PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sika Niska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hughes
vs
Niska

199 cm
23
277 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

201 cm
23
260 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sika Niska!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes wants to clinch up but Niska keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Hughes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hughes lands with a straight right. Niska didn't see that one coming.
Niska tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Niska avoids nicely.

Niska takes the fight into the clinch.
Niska goes for a takedown attempt but Hughes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Niska scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hughes wants to improve his position but Niska is controlling well.
Hughes is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Niska jumps into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Niska decides to stand back up. Niska steps back and let's Hughes get back to his feet.

Hughes instigates a clinch.
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Niska has the dominant position.

That's two 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 taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Niska throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Niska.
Niska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Niska displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hughes up against the ropes.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Niska is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Niska escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Niska dodges the punch combination from Hughes.
Marcus Hughes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Niska tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Niska has a takedown stuffed.
Marcus Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sika Niska.
Hughes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niska moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Niska avoids nicely.
Hughes lands a jab to the nose.
Niska shoots in and drives through. Hughes sprawls well.
Niska looks gassed!
Hughes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hughes lands with a shot to the body.
Hughes throws a head kick that misses.
Marcus Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Niska avoids nicely.
Niska doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Niska takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hughes lands an overhand right.
Hughes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
Hughes scores with a punch to the head.
Niska takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hughes stalks Niska and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Niska's face. Niska staggers backwards, shaken.
Hughes misses with a two punch combination.
Hughes tries to clinch there but Niska circles away.
Niska has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Niska avoids a punch combination nicely.
Niska tries to clinch there but Hughes circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Niska circles away and keeps his distance.
Niska keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niska moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughes throws a head kick but Niska moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hughes dominated that round.
That's time! Hughes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hughes throws a head kick but Niska moves out of range.
Niska throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hughes's waist but Hughes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Niska off to one side.
Niska lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hughes takes a step back to recover.
Niska throws a head kick but Hughes moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Hughes as he connects with a hook.
Hughes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Niska pushes Hughes up against the ropes in a clinch.
Niska is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Niska working Hughes over with knees to the body.
Hughes takes an elbow to the temple.
Niska is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike from Niska.
Niska using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Niska manages to break the clinch.
Hughes keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes cracks Niska with a good jab.
Hughes scores with a punch to the head.
Niska shoots in and drives through. Hughes sprawls well.
Hughes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hughes.
Hughes works the jab nicely.
Niska wants to clinch up but Hughes keeps it at a distance.
Marcus Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Niska pushes him off.
Hughes lands a jab.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niska has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A left and a right from Hughes both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niska is looking to clinch but Hughes is avoiding it.
Hughes lands a right hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Hughes scores with a four punch combination!
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Niska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Niska takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Hughes rushes Niska and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Niska fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Niska keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hughes's efforts to push away.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes blocks the elbow strike.
Niska prevents the takedown attempt.
Hughes is trying to break free.

Niska breaks the clinch.
Hughes swinging wildly here.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Niska circles away and keeps his distance.
Hughes scores with a nice right hand.
Hughes looks to land a combination but Niska avoids it well.
Niska will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marcus Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sika Niska.
Hughes fails to land with a series of punches.
Hughes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niska moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hughes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Niska.
Hughes misses with a jab, cross combination.

Niska moves into the clinch.
Niska landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Niska tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Niska is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hughes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Niska gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s 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. This is the final round!

Niska throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hughes's waist but Hughes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Niska off to one side.
Hughes lands a lovely overhand right.
Hughes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hughes cracks Niska with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hughes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marcus Hughes is winning the standup battle so far.
Hughes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hughes blocks a head kick by Niska.
Hughes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Niska moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Hughes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hughes duly obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes throws a solid leg kick but Niska takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hughes.
Niska moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hughes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Niska tries to clinch up.
Niska tries to clinch but Hughes is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Niska tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Niska has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands a nice hook to Niska's body. Niska takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hughes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Niska blocks a head kick by Hughes.
Hughes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hughes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hughes slaps away a takedown attempt from Niska, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Niska has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Niska looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Niska is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hughes.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Niska bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hughes keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes lands a jab-cross combination.
Hughes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Niska lands with an uppercut that bounces Hughes off the ropes and back into rage.
Niska staying out of range there.
Niska is looking to clinch but Hughes is avoiding it.
Niska tries to clinch there but Hughes circles away.
Hughes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marcus Hughes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niska scores with a head kick.
Hughes lands a jab-cross combination.
Hughes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Niska backs up against the ropes.

Niska has managed to clinch.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Niska keeps him there for the moment.
Niska working aggressively here.
Come on Niska - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Niska lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niska misses with some punches.
Niska goes for a takedown attempt but Hughes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Marcus Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sika Niska.
Niska is looking to clinch.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Hughes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hughes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hughes lands a jab to Niska's midsection.
Niska takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Niska tries to clinch up but Hughes circles away and keeps his distance.
Niska gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sika Niska has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Niska shoots in looking for a takedown. Hughes tries to sprawl out of it but Niska keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Hughes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hughes lands a glancing blow to the side of Niska's head.
Nice uppercut lands for Hughes. That snapped Niska's head back.
Hughes throws a head kick that misses.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Niska walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hughes!
Hughes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hughes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hughes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hughes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Niska on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes lands a head shot.
Hughes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Niska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughes lands an overhand right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

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