PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Keen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keen has chosen Round One as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hughes
vs
Keen

178 cm
25
183 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Keen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Hughes with that takedown attempt.
Hughes takes one to the chin there.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Hughes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hughes.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Keen ducks down to avoid it.
Keen misses the shot to the body.
Matt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keen ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
No joy there for Keen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hughes tests Keen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Keen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hughes misses the body punch
enabling Keen to counter with a crisp jab.
Hughes fails with the takedown
and Keen counters with a nice uppercut.
Keen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hughes scores with a jab.
Hughes connects with the punch.
Hughes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Keen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hughes wants to slow Keen down by chopping away at his legs.
Keen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Hughes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A bone on bone clash there as Keen blocks the leg kick.
Hughes needs to keep his hands up - Keen had a free shot at his head there.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keen.
Keen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hughes throws a hook but Keen blocks it.
Hughes throws a combination that misses
and Keen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hughes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Keen to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes fails with the takedown
and Keen counters with a straight right hand.

Hughes is rocked!

It looks like Matt Hughes has been cut.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Keen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hughes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keen moves away.
Hughes jabs at Keen's body.
Keen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oh Hughes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Keen connects with a body shot.
A jab from Keen finds it's way through Hughes's defenses.
Hughes takes a swing at Keen's ribcage but misses.
Keen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hughes lands a jab to the head.
Hughes seems to have got his legs back now.

Hughes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Keen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hughes preventing the sweep.
Keen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Keen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hughes defends well.
Keen throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Keen trying to strike off his back.
Hughes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Keen's head.
Keen throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Keen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Keen tries to control but Hughes wriggling away.
BOOM! Keen connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes blocking the ground and pound.
Keen thowing shots but they're missing.
Keen thowing shots but they're missing.
Hughes tries to hold on but Keen postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poor strikes thrown by Keen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Keen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Hughes's cut.
That's time! Hughes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hughes misses with a body shot
and Keen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hughes thinking.
Hughes lands a right hook to the body.
Keen scores with a jab. Hughes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Keen slips a straight right by Hughes.
Keen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Keen slips under a jab.
Hughes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Keen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Keen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Keen lands a nice looking body shot.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keen misses with a jab to the body
and Hughes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hughes misses with a body punch
and Keen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Keen circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hughes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hughes at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hughes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Keen misses.

Keen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Keen lands in his opponent's guard.
Keen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Keen throws a strike but Hughes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Keen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hughes!
Hughes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hughes blocking the ground and pound.
Hughes avoids a series of strikes thrown by Keen.
Keen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Keen misses with a head shot.
Hughes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Keen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hughes wants to hold on but Keen pushes him away.

Keen working for a submission but Hughes is keeping him at bay.
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Keen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keen throws some wild stikes that Hughes manages to avoid easily.

Keen moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Hughes has worked his arm free - good work by Hughes!
Keen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Keen working away.
Keen trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Keen working the strikes but Hughes uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Keen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Hughes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hughes throws a right and a left that Keen avoids nicely.
Keen slips under a jab from Hughes.
Nice body punch from Hughes.
Hughes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Keen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hughes misses with a shot to the body
and Keen counters with a straight right hand.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keen moves away.
Keen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes misses with the combination.
Hughes jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Keen is out of range.
Keen slips a jab from Hughes.
Hughes cracks a nice hook into Keen's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Keen backs up against the cage.

It looks like Justin Keen has been cut.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Keen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
Hughes thows a body shot but no joy.
Hughes swings for the body but Keen moves out of range.
Keen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Keen looks to land a combination but Hughes avoids it well.
Keen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Keen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Keen slips under a jab from Hughes.
Keen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Keen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hughes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Keen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justin Keen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Keen walks into a jab.
Hughes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Keen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Keen momentarily.
Hughes misses with a low kick.
Hughes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Keen counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a looping right.
Hughes looks to land a combination. Keen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keen defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
A leg kick checked by Keen.
Keen throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keen.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Keen misses with a looping right.
Hughes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hughes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hughes wants it to stay on the feet.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a body punch
and Keen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keen.
Keen avoids the body shot from Hughes.
Keen throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.
Justin Keen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hughes shoots in and bounces Keen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Keen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Keen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Matt Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hughes throwing strikes but missing.
Keen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Keen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Keen has an active guard here but Hughes has managed to pass into half guard.
Justin Keen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Keen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Hughes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Keen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Keen!