PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Juneweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perry Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perry Hughes has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Juneweather
vs
Hughes

185 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Floyd Juneweather!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Perry Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juneweather thuds a left hand into Hughes's body.
Juneweather moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Juneweather keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Juneweather does no damage.
Juneweather lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Perry Hughes has been cut.
Juneweather definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Juneweather lands a glancing blow to the side of Hughes's head.

Hughes moves into range and clinches up with Juneweather.
Hughes works on Juneweather's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Juneweather tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hughes misses with a knee strike.
Juneweather tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Juneweather swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughes connects with a knee to the head.
Juneweather takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hughes controlling the action here for a moment.
Hughes lands a knee to the head.
Juneweather tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughes's elbow.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes blocking some punches.
A short right from Hughes on the inside.
Hughes working Juneweather over with knees to the body.
Hughes stalling in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Juneweather throws a head punch that misses.
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hughes landing knees to the body.
Juneweather swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Juneweather tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Juneweather fails to land.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Juneweather.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Juneweather lands with a right to the head.
Juneweather throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
Hughes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juneweather has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Hughes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Juneweather has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Juneweather struggles to land a body shot inside as Hughes controls his hands.
Juneweather blocks a body shot from Hughes.
Juneweather on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Juneweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Juneweather swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.
Juneweather swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Juneweather takes an elbow to the temple.
Juneweather misses with a hook from the clinch.
Juneweather takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes misses with a body punch.
Hughes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hughes landing knees to the body.
Hughes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes working Juneweather over with knees to the body.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juneweather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Juneweather has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
A right hook to the body lands for Hughes.
Juneweather misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hughes.
Hughes landing knees to the head.
Juneweather tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes keeps control of Juneweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hughes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Juneweather throws a head punch that misses.
Juneweather has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Hughes effectively controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hughes pushes Juneweather back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Juneweather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juneweather misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hughes.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Juneweather lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hughes obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hughes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Juneweather 's eye.
Juneweather tries to break free but Hughes pushes him back against the cage.
Hughes blocking some punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short body shot lands from Hughes as the two fighters clinch.
Juneweather misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.
Juneweather doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hughes obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juneweather throws a head punch that misses.

Hughes jumps guard.
Hughes wants to sweep here but Juneweather controlling him for the moment.
Juneweather trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hughes's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perry Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Perry Hughes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Juneweather swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Juneweather is looking for a counter combo.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Juneweather doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Juneweather shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hughes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Juneweather connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hughes scrambles back to his feet.
Juneweather fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hughes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Hughes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Juneweather is trying to break the clinch but Hughes is controlling him.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Juneweather goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Juneweather misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Juneweather in his tracks for a moment.
Juneweather avoiding damage as Hughes throws knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hughes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hughes landing knees to the body.
Hughes pushes Juneweather back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes crunches a lovely knee into Juneweather's ribcage.
Juneweather can't break the clinch.
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Juneweather's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Juneweather managing to block the knees to the body from Hughes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hughes.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hughes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Juneweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch on the inside from Juneweather fails to land.
Juneweather tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Juneweather fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Juneweather misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Juneweather tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughes's elbow.
Hughes cracks Juneweather with a nice body shot.
A short right from Hughes on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes is looking to control Juneweather's arms but Juneweather gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hughes has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Juneweather 's eye.
Juneweather blocks an elbow strike from Hughes.
Juneweather misses with a short punch on the inside.
Juneweather misses with some punches.
We've been informed that Hughes has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Juneweather misses with a punch on the inside.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hughes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hughes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Juneweather has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Juneweather.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Juneweather doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Juneweather throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Juneweather misses with a punch on the inside.
Juneweather misses with a body punch.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Hughes.
Hughes pushes Juneweather back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes with a knee to the head.
Hughes working Juneweather over with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hughes.
Hughes is working Juneweather over against the cage.
Hughes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hughes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hughes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hughes.
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hughes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hughes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Juneweather 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes avoiding damage.
Hughes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hughes keeps control of Juneweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Juneweather avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Juneweather shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juneweather throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
Juneweather blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes slows down the pace here.
Hughes lands a body shot.
Hughes stalling the fight.
Hughes is working Juneweather over against the cage.
Juneweather misses with a hook to the ribs.
Juneweather tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Juneweather.
Juneweather is looking to break free of the clinch but Hughes has double underhooks.
Juneweather working aggressively here.
Hughes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Juneweather misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perry Hughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Perry Hughes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.

Hughes closes the distance and clinches.
Juneweather has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.

Hughes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes looks to throw a body kick
and Juneweather counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Juneweather.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Floyd Juneweather is winning the standup battle so far.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Juneweather is avoiding it.
Juneweather ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes throws a hook but Juneweather avoids it easily.
Hughes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Hughes has Juneweather up against the cage in a clinch.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juneweather throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Juneweather fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Juneweather swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Juneweather.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Juneweather's defenses.
Juneweather goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Juneweather misses with a body punch.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Juneweather 's eye.

It looks like Floyd Juneweather has been cut.
Juneweather throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
A knee to the head by Hughes.
Juneweather misses with the head strike.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Juneweather.
Perry Hughes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Juneweather tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Juneweather.
Floyd Juneweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juneweather takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Juneweather pushes Hughes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hughes.
Hughes presses Juneweather against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Juneweather fails to land.
Hughes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Juneweather or not.
Hughes prevents a body shot from Juneweather.
Juneweather misses with a punch on the inside.
Juneweather fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Juneweather tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughes's elbow.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes is stalling here.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Juneweather misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands a nice shot to the body.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Juneweather's defenses.
Juneweather tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughes's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hughes.
Hughes working Juneweather over with knees to the body.
Hughes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Juneweather or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Juneweather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Juneweather.
Hughes gets through Juneweather's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hughes lands a nice knee to the body.
Hughes taking a breather.
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hughes lands with a short shot to the head.

Hughes pulls guard.
Juneweather is looking to stand up but Hughes won't let him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes wants to sweep here but Juneweather controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juneweather trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hughes is trying to control the position but Juneweather postures up.
Juneweather throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Juneweather throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hughes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Juneweather postures up in Hughes's guard and throws a big left but Hughes blocks it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Juneweather wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hughes throws the left hand but Juneweather avoids the punch easily.
Juneweather misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Hughes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Juneweather misses with a body shot.
Perry Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hughes lands a head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Perry Hughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hughes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Perry Hughes!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Perry Hughes!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Perry Hughes!

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