PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle The Kid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think The Kid might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Moby - Flower . Kyle The Kid has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Kid
vs
Hughes

185 cm
24
155 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle The Kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johny Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from The Kid. The Kid gets slowly back to his feet.
Hughes leaves The Kid with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown but The Kid shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Kid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hughes.
Hughes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Kid.
Johny Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Kid is fending him off so far but Hughes persists. Nope, The Kid circles away and we're back to standing.

The Kid closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hughes's guard.
The Kid engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hughes is looking to stand up but The Kid isn't so interested in that idea.
Hughes trying to keep a closed guard but The Kid is proving a slippery customer.
The Kid sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Kyle The Kid just wasn't active enough.
Nice sprawl there from Hughes as The Kid shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle The Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Kid's waist but The Kid gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hughes off to one side.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Kid moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

The Kid fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hughes to the ground. The Kid is now in Hughes's guard.
Hughes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Kid controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Hughes throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! The Kid escapes and throws Hughes's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The Kid is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Hughes wants to control but The Kid postures up.
The Kid is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hughes's shoulder. That is not cool.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Kid's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kyle The Kid wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hughes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The Kid shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hughes sprawls well. Hughes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Kid gets slowly back to his feet.
The Kid misses with a takedown attempt - Hughes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from The Kid. The Kid gets slowly back to his feet.
A combination from Hughes does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid shoots for a double leg takedown but Hughes sprawls well. He's pushed The Kid's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Kid looks for a takedown but Hughes sprawls well.
The Kid shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hughes as he jumps to the side.
The Kid shoots in but Hughes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A punch combination from Hughes misses.
A combination from Hughes does no damage.
The Kid is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hughes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The Kid swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes throws a series of punches but The Kid avoids them all with ease.
Hughes darts in trying to clinch

and The Kid counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle The Kid dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

No luck with that takedown attempt from The Kid.
Kyle The Kid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hughes throws an ugly left hook that misses

and The Kid counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The Kid showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hughes throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Kid looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Hughes looking for submissions from the bottom but instead The Kid passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Kid taking a breather here.
Hughes struggling a bit here.
Kyle The Kid overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes wants to get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here as The Kid stalls from top position.
The Kid really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but The Kid has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Hughes is trying to control The Kid's posture but The Kid avoids it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Kid shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hughes sprawls well. Hughes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Kid gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Kid closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes manages to work his way to half guard, despite The Kid's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking for a sweep. The Kid is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The Kid will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Well, if The Kid is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Kyle The Kid has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
The Kid throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hughes's waist but Hughes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Kid off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle The Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Kid shoots for a takedown but Hughes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hughes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The Kid gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Kid staying calm.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle The Kid dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hughes punishes The Kid's body with a nice straight punch.
Hughes swinging wildly here.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Kid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from The Kid.
The Kid is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hughes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hughes tries to clinch up.
Hughes slaps away a takedown attempt from The Kid, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle The Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Kid gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hughes counters with a left and a right that stings The Kid.
Johny Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hughes throws a head kick but The Kid moves out of range.

The Kid shoots in and gets a takedown into Hughes's guard.
Hughes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Kid controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kyle The Kid.
The Kid shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hughes as he avoids it easily.
Hughes throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Kid shoots in but no luck this time.
Hughes digs a good hook to The Kid's body.
The Kid takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Kid showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Kid shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hughes as he jumps to the side.
Hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Kid avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Kid defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
The Kid moves out of range as Hughes throws a body kick.
Hughes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from The Kid.
The Kid fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hughes avoids it really well and circles away.
Hughes throws a chopping leg kick but The Kid manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Kid avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hughes misses with the combination.

The Kid shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, The Kid seems content to control.
Hughes is trying to stand back up but The Kid is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Kid slows the pace down in half guard.
The Kid has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kyle The Kid wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hughes stuffs the takedown.
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from The Kid. The Kid gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Kid dives in and grabs Hughes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hughes pushes down on The Kid's head and hops out.
The Kid shoots and misses
and Hughes counters with a series of strikes. The Kid will be more careful next time no doubt.
Johny Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hughes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

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 Kyle The Kid.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Kid, 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Kyle The Kid!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Kyle The Kid!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Kyle The Kid!

Kyle The Kid wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Kyle The Kid thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.