Buysse wants to get back to his feet.
Buysse is not content to let Hugs control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lodzov Hugs 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.

Buysse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buysse could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Buysse misses with a combination

and Hugs counters with a single leg into guard. Buysse didn't expect that.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hugs's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Buysse looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Hugs trying to control but Buysse is working from the bottom.
Buysse is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hugs content to stall in guard here.
Buysse wants to stand up but Hugs is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hugs works over Buysse with some ground and pound from guard.
Hugs controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buysse can't keep his opponent in guard - Hugs advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hugs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hugs frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Buysse wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hugs lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Buysse hang on?
Hugs wants to control the pace but Buysse is squirming around nicely.
Hugs controlling the pace for now.
Hugs trying to control but Buysse is having none of it.
Hugs lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buysse is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Hugs looking to finish Buysse with some ground and pound. This is bad for Buysse!
Buysse is trying to stand up.
Hugs trying to control but Buysse is having none of it.
Hugs with a couple of short strikes.
Buysse is trying to stand up.
Buysse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buysse is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Buysse is squirming around, avoiding Hugs's attempts to control the action.
Hugs scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Buysse?
Buysse is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugs landing strikes, looking to finish!
Buysse squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Buysse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hugs landing strikes, looking to finish!
Buysse is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hugs lands a heavy elbow.
Hugs working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hugs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Buysse might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hugs landing strikes from the mount and Buysse is in trouble!

Buysse is rocked!
Hugs controlling his opponent.
Hugs lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Buysse is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Buysse's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Buysse seems to have got his legs back now.
Hugs lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hugs is working for a guillotine from mount but Buysse frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buysse is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Hugs takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hugs breaks from Buysse's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hugs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hugs trying to control but Buysse is having none of it.
Hugs fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hugs looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Buysse covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lodzov Hugs!
Marc Buysse spoke after the fight, saying 'a big sorry on my lose, i'll be back better and stronger'.