PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Hutchins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruin Yuz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hutchins's entrance music is Pretoriaanikyborgit. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hutchins
vs
Yuz

192 cm
21
221 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
219 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonard Hutchins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruin Yuz!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuz throws a series of punches but Hutchins avoids them all with ease.
Yuz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yuz misses with a left hand
and Hutchins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hutchins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yuz.
Hutchins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yuz lands with a slapping head kick.
Yuz shoots in but no luck this time.
Yuz with a jab.
Hutchins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yuz moves away.
Yuz shoots in looking for a takedown but Hutchins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Yuz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hutchins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hutchins throws a poor cross that misses
and Yuz counters with a thumping low kick.

Hutchins scores a takedown into full mount!
Hutchins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuz can't escape the position.
Hutchins cracks Yuz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yuz wants to control but Hutchins is having none of it.
Hutchins 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.
Hutchins with a couple of short strikes.
Hutchins looking to control but Yuz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hutchins breaks from Yuz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Yuz tries to hold on but Hutchins postures up.

Hutchins is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Yuz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hutchins lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hutchins scoring with strikes but Yuz is staying in there.
Hutchins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yuz is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yuz regains half guard.
Hutchins is pressing down on Yuz's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yuz is holding on for now.
Yuz regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hutchins.

Yuz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hutchins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yuz looks gassed!
Hutchins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hutchins works over Yuz with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yuz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hutchins is in close to Yuz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yuz working a defensive guard but Hutchins passes into half guard.
Hutchins drops an elbow to the side of Yuz's head.
Hutchins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hutchins working Yuz over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Hutchins there.
Nice strikes from Hutchins there.
Yuz wants to control but Hutchins is keeping busy.
Hutchins trying to control from half guard but Yuz is working away.
Hutchins slips a nice elbow through Yuz's hands, connecting with Yuz's forehead.
Hutchins drops an elbow to the side of Yuz's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yuz tries to kick Hutchins off but Hutchins keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hutchins connects with a nice short shot to Yuz's temple.
Hutchins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hutchins drops an elbow to the side of Yuz's head.
Yuz trying to control but Hutchins postures up.
Hutchins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yuz wants to improve his position but Hutchins is controlling well.
Hutchins looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yuz gets back to full guard.
Hutchins throwing strikes from guard but Yuz blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Hutchins dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Yuz defending well as Hutchins loads up on a big left hand.
Yuz avoids the body shot from Hutchins.
Yuz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hutchins shoots in and drives through. Yuz sprawls well.
Yuz lands with a nice combination. Hutchins backs away looking to recover.
Hutchins walks into a left hand.
A lazy left from Yuz finds it's target.
Hutchins throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yuz's waist but Yuz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hutchins off to one side.
Hutchins takes one on the button.
Yuz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yuz.
Yuz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ruin Yuz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hutchins walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuz defending well as Hutchins loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Yuz misses.
Yuz with a jab.
Yuz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hutchins in his tracks.
Yuz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hutchins misses with a wild body shot.
Yuz lands a leg kick that knocks Hutchins off balance momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yuz misses with a series of wild punches.
Hutchins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yuz can pounce on him.
Nice jab there from Yuz.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yuz.

Yuz fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hutchins to the ground. Yuz is now in Hutchins's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Yuz is now in half guard.
Yuz is just content to waste time from the top position. Hutchins takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Yuz wants to control from the top but Hutchins keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuz won't allow Hutchins to sweep him here.
Yuz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hutchins is keeping the position for now.
Yuz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

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.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Leonard Hutchins wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yuz lands a right hook to the body.
Yuz throws a poor cross that misses

and Hutchins counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Yuz!
Yuz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Yuz trying to control here.
Hutchins uses his free foot to push down on Yuz's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Yuz.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hutchins is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yuz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Yuz regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruin Yuz 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!

Danga de danga de dang - Yuz scores with a four punch combination!
Yuz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hutchins has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hutchins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hutchins fails with a takedown attempt.
No joy there for Hutchins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hutchins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab, jab by Yuz - just one landing.
A left lands for Yuz.
Hutchins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yuz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hutchins. Hutchins circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yuz shoots and misses
and Hutchins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yuz throws a right hand that misses
and Hutchins counters with a straight right hand.
Hutchins misses with a double jab
and Yuz counters with a series of strikes. Hutchins will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yuz lands a head shot.
Yuz lands a jab to Hutchins's midsection.
Yuz throws a hook but Hutchins avoids it easily.
Yuz leaves Hutchins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ruin Yuz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuz feints a jab promting Hutchins to slip. Yuz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hutchins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuz misses with a jab, cross combination.
A right-left combo lands from Yuz.
Yuz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hutchins slips a straight right by Yuz.
Yuz dips to his left and cracks Hutchins with an uppercut!
Yuz misses with a wild combination.
Yuz scores with a nice right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Hutchins 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Hutchins feints and as Yuz raises his hands in defense, Hutchins changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hutchins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yuz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hutchins chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins works over Yuz with some ground and pound from guard.

Yuz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hutchins gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hutchins connects with a couple of short punches.
Yuz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hutchins lands a couple of digs.
Yuz controls Hutchins momentarily but Hutchins frees himself.
Yuz looking for a sweep. Not yet Yuz, not yet.
Yuz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hutchins postures up and lands a big shot to Yuz's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yuz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hutchins is one step ahead there.
Hutchins landing with the ground and pound.
Yuz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hutchins is one step ahead there.
Hutchins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hutchins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hutchins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Yuz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hutchins connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Hutchins clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hutchins looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yuz!
The referee warns Yuz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hutchins breaks from Yuz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hutchins scoring with strikes but Yuz is staying in there.
Yuz tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Hutchins is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Hutchins extends the arm and Yuz is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leonard Hutchins!
Leonard Hutchins is the new light heavyweight champion!