PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christiaan Huygens (ranked 1725 p4p, 2407 weight class) and Ryu Uska (ranked 248 p4p, 326 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Huygens
vs
Uska

180 cm
26
192
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
26
190
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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Underpant Gnomes

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christiaan Huygens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryu Uska!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huygens connects with a body shot.
Ryu Uska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huygens scores with a nice head shot.
A head kick misses from Uska.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uska. Huygens does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Uska.
Huygens tries to counter by clinching up but Uska breaks away and moves out of range.
Huygens lands with a nice body punch.

Huygens rushes Uska and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Huygens.
Uska is looking for a takedown.
Huygens scores with a nice hook to the head.
Huygens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Huygens lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huygens leaning his opponent against the cage.
Huygens scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huygens stalling in the clinch.
Huygens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Huygens gets through Uska's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huygens lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Huygens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Huygens lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Uska looking to stall.
Huygens will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Uska up against the cage.
Huygens comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huygens blocking some punches.
Huygens slows down the pace here.
Huygens stalling in the clinch.
Huygens definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Huygens lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Huygens lands a left hand.
Huygens is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Huygens gets through Uska's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huygens tries to work over Uska's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Huygens lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Ryu Uska has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Huygens - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Huygens blocks an elbow strike from Uska.
Huygens lands a nice uppercut.
Huygens misses with a punch to the body.
Huygens lands a right hand that snaps the head of Uska backwards.
Huygens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Huygens is struggling to control the position.
Huygens lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Uska.
Huygens scores with a shot to the side of Uska's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huygens lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Huygens lands a hook that snaps the head of Uska backwards.
Huygens scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huygens lands an elbow just above Uska 's eye.
A short right from Huygens.
Huygens is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Huygens displaying some good clinch control by pressing Uska up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Huygens comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christiaan Huygens dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryu Uska's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Huygens avoids the head kick by Uska.
Uska tries for a takedown but Huygens circles away easily
and Huygens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A punch lands to the side of Uska 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Huygens scores with a hook.
Uska misses with a takedown attempt
and Huygens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Huygens has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Huygens.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Huygens.
Uska takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee is keeping an eye on Huygens - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Uska letting Huygens take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huygens lands a right hand that snaps the head of Uska backwards.
Huygens has Uska pushed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Huygens.
Huygens lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Uska backwards.
Huygens blocks an uppercut.
Huygens digs a right hand underneath Uska's ribcage. Uska let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Huygens is pushing Uska up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Huygens is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Uska can do to turn this around?
Huygens creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Uska's defenses.
Huygens stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huygens lands an elbow inside that Uska shrugs off.
Huygens lands with a short shot to the head.
Huygens lands with a short shot to the head.
Huygens lands a right hand that snaps the head of Uska backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huygens is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Huygens misses with an elbow over the top.
Huygens lands a damaging elbow.
Huygens lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Uska taking a breather.
Uska tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Huygens smiles and moves away.
Uska has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Christiaan Huygens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryu Uska.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huygens scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Uska throws a combination that misses
and Huygens counters with a stiff right hand.
Uska tries for a takedown but Huygens circles away easily

and Huygens counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Huygens.
Huygens pushes Uska back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Uska is breathing heavily.
Huygens has Uska pushed against the cage.
Huygens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Huygens.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Huygens lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huygens lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Uska.
Come on Huygens - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Huygens dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Huygens gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Huygens scores with a shoulder strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Huygens lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huygens works on Uska's body with a couple of short punches.
Huygens lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christiaan Huygens dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ryu Uska's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Uska tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Huygens connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ryu Uska is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Uska misses with a takedown attempt
and Huygens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Uska doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Uska tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Huygens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Uska misses with a left hand
and Huygens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Huygens lands a right hook to the body.
Uska closes the distance looking to clinch
and Huygens counters with a crisp right that sends Uska to the canvas! Huygens follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christiaan Huygens!
Christiaan Huygens seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.