Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: C199: Bonaparte vs Kersikov
Date: Jun 11, 2023

#R1#
White connects with a body shot.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hughes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White missing with a left hand there. Hughes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
White lands with a good body shot.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from White.
Hughes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hughes's head.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hughes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hughes lands a really nice looking cross but White seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White tests Hughes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left lands for White.
White throws a hook to the side of Hughes's head but Hughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hughes! But no joy.
White throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
White connects with a single shot there.#T1#
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hughes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? White is fending him off so far but Hughes persists. Nope, White circles away and we're back to standing.
Hughes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White misses with a straight right.
A nice side step and Hughes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
Thor White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#TD2#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hughes.
White is looking for a sweep.
White takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
White is looking to reverse the position.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hughes off and has taken his back!
Hughes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#SUB#
Hughes showing good submission defense here.
Hughes breaks White's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White keeping full guard, as Hughes tries to pass. #SUB#
Hughes got a little sloppy there for a moment and White has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hughes has managed to get both his arms back between White's legs - danger averted.#T3##SUB#
White escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hughes is working White over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hughes scoring with punches to the head and body. #SUB#
White looking for a guillotine here but Hughes defends easily.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
White looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Hughes got a little sloppy there for a moment and White has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hughes has managed to get both his arms back between White's legs - danger averted.#SUB#
White is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hughes is aware though and is defending well.
Hughes is working White over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hughes connects with a couple of short punches.#SUB#
White looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hughes lands a couple of elbows.
Hughes postures up and lands a big shot to White's brow. #SUB#
Hughes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hughes is working White over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thor White dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
White throws a sloppy body shot
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Hughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
Nice shot by Hughes.
Hughes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like White wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thor White is winning the standup battle so far.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
White throws a lazy right hand but Hughes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hughes! But no joy.
White lands a nice hook to Hughes's body. Hughes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White misses with a hook
and Hughes counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from White misses.
White misses with a straight right.
Hughes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White. #TD2#
Hughes shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes slips a nice elbow through White's hands, connecting with White's forehead.
Marcus Hughes has got the better of the ground game so far.#T1#
White gets back to full guard.
White keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
White keeping full guard, as Hughes tries to pass. #SUB#
White has his foot on Hughes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hughes works his way back into a safe position though.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
White is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hughes defends well.#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.#SUB#
White is looking for a triangle but Hughes pushes his legs off easily. #SUB#
White has an active guard here but Hughes has managed to pass into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hughes lands a nice short elbow.
Still in half guard, Hughes seems content to control.
Hughes drops an elbow to the side of White's head.
White gets full guard.#SUB#
White working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hughes has passed into half guard! #T3#
Hughes lands with a punch from half guard.
Hughes is keen to just control but White is a slippery customer.
Hughes is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hughes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but White does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
White is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hughes scores with a couple of nice shots.#SUB#
White looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Hughes there. #T4#
Hughes working White over with strikes. #SUB#
White looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
White looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hughes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. #SUB2#
White is defending against the submission attempts here by Hughes.
Hughes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks White with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. #SUB#
White looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!#R3#
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Hughes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has White pinned against the cage. White gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
White avoids the body shot from Hughes.
A shot to the body from White misses
and Hughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hughes dives in for a single leg takedown but White sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hughes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps White's head backwards.
Thor White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - White coming out on top.
White's corner calls for a 1-2. White obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hughes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
Hughes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hughes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. White tries to avoid it but Hughes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag White to the ground. White escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Thor White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.
Hughes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing. #T1#
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Hughes blocks a jab.
Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hughes jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Hughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hughes defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hughes.
Hughes walks into a jab.
White moves out of range as Hughes strikes.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
White throws a lazy right hand but Hughes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White lands with a cross.
Hughes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Hughes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
White throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hughes. #T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hughes.
White moves away from the strike by Hughes.
Hughes moves out of range as White strikes.
Hughes defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
Hughes throws a hook but White blocks it.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White scores with a nice right hand.
White ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Hughes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and White connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hughes scrambles back to his feet.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White staying out of range there.#T3#
Hughes lands with a straight right. White didn't see that one coming.
White throws a lazy right hand but Hughes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White misses with a left hand
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Hughes fails to land the takedown.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Hughes misses.
White misses with a straight left.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
Hughes swings for the body but White moves out of range. #T4#
White throws a right hand that misses
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White misses with a right hand
letting Hughes counter with a right hand.
White throws a right and a left that Hughes avoids nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
White looks to land a right hand but Hughes moved out of range.
Hughes throws a hook but White blocks it.
Hughes cracks White with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hughes connects with a body shot.
Hughes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheers as White lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hughes doesn't seem phased though.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White slips under a jab.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Hughes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcus Hughes.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Hughes!

Event: C193: Ochoa vs Taneyev II
Date: May 21, 2023

#R1#
Hughes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spencer pinned against the cage. Spencer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hughes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Spencer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Spencer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spencer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hughes misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Spencer misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes misses with a lunging right hand
and Spencer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Spencer moved out of range nicely.
Spencer throws a shot from downtown. Hughes moves away and avoids it.
Hughes fails with a takedown attempt.
James Spencer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.#T1#
Hughes misses with an uppercut
and Spencer counters with a low kick, right behind Hughes 's knee.
James Spencer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spencer scores with a spinning back kick!
Hughes jabs Spencer right on the nose. Spencer blinks but takes it well.
Hughes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Spencer counters with a left to the body.
Hughes looks winded!
Spencer throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. #KD#
Spencer lands a big uppercut and Hughes crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Hughes looks OK. Spencer waves Hughes back to his feet!#ROC#Hughes is rocked!#CUT#It looks like Marcus Hughes has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spencer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hughes is still on wobbly legs! Can Spencer finish him?
Spencer lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Hughes up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Spencer from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Hughes's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Spencer!
James Spencer took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.

Event: C188: Obaminator vs Jabbar
Date: Apr 30, 2023

#R1#
Hughes avoids the head kick by Girard.
A little jabbing left from Hughes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Girard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Hughes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Girard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hughes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes catches Girard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#TD#
Girard closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hughes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Girard off and has taken his back!
Hughes lands shots from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hughes scores with strikes from the back.
Girard takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Hughes is landing with strikes from the back.
Hughes biding his time, looking for the opening. #T1#
Hughes lands strikes to the head.
Our spies down at at NY Savages inform us that Hughes has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hughes is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Girard up.
Hughes looking to soften up his opponent with punches. #SUB2#
Hughes has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Girard! Can he survive? No! He's out! Hughes gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcus Hughes!

Event: C182: Dixon vs Collins
Date: Apr 09, 2023

#R1#
Hughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Hughes swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Hughes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hughes digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Brown is looking to counter with head kicks.
Brown looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice shot lands for Hughes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Hughes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hughes.#TD2#
Hughes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hughes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes controls the position. #T1#
Hughes grinds an elbow into Brown's temple.
Brown is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hughes asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Hughes throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hughes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#ES#
Brown explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Brown throws a looping overhand right but Hughes ducks down to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Hughes misses.
Hughes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.#TD2#
Hughes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Brown manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hughes stops Brown from standing up.
Brown trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hughes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brown is keeping the position for now. #T2#
Hughes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brown wants to get back to his feet but Hughes is in a dominant position and won't allow it. #ES#
Brown is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Hughes presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Hughes misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut lands for Hughes. That snapped Brown's head back.
Hughes shoots in but Brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.#T3#
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hughes.
A little feinted left hand from Brown on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hughes or perhaps it was just good defense by Brown, which made it look bad.
An attempted straight right counter from Brown misses the target.
Bill Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.#TD2#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hughes.
Brown is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hughes is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards. #T4#
Brown is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hughes asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Brown takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes staying calm.
Brown is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hughes has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2#
Brown slips under a jab.
Hughes has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Brown is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jab, jab by Hughes - just one landing.
Hughes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hughes, as that shot connected.
Hughes dives in for a single leg takedown but Brown sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#TD2#
Hughes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brown is staying active underneath Hughes, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #T1##ES#
Brown has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Hughes is on him like a limpet, forcing Brown back against the cage.
Hughes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brown's efforts to push away.
Hughes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Brown tries to break free but Hughes pushes him back against the cage.#BC#
Brown breaks from the clinch. #TD2#
Hughes gets a double leg takedown into Brown's guard.
Brown avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hughes landing some decent shots from guard.
Hughes won't allow Brown to get back to his feet.
Hughes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. #T2#
Brown wants to stand and escape but Hughes is having none of it.
Marcus Hughes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Hughes prevents Brown from getting back to his feet.
Hughes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hughes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.#ES#
Brown pushes Hughes off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#TD2#
Hughes gets a takedown into half guard.
Hughes slows the pace down in half guard. #T3#
Brown pushes Hughes off looking to stand but Hughes dives back in and keeps control.
Hughes controlling the action here.
Brown tries to kick Hughes off but Hughes keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Brown is not content to let Hughes control the position.
Brown looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brown keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hughes drops an elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Brown is staying active underneath Hughes, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brown wants to get back to his feet.
Hughes wants to take a breather but Brown is having none of it.
Hughes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brown won't allow Hughes to pass to mount.
Brown is looking to escape.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Marcus Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hughes connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Hughes misses.
Hughes stuns Brown with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hughes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brown is fending him off so far but Hughes persists. Nope, Brown circles away and we're back to standing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Hughes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hughes gets slowly back to his feet.
Hughes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brown sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Brown is looking to counter punch.
Brown blocks a jab.
Hughes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Brown is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brown's head.
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hughes.#TD2#
Brown tries to sprawl but Hughes drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Brown manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Hughes keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage. #T1##BC#
Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Bill Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#TD2#
Hughes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hughes stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Hughes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brown wants to get back to his feet.
Hughes working the head and body with strikes. #T2#
Hughes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hughes stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hughes in particular looking to stall.
Brown is trying to stand back up but Hughes is controlling him
Brown taking some punishment here, with Hughes in his half guard.
Hughes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
Hughes is trying to control. Brown wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hughes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown is trying to stand.
Hughes is keen to just control but Brown is a slippery customer.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.#T3#
Brown wants to get back to his feet. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hughes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hughes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hughes.#TD2#
Brown gets caught napping as Hughes dives in and scores a takedown. Brown manages to retain guard.#ES#
The fighters are working up against the cage. Brown manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Brown tries to circle away but Hughes has him pinned against the cage.
Bill Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#BC#
Brown breaks from the clinch.
Hughes throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Donk. Hughes catches Brown right on the button with a cross.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes lands with a hook. Brown tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hughes swings widly with a right hand
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hughes works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Hughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Hughes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brown momentarily.
Hughes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brown is fending him off so far but Hughes persists. Nope, Brown circles away and we're back to standing.
Brown throwing a counter right hand but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Bill Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.
Hughes lands an overhand right.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hughes gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown is looking to counter punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Hughes!

