PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Hug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milk Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hug comes into the arena with RIP Andy Hug blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hug
vs
Fish

176 cm
24
300 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

167 cm
23
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Hug!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Milk Fish!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish just misses with a punch to the body.
Fish misses with a body kick.
Fish blocks a jab.
Hug keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hug misses with a hook to the body
letting Fish counter with a right hand.
Hug looks to land a right hand but Fish moved out of range.
Hug misses with a straight left.

Hug gets a clinch.
Hug unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fish lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fish looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hug scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Milk Fish has been cut.
Fish wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hug connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fish's face.
Hug landing knees to the head.
Hug lands a knee to the head.
Hug with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Hug.
Hug lands a body punch.
Hug crunches a lovely knee into Fish's ribcage.
Hug landing knees to the head.
Fish takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hug lands a knee to the head.

Fish is rocked!

Hug drops Fish with a big knee straight up the middle! Fish is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Fish is still on wobbly legs! Can Hug finish him?

Hug gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fish tries a body shot but Hug blocks it.
Fish seems to have recovered his senses.
Hug lands a knee to the body.
Hug lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A knee to the head by Hug.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hug utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Hug.
Hug lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hug blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hug landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hug is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hug.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hug lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Hug.
Hug lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fish backwards.
Hug lands a knee to the head.
Hug cracks Fish with a nice body shot.
A knee to the head by Hug.
Hug scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fish takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fish wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hug is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hug scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hug unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A left hand lands to the body for Hug.
Hug lands a nice knee to the body.
Hug scores with a knee to the head.
Hug using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fish tries to break the clinch but Hug is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Hug.
A shot in the inside from Hug.
Hug has Fish pressed against the cage, preventing Fish from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hug connects with a knee to the head.
Fish is trying to break the clinch but Hug is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hug obliges.
Hug scores with a shoulder strike.
Fish wants to get back to striking at distance but Hug won't allow it.
Fish is trying to force a seperation but Hug has the dominant position.
Fish has a couple of punches blocked by Hug.
Fish tries to work over Hug's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fish is trying to force a seperation but Hug has the dominant position.
Hug unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fish lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hug connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fish's face.
Fish takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fish tries to break the clinch but Hug is controlling the position.
Hug with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fish working hard to break the clinch.
Hug landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Hug.
Hug blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hug makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hug connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fish's face.
Hug has Fish pressed against the cage, preventing Fish from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fish tries to break free but Hug pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hug lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fish looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hug scores with a shot to the side of Fish's head.
Fish wants to get back to striking at distance but Hug won't allow it.
Hug with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Fish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fish scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hug connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hug moves out of range of the body kick.
Fish fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hug manages to avoid it.
Fish tries to land a leg kick but Hug saw it coming and moves away.
Fish takes a swing at Hug's ribcage but misses.
Fish throws a leg kick but Hug checks it.
A clash of legs there as Hug blocks the low kick.
Fish throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hug connects with a looping right hand.
Fish avoids the body shot from Hug.
Hug scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hug misses with a looping right.
Hug cracks Fish with a good jab.

Hug clinches up against the cage.
Fish wants to get back to striking at distance but Hug won't allow it.
Fish wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fish throws a punch but it's blocked by Hug.
Hug scores with a knee to the head.
Hug connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fish's face.
Hug working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hug with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fish is trying to break free.
Fish wants to get back to striking at distance but Hug won't allow it.
Fish tries to circle away but Hug has him pinned against the cage.
Hug lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hug lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Hug.
Hug landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hug obliges.
Hug crunches a lovely knee into Fish's ribcage.
Hug landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fish has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fish misses with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hug lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fish backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Hug dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Milk Fish's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hug cracks Fish with a good jab.
Fish on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hug is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fish takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hug fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fish misses with a kick to the body.
Fish tests Hug's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fish. Hug does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hug throws the left hand but Fish avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Fish.
Hug is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fish can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Fish misses the target.
A head kick misses from Fish.
Fish misses with a body shot
and Hug connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fish in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fish is breathing heavily.

Hug gets a clinch.
Fish wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hug prevents Fish from breaking the clinch.
Fish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Hug.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hug lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fish backwards.
A short right from Hug on the inside.
Fish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Hug drops Fish with a big knee straight up the middle! Fish is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Hug tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fish ducks under a wild hook from Hug.
Hug scores with a punch to the head.
Fish is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fish steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hug.
Hug punishes Fish's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fish tries to move into range but Hug moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Hug lands a big right hand that sends Fish crashing to the mat! Hug stays standing though and waves Fish back to his feet!

Hug closes the distance and pushes Fish back into the cage.
Hug unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hug connects with a knee right up the middle there - that's rocked Fish badly! Fish tumbles to the floor and Hug stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Hug!
Andy Hug retains his super heavyweight title!