PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Maudsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maudsley comes to the cage accompanied by Irigy HónaljMirigy - Irigy Oszkármirigy (Titanic song parody in Hungarian). Robert Maudsley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Maudsley
vs
Hughes

190 cm
26
250 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

194 cm
23
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Spartan Nutrition
V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Maudsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Winston Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes swings for the body but Maudsley moves out of range.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maudsley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maudsley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Maudsley ducks down to avoid it.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maudsley.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maudsley. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maudsley lands a head shot.
Maudsley misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Hughes misses with a straight right.
A bone on bone clash there as Maudsley blocks the leg kick.
Maudsley lands a slapping body shot.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hughes with a nice cross.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Maudsley misses with a looping right.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maudsley.
Robert Maudsley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes scores with a sloppy right hand. Maudsley should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maudsley.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hughes clinches.
Hughes throws a head punch that misses.

Maudsley breaks the clinch.
Maudsley just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Maudsley lands with a shot to the body.
Maudsley throws a hook to the side of Hughes's head but Hughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hughes misses with a shot to the body
and Maudsley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Maudsley looks to land a right hand but Hughes moved out of range.
Hughes slips a jab from Maudsley.
Hughes avoids the body shot from Maudsley.
Hughes throws a low kick, looking for Maudsley's leg but Maudsley calmly moves out of range.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maudsley.
Maudsley thuds his right hand into Hughes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maudsley.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maudsley!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maudsley throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maudsley looks for the body kick but Hughes saw that one coming.
We've been hearing reports that Maudsley has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hughes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Maudsley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. Maudsley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, jab by Maudsley - just one landing.
Maudsley throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Maudsley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Maudsley cracks Hughes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maudsley.
Hughes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Maudsley thuds a left hand into Hughes's body.
Hughes connects with a right hand. Maudsley shakes it off.
Maudsley scores with a nice right hand.
Hughes throws a leg kick but Maudsley sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley staying out of range there.
Maudsley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maudsley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maudsley misses with a right hand
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Hughes cracks Maudsley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Maudsley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hughes's hands.
Hughes defending well as Maudsley loads up on a big left hand.
Maudsley takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses.
Maudsley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maudsley is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Maudsley throws a lazy uppercut
and Hughes counters with a leg kick.
Maudsley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hughes manages to avoid it.
Maudsley misses with a looping right.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Maudsley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
A little feinted left hand from Maudsley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Maudsley misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maudsley moves out of range of the strikes.
Maudsley ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maudsley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maudsley lands with a cross.
Maudsley moves away from the strike by Hughes.
Maudsley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Maudsley misses with a double jab.
Maudsley misses the shot to the body.
Maudsley misses with a hook.
Maudsley backing away here, and Hughes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hughes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maudsley moves away.
Good work by Maudsley as he checks the leg kick.
Hughes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Maudsley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Maudsley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Maudsley circles away.
Maudsley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hughes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Maudsley finds it's way round the side to connect with Hughes's head.
Maudsley looks to land a combination. Hughes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Maudsley dominated that round.
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.

Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maudsley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Hughes wants to land a leg kick but Maudsley is out of range.
Maudsley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Maudsley.
Hughes misses with a looping right.
Maudsley throws a lazy uppercut
and Hughes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maudsley misses with a straight left.

Hughes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maudsley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maudsley can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Maudsley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maudsley tries to break free but Hughes pushes him back against the cage.
Maudsley can't break the clinch.

Hughes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Hughes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maudsley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maudsley is trying to break the clinch but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Hughes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hughes tries a body shot but Maudsley blocks it.
Maudsley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hughes is working Maudsley over against the cage.
Maudsley wants to break free but Hughes has control.
Hughes struggles to land a body shot inside as Maudsley controls his hands.
Hughes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maudsley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hughes tries to work over Maudsley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maudsley lands with a right to the head.
Hughes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maudsley's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Hughes.