Event: C173: Ji Woo vs Land
Date: Mar 12, 2023

#R1#
Nakamura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nakamura is fending him off so far but Hughes persists. Nope, Nakamura circles away and we're back to standing.
Nakamura looks to land a combination. Hughes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nakamura misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from Hughes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#TD2#
Hughes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nakamura manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hughes won't allow Nakamura to sweep him here.
Nakamura might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hughes won't allow Nakamura to sweep him here.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Nakamura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nakamura looking for a sweep. Not yet Nakamura, not yet.
Hughes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#T1#
Nakamura is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakamura trying to strike off his back.
Hughes with a nice head shot there.
Hughes preventing the sweep.
Nakamura being controlled here, momentarily.
Hughes's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Nakamura bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hughes's guard. #REVR##SUB2#
Hughes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #T2#
Nakamura won't allow Hughes to sweep him here.
Hughes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment. #SUB2#
Hughes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nakamura doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nakamura manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nakamura distracts Hughes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nakamura content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nakamura has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nakamura landing some decent shots from guard.
Nakamura throws a strike but Hughes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Nakamura is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nakamura scores with a short punch from the bottom.#T3#
Hughes wants to control from the top but Nakamura keeps moving.
Hughes wants to pass the guard but Nakamura is keeping the position.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Nakamura keeps moving.
Hughes postures up in Nakamura's guard and throws a big left but Nakamura blocks it.
Hughes connects with a couple of short punches.
Hughes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nakamura is keeping the position for now.
Hughes pushes down on Nakamura's leg and manages to get into half guard.#T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hughes is stalling here. Nakamura is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hughes seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nakamura has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Nakamura scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hughes wants to control but Nakamura postures up.
Hughes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nakamura trying to control the position but Hughes is working away.
Hughes seems a little lost for a moment, as Nakamura dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The strikes coming from Nakamura are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hughes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hughes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gurizuri Nakamura will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakamura.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Nakamura changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Nakamura lands with a nice combination. Hughes backs away looking to recover.
Nakamura scores with a three punch combo!
Nakamura throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Nakamura looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Nakamura scores with a jab to the body.
Jab by Hughes.
Nakamura misses with a wild body shot.
Nakamura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nakamura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes throws the left hand but Nakamura avoids the punch easily.
Nakamura throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.#TD2#
Hughes shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nakamura tries to roll over but Hughes keeps him under control.#T1#
Nakamura taking some punishment here, with Hughes in his half guard.
Nakamura tries to roll over but Hughes keeps him under control.
Hughes is trying to control. Nakamura wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hughes working the head and body with strikes.
Hughes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hughes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nakamura does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #T2#
Nakamura missing with punches from the bottom.
Nakamura is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hughes perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Marcus Hughes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hughes prevents Nakamura from improving his position.
Hughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hughes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nakamura's head. #T3#
Nakamura is looking for a sweep. Hughes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hughes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nakamura is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hughes jumps into side control!
Nakamura tries to buck Hughes off but Hughes is having none of it.
An elbow from Hughes crashes against the mat.
Hughes landing strikes.
Nakamura is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hughes's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hughes is taking a breather. Nakamura says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nakamura tries to get to full guard but Hughes has control of the leg.
Nakamura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #T4#
Hughes wants to take a breather but Nakamura is having none of it.
Nakamura tries to get to full guard but Hughes has control of the leg.
Hughes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hughes trying to control from half guard but Nakamura is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nakamura is looking to improve his position.
Nakamura is working hard here to advance position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!#R3#
Nakamura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hughes shoots in but no luck this time.
Nakamura just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakamura throws a poor cross that misses
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nakamura misses with a looping left.
Nakamura swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nakamura just misses with a punch to the body.
Gurizuri Nakamura is winning the standup battle so far.
Nakamura tries to move into range but Hughes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nakamura throws a body shot but no joy.
Hughes throws out a counter right but Nakamura avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hughes takes a swing at Nakamura's ribcage but misses.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nakamura throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hughes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nakamura connects with a body shot that sends Hughes's belly button to the back.#T1#
Nakamura throws out a powerful jab.
Nakamura ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Hughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nakamura lands with a shot to the body.
Hughes shoots for a double leg takedown but Nakamura sprawls well. He's pushed Hughes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakamura.
Hughes slips a jab from Nakamura.
Nakamura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.
Nakamura drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.#TD#
Nakamura shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hughes wants to improve his position but Nakamura is controlling well. #T2##SUB2#
Hughes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nakamura pulls his head out easily.
Nakamura lands with a punch from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakamura thows a huge punch but Hughes dodges it nicely. #SUB2#
Hughes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nakamura pulls his head out easily.
We've been hearing that Nakamura has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nakamura connects with a nice short shot to Hughes's temple.
Nakamura is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes. #T3#
Nakamura working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nakamura looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hughes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hughes is pressing down on Nakamura's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nakamura works over Hughes with some ground and pound from guard.
Hughes trying to control the position here.
Nakamura is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hughes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nakamura pushing down on Hughes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hughes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nakamura. #T4#
Nakamura looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hughes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nakamura looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hughes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes. #ROC#Hughes is rocked!
Nakamura is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Hughes is hurt! He's hurt bad - Nakamura fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Hughes from any more punishment! Congratulations to Nakamura! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gurizuri Nakamura!

Event: C165: Cranio vs Nakagawa
Date: Feb 19, 2023

#R1#
Kururugi slips a jab from Hughes.
Hughes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kururugi. Kururugi obviously looking to wear him down. #TD2#
Hughes shoots in and gets a takedown into Kururugi's guard.
Hughes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hughes trying to control but Kururugi is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Kururugi keeps moving. #T1#
Hughes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hughes trying to control but Kururugi is working from the bottom. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kururugi connects with the punch.#TD2#
Hughes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kururugi to the ground. Hughes is now in Kururugi's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kururugi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kururugi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes passes Kururugi's right leg, so he's now in half guard. #T2#
Hughes is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hughes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hughes sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kururugi is looking to control Hughes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kururugi avoid being mounted?#T3#
Kururugi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hughes. #SUB2#
Hughes in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Kururugi tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Hughes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcus Hughes!

Event: BB 95 - St. Gough vs Cisse
Date: Jan 28, 2023

#R1#
Gaanja misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gaanja counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice shot by Gaanja.
Gaanja cracks a nice hook into Hughes's ribs.
Gaanja looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Gaanja is just out of range.
Zalt Gaanja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaanja.
Gaanja moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Gaanja misses with an uppercut. #TD2#
Gaanja closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hughes did well to prevent Gaanja getting side control.
Hughes is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Hughes looking for a kimura from the bottom but Gaanja passes into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaanja tries to advance to mount but Hughes denies him.
Hughes is trying to improve his position.#T1#
Hughes wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Hughes tries to buck Gaanja off but Gaanja is having none of it.
Hughes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes stops Gaanja from passing to mount.
Hughes manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gaanja's best efforts.
Gaanja is nestled in close to Hughes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gaanja is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gaanja scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gaanja slips a nice elbow through Hughes's hands, connecting with Hughes's forehead.
Gaanja working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #T2##SUB#
Hughes has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Gaanja escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Gaanja!
Gaanja working the head and body with strikes. #ROC2#Hughes is rocked!
A big shot lands for Gaanja! That's hurt Hughes! Will he recover? Gaanja fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zalt Gaanja!
A victorious Zalt Gaanja thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: BB 90 - St. Gough vs Kisei
Date: Dec 31, 2022

#R1#
Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diesel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Diesel throws a shot from downtown. Hughes moves away and avoids it.
Hughes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Hughes misses the target.
Hughes connects with a crisp jab. #CL2#
Diesel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diesel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Diesel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diesel is pressed up against the cage. Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Diesel down to the mat. Diesel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hughes misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Diesel clinches.
Diesel stops a takedown attempt from Hughes.
Diesel digs a right hand into Hughes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hughes's gas tank.
Diesel trying to land knees to the body.
Diesel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #T1#
Diesel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Diesel can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Diesel lands a shoulder strike.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diesel throws an elbow but misses.
Hughes blocks the elbow strike.
Diesel misses with an elbow over the top.
Hughes tries to score a body lock takedown but Diesel shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diesel throws an elbow that misses.
Diesel has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes. #T2#
Diesel misses with an elbow over the top.
Diesel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diesel can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Diesel misses with the head strike.
Diesel swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diesel swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diesel avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Diesel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diesel throws a head punch that misses. #T3#
Diesel content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hughes wants a takedown but no success here.
Diesel misses with a punch to the body.
Diesel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #CUT2#It looks like Marcus Hughes has been cut.
Diesel lands a nice elbow. #TD#
Hughes lands a takedown into guard.
Hughes looking to sit in guard and control but Diesel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB##SU2#
Diesel decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Diesel tries to clinch up but Hughes circles away and keeps his distance.
Hughes dives in and grabs Diesel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diesel pushes down on Hughes's head and hops out.
Hughes lunges at Diesel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Diesel's hand.
Diesel is looking to clinch. #T4#
Diesel closes the distance but Hughes moves to the side
and Diesel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Voltsz Diesel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diesel tries to clinch up but Hughes circles away and keeps his distance.
Hughes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diesel tries to clinch but Hughes is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diesel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#CL2#
Diesel darts in and clinches Hughes up against the cage.
Diesel working aggressively here.
Diesel lands an uppercut.
Diesel pressing his opponent against the cage. #TD#
Hughes gets a trip takedown into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Voltsz Diesel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
That's time! Hughes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Diesel blocks a jab.
Hughes scores with a nice head shot.#CL2#
Diesel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hughes, pushing him back against the cage.
Diesel throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diesel.
Diesel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diesel lands an elbow inside that Hughes shrugs off.
Diesel is pressed up against the cage. Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Diesel down to the mat. Diesel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Diesel leaves Hughes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes throws a hook but Diesel blocks it.
Diesel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diesel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hughes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diesel walks into a jab.
Hughes misses with a looping left.#T1#
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Diesel wants to clinch.
Diesel throws an off balance right hand
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Diesel.
Diesel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diesel steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hughes.#CL2#
Diesel clinches up with Hughes and pushes him back against the cage.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Diesel manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diesel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diesel taking a break, stalling in the clinch. #TD#
Hughes gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hughes thows a huge punch but Diesel dodges it nicely.
Diesel tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hughes manages to move to mount! #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes raining down shots from the mount!
Diesel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hughes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Diesel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
BOOM! Hughes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Diesel wants to get back to his feet.
Diesel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hughes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Diesel sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.#T3#
Diesel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hughes.
Hughes throwing shots but Diesel is blocking nicely.
Diesel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hughes. #SUB#
Hughes is trying to work for a kimura but Diesel is defending well.
Diesel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hughes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes stalling away here and it's allowed Diesel to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. #T4#
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.
Diesel keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Diesel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hughes.
Hughes looking to sit in guard and control but Diesel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Diesel trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hughes's guard.
Hughes throws a couple of heel strikes.
Hughes wants to sweep here but Diesel controlling him for the moment.
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. #REVR#
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3##CL2#
Diesel closes the distance and clinches.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Diesel stops a takedown attempt from Hughes.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Diesel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Diesel lands a hook that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diesel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diesel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Diesel misses with the head strike.
Diesel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hughes. #T1#
Hughes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Diesel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes avoids the elbow strike from Diesel, against the cage.
Hughes prevents a body shot from Diesel.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Diesel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Diesel prevents it.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diesel working some nice short punches in the clinch.#T2#
Diesel pushes off an throws an elbow but Hughes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Diesel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughes is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hughes takes an elbow to the temple.
Diesel can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Diesel has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Diesel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hughes up against the cage.
Diesel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Diesel.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diesel. #T3#
Diesel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diesel misses with an elbow strike.
I was talking to Hughes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Diesel lands an elbow inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Diesel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Diesel taking a breather.
Diesel struggles to land a body shot inside as Hughes controls his hands.
Hughes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Diesel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Diesel throws an elbow but it misses.
Diesel swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T4#
Diesel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diesel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Diesel misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Diesel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diesel struggles to land a body shot inside as Hughes controls his hands.
Diesel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diesel tries to throw a body punch but Hughes avoids it by throwing Diesel back against the cage.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diesel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes blocks a body shot from Diesel.
A short right from Diesel.
Diesel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diesel throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Voltsz Diesel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Diesel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 27:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Voltsz Diesel!
Voltsz Diesel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: BB 84 - McWrestler vs Man 3
Date: Nov 19, 2022

