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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tonton Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hong comes into the arena with Hong Entrance Song blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tonton Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Winston Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Hong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hughes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hong takes a step back to recover.
Hong throws a hook but Hughes avoids it easily.
Hong throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hong takes one to the chin there.
Hughes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hong.
Hughes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hughes takes one to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick from Hughes misses.
We've been informed that Hughes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nice takedown defense from Hughes. No joy for Hong on that attempt.
Hughes swings for the body but Hong moves out of range.
Hong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
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!
Hong fails with a takedown attempt.
Hughes wants to slow Hong down by chopping away at his legs.
A quick step to the side and Hong tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hong shoots in and gets a takedown into Hughes's guard.
Hong is fighting to break Hughes's control of his arms but Hughes is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hong accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes pulls Hong in close to prevent any damage.
Hong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hughes pulls Hong in close to prevent any damage.
Hughes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hong lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes pulls Hong in to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hong working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hughes trying to keep a closed guard but Hong is proving a slippery customer.
Hong in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hughes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hong.
Hughes looking for a sweep. Not yet Hughes, not yet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hughes scores with a jab.
Hughes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hong misses with a two punch combination.
Hughes throws a counter combo.
Hughes lands a leg kick that knocks Hong off balance momentarily.
Hughes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hong connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hughes. Hughes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hong blocks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes connects with a nice looking jab.
A right-left combo lands from Hughes.
Hughes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Hong half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hughes cracks Hong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hong walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hughes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hong throws a sloppy head kick and Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hughes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hughes throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Hong wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hong jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hong looks to land a right hand but Hughes moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hong is looking to slow Hughes down with leg kicks.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes connects with a solid leg kick.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Hughes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hong.
Hughes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hong on the side of the head.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Hong moved out of range nicely.
Hughes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hong with a poor takedown
enabling Hughes to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tonton Hong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes thuds a left hand into Hong's body.
Hughes scoring well with a low kick there.
Hughes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hong moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Hong on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hong throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hughes counters with a leg kick.
Winston Hughes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hughes throws a jab when Hong was well out of range.
Hong changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hughes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hughes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hughes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Winston Hughes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hong.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hong is defended easily by Hughes.
Hughes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.
Hughes let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hughes tests Hong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Hong slips a jab from Hughes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong throws the kick towards the body but Hughes avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Hughes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hong jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hong is looking to slow Hughes down with leg kicks.
A clash of legs there as Hughes blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Hughes blocks the low kick.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hong throws a low kick but Hughes avoids it.
Hughes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hong misses with a leg kick
and Hughes counters with a low kick, right behind Hong 's knee.
Hughes scores with a nice strike.
Hong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hong misses with a hook. Hughes ducked under it nicely.
Hughes throws a big counter head kick but Hong avoids it with no problem.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Hughes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hong's hands.
Hong checks the leg kick nicely there.
That kick from Hughes tenderised Hong's leg. Hong is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hughes connects with a solid leg kick.
Hong lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes throws a low kick but Hong avoids it.
Hughes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hong at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Hong was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hughes.
Hughes wants to slow Hong down by chopping away at his legs.
Hughes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hong throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hughes counters with a good low kick that Hong was not able to check.
Hughes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hughes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hughes cracks the inside of Hong's front leg.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hong moves away.
Hong rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hughes counters with a nice leg kick.
Hughes tries to score with a low kick but Hong moves his leg out of the way.
Hughes is looking to chop away at Hong's legs.
Hong throws a head kick that Hughes semi-blocks.
Hong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses.
Hughes throws a lazy head kick
and Hong counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hughes tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hong manages to move to mount!
Hughes is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hughes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hong lands a nice shot to the head.
Hughes avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hong.
Hughes tries to hold on but Hong pushes him away.
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hong cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
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!
Hughes tries to hold on but Hong postures up.
Hong landing strikes, looking to finish!
BOOM! Hong connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hong working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hong wants to control the pace but Hughes is squirming around nicely.
Hughes wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tonton Hong will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hong thuds his right hand into Hughes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hong connects with a jab.
Hong slips under a jab.
Hong throws a chopping leg kick but Hughes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hong is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hong misses the jab.
Hughes feints a counter leg kick.
Hughes checks a leg kick.
Hughes throws out a counter right but Hong avoids it with no problem.
Hughes checks a leg kick nicely.
