PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Punchy Puncherson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carson Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puncherson's entrance music is Mama Said Knock You Out. A fine choice. Hughes is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by damn it feels good to be a gangsta. Punchy Puncherson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Puncherson
vs
Hughes

172 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Punchy Puncherson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carson Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a low kick, looking for Puncherson's leg but Puncherson calmly moves out of range.
Hughes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hughes's coach down at Build Up Crossfit was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hughes's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A swing and a miss from Puncherson.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Puncherson avoids them all with ease.
Puncherson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Hughes moves into range and clinches up with Puncherson.
Hughes keeps control of Puncherson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hughes wants to break free but Puncherson has control.
We've been hearing reports that Puncherson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Puncherson trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes is looking to break free of the clinch but Puncherson has double underhooks.
Hughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Puncherson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hughes to keep the fight standing.
Hughes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Puncherson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes working hard to break the clinch.

Hughes breaks from the clinch.
Hughes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Hughes misses.
Hughes swinging wildly here.
Hughes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A right-left combo lands from Hughes.
Puncherson has a takedown stuffed.
Hughes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hughes looks to land a combination. Puncherson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Puncherson is avoiding it.
Puncherson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puncherson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Puncherson misses with a leg kick.
Hughes lands with a right hand.
Hughes lands with a nice combination. Puncherson backs away looking to recover.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick from Hughes misses.
Puncherson connects with a body shot that sends Hughes's belly button to the back.
An inside leg kick lands from Puncherson.

Hughes pushes Puncherson up against the cage in a clinch.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Puncherson is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Hughes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes checks a leg kick.
Hughes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Puncherson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Punchy Puncherson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puncherson keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hughes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hughes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Puncherson counters with a nice leg kick.
Hughes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Puncherson checks it well.
Hughes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hughes is working the combinations to good effect here.

Hughes clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Hughes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Puncherson.
Puncherson has had enough of the clinch but Hughes keeps him there for the moment.

Puncherson manages to break the clinch.
Puncherson throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hughes tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Puncherson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Puncherson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puncherson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hughes's guard.
Puncherson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hughes defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carson Hughes dominated that 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.

Hughes blocks a low kick nicely.
Puncherson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Puncherson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Punchy Puncherson has been cut.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Puncherson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hughes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Puncherson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hughes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hughes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hughes scores with a leg kick.

Puncherson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puncherson wants to pass to mount but Hughes is defending the position.

Hughes is defending against the submission attempts here by Puncherson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puncherson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puncherson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Puncherson trying to advance position but Hughes counters by regaining guard.
Puncherson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes wants to sweep here but Puncherson controlling him for the moment.
Hughes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Puncherson is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puncherson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hughes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Puncherson trying to move into half guard but instead Hughes has managed to sweep!
Puncherson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hughes wants to stand but Puncherson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Puncherson wants to sweep here but Hughes controlling him for the moment.

Hughes stands up and waves to Puncherson to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puncherson throws a poor cross that misses
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab from Hughes.
Hughes throws a right hand that Puncherson ducks under and follows up with a left that Puncherson also avoids with ease.
Hughes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Puncherson eats them both and turns towards Hughes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hughes tries to bum rush Puncherson with a series of wild strikes but Puncherson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hughes throws a right and a left that both miss.

Puncherson 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.
Puncherson throwing shots but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Puncherson prevents Hughes from standing back up.
Puncherson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puncherson trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Puncherson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Puncherson working over Hughes with some ground and pound. Hughes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hughes is trying to stand back up but Puncherson is controlling him
Puncherson wants to pass to mount but Hughes is defending the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Puncherson lands a nice short elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Puncherson seems to be looking for submissions.
Hughes wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Carson Hughes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Punchy Puncherson's cut.
That's time! Puncherson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Puncherson throws a leg kick but Hughes checks it.
Puncherson throws a chopping leg kick but Hughes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hughes misses with a double jab.
A combination from Hughes does no damage.
Hughes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hughes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Puncherson. Puncherson obviously looking to wear him down.
Puncherson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hughes checks it well.
Puncherson shoots for a takedown but Hughes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
Carson Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes works over Puncherson's head and body with a nice combination.
Hughes works over Puncherson's head and body with a nice combination.

Puncherson is rocked!
A low kick from Puncherson misses
and Hughes counters with a left and a right that stings Puncherson.
Oh Puncherson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puncherson looks for a takedown but Hughes sprawls well.
Puncherson seems to have got his legs back now.
Hughes throws a right hand that Puncherson ducks under and follows up with a left that Puncherson also avoids with ease.
Hughes swinging wildly here.
Hughes looks to land a combination but Puncherson avoids it well.
Hughes tries to clinch but Puncherson is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Puncherson moves out of range.
Hughes darts in trying to clinch
and Puncherson counters with a good, hard body kick but Hughes shrugs it off.
Puncherson is looking to score with low kicks.
Carson Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puncherson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puncherson goes for a double leg but Hughes avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hughes continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Punchy Puncherson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puncherson 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.
Puncherson misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puncherson prevents Hughes from breaking the clinch.
Puncherson looking to slow down the pace here.
Puncherson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes is trying to break the clinch but Puncherson has him pressed against the cage.
Puncherson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hughes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Carson Hughes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Puncherson wants a takedown.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hughes keeps control of Puncherson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Puncherson misses with a knee strike.
Punchy Puncherson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Puncherson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Puncherson wants to land a leg kick but Hughes is out of range.
Hughes tries to bum rush Puncherson with a series of wild strikes but Puncherson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Hughes takes the fight into the clinch.
Puncherson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hughes managing to block the knees to the body from Puncherson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puncherson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puncherson has Hughes pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hughes manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carson Hughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hughes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carson Hughes!
Carson Hughes seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.