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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cage has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Johny Cage enters the cage!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johny Cage!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hughes showed some decent athleticism there.
Cage looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hughes lands strikes from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hughes in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Cage to stand up.
Cage misses with a wild combination.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hughes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hughes with a couple of short strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cage can't escape the position.
Hughes stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Hughes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cage is rocked!
Hughes clinches with his opponent.
Hughes manages to break the clinch.
Hughes 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.
Hughes wants to pass the guard but Cage is keeping the position.
Cage is working an open guard so Hughes takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hughes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That has opened up Johny Cage's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hughes gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes has Cage up against the cage in a clinch.
Cage prevents Hughes from breaking the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cage throws an elbow but it misses.
Hughes jumps guard.
Cage wants to pass the guard but Hughes is keeping the position.
Hughes seems keen to control Cage's posture.
Hughes trying to control the position.
Hughes is looking for a triangle but Cage pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage stands up over Hughes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hughes wants to sweep here but Cage controlling him for the moment.
Hughes striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Hughes trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hughes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hughes content to control rather than advance.
That's four 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.
Hughes is looking to take a break and control but Cage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hughes lands strikes from half guard.
Cage has hold of Hughes's hands but Hughes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cage wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Still in half guard, Hughes seems content to control.
Hughes is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johny Cage's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cage throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hughes counters with a shoot takedown. Cage fights it but they end up in guard.
Hughes won't allow Cage to get back to his feet.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Cage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes stands up from Cage's guard - Hughes perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hughes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hughes.
Hughes tries to move into full mount but can't pass Cage's legs.
Hughes working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes working the ground and pound from side control.
Hughes stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Cage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes closes the distance and clinches up with Cage, looking for a takedown. Hughes pushes Cage against the cage but Cage circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hughes.
Hughes wants to slow Cage down by chopping away at his legs.
Johny Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cage gets caught flat footed, as Hughes shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cage is on top in guard.
Hughes is pulling down on Cage's head. It's preventing any offense from Cage, at least for the moment.
Cage won't allow Hughes to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looking to control.
Hughes working for a triangle but Cage defends it easily.
Hughes controls Cage momentarily but Cage frees himself.
Hughes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cage's guard.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Cage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes trying to control but Cage is working from the bottom.
Hughes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Cage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes stays in close to Cage's body and controls the position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Sam Hughes just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Hughes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes trying to control but Cage is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hughes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hughes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Cage keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Hughes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johny Cage's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Cage throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hughes counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hughes moves nicely into side control.
Hughes decides to stand back up. Hughes steps back and let's Cage get back to his feet.
Hughes lands with a nice combination. Cage backs away looking to recover.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hughes.
Hughes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cage but Cage pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cage tries a head kick but it misses.
Cage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes rushes Cage and presses him up against the cage.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Cage avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes keeps Cage at a distance using the push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hughes fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cage sprawls well initially but Hughes persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hughes is taking a breather. Cage 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.
Sam Hughes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes wants to control but Cage is keeping him busy.
Hughes stands up from half guard.
Hughes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hughes showed some decent athleticism there.
Hughes stands up and beckons Cage to join him on the feet.
Johny Cage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes is looking to take a break and control but Cage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hughes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cage can do to turn this around?
Cage is trying to stand up here but Hughes is controlling him well.
Hughes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cage does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hughes working over Cage with some ground and pound. Cage looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hughes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cage does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cage throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes stands up out of the half guard.
Hughes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hughes.
Hughes decides to stand back up.
Hughes looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hughes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.
Hughes working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes stands and steps away. Cage gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hughes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes slows the pace down in half guard.
Ground and pound from Hughes.
Cage has hold of Hughes's hands but Hughes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hughes content to control rather than advance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes is looking to take a break and control but Cage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Hughes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hughes 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Hughes!
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hype
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