PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between CM Yaj (ranked 491 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Hugo (ranked 2532 p4p, 269 weight class). David Hugo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Yaj
vs
Hugo

178 cm
27
160 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
164 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, CM Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Hugo!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hugo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Yaj counters with a right hand to the body.
Hugo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yaj counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hugo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hugo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yaj counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hugo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yaj connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj dips to his left and cracks Hugo with an uppercut!
Hugo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yaj connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hugo scrambles back to his feet.
Yaj cracks a nice hook into Hugo's ribs.

Hugo has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugo lands an elbow that stopped Yaj in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like CM Yaj has been cut.
Hugo pushes off an throws an elbow but Yaj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hugo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hugo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yaj is defending well for now.
Hugo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yaj's defenses.
Yaj avoiding damage as Hugo throws knees to the body.
Yaj pushes Hugo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hugo misses with a knee strike.
Hugo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hugo lands a knee to the head.
Hugo throws an elbow that misses.
Yaj on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Yaj.
Hugo missing with knees to the body.
Hugo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yaj.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj cracks Hugo with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj lands with a left to the head.
Hugo missing with knees to the body.
Hugo pushes off an throws an elbow but Yaj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yaj blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hugo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yaj is defending well for now.
Hugo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yaj lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hugo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Yaj scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yaj scores with a hook to the body.
Yaj on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yaj lands with a right to the head.
Hugo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yaj managing to block the knees to the body from Hugo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hugo.
Hugo misses with a body punch.
Hugo throws a punch but it's blocked by Yaj.
Yaj on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj controlling the action here for a moment.
Hugo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yaj.
Hugo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yaj is leaning against Hugo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yaj blocks an elbow strike from Hugo.
Hugo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yaj's face.
Hugo being controlled against the cage.
Hugo struggles to land a body shot inside as Yaj controls his hands.
Hugo misses with an elbow strike.
Hugo scores with a knee to the head.
Yaj lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Yaj.
Yaj scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj managing to block the knees to the body from Hugo.
Yaj scores with a hook to the body.
Hugo throws an elbow but it misses.
Still in the clinch, Yaj scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Yaj stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yaj lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hugo misses with an elbow over the top.
Yaj throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Yaj on the inside.
Yaj softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yaj lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hugo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Nice body punch from Yaj - that landed with a thud.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hugo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yaj's brow.
Hugo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hugo pushes off an throws an elbow but Yaj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yaj slowing the pace effectively.
A hook to the body from Yaj.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CM Yaj dominated that round.
The cut man is working on CM Yaj's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Yaj lands with a straight right. Hugo didn't see that one coming.
Nice sprawl there from Yaj as Hugo shoots in.
Yaj thuds a left hand into Hugo's body.
Nice cross by Yaj.
Hugo fails with the takedown
and Yaj connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Hugo is rocked!
Yaj lands a nice hook to Hugo's body. Hugo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Yaj sends Hugo crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Yaj is motioning to the referee to let Hugo up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Hugo is still on wobbly legs! Can Yaj finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yaj lands a big right hook! Hugo looks hurt but is still standing! Yaj lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Hugo falls down and Yaj dives in with a huge hammer fist! Hugo's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Yaj runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). CM Yaj!
After winning the bout, CM Yaj thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.