PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Harter (ranked 6133 p4p, 485 weight class) and Leroy Hugo (ranked 4917 p4p, 428 weight class). Harter comes into the arena with Futuristic - Talk blaring out of the sound system. Hugo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Eminem - Lose Yourself. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harter
vs
Hugo

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
24
176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Likes musicals

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charlie Harter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leroy Hugo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hugo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Harter sneaks out the side door and pushes Hugo away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Harter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hugo's waist but Hugo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harter off to one side.

Hugo forces Harter back against the cage and clinches.
Hugo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harter lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harter has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hugo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hugo lands an uppercut.

Harter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charlie Harter. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hugo pushes Harter up against the cage in a clinch.

Harter jumps guard and drags Hugo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hugo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harter seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hugo trying to control the position from guard on top but Harter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hugo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hugo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hugo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Harter has his hands on Hugo's head, controlling the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hugo wants to control from the top but Harter keeps moving.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hugo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Harter has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hugo clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
You can see the frustration on Hugo's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Hugo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hugo staying busy and making it hard for Harter to control.
Harter throwing damaging strikes from the back! Hugo could be in trouble here!
Hugo tries to roll but Harter sticks to his back.
Hugo has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Harter.
Harter is hanging on to Hugo's back as he tries to escape.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Harter. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harter throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hugo!
Hugo rolls, trying to escape but Harter keeps control of the position.
Hugo covering up well under a series of strikes from Harter.
Harter throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
You can see the frustration on Hugo's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Harter is persistently looking for the submission but Hugo is defending it well.

Harter has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Hugo is defending well but eventually Harter manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Hugo has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Charlie Harter!
A victorious Charlie Harter thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Leroy Hugo spoke after the fight, saying 'It is not about how many times you win, but about how many times you can come back for more.'.