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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryan Lewis had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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260 lbs
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275 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryan Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raul Hughes!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a series of punches but Lewis avoids them all with ease.
Lewis scores with a nice strike.
Hughes throws a chopping leg kick but Lewis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Lewis avoids nicely.
Lewis just misses with a punch to the body.
Lewis misses with a body shot.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Lewis circles away and keeps his distance.
Lewis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hughes looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewis misses the body punch
and Hughes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lewis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lewis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A combination from Lewis does no damage.
Lewis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lewis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hughes defending well though.
Hughes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lewis trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Hughes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis is trying to control the action in half guard but Hughes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hughes wants to get back to his feet.
Lewis lands with a punch from half guard.
Lewis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lewis is looking to take a break and control but Hughes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hughes is trying to control but can't.
Lewis wants to control but Hughes is keeping him busy.
Lewis is just content to waste time from the top position. Hughes takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lewis looking to sit in guard and control but Hughes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hughes wants to stand but Lewis has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lewis throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Hughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Lewis checks a low kick from Hughes.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Lewis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hughes throws a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lewis misses with a two punch combination.
Lewis is looking to wear down Hughes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hughes tries to clinch there but Lewis circles away.
Hughes slips a jab and a cross from Lewis.
Hughes lands a jab to the head.
Lewis blocks a low kick nicely.
Hughes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes misses with a low kick as Lewis jumps back.
Lewis misses with a takedown attempt - Hughes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hughes thows a body shot but no joy.
Hughes throws a sloppy body shot
and Lewis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hughes won't be happy with that.
Hughes trying to remain calm as Lewis controls from the top position.
Hughes wants to control but Lewis postures up.
Hughes manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to control but Lewis is keeping him busy.
Lewis is trying to maintain the position but Hughes is very close to passing his half guard.
Lewis is looking for a sweep. Hughes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hughes stalling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Hughes pulls his head out easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Lewis dominated that round.
That's time! Lewis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hughes wants to clinch
and Lewis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lewis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hughes at a distance.
Raul Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis checks a leg kick.
Lewis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hughes!
Lewis lands with some strikes.
Hughes somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Raul Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hughes tries to score with a low kick but Lewis moves his leg out of the way.
Hughes tries to clinch but Lewis moves away
and Lewis counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on Lewis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Lewis in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lewis is controlling him well.
Lewis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hughes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bryan Lewis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lewis just content to control the position.
Hughes tries to escape but Lewis is in control.
Lewis tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lewis trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hughes stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hughes tries to clinch but Lewis moves away
and Lewis counters with a left to the body.
Lewis lands a jab to Hughes's midsection.
Lewis throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Lewis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Lewis.
Lewis scores with a jab to the body.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Lewis.
Lewis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Lewis from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lewis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lewis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lewis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hughes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hughes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lewis.
Lewis is looking to work some ground and pound but Hughes has wrist control.
Hughes wants to stand up but Lewis is controlling him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hughes misses with a low kick.
Hughes thumps Lewis with a low kick.
Lewis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hughes in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lewis counters with a nice uppercut.
Lewis misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hughes.
Hughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hughes circles away.
Raul Hughes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lewis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hughes is trying to maintain the position but Lewis is very close to passing his half guard.
Lewis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes wants to control but Lewis is keeping busy.
Lewis is just content to waste time from the top position. Hughes takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Lewis dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Lewis.
Hughes throws a hook but Lewis avoids it easily.
Hughes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hughes wants to clinch but Lewis slips to the side
and Lewis counters with a left to the body.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Lewis moved out of range nicely.
Lewis jabs at Hughes's body.
Good exchange - Lewis coming out on top.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick from Hughes misses.
Lewis punishes Hughes's body with a nice straight punch.
Lewis lands a slapping body shot.
Bryan Lewis is winning the standup battle so far.
Hughes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lewis punishes Hughes's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice sprawl there from Hughes as Lewis shoots in.
Lewis misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Lewis.
Hughes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lewis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hughes gets caught flat footed, as Lewis shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lewis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lewis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lewis cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Lewis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis won't allow Hughes to get back to his feet.
Lewis scoring with some ground and pound.
Hughes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Lewis from controlling successfully.
Hughes wants to stand but Lewis is controlling the position.
Lewis trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lewis throwing strikes from guard but Hughes blocks nicely.
Hughes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Raul Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lewis is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Hughes has hold of Lewis's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lewis manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hughes gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a shot to the body.
Hughes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lewis lands with a nice body punch.
Lewis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lewis scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewis landing strikes from the mount.
Bryan Lewis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lewis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lewis looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lewis looking to ground and pound but Hughes is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Lewis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lewis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Lewis!
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energy
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hype
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