PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johan Nilsson (ranked 5438 p4p, 23572 weight class) and Harrison Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Getting Drunk and Fallin' Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nilsson
vs
Hughes

193 cm
28
213
5 - 4 - 0

195 cm
27
212
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan Nilsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harrison Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nilsson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nilsson shoots in for a double leg but Hughes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nilsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hughes.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Nilsson dives in and scores a takedown into Hughes's guard.
Hughes lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Hughes wants to control from the top but Nilsson keeps moving.
Hughes is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Nilsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hughes.
Hughes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nilsson keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.

Nilsson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hughes is aware though and is defending well.
Hughes advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Nilsson's shoulder. That is not cool.
Nilsson tries to buck Hughes off but Hughes is having none of it.
Hughes remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Nilsson is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
An elbow from Hughes crashes against the mat.
Nilsson tries to bench press Hughes off him but Hughes keeps the position.
Hughes is looking to take a break and control but Nilsson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nilsson tries to improve position but can't.
Nilsson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nilsson tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Hughes is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Hughes misses with a head shot.
Hughes wants to control the pace but Nilsson is squirming around nicely.
Nilsson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nilsson blocking the ground and pound.
Nilsson is desperately trying to improve his position but Hughes has a good base and remains in mount.
Hughes throws some wild stikes that Nilsson manages to avoid easily.
Hughes unloads with some shots from mount but Nilsson bucks and avoids them well.
Hughes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hughes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Hughes there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hughes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hughes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hughes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nilsson is desperately trying to improve his position but Hughes has a good base and remains in mount.
Hughes misses with a head shot.
Nilsson regains half guard.
Hughes thows a huge punch but Nilsson dodges it nicely.
Nilsson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hughes on the ground.
Still in half guard, Hughes seems content to control.
Hughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Nilsson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hughes wants to take a breather but Nilsson is having none of it.

Nilsson looking for submissions off his back.
Hughes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nilsson defending well though.
Hughes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nilsson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hughes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nilsson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Nilsson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hughes controlling the action here.
Hughes frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nilsson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nilsson blocking the ground and pound.
Nilsson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hughes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nilsson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hughes.
Hughes throws some wild stikes that Nilsson manages to avoid easily.
Hughes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hughes throws some wild stikes that Nilsson manages to avoid easily.
Nilsson working to try and regain half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison Hughes dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nilsson 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 misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hughes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hughes scores with a head kick. Nilsson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Good leg kick by Hughes.
Nilsson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hughes. That one must have hurt.
Nilsson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes scores with a push kick.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Hughes! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Harrison Hughes!