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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Headden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes to the cage accompanied by Walk with me in hell. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pat Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Headden!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hughes.
Headden swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Headden circles away.
Pat Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes clinches with his opponent.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Headden is blocking nicely.
Headden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Headden has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hughes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Headden tries to pull guard but Hughes holds him up against the cage and eventually Headden drops back down to his feet.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hughes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes crunches a lovely knee into Headden's ribcage.
Hughes stalling the fight.
Hughes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Headden.
Pat Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Headden.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Headden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Headden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Headden avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hughes with a knee to the head.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Headden blocks it.
Hughes misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Headden blocks with his arms.
Hughes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hughes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Headden is blocking nicely.
Hughes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Headden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Hughes prevents Headden from breaking the clinch.
Headden changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hughes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Headden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hughes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hughes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hughes wants to clinch up but Headden keeps it at a distance.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Headden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hughes forces Headden back against the cage and clinches.
Headden wants to break free but Hughes has control.
Hughes misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Headden is trying to maintain a safe position but Hughes gets an underhook and turns Headden into the cage.
Hughes stops a takedown attempt from Headden.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Headden blocks with his arms.
Headden wants to get back to striking at distance but Hughes won't allow it.
Headden tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hughes smiles and moves away.
Headden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Headden keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes tries to bum rush Headden with a series of wild strikes but Headden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Headden throws a sloppy head kick and Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hughes fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pat Hughes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Headden tries to keep at a distance but Hughes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Headden is trying to break free.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Headden is blocking nicely.
Hughes controlling the action here for a moment.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Headden is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Headden wants to get back to striking at distance but Hughes won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Headden drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Headden's face.
Hughes misses with a knee to the head.
Headden has Hughes pressed against the cage.
Headden looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Headden tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Headden fails to pull guard.
Pat Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Headden.
Headden takes a knee right on the jaw!
Headden managing to block the knees to the body from Hughes.
Headden drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hughes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hughes stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Headden wants to get back to striking at distance but Hughes won't allow it.
The referee calls for Hughes to work.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Headden blocks it.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Headden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes prevents Headden from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Headden tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hughes smiles and moves away.
Hughes shoots in but Headden avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Headden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hughes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Headden throws a hook but Hughes avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pat Hughes dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Headden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hughes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Headden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hughes is one step ahead there.
Headden is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Headden escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Headden escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hughes is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Headden looking for a guillotine here but Hughes defends easily.
Hughes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Headden on the ground.
Headden tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Headden looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Hughes has picked Headden up and slammed him! Headden can't keep hold of the triangle and Hughes manages to pass to side control!
Headden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Headden is looking to reverse the position.
Hughes controlling the position.
Headden is looking to regain half guard here but Hughes keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Headden is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Hughes is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Headden working to try and regain half guard.
Headden tries to improve his position but instead Hughes has taken his back!
Headden turns into Hughes and is now in his guard.
Headden passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Headden looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hughes works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hughes controlling the position.
Headden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Headden thows a big elbow that misses.
Hughes looking to control.
Headden looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hughes seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Headden feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hughes wants to get back to his feet but Headden is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hughes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Steve Headden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Headden tries to free his leg and advance position but Hughes is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Headden.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pat Hughes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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