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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Winston Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Blackburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winston Hughes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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268 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Winston Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Blackburn!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes feints and then cracks Blackburn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blackburn down.
Blackburn slips a jab from Hughes.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hughes!
A cross from Hughes lands.
Blackburn looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hughes lands a nice hook to Blackburn's body. Blackburn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blackburn misses with a wild combination.
Hughes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blackburn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackburn closes the distance and clinches.
Blackburn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hughes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hughes lands with a short shot to the head.
Hughes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hughes misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes is leaning against Blackburn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hughes gets underhooks to prevent Blackburn's takedown attempt.
Winston Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Blackburn.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hughes.
Hughes pushes Blackburn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blackburn turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Blackburn working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Hughes is trying to control Blackburn's posture but Blackburn avoids it.
Hughes dodges the ground and pound from Blackburn.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blackburn thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hughes can't do much from the bottom here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Blackburn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hughes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Blackburn fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Blackburn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blackburn works to advance to full mount. Hughes defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hughes wants to control but Blackburn is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Blackburn with good strikes from the mount here!
Hughes is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Blackburn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hughes is looking to escape.
Blackburn throws a sloppy strike and Hughes uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Hughes has ended up in Blackburn's guard.
Hughes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hughes postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hughes won't allow Blackburn to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Blackburn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hughes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hughes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Blackburn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hughes is one step ahead there.
Blackburn keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Winston Hughes will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hughes lands a high kick!
It looks like Charles Blackburn has been cut.
Blackburn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hughes circles away quickly and effectively.
Good leg kick by Hughes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Blackburn tries to clinch but Hughes moves away
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Blackburn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Blackburn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hughes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blackburn throws a right and a left that Hughes avoids nicely.
Blackburn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hughes.
Blackburn misses with a two punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackburn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hughes.
Charles Blackburn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hughes works Blackburn's body with a nice hook.
Blackburn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hughes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes throws out a loose jab but Blackburn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blackburn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blackburn misses with a few strikes there.
Hughes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blackburn feints the counter takedown.
Blackburn misses with the combination.
Winston Hughes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blackburn has closed the distance and engaged Hughes in a clinch.
Blackburn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blackburn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Blackburn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes working aggressively here.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blackburn is working for takedown but Hughes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Blackburn tries to score a body lock takedown but Hughes shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hughes tries to throw a body punch but Blackburn avoids it by throwing Hughes back against the cage.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Hughes pushes Blackburn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hughes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blackburns head.
Hughes is trying to push Blackburn away but Blackburn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hughes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Blackburn.
Blackburn is trying to drag Hughes to the mat but Hughes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Winston Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Blackburn.
Hughes throws a punch but it's blocked by Blackburn.
Hughes scores with a shoulder strike.
Blackburn misses with a punch on the inside.
Blackburn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hughes.
Blackburn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hughes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blackburn drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hughes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hughes here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hughes lands with a short shot to the head.
Blackburn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughes has Blackburn pressed against the cage, preventing Blackburn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hughes stops a takedown attempt from Blackburn.
Blackburn has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hughes after a bit of a struggle.
Hughes throws a punch but it's blocked by Blackburn.
Hughes misses with some punches.
Hughes misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes throws a punch but it's blocked by Blackburn.
Hughes lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Blackburn.
Hughes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blackburn's elbow.
Blackburn takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Blackburn - that landed with a thud.
Blackburn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the liver by Blackburn. Beautiful body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Blackburn. Those never looked like landing.
Hughes takes one on the button.
Winston Hughes is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blackburn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blackburn is looking to clinch.
Blackburn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hughes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blackburn is looking to clinch but Hughes is avoiding it.
Hughes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Winston Hughes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charles Blackburn'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 will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hughes is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Blackburn throws a nice looking combination but Hughes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hughes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blackburn can do to turn this around?
Blackburn wants to clinch.
Blackburn doesn't manage to clinch there - Hughes circles away.
Hughes throws a lazy body kick
and Blackburn counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hughes won't be happy with that.
Hughes can't do much from the bottom here.
Blackburn in side control, just content to control the action for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackburn working the head with strikes.
Charles Blackburn has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes is trying to control Blackburn's posture but Blackburn avoids it.
Blackburn sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hughes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hughes is not content to let Blackburn control the position.
Blackburn cracks Hughes with a big elbow.
Blackburn working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn trying to control the position but Hughes is working away.
Hughes struggling a bit here.
Blackburn trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Hughes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Blackburn.
Blackburn thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hughes is trying to control Blackburn's posture but Blackburn avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn is trying to get an arm triangle but Hughes is defending well.
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Hughes defending against the ground and pound.
Charles Blackburn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blackburn tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Blackburn is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hughes knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Blackburn is looking to take a break and control but Hughes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blackburn has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Hughes!
Blackburn punching from mount but Hughes doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Blackburn is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hughes is surviving well by controlling Blackburn's body position as best he can.
Hughes holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Blackburn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blackburn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Winston Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blackburn looking to ground and pound but Hughes is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Blackburn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hughes 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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