PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Tur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hughes
vs
Tur

189 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Donovan Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lukasz Tur!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hughes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Hughes manages to break the clinch.

Tur gets a takedown into half guard.
Hughes throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Tur content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hughes is trying to control but can't.
Hughes pushes Tur off looking to stand but Tur dives back in and keeps control.
Tur wants to take a breather but Hughes is having none of it.
Hughes wants to get back to his feet.
Hughes trying to control but Tur postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Tur shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tur thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tur sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hughes defending well though.
Tur content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tur seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hughes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tur not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tur looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hughes controlling the position well.
Tur working Hughes over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tur trying to control from half guard but Hughes is working away.
Tur missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hughes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hughes tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tur with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tur is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tur is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes is trying to control but can't.
Tur stops Hughes from getting back to his feet.
Hughes could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hughes trying to control from the bottom.

Tur is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tur is taking a breather. Hughes 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.
Tur has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tur scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hughes regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tur pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hughes is keeping the position for now.
Hughes is looking to sweep but instead, Tur has passed into half guard.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Tur is looking to take a break and control but Hughes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Tur trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Tur seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lukasz Tur just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Tur rushes Hughes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Tur lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tur performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tur passes the guard and advances to mount!
Tur controlling the position easily from mount.
Tur wants to control the pace but Hughes is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukasz Tur dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hughes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Tur scores with a takedown into Hughes's guard.
Tur distracts Hughes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tur trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Tur connects with a couple of short punches.
Tur is working Hughes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tur slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Tur just content to control the position.
Hughes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tur off and has taken his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tur staying busy and making it hard for Hughes to control.
Tur trying to control but not successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tur tries to escape the position.
Hughes doesn't have the hooks in and Tur manages to turn into his guard.
Tur trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Tur passes Hughes's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tur tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hughes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tur not doing much here.
Hughes is trying to stand back up but Tur is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Still in half guard, Tur seems content to control.
Tur lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Hughes is defending against the submission attempts here by Tur.
Hughes tries to roll over but Tur keeps him under control.
Tur trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Tur controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tur is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Tur lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Tur postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hughes looks a forlorn figure.
Tur scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tur with the ground and pound from mount.
Tur is landing with some decent strikes but Hughes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tur with the ground and pound from mount.
Tur in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hughes flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Tur sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lukasz Tur has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tur controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukasz Tur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Tur 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.
Tur is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lukasz Tur just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Tur sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hughes tries to clinch up.
Tur shoots for a takedown but Hughes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Tur fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hughes, pushing him back against the cage.

Tur has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Hughes is trying to keep an underhook but Tur manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Hughes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tur.
Hughes is staying active underneath Tur, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tur missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tur controlling the action here.

Hughes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tur moves into full mount! Hughes won't be happy about that!
Tur is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Tur jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hughes manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Tur cracks Hughes with a big right hand but Hughes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tur working the ground and pound from side control.

Tur decides to stand back up. Tur steps back and let's Hughes get back to his feet.
Donovan Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hughes closes the distance and pushes Tur back into the cage.
Tur can't get the takedown.
Tur tries for a takedown but Hughes manages to get underhooks.
Donovan Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lukasz Tur.
Tur tries to pull guard but Hughes holds him up against the cage and eventually Tur drops back down to his feet.
Hughes wants to break free but Tur has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tur gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Hughes trying to control the position here.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tur wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Tur looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tur trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tur throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tur looking to pass the guard.

Tur decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Tur gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hughes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tur thinking.
Tur has his takedown stuffed

and Hughes counters with a shoot takedown. Tur fights it but they end up in guard.
Hughes stopping the sweep attempt from Tur.
Tur is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hughes is fighting to break Tur's control of his arms but Tur is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tur looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tur has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hughes won't allow Tur to sweep him here.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Tur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tur throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Tur closes the distance and clinches.
Tur landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tur goes for a takedown attempt but Hughes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tur forces Hughes back against the cage and clinches.
Donovan Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lukasz Tur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Tur has picked Hughes up - he's going for a ride! Tur dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lukasz Tur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tur 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lukasz Tur!