PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Terry Nut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Janus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terry Nut has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nut
vs
Janus

178 cm
25
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
25
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Nut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hugh Janus!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nut throws a series of punches but Janus moves out of range.
Janus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Janus looks to score with a jab to the body but Nut is just out of range.
Jab by Nut.
Nut misses with a combination

and Janus counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Nut keeping full guard, as Janus tries to pass.
Janus wants to control from the top but Nut keeps moving.
Nut wants to stand and escape but Janus is having none of it.
Nut keeping moving, preventing Janus from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Hugh Janus hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nut throws a left and a right that both miss
and Janus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Janus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Janus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nut throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nut misses with a lunging right hand
and Janus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Janus clinches.
Janus is trying to maintain a safe position but Nut gets an underhook and turns Janus into the cage.
Janus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Janus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Janus scores with a shoulder strike.

Nut's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nut fails to land with a series of punches.
Janus tries to clinch
and Nut counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Janus connects with a nice looking jab.
Janus fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A punch combination from Janus misses.
Janus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nut throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nut stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Janus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nut looks for the body kick but Janus saw that one coming.
Nut throws a combination that misses
and Janus counters with a stiff right hand.
Janus connects with a body shot that sends Nut's belly button to the back.
Janus shoots in but Nut avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Nut scores a takedown into full mount!
Nut working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nut scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Janus?
Nut is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nut controlling from mount.
Nut lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nut 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nut with a couple of short strikes.
Nut dominating with strikes here.
Nut looking to control but Janus is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nut with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nut tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nut postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Janus looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nut cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Janus takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut with good strikes from the mount here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Janus can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nut is landing with some decent strikes but Janus is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Janus is in a horrible position here. Nut smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nut lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nut controlling from the full mount.
Nut is landing with some decent strikes but Janus is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nut landing shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nut lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Janus hang on?
Nut sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nut landing strikes from the mount and Janus is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Nut dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nut scores with a jab to the head.
Nut lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Janus circles away quickly and effectively.
Nut rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Janus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Janus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Janus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nut was well out of range. Poor timing from Janus.
Nut misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nut throws a series of punches but Janus moves out of range.
Janus lands a nice shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Janus.
Nut dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nut misses with a series of wild punches.
Nut fails to land with a series of punches.
Nut fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Janus on the side of the head.
Nut misses with a straight left.
Janus throws a right hand that misses
and Nut counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Janus lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nut misses with a two punch combination.
Janus connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Janus.
Janus misses with a wild body shot.
Janus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nut.
Janus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nut misses with an uppercut. Janus saw that one coming.

Janus clinches.

Nut breaks the clinch.
Nut throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Janus.
Janus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nut paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Terry Nut is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nut throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Janus counters with a nice body shot.
Nut throws a series of punches but Janus avoids them all with ease.
Terry Nut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nut's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Janus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nut scrambles back to his feet.
Nut is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nut throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Janus looks to clinch
and Nut cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Janus wants to clinch.
Janus is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Janus. Nut does a little dance to reset his feet.
Janus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nut stuns Janus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Janus is breathing heavily.
Nut throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Janus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Terry Nut is winning the standup battle so far.
Janus misses with a body shot
and Nut counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Janus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nut to score with a decent uppercut.
Janus changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nut tries to avoid it but Janus manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nut to the ground. Nut escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A combination from Nut does no damage.
Janus dodges the punch combination from Nut.
Janus swings for the body but Nut moves out of range.
Janus avoids the body shot from Nut.
Nut is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Janus.
No joy there for Janus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Janus throws a right and a left that both miss.

Nut shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nut showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nut looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Janus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janus is not content to let Nut control the position.

Nut stands up and beckons Janus to join him on the feet.
Nut throws a right hand that Janus ducks under and follows up with a left that Janus also avoids with ease.
Nut is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Janus can do to turn this around?
A nice combination there by Nut.
Nut takes a swing at Janus's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Janus misses
and Nut counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nut swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Janus counters with a nice body shot.
Janus misses with a jab to the body

and Nut counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Nut postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Janus to stand up.
Janus dodges the punch combination from Nut.
Janus just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Janus digs a good hook to Nut's body.
Nut getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nut feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Janus's calf.
Nut throws a combination. Janus tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nut fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nut throws a right hand that Janus ducks under and follows up with a left that Janus also avoids with ease.
Nut throws a right and a left that Janus avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Janus.
Terry Nut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hugh Janus.
Nut misses with a jab, cross combination.
Janus dodges the punch combination from Nut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Janus scores with a sloppy right hand. Nut should have avoided that one.

Janus gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Nut escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Nut dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Janus slips a jab and a cross from Nut.
Sloppy strikes from Janus. Those never looked like landing.
Nut lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Janus circles away quickly and effectively.
Nut falls off balance throwing a combination

and Janus moves into the clinch.

Nut's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Nut. Those never looked like landing.
Janus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Janus dives in and grabs Nut's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nut pushes down on Janus's head and hops out.
Nut swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Janus counters with a right hand to the body.
Nut misses with a double jab
and Janus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Janus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nut rather than just go for the knockout.
Nut thows a body shot but no joy.
Janus throws a right hand that Nut ducks under and follows up with a left that Nut also avoids with ease.
A shot to the liver by Janus. Beautiful body shot.
Nut swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Janus counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nut thinking.
Janus connects with a single shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nut misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janus tries to clinch up but Nut circles away and keeps his distance.
Nut misses with a wild combination.
Janus closes the distance but Nut moves to the side
enabling Nut to counter with a crisp jab.
Nut throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Nut gets caught flat footed, as Janus shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nut is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Janus is controlling him.
Janus trying to control the position from guard on top but Nut is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nut wants to stand up but Janus is controlling him.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nut has momentary wrist control but Janus slips an elbow through the middle.
Nut keeping moving, preventing Janus from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nut uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Janus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Janus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nut looks to land a body kick but Janus moved away.
Janus misses with a body shot.
Janus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nut throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Janus counters with a nice body shot.
Nut closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Janus has a takedown stuffed.
Terry Nut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hugh Janus.
Janus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nut to score with a decent uppercut.
Nut fails with the takedown.
Nut dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut closes the distance and clinches up with Janus, looking for a takedown. Nut pushes Janus against the cage but Janus circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nut misses with a jab to the body

and Janus counters by moving into the clinch.
Terry Nut is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Janus has Nut pressed against the cage, preventing Nut from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Janus controlling the action here for a moment.

Nut's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Janus avoids the head kick by Nut.

Janus closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nut wants to get back to his feet.
Terry Nut overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Janus takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hugh Janus.
I think Nut has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Nut!