#R1#
Coryatt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Hughes misses the target.
Hughes lands with a hook. Coryatt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Coryatt connects with a leg kick.
Hughes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Coryatt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coryatt manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Coryatt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big right from Coryatt misses.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Coryatt is looking for the big counter here.#TD#
Hughes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Coryatt's half guard.
Hughes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes working Coryatt over with strikes.
Hughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hughes throwing shots but Coryatt is blocking nicely.
Coryatt is staying active underneath Hughes, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #T1#
Hughes not doing much here.
Hughes is trying to control. Coryatt wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hughes controlling the action here.
Hughes is looking to take a break and control but Coryatt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hughes drops an elbow to the side of Coryatt's head. #T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hughes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Coryatt can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Coryatt controlling the position well.
Coryatt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hughes.
Hughes thows a huge punch but Coryatt dodges it nicely.
Hughes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hughes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coryatt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hughes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hughes takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T3#
A swing and a miss from Coryatt.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Coryatt ducks down to avoid it.
Coryatt misses with a left hand
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Chris Coryatt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#TD#
Hughes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hughes engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hughes postures up and lands a big shot to Coryatt's brow.
Hughes prevents Coryatt from getting back to his feet.
Hughes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hughes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hughes lands a couple of elbows.#T4#
Hughes engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hughes postures up.
Hughes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Coryatt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Hughes drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hughes jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hughes throwing strikes from guard but Coryatt blocks nicely.
Hughes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
An inside leg kick from Coryatt misses.
Coryatt's coach down at Blacksmith MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Coryatt's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Coryatt throws a combination that misses
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hughes takes a swing at Coryatt's ribcage but misses.
Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hughes connects with a right hand. Coryatt shakes it off.
Coryatt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Coryatt fails to land with a series of punches.
Hughes misses with a takedown
letting Coryatt counter with a right hand.
Coryatt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hughes blocks a leg kick.
Hughes throwing a counter right hand but Coryatt manages to avoid it.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Coryatt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Coryatt throws a big shot that misses.
Hughes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hughes there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes thuds a left hand into Coryatt's body.
Coryatt misses the shot to the body.
Hughes throwing a counter right hand but Coryatt manages to avoid it.#T1#
Hughes dips to his left and cracks Coryatt with an uppercut!
Coryatt throws a leg kick
and Hughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Coryatt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
A jab from Hughes finds it's way through Coryatt's defenses.
Hughes lands a really nice looking cross but Coryatt seems unphased.
Coryatt throws an off balance right hand
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hughes, as that shot connected. #TD#
Hughes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Coryatt's guard.
Hughes throws a strike but Coryatt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes controlling the position.
Hughes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hughes tries to land a sweep but no joy. #SUB#
Hughes looking for a guillotine here but Coryatt defends easily. #SUB#
Hughes is looking for a triangle but Coryatt pushes his legs off easily. #T2##SUB#
Hughes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hughes wants to sweep but no luck.
Coryatt wants to stand and escape but instead Hughes has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVR#
Hughes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hughes throws a big right hand that misses.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Coryatt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes throwing strikes but missing. #T3#
Hughes connects with a couple of short punches.
Hughes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coryatt can do to turn this around?
Hughes postures up in Coryatt's guard and throws a big left but Coryatt blocks it.
Coryatt keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Coryatt wants to stand but Hughes is controlling the position.
Hughes is looking to work some ground and pound but Coryatt has wrist control.
Marcus Hughes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. #T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hughes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hughes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hughes cracks Coryatt with a solid left hand.
Coryatt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hughes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Coryatt keeps moving.
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nice body punch from Hughes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!#R3#
Coryatt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hughes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Coryatt pinned against the cage. Coryatt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hughes defending well as Coryatt loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Coryatt throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coryatt is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hughes lands a really nice looking cross but Coryatt seems unphased.
Coryatt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Coryatt.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coryatt misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Hughes throws a body punch but Coryatt moves out of range.
Hughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coryatt.
Coryatt is looking to clinch but Hughes is avoiding it.
Coryatt looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range. #T1#
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coryatt.
Coryatt lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hughes takes a step back to recover.
Nice shot lands for Coryatt.
Coryatt getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hughes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A slow jab from Coryatt misses its intended target.
Hughes takes a swing at Coryatt's ribcage but misses. #TD#
Hughes throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Coryatt was covering up waiting for the punch and Hughes finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Coryatt controls Hughes momentarily but Hughes frees himself.
Coryatt is looking to stand up but Hughes isn't so interested in that idea. #T2#
Hughes trying to control but Coryatt is working from the bottom.
Coryatt is adopting a defensive guard.
Hughes throws a big elbow that misses.
Hughes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hughes stands up over Coryatt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.#T3#
Hughes prevents Coryatt from getting back to his feet.
Coryatt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Coryatt being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Coryatt keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hughes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Coryatt as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coryatt lands with a shot to the body.
Coryatt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coryatt.
A little feinted left hand from Hughes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Coryatt throws a hook but Hughes blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Hughes misses the target.#T4#
Coryatt throws a push kick but Hughes slaps the foot to one side.
Coryatt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Coryatt misses with a double jab
and Hughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Coryatt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hughes circles away quickly and effectively.
Coryatt lands a nice looking body shot.
Coryatt lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. Coryatt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coryatt misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chris Coryatt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes catches Coryatt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marcus Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Coryatt lands with a straight right. Hughes didn't see that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Coryatt 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Hughes!

Event: BB 79 - Panic vs Bleak 2
Date: Oct 22, 2022

#R1##CL#
Sanninen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hughes, pushing him back against the cage.
Sanninen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanninen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Sanninen throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanninen throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanninen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes dodges an elbow strike from Sanninen.
Sanninen misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes looking for a takedown.
Our sources have told us that Sanninen has been working on his elbows in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanninen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanninen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hughes blocks the elbow strike.
Sanninen gets underhooks to prevent Hughes's takedown attempt.
Sanninen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.#T1#
Hughes avoids the elbow strike from Sanninen, against the cage.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes wants a takedown.
Daniel Sanninen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.
Hughes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sanninen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sanninen swinging wildly here.
Hughes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hughes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanninen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hughes.#CL#
Sanninen instigates a clinch.
Sanninen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hughes.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes dodges an elbow strike from Sanninen. #T2#
Hughes blocks the elbow strike.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike from Sanninen.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Sanninen manages to get underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanninen throws an elbow but misses.
Hughes dodges an elbow strike from Sanninen.
Sanninen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanninen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hughes's brow.
Sanninen lands an elbow that stopped Hughes in his tracks for a moment.
Sanninen misses with a knee to the head.
Sanninen lands an elbow inside.
Sanninen throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Sanninen on the inside.
Hughes can't get the takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanninen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hughes's brow.
Sanninen prevents the takedown attempt. #T3#
Sanninen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanninen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanninen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughes is trying to drag Sanninen to the mat but Sanninen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hughes dodges an elbow strike from Sanninen.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike from Sanninen.
Sanninen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanninen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanninen lands an elbow just above Hughes 's eye. #CUT#It looks like Marcus Hughes has been cut.
Hughes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sanninen is defending well.
Sanninen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanninen throws an elbow but misses. #T4#
Sanninen misses with an elbow strike.
Sanninen misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanninen connects with a knee to the head.
Sanninen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike from Sanninen.
Hughes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sanninen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Sanninen throws a body shot but no joy.
Hughes looks like he wants to counter punch here.#CL#
Sanninen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hughes blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes tries to score a body lock takedown but Sanninen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sanninen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanninen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanninen lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Sanninen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Hughes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hughes throws a sloppy body shot
and Sanninen counters with a slapping leg kick. #TD2#
Hughes throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Sanninen tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Hughes is in Sanninen's guard.
Sanninen wants to stand and escape but Hughes is having none of it. #SUB#
Sanninen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sanninen looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #SUB#
Sanninen has his foot on Hughes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hughes works his way back into a safe position though.
Hughes working some strikes from top position.#SUB#
Sanninen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hughes sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sanninen looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #SUB#
Sanninen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #T1#
Hughes chips away with some ground and pound.#SUB#
Sanninen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hughes defends well.
Hughes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.
Sanninen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?#SUB#
Sanninen isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Hughes stacks Sanninen on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Hughes!
Hughes cracks Sanninen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sanninen is looking for a sweep.
Sanninen is working hard here to advance position.
Hughes scores with punches from side control.
Sanninen is trying to improve his position.#T2#
Hughes moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Sanninen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sanninen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hughes cracks Sanninen with a big right hand but Sanninen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hughes trying to control the action but Sanninen is working from the bottom.
Sanninen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hughes connects with a decent elbow.
Sanninen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hughes scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Sanninen is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Hughes can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Hughes!

