PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Haze (ranked 1148 p4p, 119 weight class) and Bronson Hughes (ranked 1152 p4p, 120 weight class). Hughes has chosen Slam - By: Onyx as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Haze
vs
Hughes

168 cm
39
147 lbs
35 - 20 - 2

170 cm
35
154 lbs
18 - 13 - 1

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Good wrestler
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Good gas tank

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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 35 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerry Haze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bronson Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes misses with a hook.
Haze listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Haze closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Haze.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Haze fails to land.

Hughes turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hughes is trying to get an arm triangle but Haze is defending well.
Haze takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Haze is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hughes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze can't do much from the bottom here.

Hughes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Haze's coaches at Smash and Twist have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Haze is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Haze is looking to control Hughes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Haze avoid being mounted?
Haze slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Haze keeping full guard, as Hughes tries to pass.
Haze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hughes.
Hughes landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throwing strikes from guard but Haze blocks nicely.
Haze keeping full guard, as Hughes tries to pass.
Haze lands a decent shot there.
Hughes throws a big right hand that misses.
Hughes stopping the sweep attempt from Haze.
Haze is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Hughes is controlling Haze's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Hughes is looking for a sweep. Haze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Haze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hughes's head.
Haze working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes punching from the bottom.
Hughes is trying to maintain the position but Haze is very close to passing his half guard.
Hughes felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Hughes tries to get to full guard but Haze has control of the leg.
Hughes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Haze.
Hughes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Haze is working away from the top position though.

Hughes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Haze is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hughes is not content to let Haze control the position.
Haze looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hughes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Haze there.
Hughes wants to control but Haze is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Haze slows the pace down in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hughes trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze 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.

Haze cracks Hughes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Haze throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hughes with the counter takedown but Haze avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Hughes.
Bronson Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Hughes throws a lazy uppercut
and Haze counters with a nice body shot.
Haze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Haze scores with a jab. Hughes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Haze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
It looked like Haze wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Haze slips a straight right by Hughes.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Haze moved out of range nicely.
Haze swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
Good shot there by Hughes.
Haze fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice takedown defense from Haze. No joy for Hughes on that attempt.
As Hughes backs away, Haze returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Hughes as he connects with a hook.
Haze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes scores with a head kick.
Hughes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bronson Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haze swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Haze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze feints and then cracks Hughes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hughes down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hughes scores with a nice right hand.
Haze fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hughes throws a lazy right hand but Haze sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Haze darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Haze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haze ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hughes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Haze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Haze.
Haze defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
Haze tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hughes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Haze somewhat.
Haze lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hughes's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haze lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hughes scores with a nice head shot.
Hughes goes for a double leg but Haze avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Haze continues to drive forward.
Haze connects with a crisp jab.
Haze tests Hughes's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Hughes tries to keep at a distance but Haze has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haze is working Hughes over against the cage.
Haze lands a left hand.
Haze lands with a right to the head.
Haze lands a left hand.
Haze keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hughes's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Haze fails to land.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Haze manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hughes steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Haze.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Haze 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.
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haze.
Haze lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hughes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes throws a head kick but Haze moves out of range.
Hughes scores with a sloppy right hand. Haze should have avoided that one.
Haze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Haze.
Hughes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hughes.
Haze ducks right into an uppercut from Hughes.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Haze moved out of range nicely.
Haze moves away from the strike by Hughes.
Haze uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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!
Haze tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hughes defends well and Haze ends up having to push Hughes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerry Haze. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hughes gets tackled into the cage by Haze. Haze maintains the clinch.
Haze lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hughes or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze pushes Hughes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Haze scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hughes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Haze is controlling him.
Haze lands a left hand.
Haze misses with some punches.
Haze tries for a takedown but Hughes manages to get underhooks.
Haze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Hughes wants a takedown but no success here.
Hughes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hughes prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hughes.

Haze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes closes the distance and clinches up with Haze, looking for a takedown. Hughes pushes Haze against the cage but Haze circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Haze connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hughes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haze.
Hughes misses with a takedown attempt - Haze sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hughes thuds his right hand into Haze's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A telegraphed right hand from Hughes misses the target.
Haze slips under a jab.
Hughes ducks right into an uppercut from Haze.
Haze scores with a spinning back kick!
Haze throws a hook but Hughes avoids it easily.
Haze throws a front kick that sends Hughes stumbling back into the cage.
Hughes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. Haze saw that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Haze 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.
Hughes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Haze defends it well.
Haze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hughes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hughes throws a leg kick which misses Haze's front leg but catches the back leg as Haze tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Haze.
Hughes connects with the punch.
Hughes misses with a looping right.
Hughes throws a hook but Haze avoids it easily.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haze.
Haze thuds a left hand into Hughes's body.
Haze misses with a looping right.
Hughes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Haze defends it well.
Haze pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haze scores with a shot to the body.
Hughes throws a hook but Haze blocks it.
Haze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Haze lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Haze fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hughes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Haze.
Haze throws a leg kick
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hughes lands with an uppercut that bounces Haze off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hughes avoids the body shot from Haze.
Haze lands a really nice looking cross but Hughes seems unphased.
Haze lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Haze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze avoids the head kick by Hughes.
Haze shoots in but Hughes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Haze quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Hughes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haze.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haze doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.

Hughes throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Haze tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Hughes is in Haze's guard.
Hughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hughes distracts Haze with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Haze lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Hughes looking to control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hughes holds on and takes a little breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Haze from controlling successfully.
Haze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jerry Haze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haze trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Haze landing some decent shots from guard.
Haze showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Haze looking to sit in guard and control but Hughes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hughes is in close to Haze's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bronson Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Haze trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.

Hughes has his foot on Haze's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Haze works his way back into a safe position though.
Haze is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Haze cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Hughes is trying to keep Haze in close.
Haze postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Haze is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Hughes has his foot on Haze's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Haze works his way back into a safe position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jerry Haze.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Haze, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Haze!
An out of breath Jerry Haze thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.