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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Villegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel McHughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McHughes has chosen Welcome To My Hood as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Nigel McHughes enters the cage!
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192 lbs
15 - 21 - 0 |
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187 cm
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191 lbs
29 - 26 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fabio Villegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nigel McHughes!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McHughes scores with a leg kick.
McHughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Villegas manages to avoid it.
McHughes scores with a leg kick.
McHughes scores with a jab to the jaw.
McHughes moves out of range as Villegas strikes.
Villegas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McHughes.
McHughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Villegas is just out of range.
McHughes misses with a body shot.
Villegas has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sydney Fight Team in the buildup to the fight.
McHughes throws a body shot but no joy.
McHughes throws a body punch but Villegas moves out of range.
McHughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Villegas swings for the body but McHughes moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHughes throws a leg kick that misses.
Villegas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Villegas lands with a nice body punch.
Villegas lands a jab to the head.
McHughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nigel McHughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McHughes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It looked like Villegas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that McHughes has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
McHughes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Villegas with a nice cross.
McHughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Villegas moves away.
Villegas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Villegas just misses with a punch to the body.
McHughes misses with a head kick.
McHughes throws a body punch but Villegas moves out of range.
McHughes lands a nice hook to Villegas's body. Villegas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McHughes swings for the body but Villegas moves out of range.
Villegas drops McHughes with a beautiful combination! McHughes stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Villegas is looking for the KO!
It looks like Nigel McHughes has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McHughes throws a leg kick which misses Villegas's front leg but catches the back leg as Villegas tries to avoid it.
Villegas avoids the head kick by McHughes.
An attempted straight right counter from Villegas misses the target.
Villegas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McHughes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Villegas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Villegas misses with a hook to the body
and McHughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHughes takes a swing at Villegas's ribcage but misses.
McHughes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Villegas rather than just go for the knockout.
Villegas throws a jab but it's blocked by McHughes.
Villegas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McHughes misses the shot to the body.
McHughes cracks Villegas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Good work by Villegas as he checks the leg kick.
McHughes scores with a leg kick.
McHughes clinches.
Villegas ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Villegas no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
McHughes looking to pass the guard.
Villegas is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. McHughes is aware though and is defending well.
Villegas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McHughes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McHughes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Villegas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villegas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McHughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
McHughes drops back looking for a leg! Villegas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Villegas manages to kick McHughes off! McHughes jumps back into Villegas's guard.
McHughes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Villegas throws his legs up looking for a submission but McHughes uses it to pass to side control.
Villegas tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but McHughes wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
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.
McHughes lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Villegas down.
Villegas tries to buck McHughes off but McHughes is having none of it.
McHughes grinds an elbow into Villegas's temple.
Villegas trying to remain calm as McHughes controls from the top position.
Villegas is looking for a sweep.
Villegas wants to get back to his feet but McHughes drags him back down.
McHughes throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
McHughes throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
McHughes lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villegas is looking to reverse the position.
McHughes controls the position.
Villegas gets back to half guard.
McHughes uses his free foot to push down on Villegas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Villegas.
Villegas defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from McHughes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nigel McHughes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nigel McHughes's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McHughes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fabio Villegas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McHughes misses with a hook to the body
letting Villegas counter with a right hand.
Villegas misses with a body shot.
McHughes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McHughes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Villegas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Villegas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Villegas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nigel McHughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McHughes moves into the clinch successfully.
Villegas wants to break the clinch but can't.
McHughes avoiding damage as Villegas throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHughes misses with a body punch.
McHughes controlling the action here for a moment.
A shot in the inside from McHughes.
Villegas successfully pulls guard.
McHughes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McHughes wants to control from the top but Villegas keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McHughes looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Villegas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McHughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Villegas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! McHughes escapes and throws Villegas's legs to the side, diving into side control!
McHughes trying to control the action but Villegas is working from the bottom.
Villegas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHughes working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Villegas is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
McHughes is controlling the pace.
McHughes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Villegas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Villegas is looking for a triangle but McHughes pushes his legs off easily.
Villegas keeping full guard, as McHughes tries to pass.
Nigel McHughes has got the better of the ground game so far.
McHughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Villegas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McHughes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villegas looking to hit a scissor sweep but McHughes is one step ahead there.
McHughes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Villegas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Villegas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McHughes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McHughes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Villegas working for submissions but it's allowed McHughes to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McHughes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
McHughes is looking for a kimura here.
McHughes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McHughes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Villegas defends it well.
Villegas looking for a kimura from the bottom but McHughes passes into side control!
McHughes tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
McHughes tries for a kimura but Villegas is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villegas is looking to work his way out of this bad position but McHughes is controlling him well.
Villegas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nigel McHughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nigel McHughes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Good standup being displayed there by McHughes as he connects with a hook.
McHughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Villegas is just out of range.
McHughes throws out a loose jab but Villegas uses good head movement to avoid it.
McHughes is looking to score with low kicks.
McHughes takes one to the side of the head.
McHughes connects with a body shot that sends Villegas's belly button to the back.
McHughes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Villegas throws a jab when McHughes was well out of range.
Villegas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McHughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHughes misses with a hook.
McHughes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Villegas was well out of range. Poor timing from McHughes.
McHughes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McHughes avoids the body shot from Villegas.
McHughes missing with a left hand there. Villegas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McHughes swings for the body but Villegas moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Villegas.
Villegas misses the shot to the body.
Villegas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McHughes.
McHughes takes a swing at Villegas's ribcage but misses.
Villegas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Villegas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McHughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McHughes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Villegas.
McHughes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Villegas slips a straight right by McHughes.
Villegas throwing a counter right hand but McHughes manages to avoid it.
McHughes misses with a straight left.
Villegas lands with a straight right. McHughes didn't see that one coming.
Villegas ducks under a wild hook from McHughes.
McHughes ducks under a wild hook from Villegas.
Villegas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McHughes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Villegas will feel that in the morning.
A shot to the liver by McHughes. Beautiful body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Villegas moves away.
Villegas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McHughes misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by McHughes. That's going to slow Villegas down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McHughes clobbers Villegas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McHughes connects with a looping right hand.
Villegas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McHughes can pounce on him.
McHughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Villegas manages to avoid it.
McHughes misses with a wild body shot.
McHughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villegas.
Villegas misses with an uppercut
and McHughes counters with a good low kick that Villegas was not able to check.
McHughes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Villegas misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McHughes 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 Villegas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Villegas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McHughes 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.
McHughes scoring well with a low kick there.
Villegas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McHughes.
Villegas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McHughes scores with a leg kick.
Nigel McHughes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McHughes just misses with a punch to the body.
McHughes throws a lazy right hand but Villegas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Villegas feinted with a counter takedown.
McHughes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Villegas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McHughes.
McHughes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McHughes manages to break the clinch.
McHughes slips a jab from Villegas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McHughes lands a right hook to the body.
Villegas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McHughes.
Villegas throws a sloppy body shot
and McHughes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
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!
A big left from Villegas misses.
McHughes slips under a jab.
McHughes slips a jab and a cross from Villegas.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Villegas looks to throw the jab but McHughes is out of range.
McHughes let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McHughes lands with a nice body punch.
Villegas misses with a series of wild punches.
McHughes misses with a jab, cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by McHughes.
Fabio Villegas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McHughes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nigel McHughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McHughes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nigel McHughes!
Our winner, Nigel McHughes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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