Event: BB 74 - Obaminator vs Roos
Date: Sep 24, 2022

#R1#
Kushnirov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hughes's hands.
Kushnirov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hughes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hughes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kushnirov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hughes lunges at Kushnirov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kushnirov's hand.
The crowd cheers as Hughes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kushnirov doesn't seem phased though.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Kushnirov is out of range.
Kushnirov pushes Hughes away with a front kick.
Hughes looks to land a right hand but Kushnirov moved out of range.
Hughes digs a good body shot into Kushnirov's ribs.
Kushnirov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hughes throws the left hand but Kushnirov avoids the punch easily.
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Kushnirov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hughes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kushnirov misses with a wild body shot.
Kushnirov misses with a body kick.
Kushnirov jabs at Hughes's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kushnirov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It seemed like Hughes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kushnirov misses the jab.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.#T1#
Hughes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kushnirov throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
Kushnirov lands a jab to the head.
Kushnirov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes throws a hook but Kushnirov blocks it.
Hughes blocks a head kick by Kushnirov.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kushnirov.
Hughes misses the jab.
Kushnirov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hughes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kushnirov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hughess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hughes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kushnirov.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Kushnirov seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kushnirov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kushnirov loads up on a big right hand but Hughes slips the punch.#T2#
Kushnirov cracks Hughes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A clash of legs there as Hughes blocks the low kick.
Kushnirov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kushnirov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hughes misses with a hook
and Kushnirov counters with a left and a right that stings Hughes.
Kushnirov tries to bum rush Hughes with a series of wild strikes but Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kushnirov lands with a cross.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kushnirov manages to avoid it.
Kushnirov throws a low kick but Hughes avoids it.
Kushnirov defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
Kushnirov connects with a leg kick.
Kushnirov avoids the body shot from Hughes.
Kushnirov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
Kushnirov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kushnirov.
Kushnirov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hughes if he has to take too many more of those. #T3#
Kushnirov motions for Hughes to come forward. Kushnirov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kushnirov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Kushnirov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kushnirov lands with a hook. Hughes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kushnirov jabs Hughes right on the nose. Hughes blinks but takes it well.
Hughes misses the jab.
Kushnirov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hughes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kushnirov is looking for a counter combo.
Kushnirov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kushnirov throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
Ilya Kushnirov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes connects with a single shot there.
The fighters circling - Kushnirov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Kushnirov misses.
Kushnirov looks to land a right hand but Hughes moved out of range.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but Kushnirov slips the punch.
Kushnirov throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Kushnirov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hughes. #T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Hughes lands a really nice looking cross but Kushnirov seems unphased.
Hughes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kushnirov is fending him off so far but Hughes persists. Nope, Kushnirov circles away and we're back to standing.
Kushnirov throws a leg kick but Hughes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Kushnirov with a nice cross.
Hughes lands a slapping body shot.
Hughes avoids a kick to the body.
Kushnirov throws a right and a left that Hughes avoids nicely.
A slow jab from Kushnirov misses its intended target.
Hughes swings widly with a right hand
and Hughes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kushnirov misses with an uppercut.
Hughes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kushnirov pinned against the cage. Kushnirov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ilya Kushnirov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Hughes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hughes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hughes avoids the head kick by Kushnirov.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kushnirov misses with a head kick.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kushnirov throws out the jab.
It seemed like Hughes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hughes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. Kushnirov saw that one coming.
Hughes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kushnirov with the inside leg kick.
Hughes throws a body shot but no joy.
Kushnirov is looking for a counter combo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kushnirov.
Kushnirov blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kushnirov with a nice calf kick.
Kushnirov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Kushnirov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hughes checks it well. #T1#
Kushnirov lands with a slapping head kick.
Kushnirov misses with a body kick.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Kushnirov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kushnirov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A big left from Hughes misses.
Hughes blocks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Hughes blocks the low kick.
Hughes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hughes blocks a head kick by Kushnirov.
Hughes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kushnirov throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hughes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kushnirov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That kick from Kushnirov tenderised Hughes's leg. Hughes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kushnirov tries a head kick but it misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hughes! But no joy.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Kushnirov is just out of range.#T2#
Some bone on bone action there as Hughes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kushnirov lands a jab.
Kushnirov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Kushnirov.
Kushnirov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hughes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kushnirov misses with a body punch
and Hughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hughes throws a jab when Kushnirov was well out of range.
Kushnirov misses with a low kick as Hughes jumps back.
A cross from Hughes lands.
Hughes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A clash of legs there as Hughes blocks the low kick.
Kushnirov moves out of range as Hughes strikes.
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Hughes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.#T3#
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kushnirov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Kushnirov throws a big counter combination but Hughes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but Kushnirov slips the punch.
Kushnirov cracks Hughes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kushnirov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kushnirov throws a leg kick but Hughes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Hughes might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kushnirov has got the better of the exchanges.
Hughes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kushnirov throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ilya Kushnirov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kushnirov misses with a right hand
and Hughes counters with a straight right hand.
Ilya Kushnirov is winning the standup battle so far.
Kushnirov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hughes.
Kushnirov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hughes.
Hughes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kushnirov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kushnirov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kushnirov misses with a hook
and Hughes counters with a nice body shot. #T4#
Kushnirov lands a jab to Hughes's midsection.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Kushnirov ducks down to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hughes throws a good cross that connects.
Kushnirov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hughes doesn't seem bothered though.
Kushnirov throws a wild body kick that Hughes sees coming a mile off.
Nice defenses there by Hughes.
Kushnirov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Kushnirov throws a right hand that misses
and Hughes counters with a right hand to the body.
Hughes scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circling - Kushnirov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kushnirov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Kushnirov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kushnirov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes moves out of range as Kushnirov strikes.
It seemed like Hughes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hughes moves away from the strike by Kushnirov.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hughes lands an overhand right.
Hughes looks to land a right hand but Kushnirov moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ilya Kushnirov 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!#R3#
Kushnirov swings widly with a right hand
and Kushnirov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kushnirov misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Kushnirov tests Hughes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kushnirov throws a looping overhand right but Hughes ducks down to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kushnirov. That's going to slow Hughes down.
Kushnirov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Kushnirov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hughes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kushnirov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hughes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kushnirov.
Kushnirov throws a nice head kick!
Kushnirov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hughes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kushnirov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hughes to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kushnirov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Kushnirov jabs at Hughes's body.
Hughes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.#TD2#
Hughes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kushnirov's half guard.

Kushnirov has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Hughes is on him like a limpet, forcing Kushnirov back against the cage.#T1#
Hughes tries to score a body lock takedown but Kushnirov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kushnirov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.#BC#
Kushnirov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Kushnirov tenderised Hughes's leg. Hughes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kushnirov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
Hughes's corner calls for a 1-2. Hughes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kushnirov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kushnirov moves away.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kushnirov.
Hughes misses with an uppercut
and Kushnirov counters with a straight right hand.#T2#
Kushnirov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.
Kushnirov looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Kushnirov's shoulder, as Kushnirov tries to avoid the shot.
Kushnirov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kushnirov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kushnirov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Kushnirov moved out of range nicely.
Hughes throws out a loose jab but Kushnirov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kushnirov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hughes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No joy there for Kushnirov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hughes looks to land a right hand but Kushnirov moved out of range.
Kushnirov slips a jab from Hughes.
Kushnirov blocks a jab.
Kushnirov throws out a powerful jab.#T3#
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Kushnirov moves away and avoids it.
Kushnirov throws a quick counter head kick but Hughes was just out of range.
Kushnirov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ilya Kushnirov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A jab from Hughes misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kushnirov. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kushnirov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hughes takes a step back to recover.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kushnirov. #TD2#
Hughes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Kushnirov is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Kushnirov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kushnirov gets underhooks to prevent Hughes's takedown attempt.
I was talking to Kushnirov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.#T4##BC#
Kushnirov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kushnirov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kushnirov walks into a straight right hand from Hughes.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kushnirov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marcus Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Kushnirov ducks down to avoid it.
Kushnirov throws a head kick that misses.
Hughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Kushnirov.
Hughes swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Kushnirov counter with a right hand.
Hughes scores with a jab. Kushnirov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hughes throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ilya Kushnirov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kushnirov 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ilya Kushnirov!
During a confident post fight interview, Ilya Kushnirov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: BB 69 - Escobar vs Tavares
Date: Aug 27, 2022

#R1#
Lloyd throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hughes throws a body punch but Lloyd moves out of range.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Lloyd moved out of range nicely.
Lloyd takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lloyd throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
Hughes misses with a straight left.
Lloyd lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hughes at a distance.
Lloyd throws a poor cross that misses
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Lloyd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Hughes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lloyd scores with a nice right hand.
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lloyd.
Hughes wants to counter the offense by Lloyd and move into the clinch position.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Lloyd throws a hook but Hughes avoids it easily.
Hughes misses with an uppercut.
Hughes scores with a body shot. #T1#
Lloyd throws a combination. Hughes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lloyd lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from Lloyd misses.
Hughes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lloyd tries to land a leg kick but Hughes saw it coming and moves away.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. Lloyd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hughes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lloyd fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hughes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lloyd moves out of range as Hughes strikes.
Lloyd misses with a body shot.
Hughes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lloyd misses with a jab to the body
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes lands with a right hand.
Lloyd connects with a crisp jab.
Hughes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lloyd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hughes throws out a loose jab but Lloyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lloyd throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily. #T2#
Hughes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lloyd has time to react.
Lloyd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Lloyd throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.
Lloyd throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes misses with a hook. Lloyd ducked under it nicely.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Lloyd sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hughes ducks right into an uppercut from Lloyd.
Hughes misses with a straight left.
Hughes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dominic Lloyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lloyd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
Lloyd misses with a straight right.
Hughes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lloyd on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Lloyd.
Lloyd thuds a left hand into Hughes's body.
Nice shot lands for Lloyd.
Lloyd jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lloyd takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.#T3#
Lloyd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lloyd swings widly with a right hand
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lloyd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Hughes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lloyd counters with a right hand to the body.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lloyd lands a right hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hughes.
Lloyd gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lloyd scores with a hook.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Lloyd throwing a counter right hand but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Lloyd swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lloyd swings widly with a right hand
and Hughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick lands for Lloyd.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lloyd sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lloyd was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.#T4#
A jab from Hughes misses.
Hughes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lloyd throws out the jab.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lloyd.
Hughes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lloyd throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Hughes misses the target.
Lloyd misses with a looping right.
Hughes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Lloyd misses the shot to the body. #TD2#
Hughes gets a double leg takedown into Lloyd's guard.
Lloyd wants to sweep here but Hughes controlling him for the moment.
Lloyd manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hughes manages to get himself to full guard. #REVR#
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lloyd is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marcus Hughes will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Hughes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lloyd throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hughes.
Good shot there by Hughes.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lloyd as he jumps to the side.
Lloyd scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lloyd misses with an uppercut
enabling Hughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Dominic Lloyd is winning the standup battle so far.
Lloyd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hughes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lloyd lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lloyd takes one on the button.
Hughes slips under a jab from Lloyd.
Hughes misses with a hook
and Lloyd counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes misses with a left hand
and Lloyd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#T1#
Lloyd misses with a body shot.
Lloyd lands with a straight right. Hughes didn't see that one coming.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lloyd moves away.
Lloyd misses with a shot to the body
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Lloyd ducks down to avoid it.
Hughes moves out of range as Lloyd strikes.
Lloyd stuns Hughes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Lloyd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dominic Lloyd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lloyd defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot lands for Lloyd.
A slow jab from Lloyd misses its intended target.
Hughes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lloyd scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hughes misses with a straight right. #T2#
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a hook to the side of Hughes's head but Hughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes digs a good hook to Lloyd's body.
Hughes swings for the body but Lloyd moves out of range.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Hughes misses.
Hughes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lloyd lands an overhand right.
Hughes misses with a hook. Lloyd ducked under it nicely.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes checks a leg kick nicely.
Lloyd throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.
A big left from Lloyd misses.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lloyd.
Hughes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hughes there as he acknowledges the shot.#T3#
Lloyd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
Lloyd looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range.
Lloyd lands a lovely overhand right.
A nice leg kick from Lloyd, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hughes checks a leg kick.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Lloyd is out of range.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Lloyd moved out of range nicely.
Lloyd is looking to counter punch.
Lloyd throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Lloyd.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A shot to the body from Lloyd misses
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lloyd thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes defending well as Lloyd loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lloyd doesn't seem bothered though.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Lloyd swings widly with a right hand
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lloyd swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range. #T4#
A swing and a miss from Lloyd.
Hughes misses with an uppercut.
Lloyd looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fighters circling - Lloyd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hughes misses with a hook
and Lloyd counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lloyd lands a head shot.
Lloyd ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Lloyd scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lloyd misses with a left hand
and Hughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lloyd lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lloyd looks to land a right hand but Hughes moved out of range.
Lloyd throws a hook to the side of Hughes's head but Hughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.#TD2#
Hughes scores with a takedown into Lloyd's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hughes preventing the sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Lloyd dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!#R3##TD2#
Hughes scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lloyd is trying to control Hughes's posture but Hughes avoids it.
Check out the look on Hughes's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lloyd is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hughes wants to control but Lloyd is keeping him busy.
Hughes sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lloyd is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lloyd is looking to reverse the position.
Lloyd sneaks back into half guard.
Lloyd trying to control here.
Marcus Hughes has got the better of the ground game so far.#T1#
Lloyd is trying to get back to full guard.
Hughes working over Lloyd with some ground and pound. Lloyd looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hughes lands with a punch from half guard.
Lloyd tries to get to full guard but Hughes has control of the leg.
Hughes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hughes connects with a nice short shot to Lloyd's temple.
Hughes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hughes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hughes winds up and cracks Lloyd with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lloyd is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lloyd works his way to full guard. Good work.#T2#
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lloyd not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lloyd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lloyd trying to keep a closed guard but Hughes is proving a slippery customer.
Hughes throwing strikes but missing.
Hughes trying to control but Lloyd is working from the bottom.
Lloyd has control of Hughes's left arm, preventing Hughes from doing any damage.
Lloyd keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully. #T3#
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lloyd seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Hughes is working Lloyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lloyd keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Lloyd is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lloyd wants to control the position but Hughes says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Lloyd keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lloyd works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hughes looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hughes stopping the sweep attempt from Lloyd.#T4#
Hughes being controlled here momentarily.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes postures up and lands a big shot to Lloyd's brow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lloyd is trying to control the position but Hughes postures up.
Lloyd keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Hughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marcus Hughes!

