PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Cobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cobra
vs
Hughes

188 cm
24
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

199 cm
24
277 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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BHP's Shaolin Nutrition (Recovery-Stamina-Muscle)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alan Cobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Cobra.
Cobra scores with a head kick. Hughes tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cobra moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cobra blocks a jab.
Hughes keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
Hughes lands with a right hand.
Hughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Hughes does no damage.
Cobra takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cobra explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes connects with the punch.
Cobra wants to clinch.
Marcus Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobra tries to clinch up.

Cobra has closed the distance and engaged Hughes in a clinch.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Cobra.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes avoids a wild elbow strike from Cobra.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes trying to control the position but instead, Cobra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hughes into the ropes.
Cobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Hughes is looking to break free of the clinch but Cobra has double underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cobra scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Marcus Hughes has been cut.
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Cobra has the dominant position.
Cobra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hughes breaks from the clinch.
Cobra scores with a spinning back kick!
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hughes throws a head kick but Cobra moves out of range.
Hughes looks gassed!
A nice combination there by Hughes.

Cobra instigates a clinch.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.
Cobra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cobra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Cobra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra lands an elbow just above Hughes 's eye.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hughes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cobra lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cobra working Hughes over with knees to the body.
Cobra lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Cobra lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Cobra presses Hughes against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cobra pushes Hughes back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Hughes won't want to take too many of those.
Cobra lands a knee to the body.
Cobra landing knees to the body.
Cobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hughes's defenses.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra 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.

Hughes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Cobra.
Hughes is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A big right from Hughes misses.
Hughes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobra was well out of range. Poor timing from Hughes.
Cobra is looking to clinch.
Hughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cobra darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cobra jabs Hughes right on the nose. Hughes blinks but takes it well.
Cobra tests Hughes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cobra tries to clinch up but Hughes circles away and keeps his distance.
Cobra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hughes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hughes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobra.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cobra has closed the distance and engaged Hughes in a clinch.
Cobra scores with a knee to the head.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hughes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hughes blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Hughes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cobra throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Cobra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Cobra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Cobra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cobra lands with a left to the head.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
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.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra lands a knee to the head.
Cobra throws an elbow but it misses.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Cobra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Cobra.
Cobra tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cobra misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cobra lands an elbow inside that Hughes shrugs off.
Cobra missing with knees to the body.
Cobra misses with the head strike.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobra misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Cobra as the two fighters clinch.
Cobra has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Hughes prevents a body shot from Cobra.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Cobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Cobra tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cobra.
Cobra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobra throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cobra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Hughes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Cobra works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Hughes is looking to control Cobra's arms but Cobra gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hughes has his back to the ropes.
Cobra scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.
Cobra misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hughes avoids the elbow strike from Cobra, against the ropes.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Cobra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Hughes is looking to break free of the clinch but Cobra has double underhooks.
Cobra misses with a punch to the body.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Hughes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hughes is trying to stall.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Cobra misses with the head strike.
Cobra missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hughes's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cobra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cobra tries to clinch up.
Hughes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hughes scores with a decent looking hook.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Cobra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hughes.
Cobra tries to clinch up.
Hughes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cobra sizes up Hughes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hughes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good shot there by Hughes.
Marcus Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hughes tries to bum rush Cobra with a series of wild strikes but Cobra uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hughes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cobra looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cobra throws a series of punches but Hughes moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cobra throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.
Hughes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hughes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Cobra ducks down to avoid it.

Cobra moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra lands with a short shot to the head.
Cobra with a knee to the head.
Cobra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hughes's defenses.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Cobra here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Cobra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobra.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes avoids a wild elbow strike from Cobra.
Cobra with a knee to the head.
Hughes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.

Hughes manages to break the clinch.
Hughes looks for the body kick but Cobra saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cobra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hughes.
Hughes lands a two punch combo.
Cobra throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cobra connects with a leg kick. Hughes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cobra tries to clinch there but Hughes circles away.
Hughes moves forwards but Cobra connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hughes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cobra counters with a thumping low kick.

Cobra clinches with his opponent.
Cobra working Hughes over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobra lands a nice knee to the body.
Hughes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra 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.
Hughes is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Cobra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobra lands an elbow inside.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Cobra scores with a shoulder strike.

Hughes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes keeps the fight on the outside.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hughes.
Hughes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes takes a swing at Cobra's ribcage but misses.
Cobra tries to clinch but Hughes is having none of it.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Cobra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A head kick from Cobra lands but Hughes takes it in his stride.
Cobra buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cobra lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cobra throws a head kick that half lands.
Cobra throws a head kick that half lands.

