PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kurtis Hugs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Wallhead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurtis Hugs is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hugs
vs
Wallhead

180 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kurtis Hugs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Wallhead!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallhead misses with a few strikes there.
Hugs throws a right and a left that Wallhead avoids nicely.
Wallhead slips a jab and a cross from Hugs.
Hugs shoots in looking for a takedown. Wallhead tries to sprawl out of it but Hugs keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wallhead manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hugs misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wallhead blocks a jab.
Wallhead ducks under a wild hook from Hugs.
Wallhead with a poor takedown

and Hugs counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hugs landing some decent shots from guard.
Hugs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Wallhead has his foot on Hugs's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hugs works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hugs postures up.
Hugs working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hugs passes Wallhead's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hugs knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wallhead on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugs is pressing down on Wallhead's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wallhead is holding on for now.
Hugs working Wallhead over with strikes.
Hugs throwing shots but Wallhead is blocking nicely.
Hugs thows a huge punch but Wallhead dodges it nicely.
Hugs throws a strike but Wallhead avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hugs thows a big elbow that misses.
Hugs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wallhead bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hugs's guard.
Wallhead trying to control the position from guard on top but Hugs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallhead looks gassed!
Hugs trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hugs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wallhead is one step ahead there.
Hugs striking off his back but it's not causing Wallhead any problems.
Wallhead throwing strikes but missing.
Hugs not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hugs on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hugs tries to get out of the position.
Wallhead trying to control the position from guard on top but Hugs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wallhead tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hugs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wallhead doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hugs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugs throws a body punch but Wallhead moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Hugs.
Kurtis Hugs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hugs swings for the body but Wallhead moves out of range.
Wallhead with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hugs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kurtis Hugs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Wallhead.
Hugs's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hugs duly obliges.
Hugs scores with a shot to the body.
Wallhead takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Hugs scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hugs lands a nice short elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hugs looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wallhead with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hugs landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wallhead wants to improve his position but Hugs is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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. Hugs connects with a nice short shot to Wallhead's temple.
Hugs slips a nice elbow through Wallhead's hands, connecting with Wallhead's forehead.
Wallhead has hold of Hugs's hands but Hugs slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hugs is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hugs is trying to control the action in half guard but Wallhead is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hugs working Wallhead over with strikes.
Hugs lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hugs is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hugs 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurtis Hugs dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hugs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wallhead misses with a takedown
and Hugs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wallhead dodges the punch combination from Hugs.
Wallhead is looking to clinch but Hugs is avoiding it.
Hugs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wallhead ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wallhead shoots in looking for a takedown. Hugs tries to sprawl out of it but Wallhead keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hugs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hugs throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Wallhead counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hugs is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hugs wants to get back to full guard.
Hugs flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Hugs wants to control but Wallhead is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallhead wants to stand up but Hugs is controlling the position.
Wallhead wants to free his trapped foot but Hugs is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hugs tries to get to full guard but Wallhead has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wallhead steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hugs.
Hugs throws a right and a left that both miss.

Wallhead scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hugs is looking to regain half guard here but Wallhead keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Hugs's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hugs is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wallhead blocks the strikes from Hugs.
Hugs striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

Wallhead has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jab from Hugs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hugs lands a nice shot to the body.
Wallhead fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wallhead moves away from the strike by Hugs.
Wallhead has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wallhead there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wallhead keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hugs.
Hugs swinging wilding here.
Hugs throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wallhead's waist but Wallhead gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hugs off to one side.
Wallhead fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hugs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hugs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Hugs scores a takedown into full mount!
Kurtis Hugs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hugs lands a big shot there that rocks Wallhead but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hugs lands a big shot there that rocks Wallhead but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hugs lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wallhead slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wallhead trying to control but Hugs postures up.
Wallhead moves into full guard.
Hugs is looking to work some ground and pound but Wallhead has wrist control.
Hugs with a nice head shot there.
Wallhead trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Wallhead 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!

Hugs pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wallhead is out of range and Hugs settles back down.
Wallhead throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wallhead misses with a combination
and Hugs counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hugs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wallhead keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hugs.
Wallhead drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wallhead checks a leg kick.
Hugs connects with a right hand. Wallhead shakes it off.
Wallhead shoots in for a double leg but Hugs sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wallhead takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wallhead takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wallhead slips a jab from Hugs.
Hugs throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wallhead stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugs throws a left and a right that both miss

and Wallhead counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wallhead is thwarting Hugs's attempts to control the position.
Wallhead trying to control the action but Hugs is working from the bottom.
Hugs striking from half guard on the bottom.
Hugs missing with punches from the bottom.
Wallhead not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hugs won't allow Wallhead to pass to mount.
Hugs tries to roll over but Wallhead keeps him under control.

Hugs is defending against the submission attempts here by Wallhead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hugs scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hugs misses with a low kick.
Hugs misses with a combination

and Wallhead counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wallhead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hugs tries to strike from the bottom.
Hugs is trying to control the position but Wallhead postures up.
Hugs throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hugs working a defensive guard but Wallhead manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugs is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wallhead trying to control the position but Hugs is working away.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hugs thuds a left hand into Wallhead's body.
Hugs throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wallhead on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hugs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wallhead takes one on the button.
Hugs lands with a hook. Wallhead tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Wallhead has managed to clinch.

Hugs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Hugs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wallhead.
Wallhead checks the leg kick.
Hugs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wallhead.
Kurtis Hugs is winning the standup battle so far.
Wallhead uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hugs.
Hugs fails to land the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wallhead misses with a takedown attempt - Hugs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hugs throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wallhead counters with an outside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kurtis Hugs.
I think Hugs 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurtis Hugs!