Event: BB 66 - Bleak vs Okafor
Date: Aug 13, 2022

#R1#
Ariitaia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hughes.
Gordon Ariitaia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes closes the distance and clinches up with Ariitaia, looking for a takedown. Hughes pushes Ariitaia against the cage but Ariitaia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Ariitaia.
Hughes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ariitaia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Ariitaia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ariitaia looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Hughes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ariitaia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Hughes throws a body shot but no joy.
Hughes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab, jab by Ariitaia - just one landing.
Hughes scores with a hook to the body. Ariitaia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hughes punishes Ariitaia's body with a nice straight punch.
Ariitaia throws an off balance right hand
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ariitaia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ariitaia misses with a straight left.
Hughes seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Ariitaia as he connects with a hook.
Hughes throws a hook but Ariitaia avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hughes or perhaps it was just good defense by Ariitaia, which made it look bad. #T1#
Ariitaia defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ariitaia was well out of range. Poor timing from Hughes.
Ariitaia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hughes. Hughes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ariitaia takes one on the chin but seems OK. #TD#
Hughes gets the takedown into side control.

Ariitaia bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ariitaia misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes drops his hands momentarily and Ariitaia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ariitaia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Ariitaia moved out of range nicely.
Ariitaia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes scores with a jab. Ariitaia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ariitaia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ariitaia ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Ariitaia lands a lovely overhand right.#T2#
Hughes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ariitaia staying out of range there.
Hughes looks for a takedown but Ariitaia sprawls well.
Hughes takes one to the side of the head.
Ariitaia scores with a jab to the body.
Ariitaia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hughes in his tracks. #ROC2#Hughes is rocked!
Ariitaia cracks Hughes with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gordon Ariitaia!
A relieved looking Gordon Ariitaia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: BB 59 - Gracie vs Gebhardt
Date: Jul 09, 2022

#R1#
Hughes with a hook.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Kaloev's shoulder, as Kaloev tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been hearing reports that Kaloev has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hughes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kaloev.
Hughes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kaloev takes one on the button.
Kaloev misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big right from Hughes misses.
Kaloev throws a leg kick
and Hughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kaloev at a distance.
Kaloev slips a jab from Hughes.
Kaloev misses with an uppercut
and Kaloev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Hughes - just one landing. #T1#
Kaloev throws a leg kick but Hughes moved away.
Hughes throws out a powerful jab.#TD#
Kaloev bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.#SUB#
Kaloev wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hughes, who protects the arm well.
Kaloev working away.
Kaloev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hughes keeps working.
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.#SUB#
Kaloev wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hughes, who protects the arm well.
Hughes manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!#T2#
Kaloev regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaloev lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kaloev passes Hughes's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kaloev is thwarting Hughes's attempts to control the position.
Kaloev 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.
Kaloev is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hughes is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hughes tries to roll over but Kaloev keeps him under control.
Kaloev passes to full mount!
Hughes is looking to improve his position but Kaloev isn't that keen on the idea.#T3#
Hughes tries to hold on but Kaloev pushes him away.
Hughes might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kaloev haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Kaloev is landing with some decent strikes but Hughes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kaloev tries to control but Hughes wriggling away.
Hughes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kaloev looking to control but Hughes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kaloev tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hughes is trying desperately to improve position.#T4#
Kaloev has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hughes's face.
Hughes is squirming around, avoiding Kaloev's attempts to control the action.
Hughes is desperately trying to improve his position but Kaloev has a good base and remains in mount.
Hughes tries to hold on but Kaloev pushes him away.
Kaloev throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kaloev controlling the position easily from mount.
Kaloev wants to control the pace but Hughes is squirming around nicely.
Hughes sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kaloev moves nicely into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Abdul Kaloev will probably get the nod.
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.#R2#
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kaloev staying out of range there.#TD#
Kaloev feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kaloev trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB2#
Hughes working for a triangle but Kaloev defends it easily.
Hughes keeping full guard, as Kaloev tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaloev slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.#SUB#
Kaloev is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hughes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. #T1#
Hughes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kaloev off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaloev manages to reverse the position and now he's in Hughes's guard. Nice work there by Kaloev.
Kaloev trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes can't keep his opponent in guard - Kaloev advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hughes is controlling Kaloev's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Hughes wants to control but Kaloev is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hughes is looking for a sweep. Kaloev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#SUB#
Kaloev seems to be working for a kimura but Hughes defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Kaloev is looking for a kimura but Hughes is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kaloev to get the leverage. #T2#
Hughes is trying to control but can't.
Kaloev works his way into full mount!
Hughes wants to control but Kaloev is having none of it.
Kaloev can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hughes is looking to escape.
Kaloev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hughes is in all sorts of trouble here. #T3#
Kaloev can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hughes is looking to escape.
Hughes slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Kaloev is thwarting Hughes's attempts to control the position.#SUB2#
Hughes looking for submissions off his back.
Hughes is trying to control but Kaloev passes into side control!
Kaloev advances to full mount. #SUB#
Kaloev goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Hughes turns into him and now he's in Kaloev's guard.
Kaloev is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR##T4#
Hughes is looking to control Kaloev's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hughes avoid being mounted?
Hughes is staying active underneath Kaloev, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hughes trying to hold on to Kaloev's head to control him but Kaloev postures up.
Kaloev is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hughes!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hughes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Abdul Kaloev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#SUB#
Kaloev looking to secure an arm triangle but Hughes defends it well.
The referee warns Hughes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Kaloev dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Kaloev blocks a jab.
Kaloev half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A jab from Hughes does it's job there.
Hughes throws the left hand but Kaloev avoids the punch easily.
Hughes throws a jab when Kaloev was well out of range.
Kaloev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hughes is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kaloev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight. #TD#
Kaloev drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hughes controls Kaloev momentarily but Kaloev frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaloev wants to pass the guard but Hughes is keeping the position.
Kaloev advances to half guard. #T1#
Kaloev tries to pass to full mount but Hughes defends it.
Hughes is not content to let Kaloev control the position.
Hughes scores with a few weak punches. #SUB2#
Hughes actively working from the bottom here.
Kaloev uses his free foot to push down on Hughes's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hughes.
Hughes tries to hold on but Kaloev pushes him away.
Kaloev thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch! #SUB#
Kaloev working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hughes is looking to improve his position but Kaloev isn't that keen on the idea.#T2#
Kaloev avoids the attempt from Hughes to control.
Hughes gets back to half guard.
Hughes trying to hold on to Kaloev's head to control him but Kaloev postures up.
Kaloev is looking to take a break and control but Hughes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hughes regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB2#
Hughes looking for a guillotine here but Kaloev defends easily.
Kaloev advances to half guard. #T3#
Kaloev works his way into side control.
Hughes sneaks back into half guard.#SUB#
Kaloev is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hughes moves into full guard.
Kaloev wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Kaloev wants to pass the guard but Hughes is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Hughes throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kaloev uses it to pass to side control. #T4#
Kaloev advances to full mount.
Kaloev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Hughes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Abdul Kaloev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kaloev throwing strikes here but Hughes is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kaloev wants to control the pace but Hughes is squirming around nicely.
Marcus Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#SUB#
Kaloev is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hughes to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hughes shrugs it off.
Kaloev looking to control but Hughes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kaloev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hughes?

And that's the end of the fight!
Abdul Kaloev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kaloev, 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 David Schapiro scores the fight for Abdul Kaloev!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Abdul Kaloev!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Abdul Kaloev!

Abdul Kaloev wins by unanimous decision!
Abdul Kaloev made sure to mention his sponsor, Conquer in his post fight interview.

Event: BB 53 - Garbowa vs White
Date: Jun 07, 2022

#R1#
A solid leg kick lands there for Azul.
Azul connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hughes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Azul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Hughes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Azul throws a hook but Hughes blocks it.
Azul drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big right from Hughes misses.
Azul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azul definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azul tries to move into range but Hughes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Azul thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes throws the left hand but Azul avoids the punch easily.
Azul misses with a few strikes there. #T1#
Nice sprawl there from Azul as Hughes shoots in.
Hughes connects with the punch.
Hughes takes one on the chin but seems OK. #CUT#It looks like Marcus Hughes has been cut.
Azul slips under a jab from Hughes.
Azul drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Azul throws a body shot but no joy.
Azul throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hughes.
Hughes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hughes dips to his left and cracks Azul with an uppercut!#T2#
A looping hook to the body misses from Hughes. Azul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azul manages to avoid it.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Azul's shoulder, as Azul tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marcus Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azul throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azul slips a jab from Hughes.
It looked like Azul was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hughes.
Hughes slips a straight right by Azul.
Hughes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azul throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hughes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Azul takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T3#
Azul thows a left - swing and a miss!
Azul misses with an uppercut.
Azul defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
Azul is looking to land body kicks.
Azul scores with a decent looking hook.#TD2#
Azul gets caught napping as Hughes dives in and scores a takedown. Azul manages to retain guard.
Azul tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Azul is controlling Hughes's posture.
Hughes stopping the sweep attempt from Azul.#T4#
Hughes sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hughes landing with the ground and pound.
Azul looking to control.
Azul manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hughes manages to get himself to full guard. #REVR#
Azul has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Azul accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Azul throws a strike but Hughes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes won't allow Azul to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marcus Hughes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
A nice leg kick from Azul, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hughes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Azul misses with a straight left.
Azul gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azul moves away.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but Azul slips the punch.#TD#
Azul closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hughes quickly recovers to half guard.
Hughes wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azul is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azul prevents Hughes from improving his position.
Azul wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hughes keeps working. #T1#
Hughes makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hughes.
Azul won't allow Hughes to sweep him here.
Azul throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hughes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Azul scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Azul is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Azul is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Azul content to stall in guard here. #T2#
Azul working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hughes's head.
Azul trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Fiore Azul overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Azul makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Azul lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hughes is trying to keep Azul in close. #SUB2#
Azul avoids a guillotine attempt easily. #T3#
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Azul from controlling successfully.
Azul in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. #SUB2#
Hughes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hughes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Azul controls the pace.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Azul from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Azul scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Azul is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. #SUB2#
Hughes has his foot on Azul's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Azul works his way back into a safe position though.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Azul from controlling successfully.
Azul content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Azul in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Azul accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hughes trying to keep a closed guard but Azul is proving a slippery customer.
Azul trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fiore Azul dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Hughes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hughes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hughes misses with a hook. Azul ducked under it nicely.
Azul throws a right and a left that both miss.
Azul lands a glancing blow to the side of Hughes's head.#TD2#
Hughes closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Azul's guard.
Azul seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#T1#
Azul has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hughes has passed into side control.
Azul tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes throws an elbow but Azul slips to the side and avoids it well.
Azul is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hughes's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Azul tries to get to full guard but Hughes has control of the leg.
Azul makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Azul.
Hughes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Azul works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Azul is on top in guard. #REVR##SUB2#
Hughes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Azul is aware though and is defending well.#T3#
Hughes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Azul throwing strikes but missing.
Hughes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Azul controls the pace.
Azul makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hughes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Azul is one step ahead there.
Azul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Azul looking to sit in guard and control but Hughes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Hughes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#T4#
Azul lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Hughes working a defensive guard here. #SUB2#
Hughes looking for a guillotine here but Azul defends easily.
Azul missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Azul is in close to Hughes's body, working some short punches and elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcus Hughes.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Fiore Azul!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Fiore Azul!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Fiore Azul!

