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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood has chosen Pendulum - Self vs Self as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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183 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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183 cm
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175 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thor Wood!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a hook to the side of Wood's head but Wood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wood tries a low kick but Hughes avoids it.
Hughes cracks Wood with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hughes tried to score with a low kick but Wood checks it.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wood misses with a body kick.
Hughes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes shoots for a double leg takedown but Wood sprawls well. He's pushed Hughes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hughes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Wood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes checks a low kick from Wood.
Matt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wood. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hughes shoots in looking for a takedown. Wood tries to sprawl out of it but Hughes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wood manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wood wants to land a leg kick but Hughes is out of range.
Hughes connects with a solid leg kick.
Hughes scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hughes throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wood wants to control but Hughes postures up.
Wood controls the position for a moment.
The ground and pound from Hughes seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Hughes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hughes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wood gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hughes trying to pass the guard but Wood defending well.
Hughes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hughes thows a huge punch but Wood dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes trying to control the action but Wood is working from the bottom.
Wood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hughes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wood trying to control here.
Hughes wants to free his trapped foot but Wood is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hughes is working hard here to advance position.
Hughes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hughes is thwarting Wood's attempts to control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hughes throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wood was covering up waiting for the punch and Hughes finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes cracks Wood with a solid left hand.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
Wood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hughes is one step ahead there.
Wood looking to control.
Hughes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wood swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wood keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Hughes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hughes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hughes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown but Wood shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wood throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wood scores with a decent looking hook.
A slow jab from Hughes misses its intended target.
Wood looks for the body kick but Hughes saw that one coming.
Wood checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wood misses with a low kick.
Wood closes the distance but Hughes moves to the side
and Wood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes misses with a straight right.
Hughes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Wood.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Wood.
Hughes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Wood.
Wood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
Hughes moves out of range of the body kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hughes.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughes is defending well for now.
A body shot lands from Hughes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hughes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wood throws a chopping leg kick but Hughes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hughes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wood can pounce on him.
Wood throws a hook but Hughes avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wood, right into the meat.
Wood misses with an uppercut.
Wood throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
Wood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Wood is out of range.
A combination from Hughes does no damage.
Matt Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes shoots for a takedown but Wood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Hughes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wood scores with a spinning back kick!
Wood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wood.
Wood tries to clinch but Hughes is having none of it.
Wood cracks Hughes with a right hand to the side of the head.
It looks like Matt Hughes has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Wood lands but Hughes takes it in his stride.
Wood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wood pushes Hughes away with a front kick.
Wood looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wood - that will leave a mark!
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Hughes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Wood throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thor Wood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes blocks a head kick by Wood.
Hughes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hughes misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Wood 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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hughes.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Wood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thor Wood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Hughes fails to land the takedown.
Hughes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wood.
Wood lands a big head kick that sends Hughes tumbling to the mat! Wood takes a step backwards and waves Hughes back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hughes is rocked!
Hughes throws a hook but Wood blocks it.
Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood tries to clinch but Hughes moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wood.
Hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wood keeps the fight on the outside.
Wood digs a good hook to Hughes's body.
Wood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wood misses with a low kick as Hughes jumps back.
Wood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands a jab to the head.
Wood with a nice cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood misses the jab.
Hughes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Hughes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wood looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Wood throws a leg kick but Hughes checks it.
Wood moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wood pushes Hughes up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing Hughes back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Hughes.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Hughes tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hughes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughes is defending well for now.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wood working Hughes over with knees to the body.
Wood lands a nice shot to the body.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hughes.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Wood blocks it.
Wood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. Hughes won't want to take too many of those.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Hughes tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood struggles to land a body shot inside as Hughes controls his hands.
Wood tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes tries to stall but Wood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hughes.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Hughes fails to land.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.
Hughes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thor Wood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wood has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 27:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Wood!
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energy
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FIGHT
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