Maudsley breaks the clinch.
Hughes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maudsley momentarily.
Maudsley misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley misses with a looping right.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. Maudsley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hughes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Robert Maudsley is winning the standup battle so far.
Maudsley moves away from the strike by Hughes.
Maudsley misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
Maudsley throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Hughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maudsley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Maudsley.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Maudsley is out of range.
Hughes misses with a left hand
and Maudsley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hughes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big right from Hughes misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maudsley. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Hughes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Hughes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hughes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley lands a head shot.
Maudsley lands a lovely overhand right.
Maudsley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hughes looks to land a right hand but Maudsley moved out of range.
It looked like Maudsley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hughes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Maudsley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Maudsley is rocked!
Hughes misses with a body punch
and Maudsley counters with a straight right hand.
Maudsley looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range.
Maudsley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hughes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Maudsley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hughes clinches up with Maudsley and pushes him back against the cage.
Hughes lands a nice shot to the body.
Hughes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hughes lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Maudsley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maudsley has had enough of the clinch but Hughes keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maudsley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maudsley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maudsley loads up on a big right hand but Hughes slips the punch.
Maudsley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hughes throws out a powerful jab.
Maudsley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Maudsley keeps the fight on the outside.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Maudsley crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hughes - the referee stops the clock and Maudsley gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hughes. Maudsley manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Maudsley misses the shot to the body.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Maudsley throws a body shot but no joy.
Hughes steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Maudsley.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maudsley looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Maudsley is just out of range.
Hughes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hughes misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winston Hughes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hughes lands with a shot to the body.
Hughes tries to clinch but Maudsley is having none of it.
Hughes throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Hughes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Maudsleys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice defenses there by Maudsley.
Maudsley blocks a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Hughes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Maudsley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Maudsley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Hughes as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes cracks Maudsley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Maudsley with a hook.
Hughes swinging wildly here.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hughes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maudsley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes jabs at Maudsley's body.
Hughes throws a leg kick which misses Maudsley's front leg but catches the back leg as Maudsley tries to avoid it.
Maudsley on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maudsley misses with an uppercut. Hughes saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Hughes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maudsley misses with a kick to the body.
Hughes moves out of range of the strikes.
Maudsley looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range.
Maudsley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maudsley misses with a hook. Hughes ducked under it nicely.
Hughes throws a jab when Maudsley was well out of range.
Maudsley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hughes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Maudsley misses with a right hand
and Maudsley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes misses with the combination.
Maudsley loads up on a big right hand but Hughes slips the punch.
Maudsley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hughes throws a body shot but no joy.
Maudsley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hughes looks for the body kick but Maudsley saw that one coming.
Maudsley throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hughes counters with a stiff right hand.
Maudsley lands a jab to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Maudsley as he connects with a hook.
Hughes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Maudsley is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Maudsley.
It looked like Maudsley was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hughes.
Hughes moves out of range of the body kick from Maudsley.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Maudsley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley connects with a nice looking jab.
Maudsley looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Maudsley throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
Hughes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Maudsley jabs Hughes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maudsley digs a good body shot into Hughes's ribs.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maudsley.
Hughes throws a hook but Maudsley avoids it easily.
Hughes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maudsley.
Hughes throws a hook to the side of Maudsley's head but Maudsley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maudsley moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Maudsley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maudsley.
Hughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hughes misses with a jab to the body
and Maudsley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maudsley blocks a jab.
Maudsley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

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!
Nice defenses there by Maudsley.
Hughes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maudsley misses with a straight right.
Maudsley 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 with a hook.
Maudsley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maudsley blocks a jab.
Hughes misses with a low kick as Maudsley jumps back.
Donk. Maudsley catches Hughes right on the button with a cross.
Maudsley slips a straight right by Hughes.
Maudsley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Maudsley.
Hughes moves forwards but Maudsley connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Maudsley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maudsley lands a nice hook to Hughes's body. Hughes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Hughes.
Hughes misses the body punch
and Maudsley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maudsley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Maudsley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Maudsley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Maudsley!