Fiore Azul wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Fiore Azul thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: BB 45 - Capellio vs Norton
Date: May 02, 2022

#R1#
Camden lands with a nice combination. Hughes backs away looking to recover.#CUT#It looks like Marcus Hughes has been cut.
Camden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hughes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Camden misses with a few strikes there.
Camden throws a shot from downtown. Hughes moves away and avoids it.
Camden misses with a wild combination.
Camden displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hughes.
Some wild striking there from Camden.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Camden misses. #CL#
Camden has managed to clinch.
Camden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughes's elbow. #BC#
Camden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Camden uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.#T1#
Camden looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Camden misses with a leg kick
and Hughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Camden.
Camden throws a combination that misses
and Hughes counters with a straight right hand.
Hughes connects with a jab.
Hughes scores with a body shot.
Camden moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Camden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A countering left hand to the body from Hughes misses.
Camden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Camden is just out of range.
Camden misses with a right hand
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Camden misses with a head kick. #TD2#
Hughes gets the takedown into side control. #T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camden tries to bench press Hughes off him but Hughes keeps the position.
Hughes is putting a hurting on Camden here, landing some big shots from side control.
Camden tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hughes wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hughes is working Camden over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hughes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Camden is trying to control Hughes's posture but Hughes avoids it.
Hughes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Camden taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Camden wants to control but Hughes postures up.#T3#
Hughes fails to land a wild elbow strike. #ES#
Camden explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Hughes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hughes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Camden throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Camden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hughes.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Camden moved out of range nicely.
Camden tries to counter by clinching up but Hughes breaks away and moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Camden.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Camden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Camden.
Camden looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Camden takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses.
Hughes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hughes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Camden in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Camden misses with a combination
and Hughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hughes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Camden had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.#T4#
Camden throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hughes steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Camden.
Camden throws a right hand that misses #CL2#
and Hughes moves into the clinch.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Camden manages to get underhooks. #BC#
Camden manages to break the clinch.
Camden blocks a jab.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Camden misses with a left hand
and Camden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donk. Hughes catches Camden right on the button with a cross.
Hughes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Camden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hughes circles away quickly and effectively.
Jaco Camden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Camden throws a lazy right hand but Hughes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hughes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Camden moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Camden throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jaco Camden will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
A combination from Camden does no damage. #TD2#
Hughes closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Camden to the mat! Camden manages to get full guard.
Camden wants to stand and escape but Hughes is having none of it. #ES#
Camden pushes Hughes off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hughes lands with an uppercut that bounces Camden off the cage and back into range.
Camden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Camden throws a series of punches but Hughes moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camden throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Camden throws a head kick that misses
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Camden swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hughes lands a nice shot that snaps Camden's head back.
Jaco Camden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#T1#
Hughes's corner calls for a 1-2. Hughes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Camden.
Camden throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jaco Camden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Camden. Those never looked like landing.
Camden loads up on a big right hand but Hughes slips the punch.
Hughes throws out a counter right but Camden avoids it with no problem.
Hughes lands a lovely overhand right.
Camden slips a straight right by Hughes.
Hughes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Camden's head backwards.
Camden tries to clinch
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hughes.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Camden is just out of range.
Camden lands a slapping body shot.
Jaco Camden is winning the standup battle so far.
Hughes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hughes, as that shot connected.
Camden throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.#T2#
Camden misses with a wild combination.
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Hughes throws a jab when Camden was well out of range.
Camden is looking to counter punch.
Camden throws a nice looking combination but Hughes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Camden throws a wild combination but nothing lands. #TD2#
Hughes gets a takedown into half guard.
Hughes trying to control the pace.
Camden is trying to stand back up but Hughes is controlling him #T3#
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Camden is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Camden has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hughes is working away from the top position though.
Camden manages to get to full guard.
Marcus Hughes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hughes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Camden works some decent striking defense from the bottom. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hughes forces his way into half guard.
Camden is looking to escape.
Camden wants to improve his position but Hughes is controlling well.
Camden is trying to stand back up but Hughes is controlling him
Camden is looking to improve his position.
Camden avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hughes.
Camden wants to get back to his feet. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marcus 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!#R3#
Camden misses with a body shot.
Hughes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Camden with a body shot.
Hughes scores with a body shot.
Hughes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Camden misses with a few strikes there.
Hughes let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Camden throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Camden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hughes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Camden has time to react.
A shot to the body from Camden misses
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#CL#
Camden clinches with his opponent.
Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Camden avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.#BC#
Camden breaks from the clinch.
Hughes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Camden at a distance. #T1#
Camden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Hughes moves out of range as Camden strikes.
Camden throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camden misses with a jab, cross combination.
A cross from Hughes lands.
Hughes scores with a shot to the body.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. Camden saw that one coming.
Hughes lands a nice shot that snaps Camden's head back.
A big right from Camden misses.
Camden misses with a double jab
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Camden misses with the combination.
A big left from Hughes misses.
Camden throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.
Camden moves forwards but Hughes connects with a nice, crisp jab.#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#TD2#
Hughes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hughes showed some decent athleticism there. #SUB2#
Hughes wants to work for an arm triangle but Camden is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Camden trying to control here.
Camden is staying active underneath Hughes, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #SUB2#
Hughes is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Camden is just riding it out for now. Hughes eventually gives up the hold.
Camden keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #T3#
Hughes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Camden is trying is best to control the position here.
Camden wants to control the action here but instead Hughes manages to pass to full mount!
Camden wants to try and get back to his feet.
Camden taking shots to the head.
Hughes controlling from the full mount. #T4#
Camden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hughes cracks Camden with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hughes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hughes landing shots from mount.
Camden gets back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camden is trying to stand back up but Hughes is controlling him
Camden wants to improve his position but Hughes is controlling well.
Hughes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Camden tries to kick Hughes off but Hughes keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Hughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight for Marcus Hughes!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Marcus Hughes!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Marcus Hughes!

Marcus Hughes wins by unanimous decision!

Event: BB 39 - Adam vs Escobar
Date: Apr 05, 2022

#R1#
Morales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice uppercut there from Hughes.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Morales moved out of range nicely.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
Morales appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hughes thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Hughes finds it's way through Morales's defenses.
Hughes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hughes takes one to the chin there.
Good shot there by Hughes.
Morales looks to land a combination but Hughes avoids it well.
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Hughes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morales.
Morales fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hughes slips under a jab.
Hughes let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.#T1#
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Morales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Morales looks to land a combination but Hughes avoids it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Morales scores with a four punch combination!
Morales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morales.
Nice shot by Morales.
Hughes connects with a looping right hand.
Morales definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hughes scores with a hook to the body. Morales takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hughes shoots in for a double leg but Morales sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slow jab from Morales misses its intended target.
Hughes throws out a counter right but Morales avoids it with no problem.
Ricardo Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T2#
Morales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.#CL#
Morales closes the distance and clinches.
Morales lands a left hand.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morales stops a takedown attempt from Hughes.
Morales swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morales scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Morales is pressed up against the cage. Hughes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morales down to the mat. Morales avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ricardo Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.
Hughes scores with a jab. Morales acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hughes misses the shot to the body. #T3#
Hughes walks into a straight right hand from Morales.
Marcus Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Morales misses.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Morales throws a right and a left that Hughes avoids nicely.
Hughes misses with a lunging right hand
and Morales comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Hughes stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Morales is on him like rabid pit bull! Hughes slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Morales!
Ricardo Morales thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: BB 33 - Gracie vs Apollo
Date: Mar 08, 2022

#R1#
Hughes lands a jab.#CL#
Broderick instigates a clinch.
Hughes wants a takedown.
Broderick effectively controlling the action here.
Broderick tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Broderick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Broderick looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Broderick definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Broderick dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Broderick misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Broderick is pushing Hughes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Broderick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughes is defending well for now.#T1#
Broderick misses with a body punch.
Broderick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Broderick misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Broderick to work.
Broderick slowing the pace effectively.
Broderick tries to throw a body punch but Hughes avoids it by throwing Broderick back against the cage.
Broderick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Broderick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Broderick .
Broderick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Broderick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Broderick .
Hughes is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hunter Broderick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.
Broderick gets underhooks to prevent Hughes's takedown attempt. #T2#
Broderick lands with a right to the head.
Broderick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Broderick can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Broderick cracks Hughes with a nice body shot.
Broderick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Broderick manages to get underhooks.
Hughes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Broderick .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Broderick lands with a left to the head.
Broderick lands a hook that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Hughes is working for takedown but Broderick is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Broderick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughes is defending well for now.#T3#
A shot in the inside from Broderick .
Broderick lands a good knee to the midsection. Hughes won't want to take too many of those.
Broderick with a knee to the head.
Broderick dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Broderick connects with a knee to the head.
Hughes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Broderick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Broderick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hughes looks winded!
Nice body punch from Broderick .
Broderick looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Broderick utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Broderick can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Broderick with a knee to the head. #CUT#It looks like Marcus Hughes has been cut.#T4#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bit of stalling here from Broderick .
Broderick taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Broderick content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Broderick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughes is defending well for now.
Broderick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughes is defending well for now.
Broderick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Broderick 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A body shot lands from Broderick .
Hughes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Broderick missing with knees to the body.
Broderick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Broderick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
That's time! Broderick 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Broderick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Broderick misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hughes. Broderick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hughes swings widly with a right hand
and Broderick counters with a body kick.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Broderick .
Broderick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Hughes throws a hook but Broderick avoids it easily.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Broderick .
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Broderick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a right hand
and Broderick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Hughes got wobbled bad by a big combination! Broderick presses forward with punches and knees until Hughes stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Hughes closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hunter Broderick !

