PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reige Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hughes
vs
Faria

183 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
187 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Falcon Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reige Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Faria!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faria fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hughes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Faria did well to prevent Hughes getting side control.
Hughes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hughes misses with a head shot. Faria uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hughes is looking to work some ground and pound but Faria has wrist control.
Hughes sitting in guard here, content to control.
Faria preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hughes is looking to advance position but Faria has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hughes wants to control but Faria is having none of it.
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 one minute gone in the round.
Hughes is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Hughes working to try and regain half guard.
Hughes wants to hold on but Faria pushes him away.
Hughes is trying desperately to improve position.
Hughes regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hughes tries to kick Faria off but Faria keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hughes pushes Faria off but Faria dives into side control.
Faria tries to stand but Hughes is controlling his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to reverse the position.
Hughes pushes Faria away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Faria gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Faria gets to mount! Hughes was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Hughes can't escape the position.

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.
Hughes is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hughes is working to get back to half guard.
Hughes tries to hold on but Faria postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reige Hughes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hughes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Faria utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Faria working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hughes.
Hughes works over Faria with some ground and pound from guard.
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hughes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hughes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hughes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hughes looking to sit in guard and control but Faria gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria won't allow Hughes to sweep him here.
Faria is breathing heavily.
Faria wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Hughes tries to land a sweep but no joy.

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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hughes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Faria slips a jab and a cross from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Faria moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Hughes looks for a takedown but Faria sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reige Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Faria tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reige Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes swats away the attempt to clinch by Faria.
Faria wants to clinch.

Hughes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Faria manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hughes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hughes throws and elbow that misses. Faria uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hughes's guard. Nice move by Faria!
Hughes wants to stand and escape but Faria is having none of it.

That's four 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.

Hughes has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Faria off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Hughes bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Faria avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hughes.
Hughes cracks Faria with a big right hand but Faria just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hughes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Faria is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hughes connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reige Hughes dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hughes shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Faria is trying to defend but Hughes finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hughes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hughes prevents Faria from improving his position.
Faria on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hughes wants to free his trapped foot but Faria is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hughes thows a huge punch but Faria dodges it nicely.
Reige Hughes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Faria takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hughes is trying to control the action in half guard but Faria is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Faria gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hughes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hughes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Faria's head.
Hughes trying to control but Faria is working from the bottom.
Hughes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hughes postures up and lands a big shot to Faria's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes thows a big elbow that misses.
Hughes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Faria is keeping the position for now.
Hughes working some strikes from top position.
Hughes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hughes throwing strikes from guard but Faria blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hughes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Faria keeps moving.
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Faria's head.
Hughes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hughes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Faria's head.
Reige Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hughes showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Faria for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reige Hughes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hughes, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

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