Cobra instigates a clinch.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra digs a right hand underneath Hughes's ribcage. Hughes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cobra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hughes's face.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.

Hughes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cobra has managed to clinch.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cobra.
Cobra lands a body shot.
Cobra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hughes's efforts to push away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Hughes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
Cobra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cobra.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hughes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cobra up against the ropes.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Alan Cobra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cobra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Cobra keeps him there for the moment.
Cobra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughes wants to get back to striking at distance but Cobra won't allow it.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cobra throws a head punch that misses.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Cobra keeps him there for the moment.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Hughes's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Cobra throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
Cobra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes looking to stall.
Hughes wants to get back to striking at distance but Cobra won't allow it.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike from Cobra.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Hughes breaks the clinch.
Hughes scores with a body shot.
Hughes throws a one two combo.
Hughes lands a right hook to the body.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
Hughes throws a combination that misses

and Cobra counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hughes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes avoids the elbow strike from Cobra, against the ropes.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Cobra keeps him there for the moment.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Cobra keeps him there for the moment.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cobra scores with a hook to the body.
Cobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cobra throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Cobra.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Cobra presses Hughes against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good body shot from Cobra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra dominated that second 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 ring so we can get back down to business.

Cobra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cobra ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Hughes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cobra scores with a nice head shot.

Cobra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Cobra misses with some punches.
Cobra crunches a lovely knee into Hughes's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Cobra.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Hughes dodges an elbow strike from Cobra.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Hughes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cobra throws an elbow but misses.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Cobra.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Cobra tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Cobra has the dominant position.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.
Cobra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hughes's efforts to push away.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Cobra throws a head punch that misses.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Cobra tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Cobra.

Hughes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes tried to score with a low kick but Cobra checks it.
Cobra takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cobra tries a head kick but it misses.
Hughes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cobra is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Cobra moved out of range nicely.
Cobra keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Cobra instigates a clinch.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.
Cobra lands a shoulder strike.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cobra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Cobra keeps him there for the moment.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cobra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hughes's efforts to push away.
Cobra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cobra tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hughes.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes stalling in the clinch but Cobra improves position.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Cobra tries to land knees in the clinch but Hughes avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Cobra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cobra throws an elbow but it misses.
Hughes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hughes looking to slow down the pace here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cobra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hughes's efforts to push away.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Cobra tries to throw a body punch but Hughes avoids it by throwing Cobra back against the cage.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short left from Cobra.
Cobra is working Hughes over against the ropes.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Cobra with a knee to the head.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobra misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra prevents Hughes from breaking the clinch.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Cobra keeps him there for the moment.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cobra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hughes's brow.

Hughes breaks the clinch.
Hughes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cobra counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cobra displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.
Cobra connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Cobra forces Hughes back against the ropes and clinches.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cobra tries to land knees in the clinch but Hughes avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobra missing with knees to the body.
Hughes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cobra 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.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Cobra can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Cobra has the dominant position.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cobra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hughes's brow.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Hughes prevents a body shot from Cobra.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Hughes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Hughes breaks from the clinch.
Cobra fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cobra avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hughes throws a hook but Cobra avoids it easily.
Cobra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cobra on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Cobra avoids nicely.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
Cobra lands with a good body shot.
Hughes catches Cobra with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cobra lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hughes backs up against the ropes.
Cobra slips under a jab.
Cobra throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hughes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. Cobra saw that one coming.
Cobra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cobra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobra manages to avoid it.

Cobra has managed to clinch.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.
Cobra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Cobra digs a right hand into Hughes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hughes's gas tank.
Cobra crunches a lovely knee into Hughes's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra clearly takes 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 ring so we can get back down to business.

Cobra throws a head kick that Hughes semi-blocks.
Hughes keeps the fight on the outside.

Cobra forces Hughes back against the ropes and clinches.
Cobra lands an elbow inside.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobra landing knees to the head.
Cobra scores a nice knee to the body.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Cobra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.
Cobra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hughes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cobra lands with a right to the head.
Hughes blocks the elbow strike.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cobra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobra misses with an elbow strike.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cobra misses with an elbow over the top.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes stalling in the clinch.
Hughes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

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.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cobra tries to throw a body punch but Hughes avoids it by throwing Cobra back against the cage.
Cobra tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Hughes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cobra swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobra scores a nice knee to the body.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes stalling in the clinch but Cobra improves position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cobra.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hughes.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
Cobra misses with some punches.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.
Cobra tries to land knees in the clinch but Hughes avoids the damage to the body.
Cobra 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.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hughes.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Cobra throws a head punch that misses.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Cobra - that landed with a thud.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra 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.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.