Event: BB 23 - McWrestler vs Morrison
Date: Jan 22, 2022

#R1#
Hughes shoots in looking for a takedown but Azul manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hughes's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hughes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Azul with a nice calf kick.
Azul's corner calls for a 1-2. Azul obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hughes throws out a loose jab but Azul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azul swings widly with a right hand
and Hughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Azul throws a big shot that misses.
Azul looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Hughes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hughes throws a hook to the side of Azul's head but Azul sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azul tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Azul tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Azul.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hughes lands a body shot.
Azul misses with a low kick.
Hughes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.#T1#
Azul drops his hands momentarily and Hughes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hughes slips under a jab.
Hughes misses with a right hand
and Azul counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hughes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Azul pinned against the cage. Azul gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Azul ducks down to avoid it.
Azul lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hughes at a distance.
Hughes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Azul misses with a hook.
Azul slips a straight right by Hughes.
Hughes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Azul counters with a stiff right hand.
Hughes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.#T2#
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Azul's shoulder, as Azul tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Azul on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but Azul slips the punch.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Azul's shoulder, as Azul tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Azul counters with a nice body shot.
Azul just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Azul moved out of range nicely.
Hughes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azul lands with a nice body punch.
Azul swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Azul lands a jab.
Hughes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An attempted straight right counter from Hughes misses the target.
Azul lands a leg kick that knocks Hughes off balance momentarily.
Hughes misses with a looping left.#T3#
Azul misses with a body shot.
Hughes throwing a counter right hand but Azul manages to avoid it.
Azul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Hughes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hughes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice shot by Azul.
Azul just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azul.
A telegraphed right hand from Azul misses the target.
Hughes is looking to counter punch.
Nice body punch from Azul.
Fiore Azul is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hughes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azul scores with a shot to the body.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azul.
Azul lands with an overhand left.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Azul.
Azul misses with a low kick. #T4#
Hughes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Azul throws a poor cross that misses
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Hughes.
Azul misses with a body shot
and Hughes counters with a straight right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab from Hughes finds it's way through Azul's defenses.
Hughes lands a jab to the head.
Azul scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hughes in his tracks.
Hughes misses with an uppercut.
Azul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Azul is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hughes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Azul tries to land a body kick#CL#
and Hughes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Azul tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes can't get the takedown.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fiore Azul dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Azul throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Hughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fiore Azul seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Azul ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hughes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Azul doesn't seem bothered though.
Azul misses with a looping left.
Hughes misses with a hook
letting Azul counter with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Azul throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hughes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Azul throws a leg kick
enabling Hughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azul throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azul just misses with a punch to the body.
Azul throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughes throws a body shot but no joy.
Azul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes is looking to counter punch.
Azul tried to score with a low kick but Hughes checks it.#T1#
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Hughes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hughes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Azul on the side of the head.
Hughes throws a big shot that misses.
Azul thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes is looking to counter punch.
Azul misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Azul dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Azul thuds a left hand into Hughes's body.
Azul misses with a wild body shot.
Azul misses with a jab to the body
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Azul throws a quick inside leg kick.
Azul throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes misses with a straight left. #T2#
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azul moves away.
Azul appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Hughes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Azul has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azul misses with a hook
enabling Hughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Azul throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Azul moved out of range nicely.
Hughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That kick from Azul tenderised Hughes's leg. Hughes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good leg kick by Azul.
Azul changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A low kick from Azul is predictable there
and Hughes counters with a straight right hand.
Azul moves out of range as Hughes strikes.
Fiore Azul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azul scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.#T3#
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Azul moved out of range nicely.
Azul looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
Azul fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hughes checks it well.
Azul swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hughes.
Azul with the inside leg kick.
Azul fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hughes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Azul throws a leg kick
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azul. #TD#
Hughes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Azul manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Azul working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T4#
Hughes content to stall in guard here.
Hughes preventing the sweep.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hughes postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fiore Azul will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3#
Hughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azul feints a counter leg kick.
Hughes slips under a jab.
Hughes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Azul misses the target.
A lazy body kick from Azul
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice leg kick from Azul, right into the meat of the thigh.
Azul uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Azul.
Hughes throws a hook to the side of Azul's head but Azul sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azul staying out of range there.
Azul looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Azul moves out of range as Hughes strikes.
Azul moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Azul feints and then cracks Hughes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hughes down.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes throwing a counter right hand but Azul manages to avoid it.#T1#
Hughes moves out of range as Azul throws a body kick.
Hughes takes one to the chin there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hughes checks a leg kick.
Azul with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hughes to score with a decent uppercut.
Hughes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Azul thuds his shin into the meat of Hughes's side.
Azul drops his hands momentarily and Hughes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hughes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Azul. That one must have hurt.
Azul throws a leg kick
and Hughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hughes shoots for a takedown but Azul saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hughes moves out of range as Azul strikes.
Azul lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hughes's sensitive parts.
Azul with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row. #T2#
Nice defenses there by Hughes.
Azul throws a hard body shot but it just misses. #CL2#
Azul forces Hughes back against the cage and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#BC2#
Azul manages to break the clinch.
That kick from Azul tenderised Hughes's leg. Hughes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hughes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Azul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Azul.
Hughes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Azul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Azul feints and then cracks Hughes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hughes down.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azul.
Hughes misses with a hook. Azul ducked under it nicely. #T3#
Hughes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hughes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Azul scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Azul connects with a solid leg kick.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Azul.
Azul throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hughes on the side of the head.
Hughes misses with a left hand
and Azul cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Azul lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hughes will feel that in the morning.
Azul misses with a lunging right hand
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Azul throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheers as Hughes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Azul doesn't seem phased though.
Hughes scores with a jab.
Azul fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.#T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azul changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Azul throws a shot from downtown. Hughes moves away and avoids it.
Azul ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a takedown
and Azul counters with a thumping low kick.
Azul dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hughes. That did some damage!
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azul throws out the jab.
Marcus Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Azul throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hughes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azul manages to avoid it.
Hughes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A solid leg kick lands there for Azul.
Azul with a hook.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fiore Azul comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Azul 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight for Fiore Azul!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Fiore Azul!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Fiore Azul!

Fiore Azul wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Fiore Azul made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: BB 17 - Bjornsson vs Abner
Date: Dec 22, 2021

#R1#
Hughes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azul throws out the jab.
Azul tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Azul.
Azul jabs Hughes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hughes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Azul pinned against the cage. Azul gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Azul tried to counter with a leg kick but Hughes avoided it.
Hughes moves out of range of the body kick.
Azul looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've been hearing reports that Azul has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Marcus Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azul uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
Azul scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. Azul saw that one coming.
Azul looks for a takedown but Hughes sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hughes.
Hughes misses the jab.
Azul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hughes let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.#T1#
Azul looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hughes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Azul can pounce on him.
Hughes misses with a body shot
and Azul counters with a nice leg kick. #TD#
Azul scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Azul moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hughes is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Azul's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azul missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Azul is keen to just control but Hughes is a slippery customer.
Hughes is trying to maintain the position but Azul is very close to passing his half guard.
Azul throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. #T2#
Hughes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hughes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hughes is looking to control Azul's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hughes avoid being mounted?
Azul is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hughes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azul is in close to Hughes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Azul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hughes keeping full guard, as Azul tries to pass. #T3#
Azul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. #SUB2#
Hughes working for a triangle but Azul defends it easily. #SUB2#
Azul stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Hughes throws up his legs and catches Azul in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Azul tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Hughes! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Marcus Hughes!

Event: BB 10 - Gracie vs Xiaodong
Date: Nov 13, 2021

#R1##TD2#
White gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hughes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hughes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
White looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes forces his way into half guard.#SUB#
White looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#T1#
White is looking for a sweep. Hughes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
White's coaches at BLK Elite MMA Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.#SUB#
White is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hughes pulls his head out easily.
Hughes sitting and controlling from the half guard.
White is trying to get back to full guard.#T2#
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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hughes lands a nice short elbow.
White moves into full guard.
Hughes controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #SUB#
White looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hughes is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #T3#
White avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hughes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hughes there as he acknowledges the shot.
White wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hughes misses with a right hand
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hughes, as that shot connected. #T4#
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
White throws a big counter combination but Hughes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
Hughes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hughes there as he acknowledges the shot.
White takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hughes misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
White misses with a body punch
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Thor White will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
White slips a jab from Hughes.
Marcus Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Thor White is winning the standup battle so far.
Hughes lands a jab to the head.
Hughes misses with a shot to the body
and White counters with a nice body shot.
Nice defenses there by White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White cracks Hughes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hughes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a nice uppercut. #ROC#Hughes is rocked!#T1#
Hughes circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by White. Hughes falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for White!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thor White!
A victorious Thor White thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: BB 8 - Broderick vs Paris
Date: Oct 30, 2021

#R1#
Hughes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hughes takes one on the button.
Dallas throws a body shot but no joy.
Hughes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.#CL2#
Dallas takes the fight into the clinch.
Hughes being controlled against the cage.#TD2#
Hughes is fighting off a takedown attempt but Dallas is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hughes to the mat. Hughes regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dallas passes into half guard.
Hughes wants to improve his position but Dallas is controlling well. #SUB2#
Dallas is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hughes has managed to free his arm - good work. #T1#
Hughes wants to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Dallas wants to work for an arm triangle but Hughes is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt. #SUB#
Hughes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dallas pulls his head out easily.
Dallas tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hughes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've been hearing good reports from Hughes's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hughes wants to get back to full guard but Dallas has passed into side control.#SUB2#
Dallas has hold of Hughes's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Hughes seems comfortable defending it but Dallas has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Hughes is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Hughes is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Dallas couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Korben Dallas!
Korben Dallas seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: BB 4 - Broderick vs Coryatt 3
Date: Sep 28, 2021

#R1#
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Battaglia moved out of range nicely.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Battaglia circles away easily
and Battaglia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Battaglia scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hughes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hughes misses the jab.
Hughes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Battaglia looks for the body kick but Hughes saw that one coming.
Battaglia throws a body kick that misses.
Hughes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hughes misses with a takedown attempt
and Battaglia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hughes lands with a good body shot.
Hughes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Battaglia's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Battaglia.
Hughes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Battaglia is looking to chop away at Hughes's legs.
Battaglia lands with a thumping leg kick. #T1#
Hughes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Battaglia throws the kick towards the body but Hughes avoids it.
Hughes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hughes.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Battaglia moves away.
Battaglia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Battaglia lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Hughes misses.
Battaglia gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#TD#
Hughes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Battaglia keeps moving.
Battaglia looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T2#
Battaglia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hughes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Battaglia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hughes is one step ahead there.
Battaglia pulls Hughes in close to his closed guard and prevents Hughes from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hughes works over Battaglia with some ground and pound from guard.
Battaglia working a defensive guard here.
Hughes is fighting to break Battaglia's control of his arms but Battaglia is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Battaglia trying to keep a closed guard but Hughes is proving a slippery customer. #T3#
Battaglia keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Battaglia pulls Hughes in to control the position.
Hughes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes postures up in Battaglia's guard and throws a big left but Battaglia blocks it.
Battaglia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Battaglia controlling the pace. #SUB#
Hughes actively working from the bottom here.
Battaglia is looking to stall here but Hughes recovers full guard. #T4##SUB#
Hughes has an active guard here but Battaglia has managed to pass into half guard.
Hughes trying to control from the bottom. #SUB#
Hughes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Battaglia pulls his head out easily.
Hughes tries to roll over but Battaglia keeps him under control.#SUB#
Hughes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Hughes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marcus Hughes will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
A jab lands there for Hughes.
Battaglia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Battaglia.
Hughes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Battaglia.
Battaglia throws a leg kick but Hughes moved away.
A slow jab from Hughes misses its intended target.
Battaglia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Battaglia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Marco Battaglia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Hughes.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Battaglia. #TD#
Hughes shoots in and bounces Battaglia off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hughes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. #T1#
Battaglia wants to sweep here but Hughes controlling him for the moment.
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Battaglia keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Battaglia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hughes working some strikes from top position.
Hughes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hughes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hughes trying to control but Battaglia is working from the bottom.
Hughes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #T2#
Hughes postures up.
Battaglia looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Marcus Hughes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes postures up in Battaglia's guard and throws a big left but Battaglia blocks it.
Battaglia looking to control.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Battaglia keeps moving. #SUB2#
Battaglia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hughes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Battaglia swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T3##SUB2#
Battaglia is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Hughes has his hands clasped together but Battaglia extends and breaks Hughes's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Battaglia.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marco Battaglia!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Marco Battaglia made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.

