PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Imma Hugga (ranked 2668 p4p, 2287 weight class) and Tony Twist (ranked 312 p4p, 276 weight class). Twist comes into a darkened arena with his song building. tony twist fights, enjoy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hugga
vs
Twist

196 cm
26
265
3 - 2 - 0

196 cm
20
265
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Imma Hugga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Twist!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hugga swings for the body but Twist moves out of range.
A cross from Hugga lands.
Hugga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hugga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Hugga finds it's way through Twist's defenses.
Twist looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hugga throws a hook but Twist blocks it.
Hugga throws a combination that misses
enabling Twist to counter with a crisp jab.
Hugga with a hook.
Hugga seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice straight punches there by Hugga. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hugga.
Twist throws an overhand right that lands on Hugga's shoulder, as Hugga tries to avoid the shot.
Twist buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Twist slips a straight right by Hugga.
Twist looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Twist comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hugga throws a poor cross that misses
and Twist counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hugga throws the left hand but Twist avoids the punch easily.
Twist is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hugga with a body shot.
Twist uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hugga.
Hugga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Twist manages to avoid it.
Hugga misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist checks the leg kick.
Twist misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hugga darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Twist slips a jab from Hugga.
Hugga throws an off balance right hand
and Twist counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab by Hugga.
Twist thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Hugga wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hugga throws a right hand that Twist ducks under and follows up with a left that Twist also avoids with ease.
Twist let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hugga lands an overhand right.
Twist checks a low kick from Hugga.
Imma Hugga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hugga throws a poor cross that misses
and Twist counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Twist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Twist misses the shot to the body.
Hugga misses with a right hand

and Twist counters with a left hand that sends Hugga to the canvas!

It looks like Imma Hugga has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Twist throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hugga works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Twist has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Twist trying to control but Hugga is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twist with a flurry of punches that miss.
Twist postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Twist wants to control from the top but Hugga keeps moving.
Twist with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hugga preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Twist distracts Hugga with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Twist controls from within his opponent's guard.
Twist missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugga swings for the body but Twist moves out of range.
It seemed like Twist was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Twist comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fighters circling - Hugga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Twist uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hugga.
Twist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hugga throws a front kick aimed at Twist's knee but Twist avoids it well.
Hugga punishes Twist's body with a nice straight punch.
Twist turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hugga misses with a right hand
and Twist counters with a thumping low kick.
Hugga is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Twist.
Twist fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Twist throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hugga throwing a counter right hand but Twist manages to avoid it.
Twist sizes up Hugga with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twist moves out of range as Hugga strikes.
Twist is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hugga with a body shot.
Hugga throws an off balance right hand
and Twist counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Twist waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Hugga. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Hugga to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Hugga is rocked!
Hugga has momentary wrist control but Twist slips an elbow through the middle.
Oh Hugga is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Twist is in close to Hugga's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hugga seems to have got his legs back now.
Hugga on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hugga tries to get out of the position.
Twist working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Twist makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Twist scoring with some ground and pound.
Twist postures up in Hugga's guard and throws a big left but Hugga blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Twist throws a big elbow that misses.
Twist working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Twist's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Twist dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Imma Hugga's cut.
That's time! Hugga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A telegraphed right hand from Hugga misses the target.
Twist ducks under a wild hook from Hugga.
Twist has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Twist moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hugga slips a jab from Twist.
Hugga misses with a right hand
and Twist counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hugga's knee momentarily.
Twist misses with an uppercut. Hugga saw that one coming.
Hugga is looking to chop away at Twist's legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Twist! But no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Hugga. Those never looked like landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Twist.
Hugga moves forwards but Twist connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slow jab from Twist misses its intended target.
Hugga tries to score with a low kick but Twist moves his leg out of the way.
And Twist tries to counter it with a takedown but Hugga pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hugga scores with a decent looking hook.
Hugga misses with an uppercut
and Twist counters with a huge left! Hugga is in big trouble! He's backing up but Twist isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hugga from any more damage. A dominating finish by Twist!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Twist!
In his post fight interview, Tony Twist started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.