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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hex Hellson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Hughes has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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195 lbs
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180 cm
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hex Hellson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Hughes!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hellson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hughes counters by clinching up.
Hellson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hellson looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hellson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hellson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hellson tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Hellson misses with a knee to the head.
Hellson trying to land knees to the body.
Hellson prevents Hughes from breaking the clinch.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Hex Hellson has been cut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Hughes.
Hellson avoids the elbow strike from Hughes, against the cage.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hellson lands a knee to the body.
Hellson misses with a knee strike.
Hellson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellson blocks an elbow strike.
Hellson misses with a knee strike.
Hellson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hellson misses with a knee strike.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellson gets underhooks to prevent Hughes's takedown attempt.
Hughes wants a takedown but no success here.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes wants a takedown but no success here.
Hex Hellson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Hughes.
Hellson tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Hellson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hellson landing knees to the head.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Hellson.
Hughes is trying to drag Hellson to the mat but Hellson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hughes wants a takedown but no success here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellson tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes has Hellson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hellson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hellson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hughes.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hellson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hughes looks gassed!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hellson with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hex Hellson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hex Hellson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hellson wants to clinch up but Hughes keeps it at a distance.
Hellson tries to clinch but Hughes is having none of it.
Hellson gets tackled into the cage by Hughes. Hughes maintains the clinch.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hellson tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellson missing with knees to the body.
Hellson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hughes won't want to take too many of those.
Hellson landing knees to the head.
Hellson landing knees to the head.
Hughes working aggressively here.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hellson looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hellson misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hellson scores with a knee to the head.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes trying to stall but Hellson improves his position.
Hughes avoiding damage as Hellson throws knees to the body.
Hellson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hellson misses with a knee strike.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hellson's brow.
Hughes fails to pull guard.
Hellson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hellson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hughes tries to circle away but Hellson has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hellson looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Hellson avoids the damage to the body.
Hellson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hellson has Hughes pressed against the cage, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hellson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hex Hellson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hex Hellson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hughes has managed to clinch.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hellson misses with a knee to the head.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hellson looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hellson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hellson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hellson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes tries to pull guard but Hellson won't allow it.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hellson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hughes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hellson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hughes's face.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Hughes.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hellson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hellson looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hughes is trying to drag Hellson to the mat but Hellson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hellson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hellson clinches up against the cage.
Hellson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hughes won't want to take too many of those.
Hellson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hellson.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Hellson.
Hellson blocks the elbow strike.
Hughes tries a body shot but Hellson blocks it.
Josh Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Hellson blocks it.
Hellson misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes pushes Hellson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellson looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hellson looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hughes breaks the clinch.
Hughes works over Hellson's head and body with a nice combination.
Hughes clinches up with Hellson and pushes him back against the cage.
Hellson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hellson tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes with a knee to the head.
Hellson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hughes.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hex Hellson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hellson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hex Hellson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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