Event: BLAZE IT UP! 2
Date: Aug 17, 2021

#R1#
Bonin throws a lazy right hand but Hughes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hughes takes a swing at Bonin's ribcage but misses.
Bonin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Bonin moves away and avoids it.
Bonin throwing a counter right hand but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Jab by Bonin.#TD2#
Hughes closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bonin quickly recovers to half guard.
Hughes controlling the action here.
Bonin tries to kick Hughes off but Hughes keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#ES#
Bonin has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Hughes is on him like a limpet, forcing Bonin back against the cage.
I was talking to Bonin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonin has had enough of the clinch but Hughes keeps him there for the moment.#T1#
Bonin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bonin scores with a hook to the body.
Bonin misses with a body punch. #BC#
Bonin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hughes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bonin finds it's way round the side to connect with Hughes's head.
Hughes misses with a left hand
and Bonin counters with a nice uppercut.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Bonin.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bonin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hughes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
William Bonin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Bonin throws a poor cross that misses
letting Hughes counter with a right hand.
Hughes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bonin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bonin sizes up Hughes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. #T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bonin slips a jab from Hughes.
A telegraphed right hand from Bonin misses the target.
Bonin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bonin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hughes's head.
Bonin staying out of range there.
William Bonin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bonin looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range.
Bonin throws a looping overhand right but Hughes ducks down to avoid it.
Bonin throws an off balance right hand
enabling Hughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Bonin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hughess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hughes moves away from the strike by Bonin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hughes! But no joy.
A lazy left from Hughes finds it's target.
Bonin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T3#
Bonin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing. #ROC#Hughes is rocked!
Bonin lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Hughes falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). William Bonin!
An out of breath William Bonin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: BLAZE IT UP! 1
Date: Jul 27, 2021

#R1#
Ariitaia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hughes.
Hughes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Ariitaia.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ariitaia.
Hughes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.#TD#
Hughes looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ariitaia!#SUB#
Hughes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ariitaia tries to improve position but can't.
Ariitaia is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hughes has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Hughes 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 Ariitaia's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ariitaia is looking for a sweep.
Hughes 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 Ariitaia's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ariitaia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hughes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ariitaia can't do much from the bottom here.
Ariitaia takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ariitaia taking a bit of punishment here - Hughes scoring with strikes.
Hughes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes wants to control but Ariitaia is keeping him busy. #T1#
Ariitaia tries to buck Hughes off but Hughes is having none of it.
Hughes grinds an elbow into Ariitaia's temple.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ariitaia can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ariitaia manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hughes is trying to control the action in half guard but Ariitaia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hughes winds up and cracks Ariitaia with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #SUB#
Hughes looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ariitaia tries to kick Hughes off but Hughes keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hughes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ariitaia keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Ariitaia wants to stand back up but Hughes manages to pass into side control. #T2#
Ariitaia stops Hughes from passing to mount.
Ariitaia tries to improve position but can't.
Ariitaia prevents Hughes from improving position.
Hughes throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ariitaia is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.#SUB#
Hughes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hughes working the ground and pound. #SUB#
Hughes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ariitaia is trying to control Hughes's posture but Hughes avoids it.
Ariitaia tries to bench press Hughes off him but Hughes keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T3##SUB#
Hughes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hughes advances to mount.
Ariitaia really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hughes looking to control but Ariitaia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hughes raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hughes landing punches. #ROC#Ariitaia is rocked!
Hughes loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ariitaia scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Hughes land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Hughes stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Hughes!

Event: BBFC FIGHT NIGHT 18
Date: Jun 11, 2021

#R1#
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Hunt's shoulder, as Hunt tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hughes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hunt has time to react.
Hughes misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunt counters with a left to the body.
Hughes misses the jab.
Hunt slips under a jab.
Hughes misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Nice jab there from Hunt.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hughes has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt stuffs the takedown attempt from Hughes. Hughes gets slowly back to his feet.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Hunt was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hughes throws a body shot but no joy. #T1#
Hunt takes one to the chin there.
Hughes throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hughes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hughes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hughes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Hughes lands a jab.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hunt as he avoids it easily. #T2#
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunt misses the target.
Hunt drops his hands momentarily and Hughes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hughes shoots for a double leg takedown but Hunt sprawls well. He's pushed Hughes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
James Hunt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Hughes.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughes fails with the takedown
and Hunt counters with a head kick that wobbles Hughes - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Hunt sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Hunt!
James Hunt thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: ACA 19: Bright vs Keita
Date: Mar 19, 2021

#R1#
Three misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Hughes misses the jab.
Hughes swats away the attempt to clinch by Three.
Three misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Three moves away from the strike by Hughes.
Three throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Three sees it coming and avoids it easily.#TD2#
Hughes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Three is adopting a defensive guard.
Hughes stands up over Three, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Three controls Hughes momentarily but Hughes frees himself.
Three utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Three wants to sweep here but Hughes controlling him for the moment.
Three on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Three tries to get out of the position.#SUB2#
Hughes drops back looking for a leg! Three is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Three manages to kick Hughes off! Hughes jumps back into Three's guard.
Hughes working some strikes from top position.#T1#
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Three is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hughes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Three is trying to control the position but Hughes postures up.
Three might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hughes won't allow Three to sweep him here.
Three keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes stands up over Three, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Three is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hughes trying to control but Three is working from the bottom.
Three tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T2#
Hughes wants to pass the guard but Three is keeping the position.
Three not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hughes chips away with some ground and pound.
Hughes looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hughes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Three's head.
Three wants to control but Hughes passes easily into half guard. #SUB2#
Hughes is looking for a kimura but Three is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hughes to get the leverage.
Three wants to get back to his feet. #SUB2#
Hughes seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hughes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Three with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Three is trying to stand back up but Hughes is controlling him
Three tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Hughes has advanced to mount. Uh oh. #T3#
Hughes looking to finish Three with some ground and pound. This is bad for Three!
Three is squirming around, avoiding Hughes's attempts to control the action.
Hughes with good strikes from the mount here!
Three is trying desperately to improve position.#SUB2#
Hughes is working for a guillotine from mount but Three frees his head quite easily.
Three keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Three is working hard here to advance position.
Three taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T4#
Hughes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Three's face. #ROC2#Three is rocked!
Oooh a big shot lands for Hughes! Three is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marcus Hughes!

Event: ACA 16: Sekera vs Kalishnikov
Date: Feb 26, 2021

#R1#
Hughes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.#TD#
Meacham looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hughes!
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Meacham wants to control but Hughes is keeping him busy.
Hughes is trying to improve his position.
Hughes wants to control but Meacham postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes tries to improve position but can't.
Hughes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Meacham working the ground and pound.#T1#
Hughes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Meacham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. #SUB2#
Hughes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Meacham pulls his head out easily.
Meacham trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Meacham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hughes trying to control from the bottom.
Hughes might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Meacham haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hughes is looking for a sweep. Meacham is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Meacham throwing shots but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Meacham throwing shots but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hughes is looking for a sweep. Meacham is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Meacham seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. #T2#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hughes is looking to improve his position.
Meacham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hughes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Meacham's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Meacham's back!#SUB2#
Hughes goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Meacham escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Hughes wants to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Hughes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Meacham pulls his head out easily.
Meacham passes to side control.
Meacham knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hughes on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes is looking for a sweep.
Meacham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hughes keeps working.
Hughes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.#T3#
Meacham looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hughes is avoiding damage well.
Meacham in side control, throwing shots but Hughes defends.
Hughes is trying to improve his position.
Hughes keeps trying to improve his position.
Meacham trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Meacham misses with the ground and pound.
Hughes is looking for a sweep.
Hughes tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Hughes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Meacham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hughes keeps working. #T4#
Hughes can't do much from the bottom here.
Hughes sneaks back into half guard.
Hughes is staying active underneath Meacham, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hughes tries to roll over but Meacham keeps him under control.
Hughes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Meacham's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Meacham's back!
Meacham looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment. #SUB2#
Meacham is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Hughes gets his way!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Denis Meacham dominated that round.
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.#R2##TD#
Meacham changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hughes looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Meacham throws an elbow but Hughes slips to the side and avoids it well.
Denis Meacham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes is looking for a sweep.
Meacham in side control, throwing shots but Hughes defends.
Meacham in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hughes is not content to let Meacham control the position.
Hughes manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hughes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Hughes is looking for a kimura but Meacham is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hughes to get the leverage. #T1#
Hughes wants to control but Meacham is keeping him busy.
Hughes sitting and controlling from the half guard. #ES#
Meacham kicks off Hughes and gets to his feet. #TD#
Hughes gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Meacham to score an easy takedown into full guard.#SUB2#
Hughes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Meacham doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Meacham manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #SUB2#
Hughes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Meacham can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #T2#
Meacham trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB2#
Meacham avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Meacham postures up and lands a big shot to Hughes's brow.
Meacham is looking to advance position but Hughes has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!#REVB#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes landing strikes from the mount and Meacham is in trouble!
Hughes working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Meacham slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Hughes wants to control but Meacham is keeping him busy. #T3#
Hughes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Meacham gets full guard.
Hughes prevents Meacham from getting back to his feet.
Hughes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meacham preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Meacham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hughes trying to control but Meacham is working from the bottom.
Hughes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hughes trying to control but Meacham is working from the bottom.
Hughes slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. #T4#
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meacham is keeping the position for now.
Hughes throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Meacham keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#TD#
Meacham throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Hughes tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Meacham is in Hughes's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Denis Meacham will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Hughes scores with a jab to the body.#TD#
Meacham shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hughes napping and manages to drive through into side control!#SUB#
Meacham is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hughes knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hughes gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Hughes looking for submissions off his back.#SUB#
Meacham is looking for a kimura here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Hughes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T1##SUB2#
Hughes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hughes manages to get to full guard. #SUB2#
Hughes looking for a guillotine here but Meacham defends easily. #SUB2#
Hughes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Meacham from controlling successfully. #T2##SUB2#
Hughes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Meacham working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. #SUB2#
Hughes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Meacham is aware though and is defending well.
Meacham has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#SUB2#
Hughes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Meacham is aware though and is defending well.
Meacham wants to pass the guard but Hughes is keeping the position.
Meacham cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Meacham trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Hughes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle. #SUB2#
Hughes looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening. #T3#
Meacham wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Hughes trying to keep a closed guard but Meacham is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Hughes looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Meacham is looking to work some ground and pound but Hughes has wrist control.
Meacham wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving. #SUB2#
Hughes has his foot on Meacham's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Meacham works his way back into a safe position though.#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hughes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Meacham lands a couple of elbows.#SUB2#
Hughes is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Meacham has his hands clasped together but Hughes extends and breaks Meacham's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Hughes.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcus Hughes!

Event: ACA 12: Spliffs vs Khufu
Date: Jan 30, 2021

#R1#
Hughes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily #CL2#
and Kraven counters by moving into the clinch.
Kraven wants to break free but Hughes has control. #TD2#
Kraven has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hughes uses from the top position.
Hughes working some strikes from top position.#SUB2#
Kraven has his foot on Hughes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hughes works his way back into a safe position though.
Hughes has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kraven being controlled here, momentarily.
Hughes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hughes advances position into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kraven can't do much from the bottom here.
Hughes lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hughes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.#T1#
Kraven is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hughes's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hughes scores with a big shot! Kraven's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Kraven! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Hughes!

Event: ACA 7: Stephenson vs Pope
Date: Dec 25, 2020

#R1##TD2#
Hughes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hughes showed some decent athleticism there.
Hughes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hughes in particular looking to stall.
Hughes trying to control the action but Finch is working from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hughes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hughes working the head and body with strikes.
Finch knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hughes on the ground.
Hughes content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finch is trying to get back to full guard.
Hughes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hughes working the head and body with strikes.
Finch on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Finch tries to get out of the position.#T1#
Hughes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Finch does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hughes controlling the action here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hughes winds up and cracks Finch with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #ROC2#Finch is rocked!
Hughes lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Finch quite badly. Finch pulls Hughes in close trying to recover. Hughes postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Finch on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Finch doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Hughes!

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