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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between matt hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and destiny hurd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). hughes's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, your goin down. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as destiny hurd enters the ring!
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153 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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ADCC Champion
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, matt hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, destiny hurd!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hurd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from hughes. No joy for hurd on that attempt.
hughes throws a right and a left that both miss.
matt hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
hughes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and hughes wants it to stay on the feet.
hurd misses with a takedown attempt - hughes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
matt hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of destiny hurd.
hughes is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hughes misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from hughes does no damage.
hurd tries to close the distance and clinch but hughes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
hughes misses with the combination.
hurd avoids a punch combination nicely.
hurd shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches hughes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
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.
hurd postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
hurd tries to move to mount but hughes blocks the move with his legs.
hughes wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
hurd wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by hughes, who protects the arm well.
hughes wants to get back to his feet but hurd drags him back down.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
hughes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
hughes wants to get back to his feet but hurd drags him back down.
hurd wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by hughes, who protects the arm well.
hurd is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but hughes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
hurd tries for a kimura but hughes is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hurd prevents hughes from escaping the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
hughes is breathing heavily.
hurd tries for a kimura but hughes is defending well.
hughes sneaks out the side door and pushes hurd away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Some wild striking there from hughes.
hurd shoots in for a double leg but hughes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
hurd will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
hughes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
hurd dodges the punch combination from hughes.
hurd closes the distance and clinches up with hughes, looking for a takedown. hurd pushes hughes against the ropes but hughes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
hurd closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
destiny hurd dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
hughes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
hughes misses with a double jab.
hughes slaps away a takedown attempt from hurd, before circling back to the center of the mat.
hughes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hurd shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with hughes but hughes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
hughes misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hughes fails to land with a series of punches.
hughes tries to bum rush hurd with a series of wild strikes but hurd uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
hurd darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
hurd missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
hurd is looking for a kimura here.
hurd tries to stand and escape but hughes is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hughes is trying to stand up here but hurd is controlling him well.
hurd is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and hughes defends it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
hughes looks like he's trying to stand up.
hughes is trying to escape back to his feet but hurd uses the scramble to pass into side control.
hurd tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no hurd has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
hurd tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no hurd has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
hughes wants to get back to his feet but hurd drags him back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hurd thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
hughes pushes hurd away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, hurd gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
hughes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
hurd working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
hughes is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, hurd asserts his dominance and retains side control.
hughes tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - hurd's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
hughes is trying to stand back up.
hughes defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
hughes controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
hughes defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of hurd's arms.
hurd looking for the RNC.
hurd throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
destiny hurd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from hughes.
hughes stuffs the takedown.
hurd looks for a takedown but hughes sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hughes throws a nice looking combination but hurd bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hughes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
hurd shoots in and drives through. hughes sprawls well.
matt hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of destiny hurd.
hughes throws a series of punches but hurd avoids them all with ease.
hughes tries to bum rush hurd with a series of wild strikes but hurd uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two 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.
hurd has a takedown stuffed.
hughes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
hughes throws a series of punches but hurd avoids them all with ease.
hughes misses with the combination.
hurd closes the distance and clinches up with hughes, looking for a takedown. hurd pushes hughes against the ropes but hughes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
hughes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by hurd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hughes stuffs the takedown.
A combination from hughes does no damage.
destiny hurd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
hughes darts in and clinches hurd up against the ropes.
hughes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
hurd has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but hughes regains guard immediately.
hurd tries to free his leg and advance position but hughes is retaining full guard.
hurd advances to half guard.
hurd maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! hughes could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but hurd has cracked it and hughes is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by hurd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). destiny hurd!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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