PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and NoyNoy Abnoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hughes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Extreme Fight Music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hughes
vs
Abnoy

185 cm
19
218 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eddie Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, NoyNoy Abnoy!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hughes clinches up against the cage.
Abnoy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes landing knees to the head.

It looks like NoyNoy Abnoy has been cut.
Hughes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
Abnoy looks gassed!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hughes obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes scores with a knee to the head.
Hughes lands a good knee to the midsection. Abnoy won't want to take too many of those.
Hughes lands a knee to the head.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughes working Abnoy over with knees to the body.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Abnoy shrugs off.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abnoy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Abnoy avoiding damage as Hughes throws knees to the body.
Hughes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abnoy's defenses.
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Abnoy avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Abnoy in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes working Abnoy over with knees to the body.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.

Abnoy manages to pull guard.
Hughes wanted to stand there but Abnoy had control of the position.
Hughes postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes is in close to Abnoy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Abnoy controls Hughes momentarily but Hughes frees himself.
Abnoy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hughes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two 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 decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Abnoy, up you get!
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hughes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A jab from Hughes does it's job there.
Abnoy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Hughes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hughes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Abnoy has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Hughes landing knees to the head.
Hughes prevents Abnoy from breaking the clinch.
Abnoy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abnoy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Abnoy pulls guard successfully.
Abnoy is trying to control the position but Hughes postures up.
Hughes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a big right hand that misses.
Abnoy trying to keep a closed guard but Hughes is proving a slippery customer.
Abnoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Abnoy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Abnoy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Abnoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes throws a series of strikes that have Abnoy backpedaling.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Abnoy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hughes - the referee stops the clock and Abnoy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hughes. Abnoy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Hughes rushes Abnoy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hughes landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hughes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Abnoy in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abnoy can't get the takedown.
Abnoy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Abnoy successfully pulls guard.
Hughes preventing the sweep.
Hughes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Abnoy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hughes has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Abnoy is proving hard to escape from.
Abnoy working a defensive guard here.
Hughes throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abnoy throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on NoyNoy Abnoy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hughes closes the distance and clinches.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hughes here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hughes.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.
Hughes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Abnoy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hughes landing knees to the head.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abnoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Hughes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Abnoy stalling in the clinch but Hughes improves position.

Abnoy jumps guard and drags Hughes to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hughes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hughes postures up in Abnoy's guard and throws a big left but Abnoy blocks it.
Hughes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Abnoy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Abnoy tries to strike from the bottom.
Hughes is in close to Abnoy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Abnoy looking to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes postures up and lands a big shot to Abnoy's brow.
Abnoy looking to control.
Hughes wants to stand but Abnoy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Abnoy closes the distance and clinches.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Abnoy avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abnoy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughes missing with knees to the body.
Abnoy is trying to break the clinch but Hughes is controlling him.
Abnoy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hughes is keeping busy.
Hughes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Abnoy tries to pull guard but Hughes won't allow it.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Abnoy is looking to break free of the clinch but Hughes has double underhooks.
Hughes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abnoy's face.

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.
Abnoy avoiding damage as Hughes throws knees to the body.
Abnoy tries for a takedown but Hughes manages to get underhooks.
Abnoy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Eddie Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of NoyNoy Abnoy.
Abnoy is looking to break free of the clinch but Hughes has double underhooks.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Abnoy is blocking nicely.
Abnoy managing to block the knees to the body from Hughes.
Abnoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hughes.
Hughes lands a good knee to the midsection. Abnoy won't want to take too many of those.
Abnoy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hughes walks away with a smile on his face. Abnoy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hughes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Abnoy misses with a takedown attempt

and Hughes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Abnoy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes closes the distance but Abnoy moves to the side

and Abnoy counters by moving into the clinch.
Hughes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hughes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hughes throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Abnoy shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Hughes.
Hughes throws an elbow but it misses.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Abnoy avoids it.
Eddie Hughes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hughes landing knees to the body.
Abnoy tries to pull guard but Hughes holds him up against the cage and eventually Abnoy drops back down to his feet.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hughes missing with knees to the body.
Abnoy tries to pull guard but Hughes won't allow it.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Abnoy is blocking nicely.
Abnoy fails to pull guard.
Hughes misses with an elbow strike.
Abnoy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hughes just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hughes misses with an elbow over the top.
Abnoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
Abnoy slowing the pace effectively.
Abnoy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Hughes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Abnoy.
Abnoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes landing knees to the body.

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.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Abnoy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hughes's brow.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abnoy tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Abnoy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abnoy managing to block the knees to the body from Hughes.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Abnoy blocks with his arms.
Abnoy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hughes walks away with a smile on his face. Abnoy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Abnoy shoots and misses
and Hughes counters with an inside leg kick.
Abnoy wants to clinch but Hughes slips to the side
and Hughes counters with a head kick.
No luck for Abnoy with that takedown attempt.
Abnoy fails with the takedown
and Hughes counters with a nice body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hughes, right into the meat.
Abnoy circles away from the clinch attempt.

Abnoy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Hughes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on NoyNoy Abnoy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hughes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Eddie Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Abnoy throws a good cross that connects.
Abnoy misses with a takedown

and Hughes counters by clinching up.
Hughes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abnoy's face.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Abnoy.
Hughes misses with a knee to the head.
Abnoy is pushing Hughes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hughes missing with knees to the body.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abnoy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Abnoy lands a body punch.
Hughes lands a nice knee to the body.
Hughes missing with knees to the body.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Abnoy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abnoy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hughes walks away with a smile on his face. Abnoy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
NoyNoy Abnoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hughes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abnoy tries to clinch

and Hughes moves into the clinch.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes keeps control of Abnoy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Abnoy in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Abnoy lands a nice elbow.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Abnoy 's eye.
Abnoy fails to pull guard.
Eddie Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of NoyNoy Abnoy.
Hughes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Abnoy misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Abnoy.
Hughes connects with a knee to the head.
Abnoy managing to block the knees to the body from Hughes.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.

Abnoy manages to break the clinch.
Abnoy misses with a takedown attempt - Hughes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Abnoy closes the distance but Hughes moves to the side
letting Hughes counter with a right hand.

Hughes gets a clinch.
Abnoy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Abnoy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Abnoy gets control of Hughes's arms and successfully pulls guard. Abnoy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Abnoy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hughes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Abnoy on the ground.

Abnoy is working an open guard so Hughes takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Abnoy rushes Hughes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hughes.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Abnoy blocks it.
Abnoy is working Hughes over against the cage.
Hughes misses with an elbow over the top.
Abnoy wants a takedown but no success here.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abnoy's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abnoy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Abnoy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hughes obliges.
Abnoy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hughes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abnoy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hughes obliges.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Abnoy avoids the damage to the body.
Abnoy lands with a left to the head.
Hughes missing with knees to the body.
Hughes keeps control of Abnoy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hughes missing with knees to the body.
Abnoy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hughes just stands there and leans against the cage.
Abnoy fails to pull guard.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Abnoy avoids the elbow strike from Hughes, against the cage.
Hughes throws a knee to the head but misses.

Abnoy manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Abnoy has momentary wrist control but Hughes slips an elbow through the middle.
Abnoy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hughes's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Hughes escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Abnoy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Abnoy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Abnoy won't allow Hughes to get back to his feet.
Eddie Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Abnoy postures up in Hughes's guard and throws a big left but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Abnoy from controlling successfully.
Abnoy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hughes is keeping the position for now.
NoyNoy Abnoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hughes has Abnoy up against the cage in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Hughes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hughes, 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Hughes!