Hong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hong lands a nice hook to Hughes's body. Hughes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hughes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hong tries to counter with a takedown but Hughes is quick to defend against it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes throws a lazy body kick
and Hong counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes dodges the ground and pound from Hong.
Hong tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hong in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to reverse the position.
Hong working away.
Hughes is trying to escape the position but Hong is controlling the position.
Hong wants to control but Hughes is keeping him busy.
That's two 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 positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hughes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hughes is looking for a sweep.
Hughes struggling a bit here.
Hughes wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong working the strikes but Hughes uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Hong thows a huge punch but Hughes dodges it nicely.
Hughes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hong.
Hughes manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Hong keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Hong scores with a shoulder strike.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hong has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Hughes.
Hughes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes connects with a jab.
Hong closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hughes to the mat! Hughes manages to get full guard.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hughes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hong.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes pulls Hong in close to prevent any damage.
Hong throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hughes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hong postures up in Hughes's guard and throws a big left but Hughes blocks it.
Hong throws a strike but Hughes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hong has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hughes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hong pulls Hughes in close to prevent any damage.
Hong's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tonton Hong clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hughes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hughes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hughes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hong was well out of range. Poor timing from Hughes.
Hughes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hong appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hong lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hughes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hughes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hong takes a step back to recover.
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong throws a right hand that misses
and Hughes counters with a left to the body.
Hughes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hong.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Winston Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hong throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hughes throws a chopping leg kick but Hong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hong appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hughes swings widly with a right hand
and Hong counters with an outside leg kick.
Hong moves out of range of the body kick.
Hong tried to score with a low kick but Hughes checks it.
Hong shoots for a double leg takedown but Hughes sprawls well. He's pushed Hong's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A little jabbing left from Hughes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hong walks into a straight right hand from Hughes.
Hong misses with a low kick.
Hong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hong darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hughes tries to get to full guard but Hong has control of the leg.
Hong throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hughes to regain full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looking to control.
Hughes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hong throwing strikes from guard but Hughes blocks nicely.
Hong stands up over Hughes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Hong from controlling successfully.
Hong is looking to work some ground and pound but Hughes has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to stand but Hong is controlling the position.
Hong is looking to work some ground and pound but Hughes has wrist control.
Hong cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Hong trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Hong prevents Hughes from getting back to his feet.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hughes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hong blocks a head kick by Hughes.
Hong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hughes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hong is able to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hong lands a nice looking body shot.
Hong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hughes can pounce on him.
Hughes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hughes lunges at Hong with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hong's hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hong.
Hong scoring well with a low kick there.
Hughes lands a leg kick that knocks Hong off balance momentarily.
Hong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hong throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A clash of legs there as Hughes blocks the low kick.
Hughes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hughes wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Winston Hughes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hughes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hong takes a step back to recover.
Hong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice shot by Hughes.
Hong misses with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Hong. Beautiful body shot.
Hong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hughes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hughes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hong's hands.
Nice shot by Hughes.
Hong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hughes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hong's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hong swings widly with a right hand
and Hughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Hughes misses.
Hughes takes a swing at Hong's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hong is defended easily by Hughes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hughes.
A low kick from Hong is predictable there
letting Hughes counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Hong.
Hughes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hong's head backwards.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hong takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hong is rocked!
Hong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hughes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hughes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hong. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong clobbers Hughes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Hughes misses.
Hughes throws a combination. Hong tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hong moves out of range of the body kick.
Hong is looking to counter punch.
Hong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hughes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hong.
Hong throws a low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hong walks into a left hand.
Hughes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A good leg kick by Hong.
Hughes looks to land a right hand but Hong moved out of range.
Hughes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hughes throws a hook but Hong avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hong.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong blocks a leg kick.
Hong fails with a takedown attempt.
A big left from Hughes misses.
Hughes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hughes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A punch lands to the side of Hong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hughes thumps Hong with a low kick.
A slow jab from Hong misses its intended target.
Hong sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hughes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hughes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hong's calf.
Hong walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oh Hong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hong seems to have got his legs back now.
Hong lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hong has time to react.
Hong fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tonton Hong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hong moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hughes checks a leg kick nicely.
Hong scores with a jab to the body.
Hughes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hughes throws a leg kick
and Hong counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hughes's knee momentarily.
Hong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hong uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Winston Hughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winston Hughes!
Post fight, Winston Hughes took to the microphone: 'Ho ho! Silly commoner.'.
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