Hughes breaks the clinch.
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Hughes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cobra lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hughes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cobra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cobra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Cobra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hughes walks into a left hand.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cobra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cobra tries to clinch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Cobra moves out of range.
Cobra works Hughes's body with a nice hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cobra. That's going to slow Hughes down.
Cobra tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Hughes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cobra moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Cobra uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
Cobra with a hook.
Hughes lands a two punch combo.
Cobra throws a one two combo.
Cobra comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cobra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cobra throws a nice head kick!
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cobra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Hughes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hughes walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cobra.
Cobra darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cobra connects with the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cobra clinches.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Cobra.
A left hand lands to the body for Cobra.
Good body shot from Cobra.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cobra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobra.
Cobra working aggressively here.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra missing with knees to the body.
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Cobra has the dominant position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Cobra missing with knees to the body.

Hughes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes falls off balance throwing a combination

and Cobra holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Cobra lands a body shot.
Nice elbow from Cobra.
Cobra softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cobra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cobra lands with a short shot to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike from Cobra.
Cobra connects with a knee to the head.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Cobra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hughes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cobra misses with a body punch.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Cobra has the dominant position.
Cobra misses with the head strike.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hughes.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes is trying to force a seperation but Cobra has the dominant position.

Hughes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes works over Cobra's head and body with a nice combination.
Cobra takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hughes misses with a hook. Cobra ducked under it nicely.
Cobra steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cobra ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Cobra moves into the clinch successfully.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Cobra with a knee to the head.
Cobra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Cobra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hughes's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra had his way with Marcus Hughes in that round.
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! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hughes throws a series of punches but Cobra avoids them all with ease.
Cobra thuds his right hand into Hughes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cobra throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
Cobra moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Cobra misses with a head kick.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Cobra avoids them all with ease.
Alan Cobra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hughes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cobra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Cobra tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cobra scores with a nice body kick.
Hughes looks to land a combination but Cobra avoids it well.
Cobra tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cobra throws a head kick that Hughes semi-blocks.
Cobra scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Hughes tries to keep at a distance but Cobra has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Cobra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hughes takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra pushes Hughes back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hughes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hughes's defenses.
Cobra presses Hughes against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cobra lands an elbow inside.
Cobra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hughess head.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cobra swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobra lands an elbow inside that Hughes shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobra misses with the head strike.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Cobra lands an elbow just above Hughes 's eye.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Cobra misses with the head strike.
Cobra swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Hughes dodges an elbow strike from Cobra.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Cobra has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Cobra prevents Hughes from breaking the clinch.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes trying to control the position but instead, Cobra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hughes into the ropes.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hughes.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hughes is trying to push Cobra away but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Cobra has a couple of punches blocked by Hughes.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Cobra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hughes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hughes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hughes tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Cobra throws a head punch that misses.
Cobra lands a nice knee to the body.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes is trying to break free.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.
Hughes wants to get back to striking at distance but Cobra won't allow it.
Cobra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobra has Hughes pressed against the ropes, preventing Hughes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Cobra fails to land.
Cobra struggles to land a body shot inside as Hughes controls his hands.
Cobra lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cobra can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Cobra misses with a punch on the inside.
Cobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's six 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.
Cobra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
Cobra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobra missing with knees to the body.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.
Cobra can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Cobra 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.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Cobra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hughes tries to stall but Cobra uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Cobra.
Cobra misses with a knee strike.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Cobra swings wildly with an uppercut but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Cobra keeps him there for the moment.
Cobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hughes.
Hughes avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Hughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobra throws a head punch that misses.
Cobra letting Hughes take a breather here.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Cobra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hughes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughes blocks it with crossed arms.
Cobra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Hughes blocks with his arms.
Hughes taking a breather.
Cobra tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cobra keeps control of Hughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.
Cobra prevents Hughes from breaking the clinch.
Cobra tries a knee to the head but Hughes blocks it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cobra can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Hughes tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the ropes.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Cobra has him pressed against the ropes.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Cobra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobra misses with the head strike.
Cobra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hughes tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Cobra fails to land.

Hughes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Cobra avoids them all with ease.
Hughes throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Cobra to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobra delivers a nice body kick.
Cobra misses with a head kick.
Hughes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hughes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cobra counters with a good low kick that Hughes was not able to check.
Cobra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marcus Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cobra rushes Hughes and presses him up against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Cobra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cobra 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Alan Cobra!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Alan Cobra!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Alan Cobra!

Alan Cobra wins by unanimous decision!